Do I have OCD?

Hi, I'm a 17 year old girl and I've always thought I had OCD but I also feel like everyone says they do just because they don't like having a messy room. I'm taking a psychology class and when we talked about mental illnesses I don't fit the descriptions for OCD that my teacher gave us but I know that my behavior is not like other people's. Lately, I've been having thoughts that really scare me. The most troubling example is when I was driving with my mom and my sister in the car and my sister started to argue with me about something that was not even that big of a deal. I told her that if she did not stop yelling at me I would run the car into a pole. What really scared me was that after I said it, I realized that I actually would have done it if my mother had not been there to diffuse the situation. It scared me that I had people's lives in my hands and that I was too impulsive to be responsible for them. I realize that this alone does not really seem like OCD, but coupled with other intrusive thoughts and some compulsions, such as having a strict routine before bed and being extremely specific in my food eating habits, it may be a sign of OCD. is this OCD? If not, what else could it be a symptom of? Please Leo, I know this is not necessarily reliable but I'm too anxious to go to a doctor right away and would like to have some basis before I talk to my parents about it. Thank you

hi sydpilot!

none of us are allowed to diagnose, but if you're having compulsions that you do because of anxiety then i would advise seeing a doctor because that's a symptom of OCD.

do the intrusive thoughts alone cause distress?