Signs It’s OCD, NOT Perfectionism 

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OCD awareness is so important! Everyone who is struggling you are not alone. I love you all and we will beat this illness!

As a person who’s been struggling with OCD for 2+ years. I’m so glad Pysch2Go is bringing more light to OCD, as it’s really a very misunderstood mental illness.

As someone who has OCD, this is how i explain the difference to people: Perfectionism: oh no, my room isn't clean!I need to clean it nowwwwwww! OCD: I accidentally skipped a stair while walking down the stairs, i now MUST skip every second stair while walking down even if i am carrying a bunch of dishes.

As somebody with OCD, this reflects on how we actually think perfectly. OCD is one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses, and each time I see that you made a new video, I'm so happy somebody is bringing light onto these things and helping others know what we go through. I love your channel so much, and would like to let you know that you make the world a safer place for all of us. Thank you.

People with OCD do the things they do (compulsions) because they feel like they need to do them. There's urgency and it's something very distressing. People who like to keep everything in order enjoy doing that and it doesn't interfere with their normal lives. OCD is a very debilitating disorder and Psych2go explained it very well with this video. Thank you, Psych2go 💚💙

I absolutely agree with you! Thanks for spreading awareness, especially because the phrase OCD is thrown around way too often

OMG JUST IN TIME!!! Many people have been telling me i have OCD without even being diagnosed with it and it REAALLY annoys me!!!

I've never been a "perfectionist" but have had OCD tendencies most of my life. But I overcame it through spiritual work. I learned meditation, how to be present in the moment which taught me how to observe my behavior rather than blindly following in the patterns and from there change can happen. through shadow work integration and reprogramming techniques I've pretty much changed my patterns and cured it

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS WITH SOMEONE WITH OCD I HATE WHEN PEOPLE SAY IM SO OCD AND IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL LIKE MY DISORDER IS NOT SEROUS BUT IT IS AND PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM IT YOUR NOT ALONE ❤

I have known for a while that I had OCD but I didn't know that I was also a perfectionist. This was so interesting and I love your content.

I have a question, if OCD and perfection is not the same, can it form into OCD? What causes perfection? Is it the thought that things are out of order?

'Progress not perfection ... You can't be perfect everything. But you can gain process on a daily basis' -Court McGee

For me my ocd causes me to think about and obsess about very disturbing gory intrusive thoughts. These thoughts have scared the crap out of me, making me fear myself and fear for others. I was and still am afraid of becoming anything close to a murderer or a serial killer. Because I have these intrusive thoughts I usually end up doing things to help prevent myself from ever becoming like that. Usually what I’ll do, is if any knives or sharp objects are lying around I’ll throw them in the sink or put them somewhere where I can’t immediately get them. Then I usually constantly tell myself no in my mind and I tell myself that I’m not gonna ever end up like those monsters. This usually repeats every day and it’s a constant nightmare and hell for me. I just wish I didn’t have these scary intrusive thoughts and I really wish I was normal. But of course I was born with a curse and I’m now stuck with this for the rest of my life. Also what makes things worse is the fact that I struggle with severe anxiety so whenever I have intrusive thoughts that make me worry I’ll end up having a panic attack. Over all I hate this and just wish I were normal..

Nothing infuriates me more than seeing someone say that they're OCD because they like things neat, meanwhile I spent a ton of money shipping my hoarding when I moved because I couldn't just throw it away, used to stand waiting on someone to pass because I couldn't cross the line they walked, did compulsions every time I saw numbers or had an intrusive thoughts and to this day still can't touch doorknobs, light switches and the sink or sit on my own toilet without covering because I've had these contamination issues so long that even now knowing it's OCD I just can't bring myself to touch things and feel dirty. But sure, like things organized a certain way is totally the same as spending 20 minutes brushing your teeth cause they don't feel clean enough or crying for an hour because your brain is convinced you committed a crime and forgot or are going to lose control and hurt someone even though you don't want to ( even though your OCD will then say you're lying to yourself and you're just a bad person no matter what). Totes the same. Anyway thanks for the OCD content.

I got diagnosed with ocd last year because I had a nervous breakdown over my health. I was convinced I had appendicitis and it terrified me. I did "checking" by doing things like pressing my stomach or dropping from my tippy toes to my feet to ease my mind. Although it provided reassurance for a while it always came back and I had to reassure myself again and again. Eventually at a new years I drove myself physically ill with worry and cried in the bathroom and eventually ended up throwing up. OCD is exhausting. I'm glad to be medicated just to escape from the intrusive thoughts.

