Signs Its OCD, NOT Perfectionism
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Date: 2023-08-20
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Paul
As someone born with both OCD and OCPD I think it is so important to raise awareness to these disorders and what they really are. I used to struggle a lot with dermatillomania aka skin excoria disorder which was debilitating because I couldnt stop picking at, rubbing or scratching certain areas on my head, to my shoulders. Its commonly co-diagnosed with OCD. It made my experience with acne super terrible because I had people making comments about my skin and asked if I was okay. I struggle a lot less now, but it is still an issue. I also had to seek reassurance for things on an interpersonal level more than normal. I would talk in circles in both speech and written word until I felt comfortable. I also had SO MUCH religious OCD (I cant remember if its called religiosityin my brain its a funny play on wordsreligi-OCD lmao. I had to realize that my way of thinking was irrational and I had to rationalize it. I still do so subconsciously nowadays. Without taking control, you will quite figuratively spiral OUT of control more often usually with increasing severity. Learning to take care of yourself is very important. The pollutant thoughts that flood our brains are very powerful. I havent struggled as much now because I went to therapy and Ive been taking medication for several years. It takes time. Choose your path and make it yours. Theres no right way per se to complete your journey to mental wellness. Do the best you can and follow tips from trusted and reliable sources.
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As someone born with both OCD and OCPD I think it is so important to raise awareness to these disorders and what they really are. I used to struggle a lot with dermatillomania aka skin excoria disorder which was debilitating because I couldnt stop picking at, rubbing or scratching certain areas on my head, to my shoulders. Its commonly co-diagnosed with OCD. It made my experience with acne super terrible because I had people making comments about my skin and asked if I was okay. I struggle a lot less now, but it is still an issue. I also had to seek reassurance for things on an interpersonal level more than normal. I would talk in circles in both speech and written word until I felt comfortable. I also had SO MUCH religious OCD (I cant remember if its called religiosityin my brain its a funny play on wordsreligi-OCD lmao. I had to realize that my way of thinking was irrational and I had to rationalize it. I still do so subconsciously nowadays. Without taking control, you will quite figuratively spiral OUT of control more often usually with increasing severity. Learning to take care of yourself is very important. The pollutant thoughts that flood our brains are very powerful. I havent struggled as much now because I went to therapy and Ive been taking medication for several years. It takes time. Choose your path and make it yours. Theres no right way per se to complete your journey to mental wellness. Do the best you can and follow tips from trusted and reliable sources.
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Wolfey
To be honest I do have OCD which I get it from my Mom's side of the family. I think that almost everyone has it on her side. Which came down to me, and one maybe two of my other siblings. I started showing symptoms when I was younger where I felt like I had to organize things. Like making the shoes be perfect from biggest to smallest and having my toys facing a certain way. I suffer from intrusive thoughts that form into someone getting hurt. Which scares me, so I go through with thw compulsive behavior, so that person wouldn't be harmed. I tend to keep my room clean. I lock the door when I let my dog outside, and when I bring him back in I relock it. Thinking that if I don't someone will attack my family, and cause harm. I sometimes clean dishes because a part of me says you need to clean it perfectly or else someone is going to get sick. I have more thoughts on things if I look at people and I feel ashamed when I do think of certain things. I tell myself that I'm a horrible person for even thinking of something that may involve me attacking, assaulting them in a certain way, or manipulating them. Which is why I get mad at people when they say I know how you feel I have insane OCD! Which just hurts because that person is just a perfectionist, and they feel like they have a choice. When people with OCD suffer from the disorder and feel like they cannot escape this torture of manipulative thougts and actions. I just felt like going on a rant, sorry.
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To be honest I do have OCD which I get it from my Mom's side of the family. I think that almost everyone has it on her side. Which came down to me, and one maybe two of my other siblings. I started showing symptoms when I was younger where I felt like I had to organize things. Like making the shoes be perfect from biggest to smallest and having my toys facing a certain way. I suffer from intrusive thoughts that form into someone getting hurt. Which scares me, so I go through with thw compulsive behavior, so that person wouldn't be harmed. I tend to keep my room clean. I lock the door when I let my dog outside, and when I bring him back in I relock it. Thinking that if I don't someone will attack my family, and cause harm. I sometimes clean dishes because a part of me says you need to clean it perfectly or else someone is going to get sick. I have more thoughts on things if I look at people and I feel ashamed when I do think of certain things. I tell myself that I'm a horrible person for even thinking of something that may involve me attacking, assaulting them in a certain way, or manipulating them. Which is why I get mad at people when they say I know how you feel I have insane OCD! Which just hurts because that person is just a perfectionist, and they feel like they have a choice. When people with OCD suffer from the disorder and feel like they cannot escape this torture of manipulative thougts and actions. I just felt like going on a rant, sorry.
