u/webo2456

Hi All,

I hope you are all having nice weekends!!

I have recently realised that there are some thought patterns etc that I do, and have done for some time, which may be symptoms of something and from my understanding, could be OCD.

Firstly, one of the things that I have really noticed recently, is that when I am reading comments online (such as on Reddit), when I go back to my main page, my brain will tell me that I may not have read a word exactly right ( eg: “did that comment use “though” or “tho”) and I feel that I have to go back to re-read the comment, even though I know it’s not important other than I “have to”.

Similarly, if I am halfway through reading a comment, decide not to finish it, and exit back to the main page, my brain will tell me I have to go and finish reading the comment. I think it’s the same with reading books etc from memory but I haven’t read a book in some years lol

Another thing is that when I am thinking about the future in any way, can be anything like planning for a trip etc, I have to mentally clarify to myself that “this is of course as long as I am still alive then and the world doesn’t end before then and nothing unexpected happens that prevents it from happening”.

With all of the above things, my brain tells me that if I do not do them, and something bad happens today / soon, it may be because of me not doing them, and so I really need to do them in case.

On reflecting about this, since I was young, I have always had to do things in intervals of “not two’s”. For example, if I am switching off a light switch, I can do this in one but if I flick the light on and off, for example, idk why but I can’t do it twice and walk away, I have to do a third time for it to be “right” in my brain. If there are two or more light switches next to each other, I have to flick them on and off together at the exact same time, usually in three’s.

Similarly, when closing cupboards / wardrobes etc, if there are two doors, sliding or swing doors, I have to close both sides so that they make their closing sound (like hitting the wall in the case of sliding doors) at the exact same moment. This can take multiple tries until they do, and also can’t be on an even amount of tries, best if it’s on the third, otherwise I will just keep closing them both quickly over and over until I lose count and then, when they do close at the exact same time, it’s ok.

As such, I was wondering if anyone could please share some light on if these are potential signs of OCD or are more aligned with something else?

Any insight would be much appreciated so I can consider next steps with everything further if needed, thank you so much!!

Hi All,

I hope you are all having nice weekends!!

I have recently realised that there are some thought patterns etc that I do, and have done for some time, which may be symptoms of something and from my understanding, could be OCD.

Firstly, one of the things that I have really noticed recently, is that when I am reading comments online (such as on Reddit), when I go back to my main page, my brain will tell me that I may not have read a word exactly right ( eg: “did that comment use “though” or “tho”) and I feel that I have to go back to re-read the comment, even though I know it’s not important other than I “have to”.

Similarly, if I am halfway through reading a comment, decide not to finish it, and exit back to the main page, my brain will tell me I have to go and finish reading the comment. I think it’s the same with reading books etc from memory but I haven’t read a book in some years lol

Another thing is that when I am thinking about the future in any way, can be anything like planning for a trip etc, I have to mentally clarify to myself that “this is of course as long as I am still alive then and the world doesn’t end before then and nothing unexpected happens that prevents it from happening”.

With all of the above things, my brain tells me that if I do not do them, and something bad happens today / soon, it may be because of me not doing them, and so I really need to do them in case.

On reflecting about this, since I was young, I have always had to do things in intervals of “not two’s”. For example, if I am switching off a light switch, I can do this in one but if I flick the light on and off, for example, idk why but I can’t do it twice and walk away, I have to do a third time for it to be “right” in my brain. If there are two or more light switches next to each other, I have to flick them on and off together at the exact same time, usually in three’s.

Similarly, when closing cupboards / wardrobes etc, if there are two doors, sliding or swing doors, I have to close both sides so that they make their closing sound (like hitting the wall in the case of sliding doors) at the exact same moment. This can take multiple tries until they do, and also can’t be on an even amount of tries, best if it’s on the third, otherwise I will just keep closing them both quickly over and over until I lose count and then, when they do close at the exact same time, it’s ok.

As such, I was wondering if anyone could please share some light on if these are potential signs of OCD or are more aligned with something else?

Any insight would be much appreciated so I can consider next steps with everything further if needed, thank you so much!!