How OCD changed my gaming career and life - Page 2

On December 02 2011 16:59 FreshandLegit wrote:
I also suffer from OCD and have since I was about 4 or 5 years old. These days it's mostly obsessions and not so much compulsions and checking, though I still check my pulse probably 100x more than your average person. PM me if you ever wanna talk to someone else who goes through the same thing from time to time.

And to the post above me, yes... you can it's just uncomfortable and it's very hard to get the thought to leave your mind, it's as if your brain is stuck and everything doesn't feel right until you change it to 20 or 25.

Edit: Also to everyone suggesting CBT or other methods, trust me, I"m sure by this age the OP has heard / tried em all. Anyone with OCD for long or severe enough has. It's just even with thorough and sustained behaviour therapy its an imbalance of chemicals in your brain. You can learn to overcome it but relapses will happen later in your life, from time to time and you'll have to do the behaviour therapy battles all over again. I practiced and learned behaviour therapty with my parents from 7-12 years old and finally was able to overcome the problems with OCD I was facing till about 16 when I relapsed pretty hard, 2 years later at 18 I was OCD free again for 2 more years until 20 when it manifested itself in a new way I hadn't dealt with before, struggled through it again for about 12 months, was OCD free for about another year now late into 21 I'm in the midst of another relapse, but not so bad right now, I think i'm almost over it. I never was one for drugs though, never went on any antidepressants or SSRIs.


Sorry for the long paragraph I just wanted to describe how it is so those who don't have it might understand a bit better about how it works.

On December 02 2011 14:59 ranshaked wrote:
-I’m obsessed with the word “intricate”
-The pillow on my bed must be cold and without the sheet
-My money must always face the same way and be in perfect order