News of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Forum

From the age of 19 or so (23 now) I have basically felt like the most hideous monster on the earth. I was recently diagnosed with OCD about a year ago, but I have been in and out of mental institutions from my late teens recieving diagnosis from Bipolar to Schizophrenia.

Anyway, my problem is that I have persistant intrusive thoughts about potentially harming other people. This started with thoughts of senselessly pushing people into ...

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Okay, i'm pretty sure most people have heard of this before, but I've read on several places on the internet that people that have OCD tend to be highly intelligent.
In a way it seems sort of correct, as in people with OCD, it being an anxiety disorder, worry about things constantly, and therefore have a reason to be anxious, then causing the obsessive or compulsive behaviour.

So I guess in that aspect since they ...

Since my son was eight he always wants my wife and I to tell him nothing bad will happen. He has a fear of being sick, Mostly vomiting or getting a high fever. He is fourteen now and everyday before school we have to pinky swear and promise again and again and again that nothing bad will happen to him or to anyone around him.. Of course I know something bad could happen so I ...

Recently I've been experiencing a new obsession/compulsion... biting. I feel this uncontrollable urge to bite. I've been biting my dog a lot lately too, which is really awful. But I don't know what to do. I just feel like I have to bite him. I try my very very best not to bite hard so that it hurts him, but I have this intense desire to really just tear into him. I wouldn't! I wouldn't ...

I've had intrusive thoughts for about 3-4 years now, and it's definetely probably the biggest cause of my anxiety and stress in my life from my OCD.
I do repetitive things to rid these thoughts, and obviously the thoughts always come back.

It's weird because, whenever I read up on OCD and realise that it's only just thoughts that are making you anxious and getting worse, to some extent my OCD gets better for a ...

I found an interesting video called OCD Brain. Just thought I'd share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysFPLrt7UD0

Hi everyone . Was thinking some additional thoughts regarding ocd after my post a couple of days ago. Today is a new day a chance to be moving towards the best version of myself- thats the goal. Its interesting, I never
thought in this positive way until recently. Besides mental issues complacency is a factor for me. Also, Im not getting any younger and
have kids. Although im geting better with my maturity,knowledge and will ...

Here are some of my symptoms.

-Have posted the same question or a variation on Yahoo Answers and various forums over 400 times over 3 years. (http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/in ... 821AAzqtk3)
-Been thinking about content of said question 24/7 for the last almost 3 years. Can't get over it.
-Contest tongue clicking (often(but not just) when I pass the beginning and the end of a road/sidewalk I will do this - ...

Maybe someone has a similiar experience to this. I realize I have a
bit of ocd- which before I became educated I thought of it as obsessive
handwashing, repetitive ritualistic behavior etc... As It relates to me I will
overanalze things again and again which I know very well the answer,
and second guess myself. The biggest part of this is worrying about that
I will react this way and getting tensed up. Just this ...