Hi. I am new to this site. I wouldn't usually rely on a virtual system for support but I am on my last resort. Is there anyone on this site who has been able to supress their OCD? If so, please provide me with some methods to do so. My life is spinning out of control and my OCD is getting more intense everyday. Someone please help!
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Thank you for all your replies. First, I''m not sure what type of OCD it is. I have a problem with higiene but only when it comes to washing my hands and outside influences. I wash my hands everytime I touch something that I think is dirty. If I walk past something that is really unhigenic, I won''t eat that night out of fear of contamination. I also do not like it when people touch me. People get frustrated because I do not like any physical contact at all. I limit it to 1 hug a day or so. That is all still okay but the part I can''t handle anymore is security. At night before bed I check that everyting is locked up. I spend about 10 minutes checking each garage door, 15 minutes checking the front door, 20 munited checking that everything in the house is unplugged, and finally, I spend about an hour to 2 hours checking the sliding door and security gate. That is almost 3 hours of my night gone to waste. I then have to go to bed right afterwards. If I wait for ten minutes or so, I have to start the process all over again and I lose sleeping time. I have not gone to see anyone about this yet as it has only been getting out of control for the last year or so. I am open to any help including medication. I have tried working it off mentally but with no success. I have also read up on OCD and think I understand the basics of it. I also struggle to tell people the truth. I have a fear of telling people what I do or where I go in case it can be used against me. If I go to the shop and someone asks me where I went. I will make up a different story so they don''t know my schedule for the day. I have not told my family about this and I would like not too. I really don''t want my parents to worry about me more then they already do. I also have not gone to see any specialist due to time restrictions.
I'm pretty new to this site and the effort to work on my OCD, as well. Not having a lot of success yet, but the intensity has abated somewhat. (Unless I'm just getting used to it–there's an awful thought). Have found a lot of people on here with similar problems, some with a lot of experience. A couple of other good places for support are yahoo groups (OCD support), and a lot of people recommend the International ocd foundation. I live in Michigan, and I find the michigan ocd foundation site to be even more useful than the international one, but it probably depends on where you live. Both are easily found by google. Good luck.
If I need a break, and its getting too intense, I watch a happy movie. It dosent get rid of it for long, but it dose give me a chance to redirect my brain onto something else.
Hi. Everyone, thank you for all your replies. First, I''m not sure what type of OCD it is. I have a problem with higiene but only when it comes to washing my hands and outside influences. I wash my hands everytime I touch something that I think is dirty. If I walk past something that is really unhigenic, I won''t eat that night out of fear of contamination. I also do not like it when people touch me. People get frustrated because I do not like any physical contact at all. I limit it to 1 hug a day or so. That is all still okay but the part I can''t handle anymore is security. At night before bed I check that everyting is locked up. I spend about 10 minutes checking each garage door, 15 minutes checking the front door, 20 munited checking that everything in the house is unplugged, and finally, I spend about an hour to 2 hours checking the sliding door and security gate. That is almost 3 hours of my night gone to waste. I then have to go to bed right afterwards. If I wait for ten minutes or so, I have to start the process all over again and I lose sleeping time. I have not gone to see anyone about this yet as it has only been getting out of control for the last year or so. I am open to any help including medication. I have tried working it off mentally but with no success. I have also read up on OCD and think I understand the basics of it. I also struggle to tell people the truth. I have a fear of telling people what I do or where I go in case it can be used against me. If I go to the shop and someone asks me where I went. I will make up a different story so they don''t know my schedule for the day. I have not told my family about this and I would like not too. I really don''t want my parents to worry about me more then they already do. I also have not gone to see any specialist due to time restrictions.
Sorry that you are having to deal with this on your own, it is a tough disorder to have. I try to stay busy, do things that I love, which all revolves around music, friends, loved ones. I try to always have a good time and think about the short life I am given. However, I struggle with anxiety and obsessions right now, despite the "distractions," if you can even call them that. Hang in there, you might want to try and find a doctor to talk to about possibly getting on some anti depressants, those have helped me.