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My mental problem

Postby jason20010 » Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:05 pm

I really want to cure the below mental problem and i need everyone's help.
I have a problem where I have these routines that i get into ,but when i do something outside of these routines i get depressed (the length and severity depends on what i did,sometimes there is no depression but that depends on what i did). Like if i want a lunch or to buy something or post on a message board, or take a walk i can't because it's not in my routine. This problem started in march 2007. I had a routine where i would read the bible all day (except when i went to church and my church group and when i took walks and went to the store/to theme parks). If i broke this routine i would get depressed (severity and length varied depending on what i did) Gradually more and more things that i wanted to do were taken out of my routine (like having snacks/drinking soda/taking walks) i fought to keep my church group and eating dinner and going to theme parks to stay in my routine. Later that year i had enough i rebeled against it. I purposely did things outside of this routine to an extent .However there were still limits and when i broke these limits , i would get depressed again like before.I went to a shrink for help with this in early 2008.I was told it was OCD (which i was diagnosed with when i was a kid-teen),and i was put on pexeva. On pexeva i did things i wanted to do (hoping that the pexeva would allow me to do it) however again there were limits on what i could do and not do (ie my mind would make new routines based on the new things that i was doing,same problem different settings ie instead of reading the bible,i would be online all day) and that is where i am now.I went off the pexeva in summer 2008.Like then, whatever routine i am in ,if i do something outside of that routine ,i get depressed (severity and length depending on what i did ,sometimes i can get away with it but not always). I have a little more freedom now but there is still things that i can't do (i still am stuck in these routines). I never had this mental problem pre march 2007. I used to be the opposite. I want to be able to do what i want without having to stick to a routine (like i used to be)

Here are some reasons my mind tells me not to do things (though my mind most of the time doesnt give a reason to not do things)

if i buy a snack at the store, i won't have money for a trip.

i like listening to music, so if i eat a snack,i won't get into the music like i would have if i didn't eat it

if i listen to music now,i won't enjoy the same song when i listen to it in the future (because my mind will be sick of it)

My mind also exploits the butterfly effect (everything i do i think 'well if i do this then this will or wont happen because of it' and that is another reason.
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Re: My mental problem

Postby Chucky » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:35 pm

Hi,

It's clear to me at least that you have very strong OCD, which seems to have gone unchecked for a long time. I have a diagnosis of OCD and behave in exactly the same way as you do. There are many things that Id like to do but I cannot because they are outside of my routines. I had therapy for my OCD a few years ago though and it helped me somewhat. However, my main 'problem' is something called Asperger's Syndrome. have you ever heard of this?

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Re: My mental problem

Postby jason20010 » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:04 pm

I never was like this until 2007 (I am 26) before 2007 I did what i wanted and i had NO routines.But since 2007 I have had this problem
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Re: My mental problem

Postby Sneako Sizzle » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:08 pm

if i listen to music now,i won't enjoy the same song when i listen to it in the future (because my mind will be sick of it)


Well I can help you on that one. I listen to streaming radio a lot and there are songs that I am really sick of right now. If I heard some of those songs in the future when they're not overplayed I would still like them and probably even better since they're no longer played all the time. Think of it that way.
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