Wow when I saw the title I was shocked that you actually did my idea thank you very much because it's very important to aware everyone of this problem Keep up the good work😁

Thank you for bringing more awareness to OCD. I have been living with OCD since I was a child, officially diagnosed in my early 30’s and finally thriving now at almost 40. With proper treatment you can lead a happy, productive life with OCD but what is needed most is better awareness and proper diagnosis from the mental health field. I spent a miserable 20 years because doctors and psychiatrists misdiagnosed me as depressed and treated my illness as such until I found a great psychiatrist that really listened, put 2 and 2 together and gave me the proper diagnosis of OCD and treatment, only then did I start making real progress.

I love this, as a person who got did not get diagnosed until I was 18, I’m happy to have awareness. I showed slight symptoms in 1st grade and my teacher said I would “grow out of it” little did she know. My perfectionism is a part of my OCD and people always say “you don’t have it unless you have this and this” when I have terrible intrusive thoughts, things NEED to be just right or I feel like I will die, and this effects the way I feel about people and relationships too. I also feel that people forget OCD can be genetic (to my knowledge, I could be wrong tho)

I would give anything to simply be a perfectionist, rather than being in a constant state of panic about what will happen if I don’t complete my rituals!

I am constantly called "OCD" for being a perfectionist. I don't really mind it in general, but what pisses me off is when it's said in a judgmental or derogatory manner, as if paying attention to detail and caring about the level of pride I put into whatever I do (whether it's a pet project or just styling my hair and overall grooming habits) is some kind of negative affliction.

this is such a relief to know im not alone with these reoccuring thoughts of things i never even did

Thank you guys so much for using your platform to bring more awareness to OCD and those who suffer from it. As someone with it, i feel like i can’t talk with people about bc they’re like “oh my gosh, I have OCD too! I just need everything to be centered and perfect!”

i have ODC and it's so beautiful hear someone finally explaining it properly. thank you :)

Great video! I’ve had OCD for the past 7 years and it gets hard when everyone doesn’t understand but videos like this can really make an impact to bring awareness

i don't recall being early for something in a long time, but i can't miss an upload from ya'll :D

I am a perfectionist, and many people have called me ocd and many other awful things. The amount of panic attacks I’ve had and people making me believe that I have ocd is unreal. At one point, I started to force myself to do compulsions to make myself more “ocd” while ocd is much worse, it hurts both ways.

Yay, I love your videos on OCD and love learning about intrusive thoughts, they resonate so much with me and I appreciate the time taken out to make videos about these issues, especially intrusive thoughts, which can be so scary for people sometimes

it’s also super important to note that ‘magical-thinking OCD’ is not the ONLY presentation of OCD. some people with magical-thinking OCD will experience thoughts such as “if i don’t flip this light switch __ amount of times this __ awful thing will happen to me” etc. but this isn’t the case for all OCD people. sometimes the obsessive thoughts and compulsions may be quite rational but will instead be very out of proportion. such as washing your hands multiple times because of an obsessive fear of sickness etc. Also worth noting: having obsessive thoughts about harming others or doing something awful does not mean that someone with OCD is at all likely to actually act out those thoughts. usually the compulsions in response to that is in order to prevent that thing from happening or to feel like you’re preventing it from happening. Also also: the level of insight that a person with OCD has can vary greatly. some people with OCD may be completely convinced that their obsessive thoughts are real and that their compulsions are really preventing then. whilst others may be fully aware that the obsessive thoughts aren’t real but will still feel the need to act out their compulsions in order to sooth their anxiety or “just to be safe.” hope this helps give some extra info!

I feel like I might have OCD because I don't really have a list of things I need to do it's more like when I'm closing the door to my room I have to push it really hard and then pull the handle up and then push it again to make sure it stays shut despite the fact that it's the same as every other door in the house and closes perfectly, there's also having to repeatedly press the like button on youtube while closing my eyes (strange I know) or in this one shop I have to sanitize my hands while I'm leaving from the same hand sanitizer station every time despite not being worried about germs. I'm not sure if these are symptoms of OCD or if it's just me being weird or something but i just kinda wanted to get this off my chest lol thanks for the video.