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IceWolf
My brother has a SEVERE ocd-like illness that came on two years ago and has disrupted my entire family life, peace, and unity. From pumping the soap hundreds of times and wearing shoes all day in the house at the onset of this, to living every waking hour in a shower with running water while he watches a tv and my parents feed him like an animal in a cage and forced to serve his every demand or else he will break things, and harm himself, its been a horrific couple of years. Hes slightly better now simply because we managed to get him to live his life on the living room recliner but its still a terrible situation. Anything can potentially cause his brain to swell and the only way he can fight the thoughts and impulses is to scream and demand food and stuff. His screaming and grunting sounds like a wild animal being tortured.
My sister and I have had to endure a lack of normal family activities and parental attention causing us both to sink deep into depression. Fortunately for me at least, enough time has passed for me to fully process it all and I have reached a point where I am just done letting this rule my life. Im gonna be the best person I can be and walk through life with confidence and being carefree. I have become more sympathetic to others struggles after spending 2 years in an extremely stressful household environment.
Sorry for this long ramble but I appreciate anyone who got this far
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My brother has a SEVERE ocd-like illness that came on two years ago and has disrupted my entire family life, peace, and unity. From pumping the soap hundreds of times and wearing shoes all day in the house at the onset of this, to living every waking hour in a shower with running water while he watches a tv and my parents feed him like an animal in a cage and forced to serve his every demand or else he will break things, and harm himself, its been a horrific couple of years. Hes slightly better now simply because we managed to get him to live his life on the living room recliner but its still a terrible situation. Anything can potentially cause his brain to swell and the only way he can fight the thoughts and impulses is to scream and demand food and stuff. His screaming and grunting sounds like a wild animal being tortured.
My sister and I have had to endure a lack of normal family activities and parental attention causing us both to sink deep into depression. Fortunately for me at least, enough time has passed for me to fully process it all and I have reached a point where I am just done letting this rule my life. Im gonna be the best person I can be and walk through life with confidence and being carefree. I have become more sympathetic to others struggles after spending 2 years in an extremely stressful household environment.
Sorry for this long ramble but I appreciate anyone who got this far
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Hing
To be honest, I feel like I'm in the worst state I've ever been. Since the start of grade 5 in primary, I've always got so stressed whenever I feel dirty, or as someone said (this has happened to me multiple times word for word) I accidentally skipped a stair while walking down the stairs, now I MUST skip every second stair while walking down even if I am carrying a bunch of dishes.
My friends, who I no longer call them by that name, always teased me whenever I did something because of my ocd. Im not sure if they even understood what that meant and how it affected me, but I cried myself to sleep EVERY night from the first time they said that, and I even harmed myslef sometimes (not much harming, but a tiny bit of blood was involved, things like pinching myself but really aggressively, scratching my skin hard, ect)
My mind always tells me to do things that I would never in my life dream of doing, and I can't control it.
To my 'friends', if you are seeing this, just know you changed my life for the worst. Just because you don't have the same problems and issues as me, doesn't mean you verbally bully or physically bully someone for fun. You never realised how bad my mental state was, though I forgive you.
I had so many doubts on writing and posting this, but here I am.
Stay safe,
-Cora
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To be honest, I feel like I'm in the worst state I've ever been. Since the start of grade 5 in primary, I've always got so stressed whenever I feel dirty, or as someone said (this has happened to me multiple times word for word) I accidentally skipped a stair while walking down the stairs, now I MUST skip every second stair while walking down even if I am carrying a bunch of dishes.
My friends, who I no longer call them by that name, always teased me whenever I did something because of my ocd. Im not sure if they even understood what that meant and how it affected me, but I cried myself to sleep EVERY night from the first time they said that, and I even harmed myslef sometimes (not much harming, but a tiny bit of blood was involved, things like pinching myself but really aggressively, scratching my skin hard, ect)
My mind always tells me to do things that I would never in my life dream of doing, and I can't control it.
