Mental Health Awareness Group discussion

Ok so I’m like 99% sure I have ocd. But for me, it’s not just being organized and being a germaphobe. This may not make sense to anyone, but I’m just sharing my experiences in case it helps someone! I do everything in even numbers. There’s too many examples, but here are a few

- if I clap my hands, I have to end on an even number
- If I am walking, before I step over a crack in a sidewalk I have to end one my right foot
- If I itch a spot on my left arm, I have to do the same on my right
- i do everything in sets of fours, and always do something four or eight times

This may make no sense, but if it does, or you have similar experiences, lmk! Or questions lol

༻gemma༺(jacks’s version) ఌ· ° . wrote: "Ok so I’m like 99% sure I have ocd. But for me, it’s not just being organized and being a germaphobe. This may not make sense to anyone, but I’m just sharing my experiences in case it helps someone..."

OMG I do so many similar things. I actually do have OCD and I have this thing where when I drive past streetlights I have to blink as soon as they go past the side of the car.

i dont know if this ocd but i would fix things if they were out of order, but my rooms a mess?!

i do have ocd but i was saying that to see if it was apart of my ocd

ur fine!!!!

Rose wrote: "༻gemma༺(jacks’s version) ఌ· ° . wrote: "Ok so I’m like 99% sure I have ocd. But for me, it’s not just being organized and being a germaphobe. This may not make sense to anyone, but I’m just sharing..."

yesss I do that too!

idk if i have ocd if i like tap my left foot i have to tap my right, like if i do smth on one side i have to do it on the other
i can't go to sleep if like a random blanket is on the floor, or smths in the wrong place
i always like pick at my pimples and stuff
idkk pls lmk

oh my gosh okay ive been waiting for a group like this, i think i have ocd or something 😭

1. when im watching TV, the volume can never be an odd number, it just irks me so much

2. when im walking and i see a crack or a split in the footpath, I have a compulsion to jump over it, because if i don’t, my brain tells me something bad is going to happen to me

3. when im scrolling on social media, i open the comment section and i scroll down to another video, i have this really strong urge to go back and check the comment i last read on the video above, and after i check it and scroll back down again, my brain tells me to go back and memorise the full comment, and i keep scrolling up and down until i finally feel like ive read it enough and move onto the next video (IDK ITS REALLY WEIRD)

4. i have to wash my hands 3 times before i can eat something, and whenever im eating, i think about how the spoon has been shared amongst different people and how many mouths it’s been in, and then i lose my appetite. it makes it really hard for me to eat at restaurants because i think of all the tongues that have touched the cutlery

5. when i go to the supermarket and if the boxes of say, flour, aren’t stacked orderly, it makes me really uncomfortable and then i start digging my nails into my arm

6. idk if this is a symptom, but i have this stupid all or nothing mindset, like if my mom won’t let me go out for the 5 hours that i asked her for, but she lets me go out for like 1 or 2 hours, i don’t want to go anymore. same for my kobo. i had this stupid unwillingness to use it for 1 week because i dropped it and there was a scratch on the casing. it has to be perfect or I don’t want it

blair ⋆˙꣑ৎ (stuck in neverland) wrote: "oh my gosh okay ive been waiting for a group like this, i think i have ocd or something 😭

1. when im watching TV, the volume can never be an odd number, it just irks me so much

2. when im walking..."

i've been diagnosed with OCD and i have all of those traits as well! i think talking with a professional to get an official diagnosis is the best thing to do, especially if it's affecting your daily life negatively. but those are def very valid reasons to believe you have it!

hi. I've been told i might have OCD, and Idk. I'm not allowed to get treated/diagnose with anything so I don't know what to do.

oh ml. that's hard. I'm here if you want to talk

yeah ofc. I do a lot of the stuff that you mention so I understand.

I’ve been diagnosed with OCD and im rlly scared that ill lose what makes me me but also i might kms if i dont go on meds soo