As someone who had OCD when i learned some person where comparing it with perfectionnism it pissed me off so much

Thank you so much Psych2Go, for bringing more attention to this misunderstood, and very serious disorder. It affects so many people, and yet many others don’t even know what the disorder is about. As someone with OCD, it makes me really happy to see more awareness, and hopefully thought, coming towards OCD.

I have combined behaviour of both. But I consider myself more of a perfectionist. Thank you for creating this video. It provided me clarity and better understanding.

It's quite possible that I have OCD, and the misinformation surrounding it make me terrified to claim that I do, or admit that I do experience symptoms. I have a lot of intrusive thoughts and compulsions that pop up a lot, and it honestly makes me feel like I'm going mad. We're continually editing our thoughts and words to ensure we don't accidentally "cause" anything or say something that gets interpreted as horrible or bigoted, among many other things. I'm quite tempted to send this video to my parents, as they don't seem to have really internalised the fact that it's not perfectionism. They'll make jokes about stuff and refer to it as "CDO" because "you want it alphebetised" or whatever and meanwhile I'm trying to ignore the echoes in the back of my head mumbling about my dog secretly having a certain illness I cannot will myself to write and hurting someone :/ like we're dodging words and phrases because if I interact with them bad things will happen according to the ocd brain.

Thank you! I have been struggling with OCD for over 3 years. It bothers me when people say they have OCD when they really just love making things perfected. Thank you for spreading OCD Awareness!

I feel like I'm a perfectionist by nature and my OCD thrives on that even more. I'm a writer and whenever I'm writing OCD kicks in and convinces me that I have to write things in a certain way because otherwise it will not be "perfect" which for me means "not qualifying for my own set high standards". It's hard to explain but basically my OCD tells me I'm a failure and that my texts doesn't make sense and that I have rewrite it in a "right way" to make them perfect and it's on the loop again and again. I had many other ocd subtypes(cleaning, religious, moral, hurting) throughout my teenage years they always change. But only recently as I found passion in writing they switched to tormenting me on the thoughts of perfection. I'm now working on my mental health, doing therapy and accepting myself and uncertainty of life. To everyone who has ocd You're strong guys💛I believe in You!💪✨

I have OCD and I think your video is very accurate and clear! Thanks for discussing the difference between OCD and perfectionism.

thank you sm for this vid. also congrats on 9 mil!

IM SO GLAD YOU MADE THIS!! It’s so frustrating to hear someone be like “oH IM sO OCD!¡!!” when they barely even know what it is.

Thank you for spreading awareness. I've been following your channel for a while now, and this is the video I can relate to the most. The types of OCD I experience are checking, symmetry, and sensorimotor obsessions. I have these rituals that would take ages to complete, and if something went slightly wrong or if it doesn't feel 'right', I get the feeling something terrible is going to happen, and I feel uncomfortable in my own skin. And so I have to do it all over again. Sometimes I try forcing myself not to, but I always end up doing them anyway. My OCD is rather debilitating, as it affects my health and my social life. Most of my rituals take place before going to bed, and I often lose sleep time because I need to do these things over and over again. It was especially bad when I was younger. I had one of those digital alarm clocks. Nearly every night I would lose hours of sleep because of the blinking colon (:) and the numbers that were shown. I needed both the colon to be lit and a right feeling for the number shown before I could finally close my eyes and turn my back to the clock before I inevitably second-guessed myself and got the urge to check again. Back when I was in middle school, my OCD was at its worst. I was hyperaware of swallowing my saliva. Depending on where you look, websites will tell you the average human swallows from 600 to 2400 times a day. Now, imagine being hyperaware of it. The sensation, the motion, the need to do it over and over and thinking of something that should be automatic. It drove me crazy. I felt awful and disgusting because back then, I didn't know what OCD was. It was like I couldn't function like everyone else, and I felt terribly lonely. I was afraid people would notice my excessive and manual swallowing, and so I got paranoid. School was torture: endless hours of silence with the deafening sound of my deglutition ringing in my ears. My mom had major OCD when she was clinically depressed. That's a combo I wouldn't wish on anyone. It was so, so difficult for the whole family. It was painful seeing her like this. It was triggered by my sister getting scabies, so she had mostly cleanliness-related OCD. I hate it when people dumb OCD down to just 'needing to wash your hands extra hard'. My mom scrubbed her hands raw because of how many times a day she washed her hands. She needed my father, my sister or me to watch her accomplish mundane small things, like going to the bathroom because she needed to not touch the toilet lid. If she did (and even if she didn't, because the mind can be twitsed), she would break down. Anyone who has to deal with OCD has my compassion. It's difficult. Sometimes it gets worse, other times it gets better. I haven't dared seeking medication my own yet, because I don't want to inform my parents about it. I'm 18 and can see a doctor on my own, but my parents check my expenses and they would question me about it. Due to past trauma, I also hate drawing negative attention to myself, and needing medicine is included in being 'needy', so I have trouble getting past that. In any case, sorry for oversharing. I just needed to share my experiences. It's lonely, having OCD, and it's not exactly something you can just mention to friends because they simply can't understand.