To my 'friends', if you are seeing this, just know you changed my life for the worst. Just because you don't have the same problems and issues as me, doesn't mean you verbally bully or physically bully someone for fun. You never realised how bad my mental state was, though I forgive you.
I had so many doubts on writing and posting this, but here I am.
Stay safe,
-Cora
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Ginger
I honestly hate it when people think OCD is like perfectionism, because it's the same thing with anxiety and depression, they think it's a quirk when it's pretty harmful.
I have OCD and my life is just upside down. I take a lot of time on things. Like when I'm organizing dishes, I have the need to make sure the dishes of the same color of not next to each other. I don't know why, I just do. Or how, before using a restroom, I turn the shampoo bottles around. I just feel like if the front is facing me, there's something watching me. It's weird. And then there's the symmetry thing. When I touch one things with one side of my body, I have to touch it with the other side, same way same limb. It's annoying.
There are other things I have stopped doing constantly, like cracking my fingers. I feel the urge to, but I have to stop myself. Although, I still can't stop myself from washing my hands constantly. Especially after I sneeze. Every time I sneeze, even if I don't sneeze into my hands, I have the need to wash my hands. They feel like they have germs on them when I sneeze.
Alright, I'm done ranting. I just needed to let this all out. I apologize if you had to read this.
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I honestly hate it when people think OCD is like perfectionism, because it's the same thing with anxiety and depression, they think it's a quirk when it's pretty harmful.
I have OCD and my life is just upside down. I take a lot of time on things. Like when I'm organizing dishes, I have the need to make sure the dishes of the same color of not next to each other. I don't know why, I just do. Or how, before using a restroom, I turn the shampoo bottles around. I just feel like if the front is facing me, there's something watching me. It's weird. And then there's the symmetry thing. When I touch one things with one side of my body, I have to touch it with the other side, same way same limb. It's annoying.
There are other things I have stopped doing constantly, like cracking my fingers. I feel the urge to, but I have to stop myself. Although, I still can't stop myself from washing my hands constantly. Especially after I sneeze. Every time I sneeze, even if I don't sneeze into my hands, I have the need to wash my hands. They feel like they have germs on them when I sneeze.
Alright, I'm done ranting. I just needed to let this all out. I apologize if you had to read this.
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X. N
Thank you for this video Psych2go. because I have this friend that claims he have OCD because one time we argued about him that he keeps on correcting my grammar and spelling at our group chat (which is I know that I still make some mistakes but mostly why I have wrong spellings because I type fast and I press some wrong letters or sometimes the keyboard auto correct) like ofc I don't mind being corrected by I don't like the fact that he scrubbed it at my face like he said if u know it why won't u do it correctly like I was so pissed that I already explained it to him and so he used this against me that it wasn't his fault since he have OCD and it really pissed me since it wasn't a reason why would he say that and not try to be understanding but ofc since I'm not sure about the difference of OCD and perfectionist I didn't argue much with him since if it was true that he have OCD then maybe I should understand him but the thing is sometimes he chats with wrong spellings too and when I bring it up he said ofc he make mistakes too like bruh WTH
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Thank you for this video Psych2go. because I have this friend that claims he have OCD because one time we argued about him that he keeps on correcting my grammar and spelling at our group chat (which is I know that I still make some mistakes but mostly why I have wrong spellings because I type fast and I press some wrong letters or sometimes the keyboard auto correct) like ofc I don't mind being corrected by I don't like the fact that he scrubbed it at my face like he said if u know it why won't u do it correctly like I was so pissed that I already explained it to him and so he used this against me that it wasn't his fault since he have OCD and it really pissed me since it wasn't a reason why would he say that and not try to be understanding but ofc since I'm not sure about the difference of OCD and perfectionist I didn't argue much with him since if it was true that he have OCD then maybe I should understand him but the thing is sometimes he chats with wrong spellings too and when I bring it up he said ofc he make mistakes too like bruh WTH
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Lqmie
It's quite possible that I have OCD, and the misinformation surrounding it make me terrified to claim that I do, or admit that I do experience symptoms. I have a lot of intrusive thoughts and compulsions that pop up a lot, and it honestly makes me feel like I'm going mad. We're continually editing our thoughts and words to ensure we don't accidentally cause anything or say something that gets interpreted as horrible or bigoted, among many other things. I'm quite tempted to send this video to my parents, as they don't seem to have really internalised the fact that it's not perfectionism. They'll make jokes about stuff and refer to it as CDO because you want it alphebetised or whatever and meanwhile I'm trying to ignore the echoes in the back of my head mumbling about my dog secretly having a certain illness I cannot will myself to write and hurting someone: / like we're dodging words and phrases because if I interact with them bad things will happen according to the ocd brain.
