I have mild OCD like checking the taps or doors closed few times. But what makes it difficult ia overthinking about some recent events, what have I said or done wrong, even tiniest thing like dropping a spoon at work or aome piece of cake on a floor makes me be anxious and overthink of the akward and shameful incident.
To me, this sounds more like social anxiety than OCD. Do you get any treatment for OCD and/or anxiety?
I had OCD as a child, and it mostly went away with biofeedback therapy. I no longer have a diagnosis. I still have some ritualistic behavior, but it no longer interferes with my life.
I do have social anxiety, i keep even right now i keep overthinking how i dropped small piece of cheesecake on a floor and had to pay half the price for it. I said we can put it back, but I joked. I keep thinking that a customer understood that saying as a normal idea and probably was appaled about it me saying it and im afraid shes gonna leave a bad review or something. My Ocd is big on causing a fire, so i dont smoke indoors and make sure few times that i have put down a cigarette for good.
I have OCD. I have excoriation disorder right now which is compulsive skin picking. In my life my compulsions have been many. I have done things like having to have light switches a certain way, to checking door locks, having to have certain lights on, washing my hands a certain way, cleaning a certain way, rearranging furniture, checking my cup for bugs, the list of compulsions goes on but sometimes they last for months sometimes years. Then I get rid on one compulsion and a new one shows up, I always obsess about something.
It helps my social anxiety when I talk about the embarrassing thing I did. Then others can assure me they have also done embarrassing things and everyone is usually so worried overthinking about their own embarrassing moments that they don’t have time to think of other people’s. And when they do, it makes them feel better about their own embarrassing things. I will share an embarrassing moment with you about me working as a waiter. I spilled a drink all over a customer when I tripped. Not just water, it was iced tea. I was so humiliated. Thankfully, the customer was chill about it, and did not yell at me. But I couldn’t sleep that night because I kept fretting that I would get fired over it. I ended up quitting that job in a few weeks anyways, because I moved away.
Another thing that helps me is thinking about the likely outcomes of a scenario. In your example, suppose a customer did overhear you make that joke and leave a bad review. What is the worst thing that would happen? Probably your manager reminding you not to make jokes in front of customers. It would be fine. You won’t lose your job over making a joke that got taken wrong. You will survive this incident.
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Thank you ninjastar, I just have my mom to tell my embarassing stuff i done, due to psychosis I lost all my friends and they think Im a looney.
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You have us. We’re all loonies here!
One time, a cashier gave me my change and told me to have a nice day. I said, “Thanks, love you too!” and walked off, then died a little inside.
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Thats a good one! I still sometimes have a flashback what i said and done and i swear loudly out of nowhere
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I make loud beeping noises. Mr. Star has grown quite used to it. He hears me and says, “Is there anything you want to talk about?”
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Antipsychotics fixed my OCD/social anxiety. I used to pray 20 consecutive times because God would give me more benefits if I pray more. I was constantly cleaning my hands and the house thinking there is still dirt. At the same time I thought I was being poisoned with a radioactive poison.
I have ocd with door locks, oven knobs, and making sure my fridge door is closing like it should. Hope you manage it better hugs
Yeah I’ve been obsessed with the mark of the beast/end time scenarios for a while now, have to let it go, but it is pretty odd
I have ocd in realtion to spending too much time online, for instance shopping when I know I shouldn’t, and having trouble getting away from the computer. I think this kind of ocd has kind of been normalized. In my country they had a poll about how many times people checked their phone in one day, and on average it was more than 100 times each day. I got rid of internet on my phone, so at least I don’t have that problem anymore.
I have OCD pretty bad.
I complete certain routines and do tasks to prevent catastrophic events from happening,
All day.
It’s terrible.
But, I’m working with my therapist, doing CBT and trying to implement some of the things she taught me.
It used to be under much better control, but with all the stress I have today,
It’s kind of spiraled out of control.
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