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Topic Title: OCD
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megan-x said 3 years, 2 months ago:
Hi! So I haven’t actually being diagnosed with OCD but I do plan on trying however I don’t know where to start and it has taken a lot of thinking to even get to this step.
My “OCD” is generally cleaning, I’ve always enjoyed cleaning up for the purpose of looking at how tidy it is after. However since a couple of months ago I’ve been really scared of germs and things that make me ill. For example I was really poorly before and I literally cleaned a whole house because I thought that was the reason. I feel like if I don’t clean someone or me will get really poorly and it scares me. I sanitize my hands quite a lot, before and after every meal coming in and out of shops, just quite regularly. I try to act “normal” for people like hugging other people or just being around them but my anxiety is so bad, my hands sweat, I get belly pains because I feel that anxious of what germs may be around or on them. Generally I do not go without a day when I don’t clean up, because I do get thoughts like “if you don’t clean up, your family won’t be happy with you” Even though I know my family wouldn’t really care. I have been really struggling with it lately. After a clean I generally don’t want to lay dont or sit down cause I feel like I would ruin in, my back really hurts after with everything that I do. I also have a habit of using detol spray on myself to kill the germs off my clothes I’ll do this after and before meeting anyone. I can’t decide weather I do need help or I don’t
moresunshine said 3 years, 2 months ago:
Hello! I hope you're doing okay!
I definitely think this could be OCD, so it would be a great step to go and try and get diagnosed! I totally understand how you feel about germs, as I went through a period where I was absolutely terrified too. I was constantly trying to reassure myself on the internet or asking my mum and friends if I'd be okay, to the point where they'd get annoyed with me. I knew they weren't annoyed with me asking them, they just hated how much I worried.
I think getting help would be a fantastic idea! You don't want it to become even worse, so tackling it now is the right thing to do