I was already kind of annoyed Duo has started giving me definitions to words I’ve already known/been using on the app as if they were new. Now they are using the word they are asking you to define in the definition! Smh. This feels like bad AI
My therapist just brought up OCD and I am trying to do some research because it doesn’t totally sit right with me.
I am already diagnosed ADHD and GAD, I have IBD (ulcerative colitis) which contributes to my anxiety, and I have healed from cPTSD from CSA 20+ years ago.
I relate to the intrusive thoughts, and I have benefitted a lot from ACT. However, from what I am reading I don’t think I have true compulsions. I don’t even fully relate to mental compulsions.
Here’s some things that I am trying to figure out if they are compulsive or not
-Frequently my mind will replay conversations especially after a new social situation, but I don’t feel like I am actively “checking” the main response I have to them is annoyance.
-I have severe anxiety surrounding the environment (I am an environmental scientist feeling like I am living the plot of “don’t look up” everyday), I go to more lengths than the average person to recycle and buy second hand but I don’t have to recycle and I don’t when it’s inconvenient to do so.
-I have coping skills I developed in response to ADHD, like I always forget my keys so I will try to remember and pat my pockets or check if the door is unlocked. It doesn’t “feel” compulsive because I have to actively try to do this and I still frequently lock myself out.
Did anyone struggle to identify their compulsions at first? Or does anyone who has alphabet soup (ADHD etc) have any ways of differentiating them from OCD?
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