People need to realise that not everyone with OCD has a fear of germs only. It can manifest itself in many ways. Everyone is different. The fact that his room is messy is irrelevant and rather an ignorant comment. Do your research before leaving comments like that.
Looks like there needs to be more awareness about ocd and all mental illness in general. No titan is right ocd can manifest itself in many different ways. You can be really messy and even neglect chores and still have severe ocd.
For the people saying that for a person with OCD his room is really messy, there are different types of OCD, you don't have to have anxiety about a messy room to have OCD.
Anyone here with OCD I am terribly sorry. I have been diagnosed with it for 5 years and have been on 4 different medications with 4 different therapists. People don't know what it's like to actually suffer in this world. They worry about stuff that goes on around them but nothing near what we suffer with
does anyone else have that annoying trait where they touch something and it just feels...wrong?? so you keep touching it again until it feels right? And when you can't touch it again it just makes you crazy? :( If I can't touch that certain thing again I start pulling at my hand and rubbing them to help the sort of "pain"
***** for me it didn't happen too often, but when it did, I wouldn't be able to stop until I've touched it hundreds of times (no exaggeration there) But when I can't touch it again I will go INSANE. Once when I was little I was in a store with my parents, and I picked up something off the shelf and had to put it back because we were leaving, I put it down totally wrong (?¿) and I couldn't fix it cuz my mom had grabbed me and we left. So the rest of the car ride home, I was pulling at the skin of my hands and rubbing them against each other, even bitting them. By the time we got home I had a huge burn and different bite marks all over my hands. This still happens now when I'm like 15 years old, but not with the biting part, and I stop before I can physically injure my hand, and just shake my hands out
I have obsessive compulsive disorder too. I have too tap something three or more times, and if I don't I think something bad will happen. It's horrible
+Ronnie Luna i was there when i was 8 now i am 23 and my mental state is good cause as the years passed i learned that its me or it so now everytime i am about to explode i ve found myself ways to chill you just need to open that door and get away from those chains and never be harsh to yourself if something isnt done today it will be tomorow :) ocd is the reason i ve set up walls inside of my head and i ve playing hide and seek with it in my case everything is about time...it gets me very anxious even if i know i am right on time and everything i m eating or even walking when i was little have to do with double numbers 2 4 6 8 etc never let this bitch get you down you are better than that
Ronnie Luna would I have ocd? Things I do are not to step on cracks (only when I notice, when I do I get pissed) and when thinks go slowly back and forth I get really anxious and I start tapping things fast or I hear screaming and hollering and I also can never have the volume anything other than the intervals of 5.
Thank you for sharing, I have OCD too in the form of checking and I was thinking about making a similar video and wanted to see what other people had already made. I was stoked to hear a motion city cover playing in the background because I can highly relate to that band and that song. Right before I posted this comment I was playing their songs on the drums.
Thanks for this video. I know just how you feel but seeing someone else's journey tells a different story. Much love and good luck in recovery whenever or however it may be.
Thank you for bringing more attention to OCD. It's very important to keep talking about it so people understand how serious it is and that it's not only about cleaning or organizing. It's a very serious mental condition that can take over teh person's life. Thank you for helping bring awareness.
OCD is a serious condition, it can put large amounts of stress on people, leading to the possibility of random bursts of aggression, depression and what a majority of people would consider odd behavioural patterns, its not a healthy thing to have in your life.
I'll go ahead and make this comment 777. This takes a lot of courage to post, and you should be proud of yourself. Having anxiety myself, I struggle telling others, in fact I fear people judging me for being scared. Life with anxiety disorders is not easy, and it takes guts to spread awareness. Bravo, sir!
Worrying about being too skinny in our society is not a problem most people feel. It's usually the other side that society would, in general, form obsessions about and then be compelled to do the compulsions (actions). I had it much worse as a child with OCD. I have developed my own coping mechanisms over the years. For example, being in public and surrounding myself around people prevents me from doing the compulsions and I end up following the social norms. Obtaining more education is my other coping mechanism as well as meeting new people. Just keep yourself so busy in life that you have no time to think about these day to day obsessions. OCD has a ton to do with superstitions. Originally, I just closed my eyes and told myself "everything is fine, nothing bad would happen by changing routine", then I proved it to myself by switching up routine, like testing a hypothesis to myself. If you are not able to cope like many of us can, just go for the drugs.
