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question for OCD sufferers

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Tree25 · 09/03/2025 22:07

Hi. I just wanted to ask if this is just something I struggle with or if there are others that are the same ... I have a really bad cycle of having something a certain way , like arranging something and I'll be happy with it for a very short time and then I'll get like this urge and compulsion to change it again, but I shouldn't change it because then it stresses me out and I should have just left it as it was but that urge to change it for whatever reason always comes back. Sometimes its because ill overthink and overanalyse it and decide its not quite right , sometimes its boredrom and sometimes its that hype of changing things all the time and making it different and exciting. Is this a normal, common thing for OCD? Just wanted to see if this was just me or not. If not, how do you manage things like this and when you get those urges to do something but you know by keep going back to it all it'll do is stress you out because the process of having to arrange things and have things a certain way can be really stressful. It's a vicious cycle because things can be okay but then you keep going back to it and back to it and end up stressing yourself out all over again. Just wanted to hear people's thoughts. Many thanks

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richardosmanstrousers · 09/03/2025 22:09

Do you have OCD and you are asking if others are like you or are you asking if this behaviour is indicative of OCD?

Tree25 · 09/03/2025 22:10

richardosmanstrousers · 09/03/2025 22:09

Do you have OCD and you are asking if others are like you or are you asking if this behaviour is indicative of OCD?

I have OCD i got diagnosed when I was a teenager. I just wondered if this is a common trait others have and if so how do they manage it

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