Do you think this is OCD?

[ebec11]

I'm having a hard time with numbers and stuff lately. I can't do anything with double odd digit numbers that don't have a pattern to them. I have some problems with the number after 8 and sometimes the number after 2. The number after 12 drives me crazy! I feel so cursed when I see that number, and I don't know what to do to fix that feeling. I'm starting to not be able to do things that aren't even or in a pattern, like I have to drink at the water fountain for 22 seconds and if I go past that, I feel anxious unless it was 24, then I can just pretend that it's 22+2.
Ugh, this isn't normal, is it?
I don't do things like wash my hands constantly or organize everything. I don't think I could compulsively wash my hands because I have sensory problems with most soaps and even the ones I can stand I dislike using. But if I see something that I think might be mold or something bad in my food, I won't eat it. And I have to eat the same thing for lunch every day, and I have to eat "the best for last". I take that to an extreme though, I'll be upset if I accidentally eat the wrong thing.
My symptoms aren't obvious to others yet though, I'm just considered eccentric. And my mom has obsessive tendencies too, sometimes she'll roll me for around 5 minutes with that dang lint roller, even when we're late.

[bleeding black]

Hey,
No one here can tell you if you have OCD, or any other disorder, only a professional can. So it's really best if this is really distressing to you, if you speak to someone with the training who can help you with this.

[ebec11]

Yeah, I know. I thought maybe somebody else out here with OCD or something similar could relate or tell me that I'm not OCD at all. It's a bit distressing, but not enough to go to my doctor about it. Seriously, the guy wouldn't even check my possibly (at the time, found out they were just really irritated) infected ears, why would he care about that. Bleh.

[Mrs Sam]

Everyone has a degree of OCD in them. Everyone has odd habits and rituals they do even if they don't realise it. Thats normal and its part of what gives us our individuality. Quirks i suppose you'd call them.

However OCD is when these quirks (and other things too) become a hindrance on your life. When it impedes your every day functioning.

I had OCD for years but it never really bothered me and i managed it pretty well however it got to the point where it was severely affecting my life and i sought treatment for it. Now i have it pretty much back under control (apart from the odd time when it takes over a little).

So really what you need to think about is are these things affecting your life in a way that it impedes your functioning? If yes then you need to go see a dr, however if your managing fine then i would say these are just quirks and you should just embrace them.

Sam
xxx

[Stellata]

Well, it sounds like some kind of anxiety and a defence against that.