could anxiety be ocd?

Hi

I suffer with OCD , quite bad & I no mine started with anxiety , also I an waiting for help as mine is at a stage now I cant break the habit because of the anxiety it causes me

So for me this is the case & yes please watch yourself , I wish some one years ago had told me how bad this could get if I didnt

Love

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I have very minor OCD traits that Have never really progressed into anything major, I shall name several ...

1: things on my work desk must be neat and tidy and in a neat line.

2: my hands must be very clean and if they get sticky from fruit juice or fruits - I start to panic and get very strong urges to wash them.

3: I am very obsessive about dates on food - I can't eat anything that i didnt personally buy or open and i only buy food on a daily basis and if anything happens to be within 2 days of its use by/sell by date I won't eat it.

I think everyone had OCD traits it just depends how it affects your life

Yes I'm going to have to be careful - it seems that I have started to skip breakfast in order to go out and get things done without fear...best keep an eye on that - when I met the OH at life skills 12/13 years ago I would only eat a packet of crisps all day...old habits are coming back, cannot wait for cbt next Monday

Hi all, mine is skin related. I cannot, literally cannot, ignore any tiny blemish or flaw even if it is not visible, even if it is a bit if rough or flaky skin, I have to pick at it. Horrid I know but there is this compulsion to cure it get rid of it, make it go away which I cannot ignore. I have been known to leave work meetings for a comfort break if I become aware of something. I feel momentarily better when I've had a good go at it then it starts again.

I know its anxiety related because I start it unconsciously if thinking of bad things, and don't do it at all when busy or happy. And I check my skin obsessively, have dine since age 12. I am undiagnosed by anyone except my therapist (seeing her for anxiety of all sorts) but she has suggested I might also be ocd and suddenly the skin thing made sense.

Anyone else have a skin obsession?

-worrymagic

Ik this is an old post but anxiety isn't nessiscarily ocd but Ocd is anxiety. It's just based off whether or not U feel that you can quit the behaviors which you usually do due to an unsettling thought