Do any of you struggle with OCD?

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I've been struggling with OCD for years and it has gotten worse for me over the last few years. I have been obsessing with my figurines for the last 3 years or so. It all started when I was trying to fix up a little scuff mark on one of my figurines. I ended up putting nail polish remover on it not realizing that it contains acetone which is harmful to plastics. I ended up making the figure look worse than it actually was. I ended up getting acryllic paint to paint over the damage that I caused. It ended up looking better but I started taking pictures of the figurine and looking at it close up and the paint didn't look right so I got rubbing alcohol which removes paint and is safer on plastic. I kept doing this multiple times for several months. I would paint, take pictures, put rubbing alcohol on areas where the paint didn't look right and repeated. This eventually led to me doing the same thing with other figurines that had scuff marks and flaws on them which created more anxiety and more compulsions to do what I began doing with the other figurine. This has become a vicious cycle and taken over my life. I tend to pay too much attention to detail and when there is a tiny flaw my OCD can't handle it and I feel the need to fix it even when there is nothing wrong with it. I am currently in therapy working on breaking this cycle but it is still difficult dealing with this. Do any of you struggle with something similar and how do you cope?

I've had bad OCD with various things till I was 29. I went through various phases with my obsessions. The reason my OCD got better at 29 is because I started taking a couple psych meds to betrer manage it. My sugestion would be to tell your therapist your interested in trying a med to better treat your OCD.

I struggle with OCD. Mine is more on the "Pure O" side and mostly mental based compulsions. I know with physical compulsions it can be very difficult.

I used to, I think these days I'm about as close to cured as ever happens. OCD is one of those things where you probably already know what you need to do to get out of it, it's just the thing that you can't do. For me, I had to just accept that if I didn't check the locks that I might just come home and find that all my stuff was gone. And that the house might burn down if I forgot to turn off the stove or completely switch off the lights. And over time it did get a bit better. But, I think in most cases, that's going to be asking far too much if it's been allowed to hit a point of complete and utter crisis.

In cases of crisis, it's usually a combination of therapy and medication. But, at the end of the day, the only thing that actually works is generally the thing that folks with OCD can't generally do, especially if they don't get help early on, it's just let the anxiety and panic build up longer each time and try not to engage in the rituals or just greet the intrusive thoughts as if they're clouds. And, I'll say again, that that is not even remotely easy, but over time it should help a lot. Therapy, medication and meditation will probably help at least somewhat.

I have mild to moderate OCD and yes I take meds.