My life with OCD really pulls the trigger out of me! I mean for goodness sake,I've spent almost ours just to make sure I have touched everything inside the house including the ceiling.And not just that,I'm trying to make sure that my hands are clean. And if I hold my right hand,I also have to hold my left hand and vice versa.I also have to touch the switch inside the house 4 times because if I don't,something terrible is going to happen.One time when I was excessively worried about dread and my death, my anxiety attack me more than a day,my family was so worried and they thought I was experiencing mild stroke by that time.Until now my OCDs ruining my life,including my daily activities and my duties inside the house and inside the campus.And even now,I have to type this correctly because I find it hard to resist it,so much...
the hand washing.... dear god that is my entire life. i'll spend 20 minutes after i shower just washing over and over 99% of the time no matter what lotion i use they're still raw and cracked from the friction. ocd and germophobia is killer
you did an UHmazing job w this informative video! :) You are gonna Overxome anything u want in life, just put ur mind in to it and Want it bad enouuugh!! :)
Great video man. I live day in and day out with this torturous OCD. It weighs me down tremendously but I try and keep pushing. It's just always nice, and reassuring, that I'm not alone in this battle.
I have COD as well. Although I don't have the same symptoms it can still be quite bothersome. And disruptive as well. I've only known about my OCD since 2009 or 2010. So it's still fairly new to me. Some of my symptoms include compulsive hand washing and bathing, compulsively cleaning my home. Every thing has to be just right or I go nutsoid. Especially in my kitchen. Do not let me catch you putting things in the wrong place or the wrong order. I may well go postal if I do catch you. I do have times where it is not nearly as bad. But it is always there. And it gets worse when I'm under stress and feeling really scared. I'm really glad I watched your video. It was really good and I really identified with it. What l really liked the end because it showed that you have hope, and hope is so important. I hope to see more of your videos because they are really good. Thank you. Jude
I've gone a long time learning about different things and gaining awareness about issues such as OCD, because I hope to help people who are struggling with it. Little did I recognize that after all of the times I've gotten in trouble for being "unorganized" , rushing (after spending obscene amounts of time in the mirrow changing clothes) that I struggle with OCD as well. Thanks for this video, I see alot myself in it.
I just wanted to say that I found your video both extremely interesting and inspirational! I was diagnosed with mild OCD a few months ago so I know somewhat of what you are going through on an every day basis. My OCD have more to do with social interaction instead of environmental interaction. I have extreme trouble making/keeping friends and maintaining a relationship with a guy just because I also find something about them that drives me crazy. Just remember you are never alone!
I have OCD... srsly I stayed up until like 1:00 AM because the (get ready for this loooooooooongggg list!!!!) the closet door was open the nail polish box wasn't right the bed was slightly moved my door was ajar the pillow case was uneven the TV provider was crooked my chair was crooked the pig night light was crooked my clothes weren't in the basket properly my notebook stack was slightly crooked the underclothes droor was slightly open my poster was falling my pillows weren't in color order my blanket wasn't straight my shorts kept scrunching up the blanket under my feet wasn't comfy enough the curtains were out of place SOOOOOOO YAHHHHH XD that was my night
Eric Medina, you have a real gift! You probably know that. People have a hard time understanding OCD and its different forms and you did a great job giving people a feel for your own experience with it. As I read through the many comments in response to your film, I see that there are many young people questioning if they "have OCD" or not. I am a social worker and professor and I just want to say that people should reach out for help if they need it or think they need it. I am acquainted with OCD and know that people can be helped. There are many myths about OCD and what it is and there are many variants and degrees of severity. OCD can make people feel that they are strange in some way, but they are not--many people (and kids) have this problem. It waxes and wanes and sometimes can even go away over time. In fact, people with OCD are often highly intelligent and creative, from what I have learned about it, so OCD might be a price of sorts for having other gifts and talents! No one goes through life without encountering challenges and OCD is just one of the many kinds of challenges people can face. My advice is to seek help and not let yourself hide! BTW, Eric, I have shown your film to my graduate social work students who feel that they learned a lot about OCD from it. Thank you for your courage in sharing your experience with others--it helps to diminish stigma and increases public awareness.