✨ For those new to the topic of OCD and are confused by it, allow me to sum it up for you. Sometimes it’s basically your mind telling you to check the shower for the 16th time or everything you know and love will be ripped away from you.

I have anxiety, depression, and OCD (all diagnosed by doctors). Your videos help me so much! Thank you so much for the videos you make. It helps me alot

Been struggling with OCD for 11 months but, I think I’m finally close to beating it! Glad you put this to light too!

Baby radish sprout is all grown up in this one 😊OCD vs. Perfectionism is discussed very well in this video 👍🏻

I'm so glad you posted this video! This has definitely helped me show my friends and family the difference.

YES. THANK YOU. i experience symptoms and they are something out of a sleep paralysis demon. i feel like i cant control myself and when i think a violent disgusting thought i somehow convince myself ive ACTUALLY committed what ive thought of and i lay on my bed trying to silence my head. that unintentionally rhymes.

I know I am a perfectionist but my OCD kicks in when I have anxiety

I have OCD ticks where I have to tap or hear things a specific amount of times before I can let it go (this can be dangerous because of kettles, stoves, knives etc.). I also have to walk around things in a specific way, (ex.) if I walk around a plastic bin, I have to walk the same exact path round it when I walked before. I am doing a very good job at fighting it though

I don't even call my own condition OCD anymore (even though it was diagnosed as a teen) because I've found ways to cope with it and I don't struggle as much anymore. I have other issues that are more pressing on a daily basis which is a blessing. I still struggle but not to the point where I feel the need to name it.

My brother has a SEVERE ocd-like illness that came on two years ago and has disrupted my entire family life, peace, and unity. From pumping the soap hundreds of times and wearing shoes all day in the house at the onset of this, to living every waking hour in a shower with running water while he watches a tv and my parents feed him like an animal in a cage and forced to serve his every demand or else he will break things, and harm himself, it’s been a horrific couple of years. He’s slightly better now simply because we managed to get him to live his life on the living room recliner but it’s still a terrible situation. Anything can potentially cause his “brain to swell” and the only way he can fight the thoughts and impulses is to scream and demand food and stuff. His screaming and grunting sounds like a wild animal being tortured... My sister and I have had to endure a lack of normal family activities and parental attention causing us both to sink deep into depression. Fortunately for me at least, enough time has passed for me to fully process it all and I have reached a point where I am just done letting this rule my life. I’m gonna be the best person I can be and walk through life with confidence and being carefree. I have become more sympathetic to other’s struggles after spending 2 years in an extremely stressful household environment. Sorry for this long ramble but I appreciate anyone who got this far

This video has convinced me to be open with my therapist about some of my fears that I believe are OCD related. Thank you Psych2Go. This video means a lot to me.

I’m so glad this channel is finically putting out more accurate OCD content (: it was kind of strange to see how Terence this channel would use OCD as an adjective sometimes when trying to describe how OCD is misunderstood. It’s strange how this disorder in particular has so many misconceptions hovering around in popular culture.

To be honest I do have OCD which I get it from my Mom's side of the family. I think that almost everyone has it on her side. Which came down to me, and one maybe two of my other siblings. I started showing symptoms when I was younger where I felt like I had to organize things. Like making the shoes be perfect from biggest to smallest and having my toys facing a certain way. I suffer from intrusive thoughts that form into someone getting hurt. Which scares me, so I go through with thw compulsive behavior, so that person wouldn't be harmed. I tend to keep my room clean. I lock the door when I let my dog outside, and when I bring him back in I relock it. Thinking that if I don't someone will attack my family, and cause harm. I sometimes clean dishes because a part of me says you need to clean it perfectly or else someone is going to get sick. I have more thoughts on things if I look at people and I feel ashamed when I do think of certain things. I tell myself that I'm a horrible person for even thinking of something that may involve me attacking, assaulting them in a certain way, or manipulating them. Which is why I get mad at people when they say "I know how you feel I have insane OCD!!!" Which just hurts because that person is just a perfectionist, and they feel like they have a choice. When people with OCD suffer from the disorder and feel like they cannot escape this torture of manipulative thougts and actions.... I just felt like going on a rant, sorry.