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It's quite possible that I have OCD, and the misinformation surrounding it make me terrified to claim that I do, or admit that I do experience symptoms. I have a lot of intrusive thoughts and compulsions that pop up a lot, and it honestly makes me feel like I'm going mad. We're continually editing our thoughts and words to ensure we don't accidentally cause anything or say something that gets interpreted as horrible or bigoted, among many other things. I'm quite tempted to send this video to my parents, as they don't seem to have really internalised the fact that it's not perfectionism. They'll make jokes about stuff and refer to it as CDO because you want it alphebetised or whatever and meanwhile I'm trying to ignore the echoes in the back of my head mumbling about my dog secretly having a certain illness I cannot will myself to write and hurting someone: / like we're dodging words and phrases because if I interact with them bad things will happen according to the ocd brain.
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Shinoko_Vilante
Im actually confused i have OCD or perfectionism
My mom said i cant have OCD because my room is messy but i confirmed through a diagnosis that i have ADHD so could be that (i still don't know what type of ADHD) heres an example:
My mom forced me to participate in an math contest audition
Days before the audition was formed i started horribly crying in the middle of the night almost certain that wouldn't even pass the audition before i even tried it and my parents my teacher my friends everyone i know would be mad and disappointed in me
My parents already said it themself It's ok if you dont pass the audition you tried your best my brain refuses that she ever said
Each time i try to give myself confidence my brain just denies it
Then i start crying again after the audition because even tho i passed i was so afraid of not winning and having the same scenario that popped up in my head before the audition happen again
Which am i?
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Im actually confused i have OCD or perfectionism
My mom said i cant have OCD because my room is messy but i confirmed through a diagnosis that i have ADHD so could be that (i still don't know what type of ADHD) heres an example:
My mom forced me to participate in an math contest audition
Days before the audition was formed i started horribly crying in the middle of the night almost certain that wouldn't even pass the audition before i even tried it and my parents my teacher my friends everyone i know would be mad and disappointed in me
My parents already said it themself It's ok if you dont pass the audition you tried your best my brain refuses that she ever said
Each time i try to give myself confidence my brain just denies it
Then i start crying again after the audition because even tho i passed i was so afraid of not winning and having the same scenario that popped up in my head before the audition happen again
Which am i?
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FelixW
as someone that has so many types of ocd im like inside:
what that sounds wrongrh kh rh gh. whatever
i dont like being perfect but i hate or dislike when someone removes the way i putted it in organized the way i like!
im not really organised cuz i dont really like
i have lots intrusive toughts
i wash my hands 11020293837626(like 130 times a day) cuz i dont like feeling contaminated
if i think abt a person i think a lil bit dirty and i dont like it i dont watch these ugly vids from years after i was obsessed since i was depressed during that time
i always need to check door keys or windows exept the gas cuz i always forget
with adhd i cant concentrate a lot during study and im so childish
with ocd if i do something i think so much before i do it most of the times and then i instant regret and i cry
i have maybe like 3 more but idk how describe
why are you still here: D
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as someone that has so many types of ocd im like inside:
what that sounds wrongrh kh rh gh. whatever
i dont like being perfect but i hate or dislike when someone removes the way i putted it in organized the way i like!
im not really organised cuz i dont really like
i have lots intrusive toughts
i wash my hands 11020293837626(like 130 times a day) cuz i dont like feeling contaminated
if i think abt a person i think a lil bit dirty and i dont like it i dont watch these ugly vids from years after i was obsessed since i was depressed during that time
i always need to check door keys or windows exept the gas cuz i always forget
with adhd i cant concentrate a lot during study and im so childish
with ocd if i do something i think so much before i do it most of the times and then i instant regret and i cry
i have maybe like 3 more but idk how describe
why are you still here: D
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Sawadikap
Ive been diagnosed with OCD, Anxiety & depression for a few months now it started with me having intrusive thoughts of jumping out the window of the 21st floor. I have this urge to feel what its like falling and I got so scared not of the falling part but of the thought that I had. Sometimes I get a thought while watching tv or walking my dog. Ifs like a translucent screen drops over my eyes and my intrusive thoughts just pops out of nowhere and I phase out for a second or two. I get disturbed but you cant see it in my face I just look deadpanned or poker faced but inside im scared. So now everytime I have a thought that disturbs me I tell it to my bf so we can both keep up with my OCD and tell my psychiatrist after. It really helps to have someone especially at night when your alone with your own thoughts.
