what kind of ocd do you have?

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i get up all the time at night to check things, sometimes it keep me awake all night. it takes half an hour on a good night, about two or three hours on an average night. i'm exhausted and almost fall when i walk.
i check if i locked the door three times and pull as hard as i can just to make sure. i won't be surprised if the door gets torn off its hinges one day.

Most of us don't have OCD, but I know there are a few. I was mistakenly diagnosed with it because they didn't think of autism and I told them about having to have things in order to be able to work properly. I guess they didn't realize that that was just a part of executive dysfunction, not an anxiety-induced OCD thing.

I have pure obessional OCD. My main obsessions as far as actual intrusive thoughts that repeatedly come into my mind against my will are of a blasphemous or aggressive nature. I have many other OCD issues, too many to list here, really. Lots of perfectionistic/failure worries and moral/scrupulosity worries. Being a pure obsessional, my main compulsions are of the mental variety, mainly silently praying in my mind. My other main compulsions are confessing, checking to make sure I didn't make a mistake of some sort or that somebody's okay, and asking for reassurance.

I started having OCD symptoms at age 3. My symptoms waxed and waned in my childhood, with ages 4 and 7 having the most symptoms. My OCD became full-blown and chronically severe at age 11 1/2. Self-diagnosed myself around age 16. Sought an official diagnosis and professional help at age 17. My OCD definitely has interfered with my life much more and in a much more negative way than my AS. There are parts of AS that I enjoy having, such as my special interests and exceptional memory for facts. There is NOTHING I enjoy about OCD. It is horrible.

I have the kind that drives me f***ing crazy.

I do thesame things as the OP, but I also cannot stand odd numbers, I just freak and have to change them to even ones, preferably 8. I know its silly, but I cant stop.

I don't have that kind of OCD. One of my biggest fears are house fires, and I admit I do like to switch off all plugs around the house before I go out or go to bed, and that's as far as it goes with me. I know I've done it, and I then forget about it.

The type of OCD I have is shutting drawers. If a drawer is left slightly open, I have to shut it right on. But I don't think this is OCD because I don't go around checking all the time. Anyway, everybody has something trivial that they see it annoys them and can't do anything until it's removed, closed, folded, (et cetera).

So I actually don't think I have OCD.

My OCD is more ritual / routine based with a bit of preventative action thrown in for good measure.

I become anxious and desperate if for example I take a shower but don't manage to dry it thoroughly if I am in a rush to go somewhere.
If there is a gale forecast I will have to check outdoors for anything which may blow over or cause a loud noise during the storm this would include me finding empty cans, bottles etc lying in the street.

If I see an item on a shelf in the supermarket placed in the wrong place I will liberate the said item back to where it belongs.

i have the kind that makes me obsessive.

I have the classic "fear of germs", wash-hands-till-they-crack-and-bleed type of OCD.

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