when i was younger whenever i would have an itch somewhere, i would always have to scratch at the same spot on the opposite side of my body i mostly stopped (still do it sometimes) but have big scars on my body from it there are also many more things that i do, i’m gonna wait until i’m in college or living on my own to get therapy or see whatever the heck is wrong with me but to those who do have OCD i’m so sorry and i hope you are doing well

THANKYOU !! FINALLY I CAN PROVE PEOPLE I DO NOT HAVE OCD ITS JUST BEING A PERFECTIONIST AND THAT IT IS NOT A DISORDER like seriously the ones who actually have ocd must be so annoyed with seeing the ones who don't pretend like or being referred to have it

ITS SO ANNOYING, ESPECIALLY DURING CLASS😭

TYSM for making this vid I am a perfectionist but ppl always assume I have ocd there is difference but ppl won’t listen to me.

Hey, psych2Go ♡ If u can, could u plz make a video about compassion fatigue and how to cope? Tysm this would mean a lot 🥺🤍

I‘m glad your still making Videos! Your Videos Are the best💕

I have always had OCD. but sometimes perfectionism can be a SYMPTOM of OCD. if it is it is EXTREMELY debilitating. I hate it and it is one of my many obsessions.

Hey, dear Psych2go team! Could you maybe make a video about the difference/simarities between ADHD and anxiety or something similar? Would be greatly appreciated! Best regards, a fellow Psych2Goer :)

I’m definitely perfectionist, I know for a fact I don’t have ocd. But I worry about people thinking I have ocd when I say “it bothers me” while I fix something, eg. Fixing picture frames when crooked

I am so sick of people throwing the term OCD around for everything, while here I am, with ACTUAL diagnosed OCD! Honestly, mental illness fakers are so embarrassing!

If you need everything to be perfect because that’s how you like it, you’re a perfectionist. If you need everything to be perfect whether you like it or not, it’s OCD.

I’ve been diagnosed with OCD, Anxiety & depression for a few months now it started with me having intrusive thoughts of jumping out the window of the 21st floor. I have this urge to feel what it’s like falling and I got so scared not of the falling part but of the thought that I had. Sometimes I get a thought while watching tv or walking my dog. If’s like a translucent screen drops over my eyes and my intrusive thoughts just pops out of nowhere and I phase out for a second or two. I get disturbed but you can’t see it in my face I just look deadpanned or poker faced but inside im scared. So now everytime I have a thought that disturbs me I tell it to my bf so we can both keep up with my OCD and tell my psychiatrist after. It really helps to have someone especially at night when your alone with your own thoughts.

Once I told a friend “I think I have ocd, I’m just not sure yet.” But she heard,”yea I have ocd. I even got it checked.” So now she tells everyone I have ocd help me

I often joke that "It's just the obsessive compulsive in me," though I never claim to have OCD. From now on I'll be careful to not disrespect persons with that disorder! Thank you.

OCPD is now an accepted disorder. It is perfectionism that impacts a person's daily living abilities . OCD is a compulsion intended to cover or relieve some discomfort while Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is about anxiety related to the compulsion directly For instance ocd might lead a person to clean to relieve feelings of lack of control while OCPD is often a response to trauma related to the perfectionism so like parents who abused the person when they weren't perfect

Hey love 💜 Can we take out a moment and celebrate this achievement of 9 million subscribers They do work hard 🌠

this channel is a therapy 😍

Having progeny with OCD has been quite the frustrating experience. It is not about achieving perfection, but instead acts of repetition are used to relieve anxiety. They are intelligent and have researched their illness themselves, but have concluded that any form of chemical treatment is not the answer and feel there isn’t any treatment to cure it so they just accept it and live with it. Add to this their stubbornness and the journey has been long and unproductive! Any suggestions guys?

i've been doing stuff that was talked about in this video for 7 years,(literally half of my life)and i would just like to know how i would go about telling my therapist that i think i have this, cuz if it isnt ocd that's wrong with me, then im just insane. but i just wanted to know how to properly talk about it without sounding like a pick me girl, cuz i think im finally ready to talk about it cuz im tired of feeling like im crazy, so i had to ask online cuz i've never brought up the fact that i've felt like this for the longest time to anyone. im done oversharing now(im sorry)but if you have any advice or anything like that pls lmk

