News of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Forum

I've been looking for information on this certain OCD for quite some time, all with no luck. I've seen numerous doctors about it but all of them are a bit, well, confused. I've been on Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac and even Xanny all to no avail.

Anyway, this OCD started when I was about 6 years old. I'm now 24.
The circumstances that lead to this OCD are quite personal, but since I am in desperate ...

Hey.

First I'd like to state my problem, which I am not entirely sure it is OCD-related (one psychology diagnosed it as a probia).

I have an eating problem. Ever since I was a very small child, I have been eating only a very select number of foods. For me to eat anything else, I have to really force myself, and it is really hard. It takes all my concentration, and sometimes I can't do ...

I think I might have ocd without the rituals, I have been having panic attacks for about a month now and I think I have found the cause. I have random thoughts that sicken me and make me feel really weird mostly a sexual intrusion about a member of my family that I might find attractive, even though I dont .I dont know why I am thinking it makes me feel so guilty and scared. ...

Hi,
I wanted to ask, and would like to get answers also from professionals, how can one overcome pure o which includes constant wishing bad things to people. what i am looking for is self-help and cbt examples for that. also names of books that can help. the second question is how to deal with pure o when it includes a religious aspect and when your beliefs come in conjunction to the self-help methods u ...

Hi there, my brothers and sisters in misury...

I am afraid. I used to have panic disorder but it sort of dissareared as I found out what was wrong with me. I have ocd. But now several years later I experience the same feelings as I did then and I am afraid.
I have all these grose thoughts and feelings and I feel nausious and I cannot stop thinking about death.
I´m scared.
It might ...

how do you stop over anaylizing things and get past things.i find that i over anaylize everything sometimes it's good because i take my time and really think things threw but on things that trouble me it causes me to keep thinking about things i should just let go and be able to move on.is there anything i can repeat in my head,choice theory states we have control ofour thinking and acting but how do ...

is there a little connection there for everybody?

lately i have been having some trouble with ruminations about religion and i have done a lot of praying. i think that my praying is very healthy but it could very quickly develop into an ocd level of extremity if it gets out of control

is there any way to get over O.C.D?

I have O.C.D and i need to get over O.C.D.

can O.C.D really go away becasue i read somewhere else before you have to get rid of this for your self.
and sometimes people never get rid of O.C.D,
is that true?

have any of you had medication for O.C.D? :roll:

HI there...

i have a fear of animal germs :?
is there any kind of help i could get?

any advice would be helpful?

thanks.

I always feel sad when I see no one has posted a message.

I just feel sick right now. I mean being on mediction and all I usually feel I can cope with things all right, but sometimes I just don´t and right now is one of those latter times. I feel sick, you know. I can like feel my disorder. And it makes me really sad. I actually cut myself today. I know I ...