Is this bipolar or OCD?

[Lik3]

Is this common of bipolars? I have obsessive thoughts as well, yet I see things that are so uncomfortable. I have thoughts about race and racism that are quite disturbing. I even turn off movies and shows that deal with race. I ask people about race and racism in their country. I feel horrible doing that yet I see horrible racist images. At one time, I had an image in my mind of a young black man being lynched. It did sadly happen in our country yet at the same time, Jews in Russia were being lynched as well. How come I didn't have disturbing images in my mind about the Jews as well as I did the black man? Lynching is evil especially in those instances I mentioned. There is a picture of a Jew being lynched in teh former Soviet Union and there are many pics of blacks being lynched in the "Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave". It bothers me that all of this happened in a free country. I hate having these images in my head. Are the disturbing images symptoms of bipolar, OCD, or both?

 

[redblue22]

sound like ocd.

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[Lik3]

Should I post this in the ocd forum?

 

[Christownsme]

I have bipolar and OCD. It's probably the OCD, though.

Then you have Bipolar unspecified which causes delusions, because you're dealing with schizoaffective disorder too.

 

[Adele4naz]

Best way to tell if its OCD or not is to seek professional help.

 

[Lik3]

I am, but I wonder this because of the link I guess between bipolar and OCD. There seems to be a thin line between the two disorders in that bipolars can have obsessive thoughts.

 

[EC BELIEVER]

I am not a psychiatrist but my husband has bipolar disorder, OCD and ADHD diagnosed about 10 years ago and has never exibited anything like this. You probably should look into it.

 

[forGod1]

seeing things sound schizophrenic to me.. see a doctor

 

[redblue22]

seeing images in your imagination that you can't turn off is part of many people's ocd experience. the images are obsessions that are frightening because you can't turn them off. you then wonder what it means about who you are. and naturally you avoid anything that might turn those images back on later.

is this what you are dealing with?

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