Question about OCD

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I was wondering if every Human has Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). To some extent, I know people can have a more extreme case of it, but from the description of it and the symptoms, I feel that I myself have OCD to some extent, but also almost everyone I have actually met and spent time with.

I’m not talking about people who you meet in passing or only talk to once in a while, but people that you go out and spend time days, weeks with and see them at different hours of the day and how they act and react in certain situations.

Maybe I have been unlucky or just find friendship with people who have OCD, hehe. I was wondering if everyone has this type of condition, or if some people don’t.

Again I’m not talking about extreme cases, but the little things we might do that show an effect of OCD. To me this seems to be a psycological system that is wired into our biology, and is a contributing factor to why we believe in God.

Wikipedia has a decent listing and discription of the Symptoms and prevalence of OCD.
 
Hello, “T”,
I’m somewhat familiar with OCD, and without some specifics of behavior, I’m not sure what you are speaking about.

The classic “hand washing” and “checking” or "counting’ or avoiding stepping on cracks in the sidewalk are symptoms of OCD. It’s considered a “disorder” if it interferes with daily life. That distinguishes it from normal behavior.

If you are concerned, I’d talk to a professional or at least read more about it from a medical source.

Good luck to you.
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Well, what I was trying to say was OCD is an action that interferes with daily life, but by a mild I mean an action kind of like that, but is not a necessary interruption of our current daily life. Like biteing nails, cracking knuckles, or other behaviors you or someone else might do that would fall into a habit, but not necessary be disruptive. I guess not really a disorder, but more of a symptom.
 
It has to be disruptive to be counted as OCD. That is one of my diagnoses. And I can tell you, it is definately disruptive! I don’t do all the handwashing type stuff, but it’s still there. I have a tendency to ask questions about something beyond getting the info I need in a given situation. Odd numbers give me the shudders, and I always have the need to start off with my right foot.

Is this sort of thing what you’re asking about? :confused: I doubt very many people have that much of a disruption of their lives. They can get on without things being in a certain order, or number.
 
I know OCD can be disruptive, but I feel that everyone suffers from a mild version of it, that isn’t disruptive.

Just people who do suffer from OCD have what ever causes this condition in excess from the rest of us.

In my first post I was trying to say everyone that i have known or met has had some sort of OCD related behavior even though it wasn’t disruptive.

I was just wondering if anyone had information on themselves or others they know who don’t have OCD, but have behaviors that could be discribed as OCD that are not disruptive.
 
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I was just wondering if anyone had information on themselves or others they know who don’t have OCD, but have behaviors that could be discribed as OCD that are not disruptive.
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Do you mean like going on a trip and 50 miles after leaving worrying that you didn’t lock the door or turn the coffee pot off, and then turning around to go check?
 
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Do you mean like going on a trip and 50 miles after leaving worrying that you didn’t lock the door or turn the coffee pot off, and then turning around to go check?
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Kinda, but that is slightly disruptive, more like sitting around biteing your nails, moving your leg, picking a scab over and over again. Not really disruptive but repetitive, and not being fully aware of what you are doing, until after you start doing it.
 
I think everybody has something (or things) that they obsess over or are compulsive about, but, like a pp said, to qualify as obsessive compulsive disorder these “rituals”, for lack of a better term, have to be disruptive to daily life. It’s like eating disorders. We all eat, we all prefer different types of food, we all want to be healthy, but w/ eating disorders something goes wrong in the brain that takes it way too far and makes it dangerous. Same as w/ OCD, I think. Something goes wrong, and a habit or ritual (like hand washing or checking to see if the stove is left on, in and of themselves good things) is taken too far and becomes disruptive and/or dangerous.

That’s just my opinion, btw, I’m not a mental health professional or anything.

In Christ,

Ellen
 
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