Post by pretzelofconfusion on Aug 23, 2006 0:50:24 GMT -5
ive been saying jokingly for a while to my friends and stuff that i probably have ocd just when i do something that would put me in that category i guess.. but then this summer when i was living with my aunt it really got bad.. my aunt would insist over and over that she thought i must have it.
its not like the type of thing where i have to do something a certain number of times, but where when im doing something, like dribbling a basketball i have to dribble it a certain number of times until it just suddenly feels RIGHT and then i can shoot it, but only then, and when im jumping on the trampoline if im going to do a trick or somethin i have to have the 'perfect' number of jumbs before i do it.
then theres the thing where i always feel dirty. whenever i do something or if its just been a while since ive washed my hands, i feel like i NEED to go do it b/c my hands and arms are just covered in dirt. and i end up showering 2 or 3 times a day sometimes for no real reason.
yet another thing is that i'll just be doing something, like putting the dishes away, and open a cupboard and be struck by how unorganized it is.. so then i will sit on the floor and empty the ENTIRE cupboard out, wash it, and organize all the tupperware bowls by shape and size. same goes for my aunts scrapbooking letters. theyre little circles with a hole at the top and a letter on each one. first i aphabetize all hundred and something and then arange them by color in each letter.. and many other things.
its kind of getting out of hand.. even when i write, it has to be perfect, if i mess up a letter, i have to erase it over and over again until i get it just right.
these things take up so much of my time and just stress me out. im curious, are these signs that i may have some type of OCD?
-karlee
its not like the type of thing where i have to do something a certain number of times, but where when im doing something, like dribbling a basketball i have to dribble it a certain number of times until it just suddenly feels RIGHT and then i can shoot it, but only then, and when im jumping on the trampoline if im going to do a trick or somethin i have to have the 'perfect' number of jumbs before i do it.
then theres the thing where i always feel dirty. whenever i do something or if its just been a while since ive washed my hands, i feel like i NEED to go do it b/c my hands and arms are just covered in dirt. and i end up showering 2 or 3 times a day sometimes for no real reason.
yet another thing is that i'll just be doing something, like putting the dishes away, and open a cupboard and be struck by how unorganized it is.. so then i will sit on the floor and empty the ENTIRE cupboard out, wash it, and organize all the tupperware bowls by shape and size. same goes for my aunts scrapbooking letters. theyre little circles with a hole at the top and a letter on each one. first i aphabetize all hundred and something and then arange them by color in each letter.. and many other things.
its kind of getting out of hand.. even when i write, it has to be perfect, if i mess up a letter, i have to erase it over and over again until i get it just right.
these things take up so much of my time and just stress me out. im curious, are these signs that i may have some type of OCD?
-karlee