Posted by psychobot5000 on March 21, 2007, at 13:20:53
In reply to Re: My understanding of OCD, posted by TheMeanReds on March 21, 2007, at 13:09:04
> I like things very organized. If my roommate puts the cheese on the bottom shelf of the fridge I must put it back to the second shelf. And I like things clean. I suppose this is obessive, because I can leave the house if the fridge is not the way I like it.
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> I have insomnia because I cannot shut my mind off with thoughts that are not even worth thinking about over and over and over. I suppose that is obessive.
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> I check fire hazards alot. I'm certain I'm going to die drowning, but will swim almost anywhere. I'm going to die someday anyway, right?
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> I refuse to wear a sports jacket with a leather designer purse. Everything must match to my taste. I take forever to get ready to go out at night. If I had 'nothing suitable to wear', I would not leave the house. This I guess is compulsive?
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>The symptoms you describe sound to me like OCD--maybe a moderate level of it. ...I have some such symptoms, and since I more or less grew up with them, I didn't entirely realize how abnormal they are, and so didn't realize I had OCD until long after I'd developed it.
There must be many websites listing symptoms and descriptions for OCD--maybe best to do a google search, then see if the things described match you?
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