Do you have OCD? Answers from another obsessive-compulsive

Everything . . . must be perfect!

Originally Posted by AllThatYouDreamed

How much do you know about *just* obsessions, without a notable compulsion?

I know it's a branch off.

Hi, I suffer from Severe OCD, but I know what you are talking about. When thoughts unwanted enter your head, but you do not have compulsions, it is probably intrusive thoughts, which is basically what you just described. OCD almost always consists of compulsions that ease the anxiety of obsessions. Good question though

I think I have OCD, sometimes when I close the garage and come inside, I worry that I forgot to close the garage, so I double check, lmao

My OCD involves feeling guilty about things that have happened in my life, and when I'm triggered into an OCD episode by something someone has said to me that makes me guilty, or when those feelings develop on their own, I have to perform repeated rituals of self-punishment usually 6 times or 12 times until I can find an adult authority figure to punish me and break the cycle. This has been happening for 3 years already and I have from 1 to 3 OCD episodes a week. Even though I see a therapist weekly for help with this and am on meds for it, those don't help a whole lot.