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Ive been diagnosed with OCD, Anxiety & depression for a few months now it started with me having intrusive thoughts of jumping out the window of the 21st floor. I have this urge to feel what its like falling and I got so scared not of the falling part but of the thought that I had. Sometimes I get a thought while watching tv or walking my dog. Ifs like a translucent screen drops over my eyes and my intrusive thoughts just pops out of nowhere and I phase out for a second or two. I get disturbed but you cant see it in my face I just look deadpanned or poker faced but inside im scared. So now everytime I have a thought that disturbs me I tell it to my bf so we can both keep up with my OCD and tell my psychiatrist after. It really helps to have someone especially at night when your alone with your own thoughts.
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FireRuby1
For me my entire life Ive had to make balance so for instance if I turned my head to the right to look at something I must look left. Or if I turn around I must turn the other way. With tiles on the ground I cant touch the lines. I also growing up needed the volume on the tv to be an odd/ even number like 20/25/30 and when I go to bed every night I HAVE to sleep on my right side. Every time I have to sleep on my right, no questions asked. My biggest ocd or maybe phobia is uncomfortable noises everyday things or people make such as loud Ss or chewing sounds, clanking dishes, slurping. I think thats a phobia tho not ocd. But those are my problems and I feel like such a psycho
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For me my entire life Ive had to make balance so for instance if I turned my head to the right to look at something I must look left. Or if I turn around I must turn the other way. With tiles on the ground I cant touch the lines. I also growing up needed the volume on the tv to be an odd/ even number like 20/25/30 and when I go to bed every night I HAVE to sleep on my right side. Every time I have to sleep on my right, no questions asked. My biggest ocd or maybe phobia is uncomfortable noises everyday things or people make such as loud Ss or chewing sounds, clanking dishes, slurping. I think thats a phobia tho not ocd. But those are my problems and I feel like such a psycho
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CreamPuff
For me people in my class confused me for having OCD even tho I just like being perfect and having a clean desk and being very organized and that I feel the need that I need to be perfect and for me I just like cleaning and organizing stuff nothing more, and that one time someone told me if I have OCD and at that time I didnt even know what that even meant so I said Um sure? and once I found out about what OCD was I felt so embarrassed and then corrected myself and I felt very nervous and scared of now how this person will see me
Even tho I have intrusive thoughts that make me worried that I might hurt someone or myself I dont really think I have OCD
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For me people in my class confused me for having OCD even tho I just like being perfect and having a clean desk and being very organized and that I feel the need that I need to be perfect and for me I just like cleaning and organizing stuff nothing more, and that one time someone told me if I have OCD and at that time I didnt even know what that even meant so I said Um sure? and once I found out about what OCD was I felt so embarrassed and then corrected myself and I felt very nervous and scared of now how this person will see me
Even tho I have intrusive thoughts that make me worried that I might hurt someone or myself I dont really think I have OCD
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psych2go
i've been doing stuff that was talked about in this video for 7 years(literally half of my life)and i would just like to know how i would go about telling my therapist that i think i have this, cuz if it isnt ocd that's wrong with me, then im just insane. but i just wanted to know how to properly talk about it without sounding like a pick me girl, cuz i think im finally ready to talk about it cuz im tired of feeling like im crazy, so i had to ask online cuz i've never brought up the fact that i've felt like this for the longest time to anyone. im done oversharing now(im sorry)but if you have any advice or anything like that pls lmk
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i've been doing stuff that was talked about in this video for 7 years(literally half of my life)and i would just like to know how i would go about telling my therapist that i think i have this, cuz if it isnt ocd that's wrong with me, then im just insane. but i just wanted to know how to properly talk about it without sounding like a pick me girl, cuz i think im finally ready to talk about it cuz im tired of feeling like im crazy, so i had to ask online cuz i've never brought up the fact that i've felt like this for the longest time to anyone. im done oversharing now(im sorry)but if you have any advice or anything like that pls lmk
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BlocksBuilds
I don't know if these are signs of OCD but I always have this thing that if I flick the light switch and it doesn't make the exact same click sound it always does I have to flick it again or if I put something on the table I sometimes get a shiver through my body because for me it doesn't lay perfect and I will spent 20 minuts to put it perfect only for my parents to pick it up and not placing it back the exact same way I did. Those things completely freak me out in my head and it'll be the only thing I can think about that day. I have never been identified with anything because I'm to socially awkward to ask anyone.
