Do I have OCD?

[SawZaw]

I've recently been going through a lot of struggles with intrusive thoughts, things that make me very uncomfortable. I know that i don't actually want these things and i know they're wrong, but alot of times i struggle very very hard to shake them. Even though i know better about myself to even think these are things that i want, it's hard to not let them get to me sometimes. When i have them, i have to twitch or stop whatever i'm doing for a minute to get them to go away. I've struggled with various other things in the past that seem OCD related, and my mother often use to joke that i had it, but after looking it up online i think that i really do have it. I use to be constantly preoccupied with whether i had to use the restroom or not. I check doors after i lock them several times, and i jiggle the handle over and over when i do. When i get out of my car, i have to not only look into my driver's side window to see if my headlights are off on the stick thing, but i also have to go around to the front of my car and look, and then i usually go back and check again after that. I have gone through several obsessions with various other things like playing pool (i played every day for almost a month and felt obligated to each time.) When i was little, i was constantly worried about being posessed by demons, or being evil. I've looked this up online as i've said, and i match alot of the symptoms, and i just wanted to know if it sounds like i have it.

Any prayers or advice would be sincerely appreciated.

 

[seajoy]

Hi sawzaw,

From what you are describing, it does sound like you have tendancies towards ocd, but only a doctor can diagnose it. I would make an appointment with a psychiatrist to find out for sure what you are dealing with.

There is so much help out there nowadays, there is no need for you to suffer so much.

seajoy

 

[faithfulfriend]

It sounds to me like you probably have OCD and like Seajoy I recommend you go to either a [FONT=&quot]psychologist[/FONT] or psychiatrist who can help you professionally. If you read some of the threads here you will see what others struggle with and that may help as well. God Bless.

faithfulfriend

 

[Brokyn888]

Yeah,about checking the doors over and over again you dont check them because you think there unlocked you checked them to fill that felling inside and feel good,,its hard to describe,,but you know what im talking about,,you probably have ocd,I sometimes do the same thing over and over,I have ocd.But i do it to make me feel good because of Doubts