Asking Yourself Do I Have OCD?
When you ask yourself do I have OCD you may be concerned that whatever is in your life that you obsessed about is controlling you? We all have behaviors that can be quirky but when they effect and control your life you might want to get help. Below are a few types of OCD categories that may help you evaluate your behavior.
Dirt and contamination is a type of OCD behavior. People who suffer from this disorder are afraid of contracting a fatal illness and know that they will. They also cannot handle germs or dirt. They are also afraid of giving germs to others.
There is also an obsession with symmetry to the point of extreme. This can represent itself in the compulsive obsession to ensure that things are all in order and ‘just so’. This includes their personal way of dressing and also their home. There is an extreme urge that they cannot function or do anything else until this is accomplished.
Checking is another category of OCD behavior. Checking for an oven to be turned off or a coffee pot is an example. Checking a bank book over and over again is another example. Or perhaps checking your body consistently for diseases is a form of the OCD category of checking.
Having a superstitious fear that you need to wash your hands twelve times, take a shower five times a day or the fear that nothing is ever clean are all cause for concern regarding an obsession. There are many more but these are just examples.
If you feel that you may have an issue in any of these or other areas of obsession, then realizing it is the first step. You can talk to your doctor or consider therapy. Again a small obsession is not to be of concern about. When the obsession stops your life then you do need to get help.
You can get help if you believe you have OCD. You can talk to your doctor or consider psychiatric therapy to determine what the underlying cause is to the OCD behavior. You can join a support group online and talk to others who suffer from the same condition. You are not alone and you can get help.