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I don't know if these are signs of OCD but I always have this thing that if I flick the light switch and it doesn't make the exact same click sound it always does I have to flick it again or if I put something on the table I sometimes get a shiver through my body because for me it doesn't lay perfect and I will spent 20 minuts to put it perfect only for my parents to pick it up and not placing it back the exact same way I did. Those things completely freak me out in my head and it'll be the only thing I can think about that day. I have never been identified with anything because I'm to socially awkward to ask anyone.
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worm
I love this, as a person who got did not get diagnosed until I was 18, Im happy to have awareness. I showed slight symptoms in 1st grade and my teacher said I would grow out of it little did she know. My perfectionism is a part of my OCD and people always say you dont have it unless you have this and this when I have terrible intrusive thoughts, things NEED to be just right or I feel like I will die, and this effects the way I feel about people and relationships too. I also feel that people forget OCD can be genetic (to my knowledge, I could be wrong tho)
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I love this, as a person who got did not get diagnosed until I was 18, Im happy to have awareness. I showed slight symptoms in 1st grade and my teacher said I would grow out of it little did she know. My perfectionism is a part of my OCD and people always say you dont have it unless you have this and this when I have terrible intrusive thoughts, things NEED to be just right or I feel like I will die, and this effects the way I feel about people and relationships too. I also feel that people forget OCD can be genetic (to my knowledge, I could be wrong tho)
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BeeSweet16
OCD related to symmetry here! Love this. I used to think i was a perfectionist until I was diagnosed. It has to affect your daily life significantly to be a mental disorder. I don't say mental illness because an illness can have a cure and people often pity me when they hear it like its a terrible thing. Its not. Its something that allows me to function and think differently. Like my GAD, ADHD and so on. I say embrace your OCD and just be aware. Trust me, for years I ignored it and it made me bitter and resentful. I just had different needs. shrugs
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OCD related to symmetry here! Love this. I used to think i was a perfectionist until I was diagnosed. It has to affect your daily life significantly to be a mental disorder. I don't say mental illness because an illness can have a cure and people often pity me when they hear it like its a terrible thing. Its not. Its something that allows me to function and think differently. Like my GAD, ADHD and so on. I say embrace your OCD and just be aware. Trust me, for years I ignored it and it made me bitter and resentful. I just had different needs. shrugs
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Fox_
So Im not quite sure if I have OCD or not. I often have this urge that I NEED to do something, for example of I walk around something and dont walk back around the same way I have this strong feeling that I have to do it, or maybe Ill do something a bit different and again theres that strong urge to go back and change it. Often if Im writing and I mess up a letter, even if its not that bad, I need to erase it and write it again. Basically I would like any advice if I have OCD or if its different because this gets really annoying in my day to day life
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So Im not quite sure if I have OCD or not. I often have this urge that I NEED to do something, for example of I walk around something and dont walk back around the same way I have this strong feeling that I have to do it, or maybe Ill do something a bit different and again theres that strong urge to go back and change it. Often if Im writing and I mess up a letter, even if its not that bad, I need to erase it and write it again. Basically I would like any advice if I have OCD or if its different because this gets really annoying in my day to day life
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forkerdude
my story:
ok, when i was around 7 years old, i became OBSESSED with number four. (i get its weird, ok) like i would tap my fingers four times, roll up and down the window four times, take bites of food in a four-ish rhythm, and if i didnt? that thing that i was supposed to do, it would stand out among things around it, it would have this glow, this aura, and it was SOOO annoying. it would only go away if i did this certain thing!
when i was younger, i thought this was OCD. now im not so sure. Anyone have an answer?
