I think I have OCD?!
Question: Ok so sometimes like i'm using the computer mouse i click it alot and squeeze down it because .. Well it's hard to explain, like they are sort of weak (my fingers). e.g
-Playing xbox - When a game loads or whatever, i always mash the buttons and pull the triggers like heaps until its finished loading.
-Keyboards- sometimes i type too much coz my fingers feel weakish like I explained before and I push them down too hard.
- Fingers - I clench my fingers alot like i have to, because they feel weird.
I don't suffer from any panic disorder, and i'm not mad.
It also sort of feels like my fingers are tight.
please help!!!
Answers: Ok so sometimes like i'm using the computer mouse i click it alot and squeeze down it because .. Well it's hard to explain, like they are sort of weak (my fingers). e.g
-Playing xbox - When a game loads or whatever, i always mash the buttons and pull the triggers like heaps until its finished loading.
-Keyboards- sometimes i type too much coz my fingers feel weakish like I explained before and I push them down too hard.
- Fingers - I clench my fingers alot like i have to, because they feel weird.
I don't suffer from any panic disorder, and i'm not mad.
It also sort of feels like my fingers are tight.
please help!!!
It's not ocd, I have it and that's not what it sounds like. If you really feel like you have it, go to a doctor and get diagnosed.
You can't diagnose yourself.
probably not exactly ocd--- it's almost like rls, but in your hands. interesting. do you stop when you notice you're doing it?
Do you feel like you HAVE to do those things and if you don't do those things it's all you can think about? If so yes you have OCD.
It may be but it has to be a unwantd thought followed by a routine action to counteract the though. It is unwanted and intusive. May be accompanied by thoughts in your mind such as counting.
i have had OCD since I was 7 and I'm 44 now. There are many symptoms to OCD and what you are describing I too have experienced to a lite degree. everything about OCD is a matter of degrees. some symptoms are not as strong to perform and others have a high intensity to them. If you do have OCD and it sounds like you may have it, I am sure that you are experiencing plenty of other symptoms than than just the ones that you described. heres how i controlled my OCD, and it has caused me all sorts of problems in my life. i bacame an alcoholic for 14 years due to the anxiety from my OCD. i've been alcohol and drug free for 13 years now. don't drink or do drugs because this will only make your OCD worse. especially as you come down form substances because of the anxiety and stress that is associated with the comedown. coke and uppers will fuel your OCD severely and stay away from caffiene because this will also fuel your OCD. i am white knuckling it now as far as not taking any meds for my OCD, but i have learned to cut out stress in my life at a very good rate. don't get worked up about things. this will cause your stress and anxiety level to rise and severely impact your OCD symptoms. I should go on meds because when i took 100 milligrams of Luvox my OCD symptoms were reduced by 70%. i also learned to drink caffiene free teas at night and sometimes when i feel a bit anxious I will add cava cava or Valerian root to my tea. I will even at times take melatonin to help me relax at night. i even learned to practice ignoring my OCD when it demands that I perform rituals. It's hard to do at first, but when you ignore the obsessions by not giving in and performing these rituals, the OCD will greatly subside. over a few months time of ignoring rituals it will become easier and easier to not do this. Then it will become more of a maintainence for you to not do rituals. The strength of the OCD symptoms will now greatly reduce. I also learned to do rituals in my mind so I don't look funny to other people doing strange movements. you can learn to get a handle on this. as i got into my teens i was able to hide my symptoms from others by shifting focus of the rituals being performed in my mind. after you have shifted this focus then you realize that you can control, ignore and cut down on your symptoms. good luck.