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MrStewart
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06 Jan 2013, 7:03 pm

Dirtdigger wrote:
Already I have learned a lot from the great replies here. And I thank you all for your very helpful contributions because it is making me think about what's happening concerning OCD. I may have to take the test again as more and more of the fears I have, are surfacing. Sometimes it takes a thread like this to make some of us realize what's going on when we get to talking about it.

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that has certainly been the case for me. Identifying why my thought process is the way it is and learning how to control, correct, or cope with the patterns of behaviour I have with the assistance of a therapist has been very helpful. It's very hard when you know there are things happening in your mind that are impairing your life and ability to function, but not knowing the why or the how, much less what you can do to stop it. Very tough. Meds do help. CBT can too.



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06 Jan 2013, 7:39 pm

I was told by a psychiatrist that I have OCD.

Mine is quite stable most of the time, but when I'm stressed about something, OCD gets worse.

I can't stop trying to define/describe my problems (cause of stress) and how I feel about them, with words as clearly as possible. Sometimes I even have to say them aloud or write them down in order to stop doing it. There are days when I start doing it in the morning, and continue till my bed time. Such a day is utterly stressful and I feel very helpless.

No therapy or medication ever worked. But because it's pretty stable most of the time, I can still function. I feel AS (not diagnosed yet) triggered my OCD somehow, though I don't know for sure.