[QUOTE="dracula_16"]
Self diagnosis is not the way to go. Disorders tend to be exaggerated when you ask the so-called victims, especially here where OCD is sometimes defined as putting all ofyour socks in the correct drawer.
razgriz_101
although some would claim that is a minor form of OCD aswell...but i wouldnt i would see it more if you put all 1 colour of socks together in 1 drawer and another in another drawer etc.
But moods that go from pure hyperness to a literal all time low is pretty bad aswell..And sometimes i get a little compulsive.Dunno what caused it but i have been diagnosed with Bipolar but its kinda what could you say oblique as it seems to be rapid in my state.
The thing about having "minor forms" of disorders is that everyone has some traits of mental disorders to a small extent. Disorders are just severe presentations of normal behavior. With OCD for example it's normal for a person to be anal about alphabetizing their music collection or washing their hands several times if a garbage bag leaked on them. It's not normal, however, for a person to wash their hands for hours on end to the point that their hands are raw and cracked by the time they finally feel "clean". If you want a good example think of the cleanest, most organized person you've ever known. Now go type "Mark Summers OCD" into youtube and watch how a person who's truly OCD about cleaniness and order acts like (for those who didn't know, yes, Mark Summers, the host of Double Dare, had OCD. Puts a whole new spin on the show doesn't it?).
Anyway, I've had OCD my whole life though I wasn't formally diagnosed until I was like 8 or 9 years old. Usually I get a break of a few years before I start obsessing over something again though. The worst I've ever had it was this period for three years (senior year of high school to the end of my sophomore year of college) where I was constantly obsessing over a certain possibility about my psyche (won't go into anymore detail than that). Even though I didn't have any outward compulsions it was still really debilitating because what would end up happening is that I couldn't do anything but spend entire days just arguing with myself non-stop if I truly did have a certain condition or if it was all just in my head. I loved sleeping during those times because it was the only time that I was able to get a relief. That would go on for about 1-2 weeks before I actually got so mentally exhausted that I just couldn't think about anything anymore.
As for other OC's I've had: Apparently as a little kid I used to have a counting compulsion though I don't remember that one. The earliest obsession and compulsion I remember is kind of hard to explain. You know those squiggly lines and dots you sometimes see floating in your vision? Well, when I was a kid if I blinked while one of those lines or dots was over a person or object I would then have to focus my vision on that person/object and blink three, five, or seven more times. The reason for that was that I thought if I didn't do that then that person or object would get killed or destroyed. I knew it was ridiculous/insane but I couldn't stop myself from doing it.
I also have a mild checking OC. It's never been so bad that I waste hours on end checking the same thing over and over and over, but it can still get in the way of stuff. Usually it's not a problem, but because I'm a science major it can get really ugly when I'm doing research since my need to constantly check that I'm doing something right eats up precious time and can get on the nerves of TAs and my mentor when I keep asking questions about everything. I also completely obsess over wording when writing letters and emails (it can take me up to a week to write a one paragraph email because I'm obsessing so much over whether or not the wording, structure, flow, and intended meaning are all perfectly correct).
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