O.c.d how do you cope with it?!
Question: i have o.c.d and it sucks but im getting over it. if you have it how do you cope.
Answers: i have o.c.d and it sucks but im getting over it. if you have it how do you cope.
i have ocd
i have had it since using it to cover over that i didnt like being abused as a child
but it took 15 years to acually realise i had ocd, as i would spend all day counting things in my head, then i realised i couldnt concentrate on things because the counting was taking over
i failed exams a school because i was too busy counting how mant letters was on a page, how many steps to get from A to B
how many straight edges round a object, but difficult to understand but it really did overtake everything
anyway i went on medicines for ptsd depression and panic attacks, but what they were not helping was the ocd
i couldnt sleep at night because i was counting things in my head, like the last srntence i had heard, or think of a song and i would count the words, or worse the straight lines in a letter
so A would be 5 and B would be 11 and C would be 5 and so on.
i would count to thousands without even realising i was doing it
i went to CBT and this didnt help
in the end my lovely aunty came up with a suggestion, in stead of lyinig in bed counting which is useless and didnt ,make me thnik, i needed to do something that actually made me think, we came up with the idea of usint the alphabet
whilst trying t sleep or watch tv or listen to people i needed to actually be thinking in stead of let my mind just wonder
so i did this
using the alphabet i would come up with lists somethimes it would be boys names, girls names fuuit, veg, shops in town, colours makes of cars, anything, and this would actually make me think
i would be thinking instead of wondering off in my own world of useless counting
i did this for about 2 months, when ever i realised i was counting i would think, stop
think of a subject eg playstation games, transport, food
then i would THINK of answers
i tell you what, the change in me was amazing, i was not lost in my own world of counting anymore
now i dont count anymore, so i dont need to do the alphabet game
give it a go, sometimes i would be on my own when i count, then realise so swap it for thinking alphabet game
or if i was with my husband i would play at it with him
we came up with lots of subjects, their is no end of subjects, places or towns or countries lots of things
it worked for me so if you want give ot a try
i am thinking of you,
xxx vici
Ok well....Accept the things you cannot change and change the things you cannot accept. I know that sounds so cliche but I remind myself daily. OCD can ruin relationships. I am an obsessive neat freak. I set aside a certain amount of time that I make myself sit down and stop cleaning.
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It is probably one of the hardest things I have ever had to deal with. I've been diagnosed with ocd and bipolar disorder, and I refuse to take medication for either. I just have a fear that because my personality is so addictive, I will get addicted to those as well.
Coping depends on what type of ocd you actually have..whether its a superstitious problem, a physical problem, or both. I used to obsess on the fact that someoene was in the room with me, while no one was there. And I couldnt see no one, I just always felt a presence. Eventually I ended up dicing up my magazines and sticking cut-outs of eyes all around my bedroom..I was 14 at the time..thats when my mom realized that somwething was wrong and I needed help. I talked to a shrink a few times, but I felt that self-help was best for me. I didnt need another person telling me what I felt, I just needed to know how to overcome it, so I created ways of my own. I gained a weird ritual of having to touch the cupboards and lightswitches everytime i went in a room in a pattern: 1,with my left hand, 1,2,3 with my right, then 1,2 with my left. If my hubby touches or kisses one cheek, he has to kiss the other or I get pins and needles.
It's frustrating..I have cried many times. And its definitely scary. BUt each time you get through it is another step to getting over it. You really need to learn how to occupy yourself when you feel it coming on. I find it hard because sometimes my hubby wont kiss the other cheek on purpose, just to test me and see if I can get over it. I cry, freak out and throw a fit, but it works to test your strength. YOU control the disorder, it shouldnt control you. Hang in there:-)
O.C.D. is not always a negative. I use some of that behavior where it where it will do the most good. Some careers are perfect for it. Focus on using the positives to achieve your goals and those you find are too negative tend to subside.
Have you thought of CBT - COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY
I have had ocd for about 8 years now. If you really really have OCD and not OCB then you should go see a doctor they will give you a medicine that will help it calm down..
When I was about 14 my doctor made me wear a rubber band around my wrist and whenever i have thought that i dont want to have, do things repeatedly and all that i would snap it, which would train my body that that particular behavior is wrong.
OCB is obsessive compulsive behavior.
OCD is a disorder.
Not many people know this but there is a huge difference between the two, the main difference is, that someone with OCD has the urge to do certain things for fear that if they don't something bad will happen. You may have the same urges that a person with OCD would experience, and the sure fire way to tell whether [for example] eating your food in a specific order is an OCD trait or and OCB trait is to ask your self "Why?" you have to eat that way. If you don't eat that way, will something bad happen, or do you eat that way because you have an uncomfortable feeling if you don't. OCB's are easier to control because they are more like habits, OCD is difficult to control because in order to do so you have to convince yourself that something bad will NOT happen.
I'm not saying your wrong. I'm just saying if you have been diagnosed with it, then you can definately get medication for it!
I have been diagnosed with both OCD and tourettes.