OCD Youth

jaythedaybreak said 4 years, 1 month ago:

I want to be a bit more sure until maybe confronting my parents about possibly having OCD.
I think I’ve symptoms of the “toucher” sort of OCD for a few months now, but today it’s gotten particularly bad. In fact, it’s suddenly gotten three times as worse, to the point I’m slapping myself.
I’m pretty sure it’s not Tourettes. I often think about the actions before doing them, even if it’s just for a second. I think it’s a combination of compulsions and a weird form of tics since often I either feel the discomfort in some form of my body and either compulsively move my hand there to tap/scratch/rub, or if it’s intense enough, I sometimes just end up slapping myself without much thought.

The main reason I’m confused is that despite the fact I’ve had that discomfort issue for a while now, it’s only when I researched it I suddenly started experiencing tics.
I managed to list some of them too:

Slapping (particularly on the wrist, face)
Hand shuffle
Shaking my hand (wave)
Hair itch
Hair shuffle
Face taps (particularly forehead and nose)
Back taps (particularly on the back of the neck)
Clawing skin (particularly top of nose and cheek)
Scrunching up ear
Pinching/squishing chin
Gum tapping/rubbing
Leg shaking
Foot tapping

Any help?