it's driving me crazy that there's 11 pics and not 10 
OCD people, come here.
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Posts: 2559 (07/07/2008 3:10 AM) |
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hinatha |
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Posts: 2022 (07/07/2008 3:10 AM) |
so for the record, if you believe odd numbers are bad luck, and you chew an even amount of times, take an even amount of cookies/candy, etc, is that OCD?
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 Kwis77 |
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Posts: 13249 (07/07/2008 3:11 AM) |
OMG.
  I was kind of miffed that I couldn't just have ten, even, and they had to have the first and last pages attached to other pages. 
It's kind of funny.
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hinatha |
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Posts: 2023 (07/07/2008 3:13 AM) |
ZaZzified wrote: not me, but my sister gets anxious. she gets a feeling she can't describe like she physically feels uneven or something. i dunno. she describes it
better than me. |
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autumn0308 |
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Posts: 10260 (07/07/2008 3:13 AM) |
That sounds like OCD.
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Kwis77 |
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Posts: 13250 (07/07/2008 3:14 AM) |
And yeah, it usually depends on why you do it and what the thoughts behind the compulsion or obsession, like chewing a certain amount of times, are.
And yeah. I have such a hard time lying. I have to tell the truth ALWAYS, or I'm afraid someone is going to die and they'd die thinking something I told them was the truth even though it was a lie, and that causes anxiety if I attempt to lie.
Good for my parents and friends, though. |
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TimeisHoney |
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Posts: 5970 (07/07/2008 3:14 AM) |
No, they aren't bad luck. They will make very bad things happen to my family. I usually don't do the chewing thing unless I focus on it. If I
wasn't on meds I probably would. But its always at the gym, brushing my hair, teeth, the numbers on the tv volume, etc.
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Kwis77 |
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Posts: 13251 (07/07/2008 3:15 AM) |
hinatha wrote: |
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Kwis77 |
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Posts: 13252 (07/07/2008 3:17 AM) |
Yeah, when I went to talk to my psychiatrist for the first time, he told me that a LOT of people have cases of OCD. Like 2-4% of the population in the US has
OCD, but it's just that the range in severity is different. Some people are able to function and some can not. For some people it comes and goes, some
people it's always there, etc.. It's so different in everyone.
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Kwis77 |
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Posts: 13253 (07/07/2008 3:21 AM) |
IDK, in conclusion, I just want everyone to feel better, because it's such a lousy/isolating feeling.
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Kwis77 |
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Posts: 13255 (07/07/2008 3:28 AM) |
Yeah! That's how my sister is, sometimes, and that's frustrating.
She's like, "OMG, I'm so OCD," when she's clearly not. I
just laugh it off, though. Although, when my nephew was a baby, she always got upset when he got dirty and stuff, because she liked him in clean clothes, so
now he's four (a boy, mind you), and he gets really upset if his clothes or shoes get dirty. Like, he'll cry really hard and won't be able to move.
It's getting better. I mean, if he gets wet when he's not in a bathing suit, he cries and gets so upset, so I'm always like, "Dude, it's
water! It's okay! It'll dry! You're a boy! You're a kid! Get dirty! Shoes are meant to get dirty" and then get dirt on my clothes for his
sake. IDK, I worry about if that'll carry on into his teen years, though, on a serious note!
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Posts: 3337 (07/07/2008 3:29 AM) |
See now I'm obsessing about the thoughts again.. What if I don't have OCD and I'm just weird? What if I would take a pill for it and it
wouldn't help? lol
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Kwis77 |
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Posts: 13256 (07/07/2008 3:33 AM) |
Awe.
I went through that at first. I still do, once in a blue moon. You're not weird. It really is the thoughts. It's not natural, it's a
biochemical thing. I mean, we're all slightly weird, but not weird in the OCD-weird by birth. Just the sheer obsessional part of it should let you know
that it's not you.
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Posts: 5466 (07/07/2008 3:38 AM) |
I hate having OCD. It's pretty much ruined my life. I hate waking up every morning, and going to bed is the best part of my day cause I don't have to
worry about my thoguhts. It just sucks though because I do start obsessing about having horrible dreams about my ocd when I'm sleeping. God, i just want
to die.
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JTYDTRSexy |
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Posts: 176 (07/07/2008 3:44 AM) |
I've been on a lot and I immune to any and all medication. For OCD or not, all the way down to aspirin.
So I had that cognitive therapy where youre forced into situations. And then for the most part I got over it. A lot of it stays in my head. (I know that sounds weird) I had a thing with numbers, and left corners. But when I do think about doing a 'ritual' it usually doesnt leave my head. When I get especially stressed it kind of comes out a little. But on the upside of things, I keep things very clean and organized lol. |
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Kwis77 |
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Posts: 13257 (07/07/2008 3:45 AM) |
NiteSky83 wrote: I'm sorry. :/ |
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autumn0308 |
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Posts: 10267 (07/07/2008 3:47 AM) |
I really hope you guys improve.
 If y'all ever need someone to talk to, you can send me a message here because I've BEEN there. I know how it is.
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NiteSky83 |
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Posts: 5467 (07/07/2008 3:49 AM) |
I know how you feel. It's pretty much so bad that you feel like you don't want to live. Living this way is really just not worth it. My only wish in
life is to be healthy (or know that I'm healthy) and HAPPY. I don't remember the last time that I woke up and loved life. It's so sad when i have
these moments of happiness because they only last a few minutes. I have really bad healthy anxiety which stems from my OCD. I honestly don't know how
I'm going to live with this. Hopefully God will answer my prayers.
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Kwis77 |
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Posts: 13258 (07/07/2008 3:50 AM) |
I'm kind of scared of cognitive therapy, but I don't think my most troubling thoughts are applicable to cognitive therapy, because they're not
really tangible--IDK, like fear of needles or something, where I could touch them. I know the most that could be done is have a story read to me about those
things, but I know that wouldn't take the thoughts away in the long run or make them less distressing.
Thanks Autumn, I'm so glad we talked about this. Seriously. It made me feel good to know that other people are going through similar things. I hope you feel better and better, too. And same, if you ever want to talk, pop me a PM or something.
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autumn0308 |
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Posts: 10268 (07/07/2008 3:55 AM) |
Kwis77 wrote: You're welcome. And thanks to you. |
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That sounds like OCD, the being physically uneven and off.
Same here.
Same here. I love to know
that people go through the same things that I do and we can relate. It's awesome and helps me know that I'm not alone.
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