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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I recently noticed that when i put on socks and or shoes i always use right foot first and of i start on left first i stop and start on the right.
Got me wondering as i see it as a habit i picked up and i think o c d is just another label thought up to justify someones quirkiness or habits.
Everything nowadays has to have a label and think its wrong. |
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OCD and quirks aren't the same thing.
I don't like eating things in odd numbers but it doesn't affect me day to day, it's just a quirk.
My friend takes hours to leave the house when she's having a bad turn. Washing hands, locking the door, packing her handbag are all things that take the average person minutes. Not her. It's about rituals that have to be completed properly. And affect her on a daily basis |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I don't think it's OCD, I think it's something to do with the way the right side of the brain works. When you walk you probably always put your right foot forward first too.
Try sitting on a chair, put your right leg out and do a circle motion with your foot in a clockwise direction, and at the same time try to draw the number 6 in the air with your right hand.....see what happens. |
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I think the label comes into play more when it's really obsessive, hence the obsessive bit of obsessive compulsive 
I was told I have 'ocd' about my bedding which I wash/change at least 3 times a week. I don't think it's obsessive, I just really like clean flesh bedding. I haven't tested not doing it though, so it could be obsessive |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My oldest daughter suffers with OCD so yes. Her house has to be immaculate 24/7  "
Do you think you could persuade her to move to mine?.
Some folk have habits, some have superstitions but OCD as I understand it is when it disrupts your normal life eg. Constantly checking windows are closed, hand washing, lining stuff up exactly in cupboards etcetera. |
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I have a little problem with bins and ashtrays. I can't put my hands near either without washing them straight away. Even after dropping a tea bag from a metre above a bin I have to wash the spoon. Don't know if it's OCD or an aversion to germs. I also have to tidy up piles of books or leaflets when I see them askew. They have to be in perfect alignment or I feel anxious |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"You probably did it that was since you were a young lad.
People always say "it's my ocd" when doing something but rarely do they have it. "
Could not have put it better. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My oldest daughter suffers with OCD so yes. Her house has to be immaculate 24/7
Do you think you could persuade her to move to mine?.
Some folk have habits, some have superstitions but OCD as I understand it is when it disrupts your normal life eg. Constantly checking windows are closed, hand washing, lining stuff up exactly in cupboards etcetera. "
Nobodys allowed into her living room. Her house is like a show house and its beautiful. If she makes you a drink, she stands there waiting for your cup and instantly washes it and puts it away soon as you finish  |
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"I have a little problem with bins and ashtrays. I can't put my hands near either without washing them straight away. Even after dropping a tea bag from a metre above a bin I have to wash the spoon. Don't know if it's OCD or an aversion to germs. I also have to tidy up piles of books or leaflets when I see them askew. They have to be in perfect alignment or I feel anxious "
To me thats just about hygiene which obviously is good |
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"My oldest daughter suffers with OCD so yes. Her house has to be immaculate 24/7
Do you think you could persuade her to move to mine?.
Some folk have habits, some have superstitions but OCD as I understand it is when it disrupts your normal life eg. Constantly checking windows are closed, hand washing, lining stuff up exactly in cupboards etcetera.
Nobodys allowed into her living room. Her house is like a show house and its beautiful. If she makes you a drink, she stands there waiting for your cup and instantly washes it and puts it away soon as you finish "
This may come across wrong as not intentional so is o c d a form of mental health issue.
I just find it puzzling when folk put labels on things.
Is o c d a medically recognised illness as i genuinely do not know. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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After watching OCD Ward on tv, OCD is not an issue till it starts to bother you.
Most of do things in a certain way all the time, that is normal. When it stresses you out when you don't do it the same way then it becomes an OCD issue. |
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I've never been diagnosed but have a mild form of ocd, I'm sure. I was my hands constantly even though I know they are clean.
I avoid touching door handles and touching things in public and if so,need to find somewhere to wash my hands to put my mind at rest.
In the winter usually carry a little handwash thing in my coat pocket,comes in very handy.
Of course all this goes out the window if I'm feeling horny,the mind is truly a complex thing  |
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"My oldest daughter suffers with OCD so yes. Her house has to be immaculate 24/7
Do you think you could persuade her to move to mine?.
Some folk have habits, some have superstitions but OCD as I understand it is when it disrupts your normal life eg. Constantly checking windows are closed, hand washing, lining stuff up exactly in cupboards etcetera.
Nobodys allowed into her living room. Her house is like a show house and its beautiful. If she makes you a drink, she stands there waiting for your cup and instantly washes it and puts it away soon as you finish
This may come across wrong as not intentional so is o c d a form of mental health issue.
I just find it puzzling when folk put labels on things.
Is o c d a medically recognised illness as i genuinely do not know."
Yes it is medically recognised, it's classed as an anxiety disorder and can be thoughts as well as actions x |
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OCD is a real anxiety disorder, and not everyone will be affected in the same way, nor to the same extent. Have tenacity, drive and absolute determination to stick with things is what makes many people successful, so some of the same characteristics shared with OCD individuals.
Human behaviour is learned, and repetition forms habits - so we can all easily repeat things over and over without needing to re-learn them. This means our brains are more efficient, and we don't waste precious energy thinking and thinking and learning stuff we already know.
If someone has a habit that is more controlling of them, then they are bestowed with control to choose how they do things, then it could be an issue. We all have habits, OCD individuals limit themselves to repetitive continuation of habits even when they may feel that it's not right for them, so that they can lessen their anxieties.
It's all about choice and anxiety. If you can freely choose to follow a different behaviour and put aside a long standing habit, without being controlled by anxiety, then it's pretty healthy. If someone can't, then it verges on the domain of OCD behaviour.
Someone with OCD may choose to live as they are - there's no need for someone to change, if they don't want to, if it's not hurting someone else. But it is real, and a lot of anguish is felt by many people due to this. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
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A label and a recognised diagnosis are not the same thing.
Do you consider that saying someone has a cold or a broken leg giving them labels too?
This is just another case of lack of understanding of and dismissal of serious mental health issues.
People also often describe themselves as depressed or manic when they aren't. It doesn't mean that those conditions don't exist and don't affect some people in very serious ways. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I have a little problem with bins and ashtrays. I can't put my hands near either without washing them straight away. Even after dropping a tea bag from a metre above a bin I have to wash the spoon. Don't know if it's OCD or an aversion to germs. I also have to tidy up piles of books or leaflets when I see them askew. They have to be in perfect alignment or I feel anxious "
I understand about the spoon thing. When brushing my teeth when i spit i have to spit again because i feel like the previous stuff hadnt got out completely. granted its not the most flattering of examples but its one of my good ones  |
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