[ViceVersa]

(Original post by Smoosh)
Ever since I was little I've been very repetitive and compulsive with my behaviour, but it's kind of expanding the older I get. I do it with a lot of things, but the main one that stands out to me is I absolutely have to touch everything equally and with both hands...sounds so weird writing it down when I was little I'd only do it occasionally. but now I find myself doing it with most things. E.g. when I'm sleeping at night if one of my feet is touching the other, I'll sort of keep touching them together a certain amount of times until I feel it feels right, or if I have an itch then I'll have to touch the same part with the opposite hand and keep doing it, again, until it feels "right". I can't fight the need to do it even if the thing will hurt me e.g. it's hot or something.

I'm always checking everything over and over until I'm satisfied with the way it is, mostly when I see something written down, I like to keep going back and checking that it's exactly how I thought it was...I can't stand the thought that it might not be exact

Those are the type of ones that stand out the most to me, if I looked into my daily activities I think I'd probably show more behaviours than I realise. I'm a complete perfectionist by nature, so that probably doesn't help!

Doesn't sound weird to me (probably because I sometimes do this) so don't worry you can feel comfortable here. Tbh hun you probably have OCD so I think you should speak to someone about it. Although, for years I've always sorts dealt with me myself and got used to how I was, and sometimes 'trained' myself to be better at some things.

I do that too, I go back and check or read stuff. I compulsively read over and over something sometimes and I can't stop ha

If you post here daily about the kinda stuff you do or struggle with it might help you and the rest of us form a better picture and help you reflect and realise your behaviours

[Contrad!ction.]

(Original post by ViceVersa)
Ahh I get that. If I am painting my nails, and I accidently mess one up and fix it, I have to take them ALL off and start again. Takes a while to paint my nails really..

I think that happens to me with most things - if I make a mistake, I have to restart everything.

[Smoosh]

(Original post by ViceVersa)
Doesn't sound weird to me (probably because I sometimes do this) so don't worry you can feel comfortable here. Tbh hun you probably have OCD so I think you should speak to someone about it. Although, for years I've always sorts dealt with me myself and got used to how I was, and sometimes 'trained' myself to be better at some things.

I do that too, I go back and check or read stuff. I compulsively read over and over something sometimes and I can't stop ha

If you post here daily about the kinda stuff you do or struggle with it might help you and the rest of us form a better picture and help you reflect and realise your behaviours

I guess I've always worried what I do is just considered normal behaviour and not extreme enough to be considered as OCD, so it's nice to hear some reassurance I try really really hard to fight the urges and tell myself that nothing bad will happen just because I don't do it, especially when I'm really comfy in bed at night, those are the worst ones! Most of the time I just give in and do it because otherwise I think it would just play on my mind

It's so annoying isn't it I'm usually quite a fast reader, but sometimes I just find myself staring at the same sentence reading it over and over to check I got it right

I'll definitely start posting here regularly, this was a great thread idea

[ViceVersa]

(Original post by Contrad!ction.)
I think that happens to me with most things - if I make a mistake, I have to restart everything.

Yeah. It's really bad cos with Maths for example, I end up wasting a lot of paper because of mistakes, and I have to write with a black pen for some reason. I now just do the working on a scrap paper and then transfer to the neat paper, which of course takes time but what can a girl do right?

[ViceVersa]

(Original post by Smoosh)
I guess I've always worried what I do is just considered normal behaviour and not extreme enough to be considered as OCD, so it's nice to hear some reassurance I try really really hard to fight the urges and tell myself that nothing bad will happen just because I don't do it, especially when I'm really comfy in bed at night, those are the worst ones! Most of the time I just give in and do it because otherwise I think it would just play on my mind

It's so annoying isn't it I'm usually quite a fast reader, but sometimes I just find myself staring at the same sentence reading it over and over to check I got it right

I'll definitely start posting here regularly, this was a great thread idea

Ahh it's definitely not normal lol It's okay, at least you've gotten some closure.

I try hard too, I really do the bed at night ones are the absolute worst, glad you agree! High fives

It's definitely annoying merr

Okay that's really great to hear and welcome and ahh thanks glad you think so

[Contrad!ction.]

(Original post by ViceVersa)
Yeah. It's really bad cos with Maths for example, I end up wasting a lot of paper because of mistakes, and I have to write with a black pen for some reason. I now just do the working on a scrap paper and then transfer to the neat paper, which of course takes time but what can a girl do right?

My working's in blue Biro. Hate maths exams because I have to write in black. If I've got a trig proof, then I need to do it on separate sheets of paper because there's so much scribbling out - so yeah, I do the same.

Also, your post just reminded me of another thing. When I'm using BBCode, I have to make sure the space is after the tags. I had to edit a bit of your quote because you had the space in the [I] tags.

[ViceVersa]

(Original post by Contrad!ction.)
My working's in blue Biro. Hate maths exams because I have to write in black. If I've got a trig proof, then I need to do it on separate sheets of paper because there's so much scribbling out - so yeah, I do the same.

Also, your post just reminded me of another thing. When I'm using BBCode, I have to make sure the space is after the tags. I had to edit a bit of your quote because you had the space in the [I] tags.

Ahh I'm not alone in this world

and ooo wow that's one I haven't had before. I hope I don't acquire new habits

[cpdavis]

(Original post by ViceVersa)
Yeah. It's really bad cos with Maths for example, I end up wasting a lot of paper because of mistakes, and I have to write with a black pen for some reason. I now just do the working on a scrap paper and then transfer to the neat paper, which of course takes time but what can a girl do right?

