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OCD

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jammydodger5 · 23/12/2018 00:05

Hi everyone!! Saw another thread on here about OCD and a lot of the behaviours sound similar to mine so tell me does this sound like OCD?

This roughly started when I was 14 I'm now 20. And to be clear I'm not sure if it's ocd because I'm not overly worried about germs but I'm hate people touching MY STUFF. I did have a gp appointment when I was 14 but they just give me a leaflet about support websites.

Thing I would do:
If I put a wash on no one was allowed to touch it or else it would have to be put in the wash again .

No one was allowed in my room If someone went in my room I would wash the curtains, walls. Wash every single one of my clothes I even used to wash my lovely leather jackets and ruined them, clean in the drawers and the frame of my drawers And wipe down my radiator.

Clean bed duvet and sheets every 2 days

I still live with my parents and have a young DD though I don't mind her touching my things

I thought things had improved since having DDbut I think there getting worse
I clean all bathrooms, dust and clean the kitchen hoover and mop twice a week but every single cleaning is in a certain order e.g I can't hoover until I'm finished cleaning worktops or crumb will fall on floor or I can't hover and mop yet because I'm intoning and dust my fall on the floor.

My parents don't find the time to clean and i can't cope with a untidy/ dirty house especially not when my DD is crawling about .

Thank you for reading

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CarrotTop6 · 23/12/2018 00:13

It sound more like you might be on the autism spectrum than OCD.

OCD is a severe compulsion with terrifying thoughts connected to it. Not just being picky or liking things to be clean. (Even very clean)

There are intrusive thoughts that can invole really distressing things, for example - if you didn’t clean your room after someone went in there what would happen ? With ocd you might feel that you will get ill and die, or that other people carry disease etc.

Some people can have ocd and live in a v untidy messy house, but still have strict routines that they use to block out the intrusive thoughts.

I hope that makes sense !

jammydodger5 · 23/12/2018 11:11

Yes that makes sense thanks so much for your reply.
I wouldn't feel anything bad would happen if I didn't clean I would just feel really quite angry if someone touches my stuff or the order of things in my cleaning changes

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