Kids worry all the time. Some are just more anxious than others. You seem to worry a lot, and there's nothing wrong with that. OCD is when your compulsions take over your life and you can't handle them. As long as you have the ability to say no, and realize you aren't going to die without doing a ritual or compulsion, you're fine, maybe really anxious though. Try discussing anxiety with a doctor.
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Do i have OCD plzzz help ;____;?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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honey, you need to go see a good psychiatrist and talk to them. it seems to me that you developed some habits when you were young, and now you may use them as coping skills. i thought that way when i was little, and i still feel the need to step on an even number of tiles when i actually concentrate on it. but really, you cant trust the diagnostics of the internet world, i think you should have some face-to-face time with a professional.
Posted 2 years ago # -
I was reading up on some stuff and i was thinking maybe i have it but im not sure.
for a long time i have always worried about like about alot of things...i worried bout growing up paying bills living on my own and getting a job driving a car if i would be able to handle all that work in that certain class would i pass that test, what my bf thinks of me what others think of me...you get the idea...i feel that sometimes it gets me deppressed or over whelmed like wen i was younger i would worry bout all these things like a big one was growing up i feared i wouldnt be able to do it and i would fail in life and that would get me sad and sometimes i cry about it thinking i would never be able to do it... ok and well now im in collage and school is really hard and i find im worrying alot and getting more stressed now...i feel antsy at times or restless like i feel the need to just get up and walk round like ill pace back and fourth in my room or i toss and turn in my bed constaintly at nite fixing my pillows and finally just sitting up not able to sleep, i worrying about weather i can pass my class cuz the work im doing currently is really hard or like if i get a job will i fail at it i worry bout things going on currently in my life...also sometimes ill get stuck on one question and wen i dont get it i get overwhelmed by it...or sometimes when im stressed i feel like a million thoughts are running threw my head and there all negative and i feel like im going crazy like so much going threw my head and i feel very tense and angry like i hate this i cant do it! and things will start to annoy me that usally wouldnt when im not like this...sometimes ill think about stuff and worry about it while thinking bout that i then i think bout more things and worry bout those things like school and life and stuff.... also when i get worried and anxious i notice ill have to do something like repeatedly like ill gulp a bunch of times or play with my hair and stop wen it feels right to me...when i was younger i used to worry that bad stuff would happen to me so i began to do supersitious things like i would skip every other tile on the floor and if i stepped on the crack i worried something bad would happen...its not so bad now i dont do that anymore cuz ppl saw me and were wondering why i was doing it and i felt dumb and stupid so i tryd to stop but i still notice i do it but not as much or its not as noticeable...like the other nite when i was sleepying i got scared cuz i heard a creppy nose in room and it was dark i then turned on the tv and pressd the voulme button up and down, up and down over and over till i felt it felt like the right voulme then stopped or still sometimes wen i get worried and im walking like ill think if like i dont step on a crack then i wont have a bad day...but i dont do it as much as i used to or only wen im really worried or stressd. also ill do little things like the need to touch something like i went to best buy the other day and had this urge to touch the keys on all these laptops for some reason...idk if i have it but can you tell me if i do or what you think it might be and how can i get help is there any medicine i can take it help stop it...and im fearing of telling my mom about it bcuz of what she might think about me doing all these werid things =[ plzzz help me =']
sometimes when im worry or stressd i feel like the need to do something compulsive like touch my hair or gulp a bunch of times pace back and forth and well thinking that will help things be bettrPosted 2 years ago # -
COMBATING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS: It's important to regularly monitor, and deal with a negative internal monologue (self talk), or mental process, such as disturbing thoughts, images, impulses, or emotions, by the process of (a): recognising it, and (b): challenging it immediately. Technique For Re-Programming Negative Thoughts: When you notice something negative, such as: "I can't do this/ am never going to get over this!" or: "Why am I always so useless/such a loser?" or even an image, emotion, or a memory; recognise that it is being generated from the negative part of your mind.
After identifying and labelling it, visualise a large, red, flashing, "STOP!" sign, and/or possibly a stern faced person wagging an index finger at you in a negative manner, then say to yourself as forcefully as you can, even aloud in a big voice, if alone: "I know this tactic: GO AWAY FOR A WHILE !!!" You may want to use either: "ruse", "ploy", "game", or "trick". In the case of an image, visualise a large "STOP" sign, or your preferred version.
Some people go so far as to keep a wide rubber band in their pocket, then put it around their wrist, when they catch themselves backsliding, stretch and release it, as a method of reprogramming their mind sooner, but I don't regard it as being strictly necessary. Remember to remove it, afterwards, if you use this method. Try replacing a negative thought with a positive affirmation of your choice, like: "I am a unique individual, with my own set of skills, and good points", or "I may not be perfect, but I'm doing the best I can, right now".
Keep in mind that habits take around 25 - 40 repetitions to establish, with most people, so you are likely to improve at it in time; just keep persisting.
Hypnosis is merely a heightened state of suggestibility, in which you are better able to communicate with your subconscious mind. 85% of people are suggestible, to some degree, so you could either seek professional hypnotherapy, or www.hypnosisdownloads.com has one about stopping negative thoughts.
Take the anxiety quiz, and view page i and the posts on anxiety (likely) & OCD (possible) at http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_25.html and, if OCD is indicated, page f.
Posted 2 years ago # -
I'm pretty sure everyone has a small sense of OCD, everyone has their own something that they do over and over.
for example, I pace ALOT! especially when i'm on the phone or bored or anxious, and i always have to do things to both sides of my body, if i touch my face with my right hand i'll have to do it with my left, just silly things like that
you shouldn't let it get to you, good luck with it anyways (:
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