Do any of you understand that OCD is a serious mental illness about negative thoughts which makes you feel the need to do unnecessary compulsions that stop the negative things from happening that make no sense but to someone with OCD it does make sense it annoys the shit out of me when people say I have OCD when really they are just perfectionists when really you don't understand the everyday struggle that someone has to deal with I have had OCD for over three years and I will tell you it has been hell I have had all sorts of negative thoughts harm to a loved one that really was the start of it all I have had some really bad ones it's scary so please don't say that you have OCD when you don't
I have been dealing with similar things. I have not told anyone but people have noticed. I am so scared becuase the thought are scary. They keep me awake at night and can't stop thinking about it. I don't know what to do. I feel useless and helpless. Can you tell me how you deal with it and what to do?
Sharing what you struggle with is a good start. It helps to have a strong community of support. Contrary to popular opinion, the condition can be overcome.
I admire your courage for making this video; not many would come forward and openly admit they have a problem with something like this. Some of the things you OCD about creep me out, but I found this video incredibly insightful. Kudos! :D
I love writing too and I have OCD for 7 yr now.But you will not really now what OCD feels like, unless you make deeper reasearches in this.Good luck writing your book.
I am 16 years old. I have OCD. For me I have to check sink faucets, doors and my phone. It will take me up to an hour before I finally get to bed. Unfortunately America has gotten this idea that OCD is like ADHD where you do everything fast. I check the same thing over and over. It drives me crazy :(
when i eat food i have to make sure its even too, like i eat half of it on the left side of my mouth and half on the right but half of that has to be upside down and half has to be the right way round. it annoys me sometimes but ive been doing it for years and its just natural now.
Yeah, its so frustrating especially when things take a turn for the worst (i explain in it my latest video) but you just gotta keep fighting because everyday we are closer, a beautiful truth!
You are a very handsome young man. I'm sure you are very intelligent and liked by everyone. I felt so bad for you watching your video. I can't imagine what your life is like. I pray you can get some help so you can live a normal life. God bless you.
Reggie, I'm a 45 year old woman who lives with ocd, since I was 10 years old. Checking, rechecking locks, turning on and off sinks, switching on and off light switches until right, checking my car is lock all the time. Making sure everything in its place, when I get home from work. Making sure all the dishes are clean right. I know what your going through.
Stay strong edm. I've been grappling with OCD for coming up on 25 years now, and it does get better with time and treatment. :-) Also, I applaud you for having the strength and bravery to make this video for a school project. Coming forward and publicly stating that you have OCD (or any major neuropsychological issue) is a tough thing for most people. There are few of us that can do it. Thusly... [applause] :)
@MrJediAres OCD was killing me too. My life was consumed with rituals for everything..and I mean EVERYTHING. From handwashing to counting, to double checking that doors were locked, appliances turned off. I got to a point where I thought, if I dont get help now I am going to end up either involuntarily checked into the psych ward or suicide. After working my way thru it I can now say that I finally have my life back..you can do it too man. Stay positive, it'll all work out :)
beautiful video. I have OCD too, right now I mainly struggle with irrational thoughts and stuff. I am in 10th grade, When I was in 6th grade and such I struggles with counting and stuff. You are so brave for sharing and even just talking about it:)
Thank you for uploading this, you are very brave. The one problem I had though was right after you washed your hands you touched the sink handle which re-contaminates your hands and you did not wash them over. So you basically just washed your hands and unwashed them instantaneously.
i cant handle odd numbers, i was diagnosed and one more thing, if you have OCD then how comes your room is messy? i can't see my room disorganised i have to clean it also i have ticks and if i burn a bit of my right hand i have to burn the same bit on my left, to make it feel equal its so stressing!!