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my story:
ok, when i was around 7 years old, i became OBSESSED with number four. (i get its weird, ok) like i would tap my fingers four times, roll up and down the window four times, take bites of food in a four-ish rhythm, and if i didnt? that thing that i was supposed to do, it would stand out among things around it, it would have this glow, this aura, and it was SOOO annoying. it would only go away if i did this certain thing!
when i was younger, i thought this was OCD. now im not so sure. Anyone have an answer?
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ForensickLass
OCPD is now an accepted disorder. It is perfectionism that impacts a person's daily living abilities.
OCD is a compulsion intended to cover or relieve some discomfort while Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is about anxiety related to the compulsion directly
For instance ocd might lead a person to clean to relieve feelings of lack of control while OCPD is often a response to trauma related to the perfectionism so like parents who abused the person when they weren't perfect
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OCPD is now an accepted disorder. It is perfectionism that impacts a person's daily living abilities.
OCD is a compulsion intended to cover or relieve some discomfort while Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is about anxiety related to the compulsion directly
For instance ocd might lead a person to clean to relieve feelings of lack of control while OCPD is often a response to trauma related to the perfectionism so like parents who abused the person when they weren't perfect
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Lille
You said that perfectionism is a personality trait.
I've been told by a handful of people I'm a perfectionist, while I just want to be good enough.
Could perfectionism stem from childhood trauma?
Mother was never happy with my performance and always told me in brutally honest ways. To the point where I am starting to see she was verbally abusive.
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You said that perfectionism is a personality trait.
I've been told by a handful of people I'm a perfectionist, while I just want to be good enough.
Could perfectionism stem from childhood trauma?
Mother was never happy with my performance and always told me in brutally honest ways. To the point where I am starting to see she was verbally abusive.
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Rocco
I know I am suffering from OCD but it's been years and I still haven't been diagnosed with it, probably because I grew so used to not receiving mental health help that I have urged my parents to look for it for so long. But OCD is ruining my life and I genuinely want to die now, I never meant it all those times I said I was suicidal before but I do now.
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I know I am suffering from OCD but it's been years and I still haven't been diagnosed with it, probably because I grew so used to not receiving mental health help that I have urged my parents to look for it for so long. But OCD is ruining my life and I genuinely want to die now, I never meant it all those times I said I was suicidal before but I do now.
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tai
why does this make me sad? me and my mom both think we have ocd even without a diagnosis. she likes everything clean, i like repeating actions and i also have obsessive thoughts. but its like she doesnt understand what im telling her. i want to talk to someone who actually cares. now i have a tear on my face.
edit: im crying
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why does this make me sad? me and my mom both think we have ocd even without a diagnosis. she likes everything clean, i like repeating actions and i also have obsessive thoughts. but its like she doesnt understand what im telling her. i want to talk to someone who actually cares. now i have a tear on my face.
edit: im crying
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Lotus
This reminds me of when I worked in retail, and a coworker asked if I had OCD. The reason was that I was trying to color coordinate the hanging clothes. This video reminded me of that incident. Yes, Im a perfectionist when it comes certain things (a Virgo too. Thank you Psych2Go for clarifying the difference!
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This reminds me of when I worked in retail, and a coworker asked if I had OCD. The reason was that I was trying to color coordinate the hanging clothes. This video reminded me of that incident. Yes, Im a perfectionist when it comes certain things (a Virgo too. Thank you Psych2Go for clarifying the difference!
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Psych2Go
Hi everyone! We're on a mission to build out a community for creatives and artists to advocate for mental health through animated videos. If you would like to support our work, that would mean so much to us and for the community! We're hiring new paid writers, editors, and 2D animators and story boarders.
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Hi everyone! We're on a mission to build out a community for creatives and artists to advocate for mental health through animated videos. If you would like to support our work, that would mean so much to us and for the community! We're hiring new paid writers, editors, and 2D animators and story boarders.
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forkerdude
i also have thoughts in my head, not about obsessive-compulsive things, just things i really dont want to think about. and if i say in my head Stop or give my brain the command to stop, it never does. I basically have to Yell inside my head? i think i put that right. does this have to do with anything?
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i also have thoughts in my head, not about obsessive-compulsive things, just things i really dont want to think about. and if i say in my head Stop or give my brain the command to stop, it never does. I basically have to Yell inside my head? i think i put that right. does this have to do with anything?
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