Re: Checklist to Gauge If I am OCD
I have a fire thing going on so I have to take plugs out etc before I can go out. When the OCD is bad, my checking takes a lot longer because I can't convince my brain I've checked these things so I often find myself holding a plug in my hand for several minutes and looking from that to the socket I've pulled it out from. On a good day, I do three cycles of checks. On a bad day, it's more.
Also, my thoughts can get really funky. It's no wonder that I had a nervous breakdown because of health anxiety - closely related to OCD.
I once convinced myself I'd run somebody over despite there being no audible noise, or body.
Also that my brother was the Yorkshire Ripper because he had a similar beard...
That's the tame stuff...
OCD isn't about liking a clean and tidy house - it's scrubbing those germs away until your fingers bleed, and then scrubbing some more.
On the plus side, climbing the stairs umpteen times to do my checks isn't 'arf good for the thighs.
Do you think you have OCD?
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