Does it sound like i have OCD?!


Question: I enjoy washing my hands with soap and sometimes alcohol. I hate it when they get dirty. I always have to wash them after going outside, every time I'm in the bathroom, after holding my cat or whenever they don't feel right or dirty. I can't stand public bathrooms, even their sinks because they feel contaminated. Sometimes the air outside smells dirty (I live in NY) and I feel like it sticks to my face and hair. Does it sound like I have OCD? Or am I just weird?


Answers: I enjoy washing my hands with soap and sometimes alcohol. I hate it when they get dirty. I always have to wash them after going outside, every time I'm in the bathroom, after holding my cat or whenever they don't feel right or dirty. I can't stand public bathrooms, even their sinks because they feel contaminated. Sometimes the air outside smells dirty (I live in NY) and I feel like it sticks to my face and hair. Does it sound like I have OCD? Or am I just weird?

Yes. But there are two different things: an obsessive compulsive personality disorder and an obsessive compulsive disorder. I wash my hands a lot too, and I enjoy things that are clean. I am organized as well.........It's only a problem if you 1). Can't enjoy your life 2). It stands in the way of you living your life. Try to rationalize with yourself and be reasonable. Yes, there are germs everywhere. Will they all make you sick? NO. So, you just need to accept this and wash your hands as is reasonable. Seek counseling if you feel it is out of control

It could be, but it could also be a whole bunch of other things. You'd need to go to a doctor for a diagnosis, people online can't diagnose. So ask a parent to take you because you are feeling this way.

yep very well could be I'm you can google some sort of self-test for OCD

sounds like youre just a neat freak. you could have it, but usually in OCD there are certain rituals or ways of doing things that MUST be done by the person or they will be paranoid until they do them the correct way. you could ask your doctor and get some kind of test, but you just sound like a neat freak, which is definitely a good trait to have =]

Check out the link below for NAMI.org, a wonderful organization that helps people with various disorders.

Well, it's definitely a possibility. But I wouldn't jump to conclusions. Take a self-test and research it a bit.
You could just be a germaphobe or perfecionist.
Don't get me wrong though, I'm no psychiatrist.

Good luck with sorting all this out. :)





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