I think I may have OCD...Well, I've thought I've had it for a while, but I've reached the point now where I want to do something about it because it's ruining certain things for me.
I swallow obsessively (usually in groups of 4, so I either swallow 4 times or 8, etc) I blink obsessively, I have to touch things I move or pick up over and over again, I have a habit of staring at things because I can't look away until it feels right. Also, when I listen to a song on my ipod I flick it back to he start until it feels "right" to play. There are probably other things to that I can't think of right now.
But there's one thing I do that's fairly new that is really getting me down. When I read something, I have to read the line over and over. Sometimes I'll be sat for ages just reading that one line. It's ruining reading for me, I just can't do it anymore. Reading used to be one of my favorite things and now it's become near impossible to do.
It's really starting to depress me. I don't even know how you go about being diagnosed with OCD, but even if I do, what is there for anyone to do? I feel completely helpless.
I swallow obsessively (usually in groups of 4, so I either swallow 4 times or 8, etc) I blink obsessively, I have to touch things I move or pick up over and over again, I have a habit of staring at things because I can't look away until it feels right. Also, when I listen to a song on my ipod I flick it back to he start until it feels "right" to play. There are probably other things to that I can't think of right now.
But there's one thing I do that's fairly new that is really getting me down. When I read something, I have to read the line over and over. Sometimes I'll be sat for ages just reading that one line. It's ruining reading for me, I just can't do it anymore. Reading used to be one of my favorite things and now it's become near impossible to do.
It's really starting to depress me. I don't even know how you go about being diagnosed with OCD, but even if I do, what is there for anyone to do? I feel completely helpless.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:57pm