+Speedy Gonzalez I have severe OCD. I take 4 different pills for OCD and what OCD has caused me. OCD is not about being organized and cleaning your room. Yes, society has made it look like a cute little quirk one should have if say, they always like their room clean, or if you don't like odd numbers. OCD is thinking if you do not touch an object 14 times on each hand, something bad will happen. It is a non-stopping thought that you will kill your best friend, even though you love them and would never purposely hurt them. It is thinking if you do not know how many hours you slept, you will die or get insomnia. OCD is not about your room being clean. So before you say something you think you have because you simply are a perfectionist who likes a clean room, please educate yourself.
I am all about symmetry and even numbers and wow the cheese sticks made me feel horrible watching this I was still wondering about them after that scene had passed!
Of OCD was a person I'd yell at the top of my lungs, "Fuck you!!!". I'd threaten OCD, "Let me enjoy my life!!! I just want to enjoy The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim like everyone else!!!".
thanks for posting this video, my ocd is getting worse! :( i have the same pattern with numbers but not number 6 (for the same reasons as yourelf) also colours but not red for similar reasons. its so tedious and stressfull having to do these rituals. anyway i feel for everyone who has this and hopes everyone can find a way of getting out of it (once u have let me no the secret :)
Yeah, it is similar with me. I almost always have to have all the doors in the house firmly closed and any doors accessing the outside locked (and checked at least 3 times). I also like to have all the lights off except for one (no more than that) if a person in the room (also partially due to my urge of not wanting to waste electrical energy).
I had OCD when I was younger. One day I was looking in the mirror after shaving and noticed wrinkles by my left eye that didn't match the ones on my right eye. This distressed me very much, until I said "Screw it!" Nothing I could do about it would help, and after that day the compulsions started to crumble one by one. There are still a few minor ones (can totally relate to the cabinets) but for the most part, I'm healed :) Good luck to you!
You have a good point. I feel the need to wash my hands in the shower so that I can turn the water off and on with my feet since the sinks here are quite small.
I can tell you all about OCD if you want, I've had severe OCD from the age of 12, I'm now 25. I have tried everything to cure it and now, I just live with it. I could tell you every single angle. the depression, the anxiety, the uneasiness, the adject fear over some compulsions and the rituals that follow. Intrusive thoughts and constant, and I mean CONSTANT ruminations about death and pain.
No way to get rid of it for good, and you will still have those thoughts but it won't affect you as much as it would have in the past. Medication you don't really need, but it helps. What you need is strategies of how to fight it. One example of this is exposure and response
IT WILL GO AWAY IF YOU TAKE CONTROL OF right stuff ... Remember; you are MASTERS of taking control. Acknowledging the problem is the most important step. I AM PROUD OF YOU young people whohave awareness...
Lol the arranging part like the cabinet, my brother does that, but it's like, if no one is watching t.v. he turns the volume down or he always has to put the toilet seat down and if he sees something unfinished or not right like the carpet being folded up, he will fix it... To me it gets a little annoying lol
I understand the number thing. Uneven numbers seem more even to me because there is an exact middle. Like 3 should be half of 5 because it is directly in the middle.
You are not alone, my son has it too, he also cries. I wish they find a cure for it soon. I feel your pain. I go through it with my son most of the time. It is so sad to see him in pain. His pain is my pain...
We all wish we never had it. But sometimes you have to look on the bright side. It is a terrible curse, but it is also somewhat of a blessing. People with OCD tend to have a higher IQ, be extremely creative, not to mention extremely organized! Don't let it get you down. Your bigger and better than the disease!
0:55 it bothers me the time doesn't go by fivesssss ugh. I count everything to make sure it goes by fives. Like words in a sentence. Walking to the bus is hardest for me, because of the sidewalk, certain colors and crossing the streets and stuff. What shoe I put on first, how I tie it. Color order, and alphabetized order. I like everything to be by fives, sometimes I count things I do by fives or else I have to add or subtract from it.
What has worked to help you? My 19 year old daughter has severeocd, and isn't willing to get psychiatric care at the moment although she has in the past, and was diagnosed with OCD. very very hard to live with her, but i have total empathy for her because I struggled with OCD too. AT one point she was taking 6 hour showers and still spends a lot of time in the bathroom hand-washing etc What would you recommend? ANy ideas are helpful, thank you. People don't get that OCD is a fear of being out of control in many ways.
