News of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Forum

Hi there,
can anyone help. I have been diagonsed with OCD and major depression. My OCD started when I was a little kid (counting everything) but have gone wild 10 years ago. Now it is focused on washing hands and other activities realted to fear of germs . The point is I refuse to take any drugs because I am trying to beastfeed my 7 months old baby twins. I need help to commit to ...

Hey, my name is Jason, I'm 14 and i just registered.
Recently i have been a bit worried about, well, things i worry about.
In the past year or so my 'obsessivness' has sort of progressed and a few of my friends have started making jokes about my 'hygiene issues' and my worries.

Basically, i dont like to use toilets other than the two in my house. Germs worry me. I worry about dirty water. ...

Before medicine and still moderately now, I have to equalize both sides of my body touching something. I can't just wash one hand or the other one will feel really dry. Letting one foot touch the ground before the other sometimes bothers me too and they have to touch the ground at the same time. I used to feel compelled to get as close as I could to cars parked parallel to my car while ...

Hi everyone. I was hoping if anyone can help me identify this OCD that I have. It has to deal with me make the sign of the cross with either my hands or with a pen or pencil. If I see a blank piece of paper. I draw a cross on it. There are times I make the sigh of the cross with my hand on a wall. I consider my self a good Catholic. ...

touch wood?!

it started when i was really being bullied at school, i heard the saying 'touch wood' for luck, then some night id be touching the wood (tapping it hard) for luck until my ingers bleed sometimes, im talking hours here! even carrying a pencil around with me! or a piece of stick! it would take me about 15mins to get out of my dads van to drop me off at school, and i ...

Hey everyone,

This is my first post here, and I thought I would share my thoughts and I want to know if this is OCD.

First off, I don't have any rituals or anything like that, only distressing thoughts.

All of my distressing thoughts started about a year and a half ago. One day I was simply driving around when I passed a person that was walking near the road. I thought to myself "what ...

Hi, I've been wondering if I have Pure O...

Recently I was worried about becoming crazy - losing my mind. It started after I read a paper for school about schizophrenia. It got to the point where I questioned my entire reality - was life just like "A Beautiful Mind", had I already gone insane?

In the past I've worried about my health (heart, brain, eyes etc), hurting others (family, friends), hurting myself, becoming a ...

I am curious whether this is a form of OCD or not, I will be grateful for any input.

If I happen to think about breathing or blinking it completly ruins my natural rythm for them. This usually causes me mild distress but it can cause me anxiety attacks. I get an overwhelming need to try to regain the rythm, which is impossible because if I am thinking about it, it never feels right. In ...

Hey everyone.

For the past few years I've noticed an incredible change in myself. Since I was about 13 or 14 (I'm now 18, just about to turn 19) I've had a habbit of washing cups out before I use them. I didn't think of it much until my mum noticed that I've was doing it every single time I used a cup or a glass. It means I'm unable to go out to someone ...

Hey I'm not sure but I feel strongly that I may have ocpd or ocd or form of personality disorder. I would appreciate any thoughts. For as long as I can remember (young child), I have had an obsession with being perfect, and I would tell myself that I was perfect constantly throughout the day through all activities: talking to people, doing homework, playing sports, etc. I later learned that this habit is referred to ...