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My OCD is more stress and worrying than hand washing
tho I wash my hands alot
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Doesn't seem like ocd have you been prescribed?
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I have OCD, have had it for probably much longer then I've known about it; upcoming 2 years now. My fear is contamination so Hand washing is HUGE for me. I've burnt myself as well as washing so much my skin dries up and cracks, red all the time. People ask and I tell them OCD. It is a living hell but hey, atleast were not alone right? ^.^
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I have OCD too. It's making my life a living hell.
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I think I have OCD.
(Along with a bunch of other anxiety disorders....T.T)
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I... I hate it... DX
It just... It... IT DRIVES ME BORDERLINE CRAZY SOMETIMES. JUST... REALLY.
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at least know your not alone!! ^^
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Its being argued now if I have it or not as Doctors are uncertain of what Aspergers symptoms include.
- I'm told that OCD or my obsessive nature comes from Aspergers Syndrome, either way though it still doesn't help solve the problem.
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Well OCD can be triggered by some illness just like some physical illness can eventually cause depression etc.. My OCD is a product of my depression and several other anxiety disorders....which naturally just makes the rest worse. either way its such a vicious cycle. if you wanna talk more feel free to keep messaging me or send a note!
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I suffer from depression, mainly because I can't communicate across to people well and it ends up annoying to the point where they don't want to speak to me.
Generally my biggest problem is an obsession with washing my hands. Its quite bad because if I don't get that gunky feeling of soap going round my hands so that I know that they've been cleaned, then I can't pull my hands away from the tap.. even if the water heats up to the point where it burns me.
I've burnt myself because of this and I feel stupid about it.
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my worst obsession is about my health, both physical and mental. drives me crazy thinking i may be going crazy. a huge cycle or doubt. I've burned my hands with washiing to. part of the OCD struggle is that a certain part of us(how big depends on the person) knows that what we are doing and thinking isnt right but we cant help it. or once we do gain some kind of control something else steps in and takes it away. thats how i feel. And ive had depression since i was 7 and other anxiety disorders as well. Dont feel stupid, just know that what you're doing is damaging but youre not the only one who has that problem! ^^
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Well OCD from what I've read can come from Aspergers.
Depression comes and goes. My feelings can change like a rollercoaster, which would be considered odd but reading up about Aspergers its aparently natural to happen. (I'm told I'm depressed because social life is awkward or near to dead and my narrowed interests nobody cares for so I feel left out all the time)
I don't really care what people say about narrowed interests.
Its hard to drop a subject you like for all the other boring ones because you feel lack of interest to want to do it (It makes it feel like work).
Also when I say stupid it can get embarrassing. At the start of my college course people teased me for being in the toilets longer than usual because the hand washing; although now I've come across somebody whos worse for no aparent reason and also I've met people with OCD too.
There have been times when I've had to think on my feet to overcome my hand washing problem (such as a fire alarm), which (may be disgusting but..) spitting on my hands.. washing them under water quickly and running out the door. I ended up recreating the similar feeling that made me feel free of the tap (but on a normal day basis I'd feel better if were soap as it is disgusting).
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well of course it can get embarassing when people notice things. thats where social anxiety then comes into play. but ive gotten pased the point of caring about other peoples opinions now. if they ask why i came washiing my hands or have other obsessive habits i'll just say "I'm OCD, so what?" simple as that for me. though i know its still hard and some days i feel more tolerable about myself than others. do you have weird thoughts as well? that then turn into obsessions?
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Actually yes but thats being dimissed as narrow interests.
I can become exceptional at my narrow interest, but usually it ends up being something that isn't too useful (hense why they call it 'narrow'
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whose they? your family and friends?
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Anybody. Family and friends.
I suppose my narrow interests at the moment are map making and story writing.
I like the idea of creating my own world, but when it comes down to scripting (ya know advanced mapping) I feel bored.. and same applies to the writing. The concept seems cool and very weird but I need to write in to fill the gaps to make it seem logical the reader.
For the time being I'm going to go ahead and map make + write my story concepts down and then later on I could perhaps finish them. It feels like I'm motivated to do something even though in the end it won't really contribute to much since they won't be complete. (My mind has everything set out to what to do for that stage but nothing further; as if hitting a brick wall)
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I've done that with the story thing. I have a box filled with unfinished story ideas or full outlines and even partial stories that i doubt i'll ever finish.
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I've finished all the plot details of 1 out of 5 stories in that series.
I could write it up and then improve upon it (as I know my English lit is not brilliant).
I just however don't feel like saying much about it until I've finished it because I had ideas which have come from dreams and events which I think sharing dreams is abit too personal to show to somebody. If its in a full story then it doesn't matter too much as there are other elements to the story.
At the moment I can imagine the main characters personalities really well that when watching a TV series I could imagine how they'd react to the situtations and makes me wanna write more. - I've been making sure that my plot notes flow so that I don't contradict myself and I can use previous plot elements for future stories.
Since story making is slow and to everybody elses perspective nothing is happening, I decided getting involved in text roleplays.
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well at least your doing something that you seem to enjoy!
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Life is on hold for 1 month *sigh*. (Well unless you declare exams your life..)
I thought it was exams and then finish assignments but suddenly I've been dumped with 3 assignments with under a week to complete all of them. (This is without research already done.. aww its gonna be a drag)
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exams are life just not an enjoyable part. lol ^^
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