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Jamesy

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Totally aware that what I'm doing make no sense to anyone even me.

 

I used to be the same with the front door just before going to bed. I'd push it shut again and again even though it was already shut and very locked. Even knowing that wasn't enough and I'd keep pushing and checking the locks. I'd then move to the top of the stairs and stare at the locks for many, many minutes just in case they'd become unlocked or were about to!

 

I still suffer from this particular checking curse although to a lesser degree. I can still be found by our front door just before going to bed looking at the four locks over and over, seeing that they are in place, knowing that all is well but unable to just walk away until I'm convinced.

 

 

I had therapy for clinical depression during my teens and early twenties and often found that the OCD symptoms were alleviated by certain anti-depressants. However, I never had specific counselling for OCD.

 

In the same way that I eventually convinced my counsellor that I didn't want to use anti-depressants any longer and that I would will myself better I managed to convince myself that the OCD stuff wasn't necessary.

 

At this point I'd say that it's worked. To a point. I still check things and still suffer from depression but not as bad as I used to.

 

HTH

 

Respect. Very honest and frank post.

 

Spot on with the autism. More prevalent in males.

 

Thanks for the capitals BTW:D

 

You're still a sarcastic bastard though.:D

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This thread has been extremely interesting to me as I have experienced a lot of what has been talked about. For the past 20 years I have experienced problems with OCD with it being more prominent at certain points of my life. Its come and gone in waves, at some points I've had no trouble at all and other times it’s been unbearable! The majority of my problems seem to be centered around the checking of things before I have gone out – lights/cooker/locks/doors etc, its amazing how long you can stare at a the knobs on a cooker trying to convince yourself that they are turned off and your not going to burn the house down while you’re gone! I have never told anyone about this up until now, not even my family, its been really positive reading others experiences knowing I’m not alone and I’m not going completely mad!

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i do that alot, when i take my food and go in my room i run back down to check theyre of, also a long time ago i used to have a lot of problems with spurting random words after something personal happend. thats stopped now, THANK GOD!:D. also if im worried about something i never can show it, i always squeeze my toes or fingers. never said that to anyone.

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Now I think about it yes...

 

-habitually re-arrange furniture, cupboard contents etc..

 

 

 

 

I can actually vouch for this one, as I spend quite a lot of time at Mrs H's, and can now make my own brews, it is like a lottery as to where the cups will be this time!!;)

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its amazing how long you can stare at a the knobs on a cooker trying to convince yourself that they are turned off and your not going to burn the house down while you’re gone!

 

Oh man, easily 5-10 minutes....

 

...per knob!

 

First you have to make sure the oven (if electric) is off at the wall. Then focus on the knobs making sure the all the temperature markers are lined up. Focus on each in turn and then as a whole.

 

Then place you hand on each hob for nine second or a multiple of nine (don't ask) as, let's face it, if the oven isn't truly off then you'll get burned. Having wound up burn free it's back to the knobs before moving on to the kettle, the taps, the switches, the heater you never use but need to check and so on.

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I recently started seeing a girl who's dad has one about driving... whenever he drives and takes any member of his family or a friend out he will leave in the car then come back and park up on his drive, get out of the car then get back in start the car and drive off again :search:

 

He does this 3 or 4 times on every journey as he gets really paranoid about causing an accident :blink: must be really hard to live with every day.

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this thread is fooking brilliant!!

 

nice to know there are loads of crazy people out there too!

 

to be honest all the wierd sh!t that i do on a regaular basis doesn't worry me in the slightest...i actually just laugh at myself constantly - i do try and break some of these habbits but always crack in the end and revert back to them.....for example our curtains have the hoop tops, and i always have to make sure each one is seperated out equally asnd doesn't over lap any of the others...sometimes my wife will leave one overlapped on purpose and i'll try for as long as poss to let it go...but then crumble and have to space it all out properly!!!!!!!

 

thought of another couple being as people are being so honest on here:

 

* Both our trays have to have the writting facing the same direction

* If i've just had a cigarette i HAVE to wash my "smoking" hand before touching anything.....

....if i do have to touch anything on the way to the sink with the smoky hand (like the door handle), i then have to touch the handle with the "clean" hand!?!?!!?!?

* Make sure all my shoes and trainers are propely lined up by the front door before i go to bed!!

 

:D

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I am quite sane in comparison to some.

 

- Remotes have to be in neat order

- When I go shopping I stop twice on the lane to double check I have my purse, or I make my kids check my bag lol

- can't stand toothpaste-tube being left on sink has to be stood in little tub

 

 

PS:

Our cat has OCD, everytime you touch him he has to wash himself untill he is clean - it makes a good game at night to allow him to wash then immediately touch him after -lol

 

Our cat does that too, wash,wash, touch oh no clean again. Quite amusing.

 

:D

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'As Good as it Gets', one of my favourite film, staring Jack Nicholson who suffers from OCD.

 

"How can you diagnose someone with an obsessive compulsive disorder, then act like I have some choice about barging in here?"

 

:D

 

Great film !

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I can actually vouch for this one, as I spend quite a lot of time at Mrs H's, and can now make my own brews, now i'm old enough to touch the kettle without burning myself, it is like a lottery as to where the cups will be this time!!;), i just have to hope she hasnt put them in a high cupboard

 

 

thats very honest of you Mrs D:D:blink:

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this thread is fooking brilliant!!

 

nice to know there are loads of crazy people out there too!

 

to be honest all the wierd sh!t that i do on a regaular basis doesn't worry me in the slightest...i actually just laugh at myself constantly - i do try and break some of these habbits but always crack in the end and revert back to them.....for example our curtains have the hoop tops, and i always have to make sure each one is seperated out equally asnd doesn't over lap any of the others...sometimes my wife will leave one overlapped on purpose and i'll try for as long as poss to let it go...but then crumble and have to space it all out properly!!!!!!!

 

thought of another couple being as people are being so honest on here:

 

* Both our trays have to have the writting facing the same direction

* If i've just had a cigarette i HAVE to wash my "smoking" hand before touching anything.....

....if i do have to touch anything on the way to the sink with the smoky hand (like the door handle), i then have to touch the handle with the "clean" hand!?!?!!?!?

* Make sure all my shoes and trainers are propely lined up by the front door before i go to bed!!

 

:D

 

I do the curtain thing before i get into bed every night, they have to be right! :D

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