I think I have ocd. What do u think?

[hello_there14]

so I have to have the radio at a even number. I check many times to make sure I have the things I need. I count while I do task to make sure I end on a even number. I always have to cover my ears with a blanket when I go to bed. I tap my fingers a lot and rub like my clothes and such. I have to do certain things when I eat food. I get afraid to flip out on my sister. I'm afraid to swear in front of my parents. I recheck things to make sure I did it right. I'm afraid to throw out things for if I need them for a later purpose or anything. And there is more.

[rachelbrrtt]

You probably have OCD. Not because you are scared to flip out on your sister or cuss I front of your parents (assuming the fear isn't crippling) but the counting while doing a task and doing certain things when you eat food does suggest it.

Before anyone says anything about it not being OCD, there are different forms and levels of OCD, just like every other mental disorder.

It is obsessive COMPULISIVE disorder. Cumpulsiveness is having the urge to do something even if you don't know why, and in the case of OCD feeling a sense of wrongness when it is not done

(Don't worry, I have OCD, and other issues, as well)

[ladieslady50]

Sounds like what would be described as OCD.
I used to try and colour match all of the pegs when I was hanging out clothes on the line. If I had a peg of a different colour I'd search for the same colour so I could make it coordinated. Then I stopped because I don't have enough time for that anymore...

[Anonymous]

I had OCD and it sounds like many things I did. When I turned the TV off, I had to have in on volume 10, and a certain channel. I had to have things ordered in numbers of 2 or 3. I would think something bad would happen if I didn't do a specific task a certain way.

Can you try not to do any of the things you talked about? How do you feel? Or do you get very uncomfortable or afraid if you dont have the radio at a even number, or count tasks and end on an even number?

And you might also have a hording issue if you can't throw things away.

[UberTroll]

Sounds like it, but it's probably not too severe from the sound of it. If you feel like it's complicating your life too much then you should talk to a therapist to try to get some of the nagging symptoms in check. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is usually pretty effective for this sort of thing.

[code3]

I don't think you have OCD... Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is much more severe and difficult to deal with than little ticks and habits.

[code3]

https://behavenet.com/node/21592

That's a link to a site containing the official criteria for an OCD diagnosis. Only read the section labeled DSM IV- TR, that's the most up to date one, the rest are obsolete. If you can track down a copy of the most recently published DSM, that would be best. It's a book containing the criteria for all known mental disorders, a new one is published every couple of years to stay current.

[djvtech]

OCD isn't black and white.

[code3]

Yes, which is why I posted a link to the official and most up-to-date description. She mentioned nothing that sounded like OCD to me, I read about simple ticks and habits. Maybe she has it, she probably doesn't, but that's for a psychologist to decide.

[Anonymous]

It would be considered OCD if you feared a horrible , unlikely consequence. EX:If you didn't end on an even number you truly believed a family member would die.

[Anonymous]

It's OCD. I have it and o do similar things. When I was young I called it evenitis.

[code3]

OCD is exponentially more severe than what she has described. OCD would consist of being overcome with crippling anxiety and fear in the event of inability to reach an even number.