I feel like the reason why I started to think that I have OCD is not because I have perfectionist traits but rather that I experience anxiety, obsessions, irrational 'just right' feelings escpesially within the realm of 'body sensation symmetry OCD' and the fact that i wash my hands over 50 times a day as well as using avoidance and rumination compulsions about contamination and wash my phone as frequently as I use it. There are also many other symptomatic experiences that seem like ocd not beacause they fit the fake stereotype but because I have obssesively amd compulsively researched and analysed OCD and the possability that I have it. The uncertainty of not being tested by a professional causes me so much anxiety and distraction and thinking what if im just a lying-narcissistic-self-victamizing-attention-seeker and therefore I can't be helped becuase theres nothing wrong but then why does it feel like there's something wrong, OR am I actually suffering from OCD and therefore I can recieve real reassurence and treatment.

Thank you, people at my school keep saying they have ocd because they are neat. I was born with it and it makes me feel like people are not aware of this crazy disorder.

This reminds me of when I worked in retail, and a coworker asked if I had OCD. The reason was that I was trying to color coordinate the hanging clothes. This video reminded me of that incident. Yes, I’m a perfectionist when it comes certain things (a Virgo too). Thank you Psych2Go for clarifying the difference!

I was diagnosed with OCD since I was 18 amongst other things. Intrusive thoughts I do get a lot. And I also tend to be a perfectionist too as it takes more time to do tumultuous things or just make sure it comes out right in detail. But no one really has labeled me as OCD.

I'd love to see more videos about OCD, since the WHO considers it one of the most debilitating conditions

So I’m not quite sure if I have OCD or not. I often have this urge that I NEED to do something, for example of I walk around something and don’t walk back around the same way I have this strong feeling that I have to do it, or maybe I’ll do something a bit different and again there’s that strong urge to go back and change it. Often if I’m writing and I mess up a letter, even if it’s not that bad, I need to erase it and write it again. Basically I would like any advice if I have OCD or if its different because this gets really annoying in my day to day life

OMG I NEEDED THIS VIDEO CUZ I DO HAVE OCD BUT MY FRIEND SAYS SHE HAS IT TOO CUZ SHE LIKES TO STAY CLEAN - but im like no thats not OCD but she dont understand AHHHHHHHHHH - TY SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THIS 😆

I've always been known to be more of a perfectionist around my friends and family. Its habits that came into my life that I don't forget and don't want to lose this habit or change anything about it.

Some natural supplements that have really helped with my OCD are an amino acid called NAC and a plant supplement called Rhodiola Rosea. Changed my life! Lemon Balm can help with anxiety and sleep. (I'm not trying to sell anything, just wanted to share for people looking for natural remedies to try. Thanks)

So apparently I have OCD, interesting

what people think ocd is: everything has to be perfect what ocd actually is: if I don't go back and check the lock of the door exactly 3 times my whole family is going to die

Here to learn the difference. I have both however I understand the difference. Thank you

*GOSH! I FELT LIKE I HAVE SOME SYMPTOMS OF OCD.. LIKE I REPEATING MANY THINGS (LIKE TAKING ENDLESS SCREENSHOT WHEN HOUR HIT EX. **5:30**,**2:22**,**1:30**,**12:00**,ETC. EVERY PERFECT NUMBER I ALWAYS TAKE SCREENSHOT AND MY GALLERY IS FILLED WITH THEM,OVER AND OVER AND OVER)* *ALSO, WHENEVER I HOLD SHARP THINGS LIKE KNIFE, MY HEAD REPEATEDLY DISPLAYING GORE AND EVIL THOUGHTS OF STABBING SOMEONE,THAT I CONTROL MYSELF* *I ALSO HAD THE HABITS OF REPEATING SOMETHING,LIKE DIGITAL ART OR WASHING HANDS JUST TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT,OR ENOUGH* *GOSH! THANKS FOR THE TIP.. I HAVE SOME SIGNS OF OCD!!*

Can we have more videos on OCD? I'm not one, but I would like to learn more about it

I don't know if this is OCD so please let me know necause I'm scared to ask my parents about illnesses. 1)If my family goes into the right side of the pole and the other on the left side on the pole,I'd go to the right side and go to the left side.And one time they actually asked me about this"why do you always do that" And my answer was"Once in a lifetime". 2)I touch the walls 5 times like my 5 family members. 3)My teacher ereased the white board and left a little spot and I cringed. 4)If I saw a tilted picture frame I'll fix it. 5)If the teacher's table goes more to the other side than on the middle I cringe a little. 6)If I see a different colored tiles from the other colored tiled i cringe.

