Do you have OCD too?

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I have really bad OCD, though not as bad as my mother. I feel like in some ways it's ruined my life. Not that I don't feel happy sometimes, but the OCD is always in the back of my mind.

I've wondered about that.

As I understand it, the following things that I do would be somewhat OCD:

1) When leaving for a while, I check to make sure that the refrigerator and freezer doors are closed, that the stove is turned off, and that the water in the crapper isn't running. If it is cold out and I had an electric heater on, I make sure it is turned off. If leaving from the office, I make sure that the computer monitors and the printers are turned off.

2) I double or triple check the door to make sure it locked, typically returning after I already got in the car and started driving.

3) I often count the number of ceiling tiles, the number of lights, and the number of windows in a public place. Sometimes I count the number of chairs as well.

4) At church, the numbers of each hymn we will sing in the service are posted on a board near the pulpit. I factor each hymn number and then I add the numbers up for the service and then factor that. While I'm at it, I calculate the average hymn number for the service as well.

5) At church, in addition to the number of lights and the number of windows (no ceiling tiles), I count the number of floor tiles from one wall to the other and then the number of floor tiles per pew and the number of pews and use this figures to estimate the width and length of the main part of the church. I usually sit at the very back against the wall and from there I count the number of people at church.

Yeah.

I treat it fairly successfully though (it doesn't go away). CBT and exposure therapy works wonders on it (don't know if the SSRI has done anything, honestly).

It's a constant drone though that adds to the difficulty of it all.

Nope, so far I know I have no OCD, just routines.

But I have slight Tourette and ASD and both conditions go along in a lot of cases with OCD and ADHD, so I'm really lucky that I don't have them in addition.

But the interessting fact is that in my case my Autism is related to OCD (my grandma has OCD or most likely even OPD) and ADHD (my brother clearly had it as a child) and I show a lot of simmilarities in the behaviour with both of them, but I was toled I have clearly just ASD (HFA) with no OCD or ADHD.

Well, my diagnosis says I'd "fit the criteria for OCD diagnosis if the autism symptoms did not overlap so much."

So...kinda? I sure as hell act like I'm OCD, though I'm improving.

Until I heard about Aspegers I was nearly 100% convinced I had OCD and probably still do have it. My Doctor even told me all signs point to it. For example, I cannot function if my shoelaces are not 100% equal in every way. As well, I have to check things like locks, stove, etc multiple times before leaving and until recently, I would go nuts if things weren't 100% accurate like the returning of product to the storage room. Even all my co-workers tell me I'm obsessive compulsive.

I definitely know the OCD feeling of needing to do a certain thing after a you do something "wrong" to make things feel right, and it not really making sense.

Would anyone like to guess whether I have OCD?

I have OCD. I have a complicated ritual that I follow before I go to bed. I check numerous spots in the correct order. I know there's no murderer hiding in there. It's a completely irrational fear. I still have to do it. It drives me crazy.

Also, there are numerous things that I logically know are no dirtier than anything else...but I still have to wash my hands after I touch them. My hands get all dried out from the soup. It sucks.

Yes, I do. And I feel it´s getting harder and harder.

I did that for the longest time too, and my hands are in terrible shape now, even though I moisturise every single time after I wash them.

But I've succeeded in making this OCD less severe by telling myself over and over again that millions of people in the world don't wash their hands all the time and they haven't died. Well, plus the fact that I don't want to have 80-year-old hands when I'm only in my 30s.

A couple of other OCDs I have.

1. When making sandwiches, spreads (jam, butter, peanut butter) must cover every milli-inch of the bread and must be quite uniform in application (like not thicker this side and thinner the other side).

2. When tidying and cleaning, I spend a lot of time making sure everything is arranged perfectly straight and every inch of the floor must be covered when mopping or hoovering or sweeping.

Okay I don't want to say everything cos it's kinda embarrassing to have so many OCDs.

I just need to check ten times to make sure.

I have it but I don't have the typical signs of it. It's more like with my thinking. Like if something worries me, I obsess about it. If something bothers me a whole lot or if something upset me a lot, I can't stop thinking about it or stop talking about it. I was told this is all OCD here and it's very common in us. I was also told that our obsessions are OCD. Sometimes I wonder if I really do have it. Some health professionals will say you have it and some others will say you do not and it's just ASD you have while others will say you have both and that OCD is part of it. I am sure some will say you have OCD but not an ASD while others will say you have both and that it's part of it. It all depends on the doctor.

People with OCD do not like their routines or the way they have to have things done but yet people with autism do so if we like our OCDness, it can't be OCD then. Some would call it HOCD (Happy obsessive-compulsive disorder)

Pure-O OCD. Intrusive thoughts that I obsess over. Not as bad as I used to be, thank goodness.

I have rather severe OCD that causes me much anxiety. If the left side of my body(especially certain areas) gets touched, or experiences physical stimuli such as friction or pressure, then I feel like I have to correct it by having the exact same thing happen to my right side. Clothes, chairs, and pretty much anything can set it off, and depending on my mood, and where and how I was touched, it can drive me absolutely insane. If it was my family touched me, I'll try to get them to correct it, but it rarely works to fix the anxiety.

I also cannot stand to touch objects that have certain small, intricate designs. That means no flowery silverware, no certain brands of sodas and cups, etc.