it is getting close to christmas..my ocd symptoms have not been bad at all...of course i have been off of work for more than a week so that helps...the only time i really have some ocd problems is when i go to sleep or when i begin to drive....i will write soon.

it was this morning..i was going back to bed after my wife left to go shopping...i had to look under my pillow and make sure it was sitting right and the there wasn't anything dirty underneath pillow...i basically say that i try to tell my mind i wont do any checking on things until a certain designated time...then i try telling myself if i do check before that time that something bad will happen to me..i have been trying to do this as a way to help curb the ocd..but its not working as much as i would like..any of you try any mind games like this?

i came home from work tonight and kicked into ocd mode....i had to put my bag away a certain way...the kitchen area in our apartment was kind of messy....not to much..but before i went to bed or sat at the computer to type this i had to clean it....i had to put dirty dishes in dishwasher...everything just had to feel right......this isn't major...but it took up undue time that probably didnt need to be done....

i spent like 5 minutes putting away my work bag..staring at it making sure it was put away properly...this is weird i know...anyone else do this?

i was just going to bed and i went in to wash my teeth and all of a sudden when i was rinsing my mouth out i had to keep filling the cup up with water and spit out the water until it felt right..i kept doing this for about 3-5 times until it "felt" right....while im doing this im thinking to myself that this is stuipid..but i kept on doing it.....who knows how the rest of the night will go.

 

 

dave

well here is another day...its not too bad....here's the deal..this is what i have talked about in the past..but what i have been doing lately is setting a timetable..i would do three hours without ocd and promise myself if that i did do ocd during that time that something bad would happen...i basically would try to trick my mind...but guess what it doesn't tottally work...the whole thing with my ocd seems to be that i do my ocd symptoms to avoid bad stuff from happening...but one thing i have learned is that things are going to happen no matter what...what do all of you think?

well here is another day...its not too bad....here's the deal..this is what i have talked about in the past..but what i have been doing lately is setting a timetable..i would do three hours without ocd and promise myself if that i did do ocd during that time that something bad would happen...i basically would try to trick my mind...but guess what it doesn't tottally work...the whole thing with my ocd seems to be that i do my ocd symptoms to avoid bad stuff from happening...but one thing i have learned is that things are going to happen no matter what...what do all of you think?

how you all doing..anyway im at work right now..i recently came up with an idea of how to help beat or at least help the ocd.... i basically think that the ocd does not control what happens....say if i feel like i need to turn off the light several times because i feel something bad will happen i try not to do it..if something bad is going to happen its just going to happen....what do you all think...

 

dave

 

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