May be different but not sure how what someone says about themselves harms someone else.

Me literally every time I touch something: I touched the door handle with my left hand now, I must touch in with my left hand again, my right hand and then both exactly in that order

I honestly hate it when people think OCD is like perfectionism, because it's the same thing with anxiety and depression, they think it's a quirk when it's pretty harmful. I have OCD and my life is just upside down. I take a lot of time on things. Like when I'm organizing dishes, I have the need to make sure the dishes of the same color of not next to each other. I don't know why, I just do. Or how, before using a restroom, I turn the shampoo bottles around. I just feel like if the front is facing me, there's something watching me. It's weird. And then there's the symmetry thing. When I touch one things with one side of my body, I have to touch it with the other side, same way same limb. It's annoying. There are other things I have stopped doing constantly, like cracking my fingers. I feel the urge to, but I have to stop myself. Although, I still can't stop myself from washing my hands constantly. Especially after I sneeze. Every time I sneeze, even if I don't sneeze into my hands, I have the need to wash my hands. They feel like they have germs on them when I sneeze. Alright, I'm done ranting. I just needed to let this all out. I apologize if you had to read this.

I would love to see OCD vs. Anxiety, both can play hand in hand but I just can't tell if I'm a bundle of anxiety or if I should seek professional help.

I'm grateful that the definition of perfectionism really suits me, bcs I'm afraid I'm being narcissistic for keep saying "as a perfectionist, blabla" but I just can't let myself see a lot of mistakes especially in a group report and project. Sad tho there are people reject my orders when i asked them to fix what needs to fix and they say i shouldn't make the report perfect as long as it's done. Pft

I've been told before that I am a perfectionist, but people are quick to blame my behaviors on my aspergers syndrome. I do hold almost everything organized in all possible ways I can see, but I don't do it for fun or relaxation. I usually do it because I feel genuinely discomforted when I see something out of order. I've found myself suddenly thinking "oh wait, how did I even get here? Why am I doing this?" multiple times. I don't know if this is common within the frames of aspergers syndrome, or something else.

So I think perfectionism has a more productive output - but OCD seems to require repetition of things already done (or unproductive), out of (eg) superstition…

For me people in my class confused me for having OCD even tho I just like being perfect and having a clean desk and being very organized and that I feel the need that I need to be perfect and for me I just like cleaning and organizing stuff nothing more, and that one time someone told me if I have OCD and at that time I didn’t even know what that even meant so I said “Um sure?” and once I found out about what OCD was I felt so embarrassed and then corrected myself and I felt very nervous and scared of now how this person will see me Even tho I have intrusive thoughts that make me worried that I might hurt someone or myself I don’t really think I have OCD

Can someone help me out? I have been this way since forever. I want to do everything perfect, and if I mess up even 1 step, I will drop the whole work. And if I do it, I will do it in the best way possible, but everything has to be PERFECT. Lets take the example of studies. I couldn't study for like a year properly because I didn't have a "Proper" study room. I didn't have a table or anything. And also, when I do some chapters, I got to do it in the perfect chronical order. I mean, if I do some chapter, I gotta read it first, make detailed notes, learn it 2nd, then do questions. And due to this I take much more time than I should. And the fact is I can't do anything from mid, if i have to do it I will only do it from the beginning otherwise not. And also when Im like stressed about something I have to do, I don't do it but do something else. Also I wear specs, so i clean my specs like so many times, until it is PERFECTLY clear. And if my specs become even a tiny bit out of place, like even tiny, I get irritated so easily and keep fixing it. Do I have OCD?

my psychiatrist says that people with the perfectionism personality trait are more prone to experiencing symptoms of ocd than others especially when they go through situations that cause them constant stress

STOP SENSORY MOTOR OBSESSIONS IS LEGIT ME

nonononono you don’t have ocd just because you want to be perfect or are *just because you clean your room everyday doesn’t mean you’re ocd*

I think it's more common to confuse OCD with pedantism