obsessive compulsive?

I have this weird urge to keep checking things, if i say send someone an email I will check for a reply like only a minute after I sent it, and several times after that even though the person probably hasnt even had a chance to read it, the same with messages through sites like myspace and facebook. Also when I get home I will rush to the computer to check if I have a reply before I do aything else. I will check my university timetable to see what lesson I have several times in the space of only a few minutes, even if I know what lesson and room it is in. If I text someone I will keep checking my fone for a reply even though its right near me and I would hear if a text has come through. I will check downstairs several times to see if the letters have come even though I can always hear when they are posted through the door. It really annoys me that I do it, but I feel that i have to, would that be considered as OCD?

Reply 1

Anonymous #2

Sounds a bit like it, if ya worried just go to a gp for more a recomnedation on where you can get more specialist advice or search on the internet (i think there is a charity called MIND that may have a few link or somthign)

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tehjonny

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OCD is typified by the feeling that if you don't do various irrational acts, something awful will happen to you or those close to you.

Compulsion is when you do things because you feel that you have to, but not because bad things will happen, but because you just have to.

OCD is very difficult to accurately diagnose, and can be confused with myriad other anxiety disorders.

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Revenged

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Anonymous

Sounds a bit like it, if ya worried just go to a gp for more a recomnedation on where you can get more specialist advice or search on the internet (i think there is a charity called MIND that may have a few link or somthign)

lol... laughable... you think someone has OCD because they check for texts and e-mails... that is the most ridiculous thing i've heard ever... according to this, you'd diagnose half the population of UK with OCD...

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Yellowmarshmellow

Anonymous

I have this weird urge to keep checking things, if i say send someone an email I will check for a reply like only a minute after I sent it, and several times after that even though the person probably hasnt even had a chance to read it, the same with messages through sites like myspace and facebook. Also when I get home I will rush to the computer to check if I have a reply before I do aything else. I will check my university timetable to see what lesson I have several times in the space of only a few minutes, even if I know what lesson and room it is in. If I text someone I will keep checking my fone for a reply even though its right near me and I would hear if a text has come through. I will check downstairs several times to see if the letters have come even though I can always hear when they are posted through the door. It really annoys me that I do it, but I feel that i have to, would that be considered as OCD?

I do that too, tiz very annoying, don't think you have OCD though maybe you're just slightly obsessive over not knowing if things are there or not, probably best to get it checked out anyway just in case. Good luck :smile:

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belle_27

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tehjonny

OCD is typified by the feeling that if you don't do various irrational acts, something awful will happen to you or those close to you.

Compulsion is when you do things because you feel that you have to, but not because bad things will happen, but because you just have to.

OCD is very difficult to accurately diagnose, and can be confused with myriad other anxiety disorders.

I agree. You don't sound like you have OCD. The things that people will OCD do are irrational, checking things doesn't count unless it's checking that your car is still on the driveway because you think you may have not put the handbrake on, but your checking seems like something quite a few people would do and certainly isn't irrational.

Stirring your tea 70 times clockwise and having to leave the spoon in the teacup facing north and only north is irrational (one of the more extreme examples).

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Anonymous #3

psychosurgery?

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welshliz

do you think this is ocd, whenever im about to go upstairs i have to check the cooker is off, i have found the gas on 3 times now when ive gone into the kitchen (my dad!), so now i check the gas is off, ill walk away but then i have to go back touch every nozzle to make sure its off and do that again before im satisfied then just before i go upstairs i turn on the kitchen light just to make sure again. ive been doing this for about a year.

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Anonymous #4

I used to think bad things would happen to me if I didn't do something. Now, I check my Uni door and always come back to check, even though I would never leave it unlocked!

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I'm not OCD, I just have to make sure the tables in a room align properly, or I think everyone will die, and I hyperventilate. I only have this odd 'straightness' obsession, but everyone has their own character quirks.

Don't worry about it, it doesn't mean anything, speak to someone if you are really worried, but if not, don't let it get you down :smile:

Reply 10

Eevuul

technically, it's only considered to be OCD if the symptoms seriously affect your ability to live a normal life... to me, it sounds like this habit of compulsively checking emails/texts is more of an annoyance rather than an obstacle to leading a normal life... why not check out some websites and see if you have any other symptoms of OCD? do your symptoms occur to such a extent that you find it hard to live normally? if so, you may have OCD... otherwise, you're probably just displaying mild symptoms of the disorder, but probably don't actually have it. hope that helped

Reply 11

General Mullet

Personally I think it isn't OCD, you probably obsess over email and phone because desperately want a reply or wonder why they haven't replied. It's not like I'm a doctor though...

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belle_27

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welshliz

do you think this is ocd, whenever im about to go upstairs i have to check the cooker is off, i have found the gas on 3 times now when ive gone into the kitchen (my dad!), so now i check the gas is off, ill walk away but then i have to go back touch every nozzle to make sure its off and do that again before im satisfied then just before i go upstairs i turn on the kitchen light just to make sure again. ive been doing this for about a year.

Its rational to check that it's of considering you've found it left on before but to check 3 times is a bit much but I'd say like someone else mentioned that it's just mild symtoms of the disorder, not the actual disorder. It really has to affect a lot of what you do to be classed as OCD, something like 3 hours (don't quote me on that!) of your day has to be taken up doing all the little things you make yourself do (without any solid reasons to) to be considered OCD.

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