Hi. I've not discussed this with a doc yet. To be honest I'm fed up going there for one thing or another. I have anxiety and depression and am on medication for them. It has only been recently that I realised that I may have another issue. As long as I can remember I have needed to even things up. If I touch so.wthing cold or it touches me, I need to apply the same temperature of cold to the opposite side of my body to have symmetry. If I scratch one arm then I need to scratch the other with the same amount of pressure.
Not following through does not create fear or dread in me but it will gnaw away at me like an itch until I complete the action needed. I need to have the tv volume on a number ending 5 or 0 but the radio in the car has to be an even number. This is only of I see the number though. If I close my eyes or turn away I'm able to change the volume without it eating away at me although I have to overcome the urge to check it.
On the whole it doesn't massively impact my day to day life but I've beco.e more aware of it recently after a couple of my team at work noticed. Not sure whether that means I'm doing it more often though.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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Everyone has a bit of this, but it is called OCD if it causes huge distress if you don't carry out these compulsions and they take over your life and stop you doing the things you ought to do and want to do.
That's a pretty accurate description of how OCD works, as it doesn't always induce panic, though it can, but often just gnaws away, as you put it, until you give in.
It sounds as if it is not a huge problem at present, but perhaps a course of CBT or a self-help book could be of use to you. Better to learn techniques for dealing with OCD now so if it gets worse you are already tooled up for dealing with it.
I feel the very same towards evening everything out numbers, sizes, and organising things and double checking everything i do or did. It is mentally tiring thinking all the time and the worry if its not right and worrying how to make it feel right, the best way that has helped me and easyiest way to explain it's like putting a pair of socks on and them not feeling right after a couple of minutes walking around you get used to them, I started to try delaying my urge even if its for one minute my point was I was fighting it and over time my delaying got longer although I still have my bad days too
OCD can always get worse so it seems to me that a therapist will be able to fix what you have now and follow a simple therapy so you can avoid trapped at this early stage.
Take care
MaxS
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