Yeah, Yoshee, I totally agree with what you said. I didn't mean that people have a little bit of OCD but that they attribute some stress-related symptoms to OCD, it's like, a way people put it, even if they don't have OCD, which I don't find too much of a problem as long as they know they aren't actually suffering from it, but only from stress, since that could lead to misunderstandings.
I have OCD too and I need to hve everything on an even number . Doesn't matter if it's the volume of something brightness , just has to be even . Also if I'm itchy on my left arm I scratch my right arm too!
I'm 12 and iv'e had OCD since I was 11. I told my parents but they just told me to stop being silly and stop counting. However its very difficult to ignore and now I have a lot more ticks and rituals that slow my life down and it just gets worst by the day. How do I convince them to take me to a specialist?
I don't get bothered by times, but I do have to start out on certain feet. Usually my right, though I am left handed. I put my socks and shoes on starting from my right foot. 3 and 7 are my favorite numbers.
I know how you feel. I also need to make things straight and even if i am making mozzerela sticks or any thing like it. I like it better when things are symmetrical. I'm always paranoid about if I locked or shut a door or if I saved my video game and will double or triple check to make sure I did. I like even numbers better because they can always be cut in half. I do like 3 and 7 a lot to because I believe they are magic numbers, this is actually kind of true if you look at mythology or fairy tales like 3 genie wishes, snow white and the seven dwarves, etc. Some times if my hand touches something I have to make sure my other hand touches it also and they need to touch it the same amount of times. If I'm walking on a tiled floor I can only step on the tiles of the same color or my right foot can only step on one color tile and my left can only walk on a different color tile. I can't do homework in a messy environment. I pay to much attention to detail sometimes. Also, I used to be very obsesive about washing my hands, like if I were to pet my dog or cat I had to wash my hands and couldn't touch anything else till I did. I washed my hands so much my skin dried out and started to crack.
I also have a fear of being clean, washing hands non stop but also making sure that soap does not splash on me or my clothes, if that happens, right away I change but make sure the soap that was on my clothes not touch anywhere n if that happens I spay water anywhere that my clothes have touched n it goes on n on like that with everything, it hurts me so much that my chest burns n feels like on fire n have a hard time breathing
I'm 12, I think I am getting better or worse on OCD. I walk on my tippy toes on tiles. A the shops I'll never step on the crack(tiles) if I miss a tile I'll go back and do it again, every time in brush my teeth I would continuously try to vibrate so fast on my back tooth. I would refuse all foods when a person touched it. When someone talks about a bug I think its in my food and I would throw it away. SOMETIMES at school when my locker is not the exact way it was last week I'll arrange it back to where it was. The remotes on the table HAS to be symmetrical and straight (SOMETIMES). when a small speck of brown food or dirt, I would never go near it. HELP ME.. I AM SCARED I DONT WANT OCD. HELP PLEASE ITS NOT COOL AT ALL. ITS EMBARRASING.
@TheDaYosha I get sick at least once or twice a year. I live a pretty safe life. I'm careful what I touch and of course, antibacterial never hurt. I keep my distance from any sort of cough or sneeze. I hold my breath when someone coughs so I don't breathe it in. And if I feel that any bacteria such as dirt have flown into my mouth I spit it out.
i have O.C.D. and i do the same with the light switch as you. I also have to smile at a mirror whenever i walk by one and always close doors until im pleased with the correct amount of light escaping through the door
I was just like this, even worse with washing clothes, towels, and washcloths. The best corse of action that I found was Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Exposure Therapy and Luvox, Xanax XR, and Xanax IR. The medication along with the therapy has made life a lot easier. When washing clothes I used to buy a separate bottle of A&F Fierce cologne that I used to add to the detergent and fabric softener. I used to buy unscented dryer sheets and spray them with Fierce. Fierce equals clean, idk?
Two sugggestions for you...Have you tried timing yourself on tasks to see if you can reduce time spent on repetitive behaviour, ie. set time limits? Also, challenging yourself to let lesser somethings BE (in the wrong place or not quite perfect in some way). Over time this can assist in desensitizing your anxiety. Some tasks/situations are more controllable than others. Maybe experiment and see?? These things can help, although timing stuff can take on a life too, lol !! All the best to you :)