This has caused me so many problems. I was in the bank one time and the only pen they had was a blue one. I walked out and got my own black pen. In my cambridge interview (which I got into) they gave me a blue pen and I asked for a black one as I find it difficult to write in blue. One time, I got this really nice pen but when I saw it wrote in blue I haven't used it since and I gave it away (it was a parker). The worse is when someone is asking for help and I tell them I won't help unless a black pen is presented. Only time I use black is on diagrams when I need to show many colours and even that is kept to the minumum

[Contrad!ction.]

(Original post by ViceVersa)
Ahh I'm not alone in this world

and ooo wow that's one I haven't had before. I hope I don't acquire new habits

Haha we shall be awkward together

It's because I need symmetry. I hate it when things aren't symmetrical.

[ViceVersa]

(Original post by cpdavis)
This has caused me so many problems. I was in the bank one time and the only pen they had was a blue one. I walked out and got my own black pen. In my cambridge interview (which I got into) they gave me a blue pen and I asked for a black one as I find it difficult to write in blue. One time, I got this really nice pen but when I saw it wrote in blue I haven't used it since and I gave it away (it was a parker). The worse is when someone is asking for help and I tell them I won't help unless a black pen is presented. Only time I use black is on diagrams when I need to show many colours and even that is kept to the minumum

Seems like we're pretty similar then. It can be soooo frustrating.

[ViceVersa]

(Original post by Contrad!ction.)
Haha we shall be awkward together

It's because I need symmetry. I hate it when things aren't symmetrical.

Yay

I hate the too man, I really do.

Oh btw, once I had an exam and the chair I had had a chewing gun right in the middle. I hate that sooo much. Guess what? I ended up sitting on the chair with half a bum and wrote the damn exam.

Spoiler:

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It was a 2 hour exam fml.

[ironandwine]

Is it alright for people who live with those who have OCD to post here?

[Contrad!ction.]

(Original post by ViceVersa)
Yay

I hate the too man, I really do.

Oh btw, once I had an exam and the chair I had had a chewing gun right in the middle. I hate that sooo much. Guess what? I ended up sitting on the chair with half a bum and wrote the damn exam.

Spoiler:

Show

It was a 2 hour exam fml.

And if I've written on half of a page, I have to take the rest up in some way. In one book I filled up a double page spread that I'd accidentally left with a steam train. It was a bit of an 'in' joke with my maths teacher - a steam train went past, so he yelled 'STEAM TRAIN!' and ran to the window.

Ouch. I hate it when you get chairs/tables that for some reason rock and make a hell of a racket when you write. You have to sit really uncomfortably there to avoid making loads of noise.

[ViceVersa]

(Original post by Contrad!ction.)


And if I've written on half of a page, I have to take the rest up in some way. In one book I filled up a double page spread that I'd accidentally left with a steam train. It was a bit of an 'in' joke with my maths teacher - a steam train went past, so he yelled 'STEAM TRAIN!' and ran to the window.

Ouch. I hate it when you get chairs/tables that for some reason rock and make a hell of a racket when you write. You have to sit really uncomfortably there to avoid making loads of noise.

Ahh thankfully I don't have that problem but wow must suck so much you had to draw a stream train haha

I hate that too tbh.

[ViceVersa]

(Original post by ironandwine)
Is it alright for people who live with those who have OCD to post here?

Yep feel completely free. Every damn day if you want

[Contrad!ction.]

(Original post by ViceVersa)
Ahh thankfully I don't have that problem but wow must suck so much you had to draw a stream train haha

I hate that too tbh.

Well, I wanted to take the space up, and figured I could take the piss out of my teacher too. So, I drew one. It became a recurring theme.

You don't want to make a scene, so instead you suffer in silence.

[ViceVersa]

(Original post by Contrad!ction.)
Well, I wanted to take the space up, and figured I could take the piss out of my teacher too. So, I drew one. It became a recurring theme.

You don't want to make a scene, so instead you suffer in silence.

Wow it looks awesome

Story of my life..

[Contrad!ction.]

(Original post by ViceVersa)
Wow it looks awesome

Story of my life..

I draw him loads of random pictures... and I've also learnt that he's a fan of maths jokes. Running out of them now...

I hate getting people involved. So instead I bottle it up and feel crap instead.

[Little Thorn]

Ooh, this thread fits me perfectly.

I've had an OCD since I was about 7 where I would pick at my skin. When I was young I would pick the skin off my lips to the point where they would bleed. I still do this and I notice that my peak time of doing this is once I've just gotten into bed to sleep. I get urges when I'm in public but I have to try and fight it off since I realise it's a weird behaviour..sometimes I'll just pick without realising.

The worst part of my OCD is that I pick at my legs, I have two areas on the lower part of my right and left leg where I pick at everyday especially in the evenings when I'm all alone. I'll sit there looking for things to pick at, sometimes time will run away on me. I'll have blood on my fingers but it won't stop me. At one point I had have surgery on one of my legs because the skin there was completely ruined but I couldn't own up to having done it myself. I have to hide them all the time but no matter how hard I try I can't stop

It's been years and I honestly don't see anything changing anytime soon.

[ilovefashion90]

My mum has this. It was quite hard to live with when I was younger. Really small things turned into massive arguments and there were times where she would leave us and go to my grandma's house for a couple of days until we would all go as a family to bring her back. Its not as bad now and we've learnt how to deal with it. I hoover my room 3 times a day for example. We never shut the doors or it drives her crazy. We have sheets covering all the sofas etc. We make sure we don't move things out of place. My mum has other issues and the OCD on top of that. I'm used to it now and unless someone visits and comments about our house, I forget all about it. It's just routine. There are still about 10 small arguments a day (on average), triggered by her OCD. Like I say they're usually small arguments with her shouting and us ignoring.