OCD without the C?

So it's been brought to my attention recently that I'm EXTREMELY obsessive. I do have some OCD tendencies... like I have to line the bottom of doors with something (towels, shirts...etc), and I have to position my mouse a certain way before I leave...etc. Though, here recently I've started to notice that I become INSANELY obsessed with things- anything... like guitars, playing pool, headphones, computers, botany, and even smaller things like small notebooks (moleskine ftw). I have absolutely no anxiety that I know of when it comes to this, and these 'obsessions' last for usually about a week all the way up to a month, and then it's like over night I switch to a new thing that's completely un-related.

Whatever this is, it completely consumes my life (not for the better)..... I constantly have to read about something new I'm wanting... like a certain camera model, and I spend perhaps 8 hours a day constantly reading about it, and then the history of it, and then the history of the company, and then it just keeps cycling....until one day... shazaa, something completely un-related takes it's place.

A lot of people may not think too much of something like that, but sometimes I spend A LOT of money on these things.... like I have a $400 pair of headphones sitting next to me... and sure, you may think 'he likes quality', but they're hooked up to a $300 amp.... pushing it a little more? How about the $100 tubes that I bought for the amp? and the $150 soundcard? I guess that could all be considered apart of an audiophile, but the list goes on and on.... $120 mouse, $400 poolstick that I don't use, dying plants around my room, general philosophies, religion.... etc etc etc.

Does anyone know if this is a type of OCD? I have an appointment for a doctor, but the soonest I could get in was febuary.... and I would like to find out if this could be related to anything.... so I can obsess over it until my doctors appointment.

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

Hey dude,

I don't know why but I'm getting the feeling that you are quite similar to myself. I have Asperger's Syndrome - ever hear of it? OCD is a strong trait of people with Asperger's Syndrome, and switching-around from one obsessional interest to another is also a trait. Anyway, February is very far away for your appointment. So, you should try to understand yourself a bit more before then. Start by listing out your symptoms and then looking them up online. You might eventually tumble upon something that you can relate to.

Chucky wrote:Hey dude,

I don't know why but I'm getting the feeling that you are quite similar to myself. I have Asperger's Syndrome - ever hear of it? OCD is a strong trait of people with Asperger's Syndrome, and switching-around from one obsessional interest to another is also a trait. Anyway, February is very far away for your appointment. So, you should try to understand yourself a bit more before then. Start by listing out your symptoms and then looking them up online. You might eventually tumble upon something that you can relate to.

Yeah I know of asperger's quite well. I do show quite a few signs of being an aspie, but there are apparently key elements that are not fully there-

-Every aspie video I've seen, they talk a bit unusual... like a slight retard in speech, but they still use sophisticated words. I'm not sure if I explained this right...

-I have never been obsessed with a singular thing... like memorizing the tallest building in every major city, or made card castles...etc. Unless being obsessed with being obsessed counts -shrug-.

However, there are a lot of traits that I DO have... such as I've never read a book, and I find it impossible to read more than a paragraph at a time, I am a pretty big kid as far as my mind goes (I love cartoons, and games..etc), I seem to go into trances a lot... I can snap out of them at anytime, but they happen at normal times... like when I'm in the shower, or I'm driving (this is normal right?). My imagination seems to be way too active- I'm terrified of the dark, under my bed, in the closets...etc- my mind goes crazy with stuff, however, I'm emotionally stale when it comes to social interaction, and I think I relate more to a hardened war veteran than anything as far as my projected personality. On the flip-side, I can sit by myself and crack-up for very small reasons that most people would shrug off.

I score high on aspie quizzes, and my gf has taken them for me- getting the same results. However, the whole not talking weird still makes me think that I'm probably not an aspie. O_o

Hey,

It could be that you have a very mild form of Asperger's, but I can't be sure obviously. Tell me though: When you answered the questions on the Aspie-Quiz, did you answer them based on who you are now, or who you were as a kid? Asperger's is regarded as a childhood disorder and, as such, the symptoms tend to fade-away as the person grows-up and adapts.

Chucky wrote:Hey,

It could be that you have a very mild form of Asperger's, but I can't be sure obviously. Tell me though: When you answered the questions on the Aspie-Quiz, did you answer them based on who you are now, or who you were as a kid? Asperger's is regarded as a childhood disorder and, as such, the symptoms tend to fade-away as the person grows-up and adapts.

I answered them based on how I am now. However, when I was a child I probably matched an aspie perfectly- In kindergarten my grades were absolutely perfect.... so perfect that the state paid for my way at an extremely gifted school. At third grade my parents moved me to home-school after a move.... and I pretty much taught myself everything by myself until 9th grade....which I started back to public school. During this whole time I pretty much had a single friend- I would talk and talk and talk... never shutting up until I started high-school (public), in which, my self-esteem pretty much disappeared and I became an extremely silent introvert (which I still am today).

I do become socially awkward around people- put me at a dinner table with any number of people and I go nuts. During meetings and similar events, I don't really know who to look at or what to do..... etc.

Well, considering that you fit it perfectly as a child, then you may very well have Asperger's. I'm 25 now but if I answered that quiz based on how I am now, I would probably get a low-enough score. However, if I answered it as I was when I was a kid, then the score would be substantially higher. Why don't you take a look at the Asperger's Forum on this website to see if you can relate to what myself and the others are talking about there.

Kevin

reboot_zero wrote:So it's been brought to my attention recently that I'm EXTREMELY obsessive. I do have some OCD tendencies... like I have to line the bottom of doors with something (towels, shirts...etc), and I have to position my mouse a certain way before I leave...etc. Though, here recently I've started to notice that I become INSANELY obsessed with things- anything... like guitars, playing pool, headphones, computers, botany, and even smaller things like small notebooks (moleskine ftw). I have absolutely no anxiety that I know of when it comes to this, and these 'obsessions' last for usually about a week all the way up to a month, and then it's like over night I switch to a new thing that's completely un-related.

Whatever this is, it completely consumes my life (not for the better)..... I constantly have to read about something new I'm wanting... like a certain camera model, and I spend perhaps 8 hours a day constantly reading about it, and then the history of it, and then the history of the company, and then it just keeps cycling....until one day... shazaa, something completely un-related takes it's place.

A lot of people may not think too much of something like that, but sometimes I spend A LOT of money on these things.... like I have a $400 pair of headphones sitting next to me... and sure, you may think 'he likes quality', but they're hooked up to a $300 amp.... pushing it a little more? How about the $100 tubes that I bought for the amp? and the $150 soundcard? I guess that could all be considered apart of an audiophile, but the list goes on and on.... $120 mouse, $400 poolstick that I don't use, dying plants around my room, general philosophies, religion.... etc etc etc.

Does anyone know if this is a type of OCD? I have an appointment for a doctor, but the soonest I could get in was febuary.... and I would like to find out if this could be related to anything.... so I can obsess over it until my doctors appointment.

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

Wow !I am also like this -it has been pretty recent that I've been like this but I get obsessed , like I find something and I look on the internet all day reading about it,I look at websites over and over and find out all the information on it (by the time my next obsession starts I am an expert on the last thing I looked into lol)

Hey pixie,

This thread is actually very old, by some 7 months at this stage. Are you new here? - Did you find the thread direct from Google?