Mental Illness

[Cahuna]

Another OCD sufferer here... stupid things like avoiding stepping on cracks (or if I step on a crack with the left foot then having to do so with the right foot too). Yep, sounds completely dumb but I can't help myself

I also had some bad nervous tics when I was at school, probably stress-related from getting bullied by the other kids, luckily I'm generally able to control them nowadays.

[Carpet Burn]

You prob had torettes (spelling), one of my OCD things is if something is cold when i touch it i have to touch it with the other hand too, what a werido i am . Never told anyone that before

[Cahuna]

You prob had torettes (spelling), one of my OCD things is if something is cold when i touch it i have to touch it with the other hand too

Yep, that sounds exactly like me. Thanks, I think you just saved me a fortune in fees to a shrink Time to Google...

[Adamal]

I USED to be like that. Like, if I accidentally grazed my right arm against, something, I had to do it with the left as well, to balance things out.

[CaM]

i dont think that's necessarily OCD so much as human nature. I've always done that. alot of people do.
plus things like counting steps etc

nervous tics - tourettes my ass. i've had a couple of them over the years too...

[Gemms]

know me before you judge me

[Silent Knight]

know me before you judge me

Concider yourself Judged.

[CaM]

na

[Brick]

Ive never been told i "have" a mental illness but i bet if i went through what ever the doctors do to see if you do, i would have somthing. As well as many other people that dont think they have a mental illness. I think it would be more 1 in 4 or even 3. Some people are just in denial

my 2c

[FXGTV]

I don't know that I would consider myself as having OCD as such, but there are a few things that I can be obsessive about. The locking door thing - having to check several times. I quite often get in my car, then wonder if I shut all the windows, so go back inside to check. Hop back in car and wonder if I locked the door .. so have to check again.

Another thing is checking that my alarm clock is set .. I do it at least three times - every night :S

Other things that are possibly more about me liking everything to be in order than OCD - such as no wrinkles in the duvet after making the bed.. window wipers having to be down properly... coffee/tea tins facing the right way and on the same angle.


I am only a little different

Im the same. I hate when things arn't lined up properly, and it freaks some people out when i start facing up stuff at their house. I can also only eat two m&ms at once...don't quite know why though

[RomanV]

Ive never been told i "have" a mental illness but i bet if i went through what ever the doctors do to see if you do, i would have somthing.

hypochondriac.

[Silent Knight]

Im the same. I hate when things arn't lined up properly, and it freaks some people out when i start facing up stuff at their house. I can also only eat two m&ms at once...don't quite know why though

It's called being a perfectionist. Hardly a mental Ilness.
And the M&M thing....well that's just weird. Yet again no mental Ilness there.

[Jebus]

Hmm come to think of it, ill often sit there, and close of my eyes and line something up using perspective so its the exact same size as a larger object in the distance. Mainly with horizontal blinds etc.

[mr pad]

I can also only eat two m&ms at once...don't quite know why though

you could just try eating one m&m at a time?.... do it. I dare you.

[Carpet Burn]

You prob had torettes (spelling), one of my OCD things is if something is cold when i touch it i have to touch it with the other hand too

Yep, that sounds exactly like me. Thanks, I think you just saved me a fortune in fees to a shrink Time to Google...

I actually saw it on Oprah on Monday , a lot of the kids had fist ADHD then didint find out till they were 8,9,10 that they had torettes as well plus a lot of them had OCD, some kids were real bad others couldnt really tell they had it.

[soopachargen]

i ticked yes, but i'm not explaining for fear of being shot down by the non believers...

[bluemaumau]

I can also only eat two m&ms at once...don't quite know why though

you could just try eating one m&m at a time?.... do it. I dare you.

nice avatar pad

[Jebus]

i ticked yes, but i'm not explaining for fear of being shot down by the non believers...

You cant say that, and then not tell us....

[RomanV]

i ticked yes, but i'm not explaining for fear of being shot down by the non believers...

Avoidant Personality Disorder:
Avoidant Personality Disorder is where a person has an extreme fear of being judged negatively by other people, and suffers from a high level of social discomfort as a result.

[jener8r]

i guess we could all argue about mental illness till the cows come home... everyone does wierd little things... like me, i jump onto my bed when i turn off the light incase somethings going to grab my feet and turn all the lights on when i have to get up in the dark it doesnt mean i have ocd though. everyone has different understandings of what exactly a "mental illness" is, isn't it generally a physical disturbance (eg. chemical imbalance etc) that affects the brain? thats what my doc told me anyways!