Diagnosis of OCD

[ReImagined]

The way I like to describe ocd for me is Ocd is where you obssesively obsess about the things you think about and can take a normal thought and make it so profound.

[hannahwoodcock]

I really want to get tested for OCD I’m from the UK and I have a lot of symptoms and I even have symptoms of misophonia which I’ve heard is common within OCD. I get horrible anxiety and panic attacks from so called OCD I may have and I find it hard to get through a day with having to do these compulsions. I can get distracted easily but the computation I have to complete is still in my head and I’m telling myself over and over to complete it and I will do things over and over until it feels right. My mum thinks I’m silly for saying all these things I have but it frustrates me and stresses me out because all I want is help and for someone to not understand but empathise with me as I see nobody can understand unless you have it or had it.

[zarakera]

I feel like i have ocd it’s starting to get in the way of my sleep because I will stay up late so I don’t get intrusive thoughts. I feel like I am trapped and it’s starting to get in the way of how I function. I you feel like you have anything that is important that you need to talk to your family about please do say this to yourself if you feel like you can’t “will it help me”. Have and amazing day and remember you are kind and beautiful and smart❤

[sheyanderson]

I can't get the help that I really need because it's too expensive and my insurance won't pay for it. It's so sad to be close to the help that I need but I can't even get it.😭

[ijustusethisaccounttocomme]

I can't get to sleep at night because I have to blink and swallow 4 to the power of 4 to the power of 4 to the power of 4...4 times, and again and again because every time I reach the end of a power it's still not right. I have been thinking that I might have OCD for a while now. I have other symptoms as well but this one effects my life the most and is my reason for seeking a diagnosis. Do you think that I should talk to a doctor?

[MarleeEquestrian]

I would go to therapy, but my parents wouldn’t let me. They don’t help either, I also suffer from occasional panic attacks, and they tell me to “stop doing that”. When I collect things they get mad and throw it all away, they don’t know how much those items mean to me or how cool they look. I bite my nails and skin, and I squeeze my skin or I am always restless, and they just tell me to stop and yell at me if I don’t. OCD interferes with my life so much, it’s just draining. It also causes depression. I am so scared that it may be other anxiety disorders too. Every day I just want to cry because of how stressed out I am over basically nothing. I want to scream and yell and hurt everyone, I’m scared I will one day. I dont know what to do, but I know I need help. Do you know anything I could do?? Please, I need it.

[DinoNuggetBandit]

Alr so what does it mean when u say things in ur mind repeatedly but u also have to make a noise when u think it either 4, 7, or 8 times?


Nvm it’s just a compulsion and it turns out I have a common compulsion that I never knew other people had which was checking on doors and windows constantly

[cht]

On my father's maternal side, OCD was implicated in 2 suicides and 3 other mental hospitalizations. My gram was obsessed with cleaning. You could drink from her toilet. She controlled everything and everyone in the family. I have obsessions but without the outward compulsions (Pure 0). Constant mental rumination and the inability to stop working has ruined my life.

[adeeliyanage]

Doctor. I cant sleep even when i really know i want to. i can't stop thinking about my goals, dreams and etc... is this a symptom of ocd? Thanks !

[lunar-moonasmr]

For me, I can’t listen to music and drink anything because if I swallow on the beat of the song, I’ll have to do it again until it feels right. If my hair or something were to touch my arm, I’ll have to do the same with my left arm. And when I’m typing something in my phone/computer I can’t look at the curser thing because I always count it (and it always has to be an even number. Also whenever I walk into a room it’s always my right foot first. Are these symptoms? Or am I just weird?

[YUKIMI]

I believe that I may have OCD. I am currently thirteen, and I have been showing symptoms since I was in 3rd grade. They have only gotten worse. I find myself unable to get diagnosed because of my parents, who don’t believe in mental health.

[dwrecktheanimal]

Thanks for such a simple and easy to understand explanation. I definitely have a lot to think about now..

[Frer]

Is constantly repeating sets of numbers that add up to 10 a sign of ocd?

[hetsssy]

I have intrusive thoughts and feel compelled to like wash things after eating immediately or get distracted but I don’t have rituals? I also hate the sound of eating

[Sarah-ppeo]

I don’t know what it is can someone help?
When I'm really sleepy almost every night I'm afraid of something invisible which I've no idea I hallucinate people coming to my room right before sleeping but I can't sleep as I get extremely scared after the scenario but when I change room or think that if I touch the blanket I'm safe or touching the blanket will protect me I can sleep this happens almost every night and It's really scary

[sumangalsaha]

Can a childhood trauma(extreme fear) lead to OCD at later stage of life?

[jrose]

What about someone who misleads and lies about suffering from ocd in order to profit from it on YouTube?