Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

FIRST OF ALL MY NAME IS NATALY. I AM HERE FOR SUPPORT, AND GETTING TO KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM OCD...I AM A VERY OUTGOING PERSON, IF ANYONE EVER NEEDS ANYTHING I ALWAYS TRY TO HELP. I CONSIDER MY SELF A STRONG INDIVIDUAL...I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO HELP MYSELF OUT AND KEEP MYSELF GOING...BUT LATELY I HAVE HAD MORE DOWNS THAN UPS...I AM VERY THANKFULL THAT I FOUND THIS WEBSITE...I HAVE COME TO A POINT WERE MY OCD HAS AFFECTED ME AT WORK AND I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DEPRESSION...I NEED TO HELP MYSELF OUT AND I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO SO...BECAUSE I HAVE LOVING PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR ME...IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HARD FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS...I NEVER REALLY KNEW I HAD OCD UNTIL WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL DISORDERS IN ONE OF MY CLASSES...AND REALIZED THAT MY CONSTANT HAND WASHING WAS NOT NORMAL...I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AFRAID OF GERMS AND THE THOUGHT OF BEING CONTAMINATED...IF I BELIEVE SOMETHING IS CONTAMINATED AND SOMEONE PICKS IT UP OR TOUCHES IT...I THINK THEY BECOME CONTAMINATED...AND ANYTHING THEY TOUCH IS CONTAMINATED TOO...WEIRD...I KNOW...BUT I DON'T LIKE TO POINT OUT MY OCD, THAT'S WHY THERE ARE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT KNOW ABOUT IT...I KNOW ITS MILD...BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME ANY WORSE...ONLY MY SISTER AND BOYFRIEND KNOW I HAVE THIS...AND SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE...BUT I DON'T DARE BRING ANYTHING UP TO THEM...BECAUSE I AM AFRAID THEY WILL SAY.."NOT THIS AGAIN.." BUT I KNOW THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN OCD...AND THAT IS WHY I WANT TO PUT AN END TO THIS!!!

FAMILY, FRIENDS, BOYFRIEND, RELIGION, CHOCHOLATE, MUSHROOMS, KISSING, SHOPPING, PAINTING, MUSIC, THE SUN!!! IT MAKES ME HAPPY, DANCING, TALKING, MEETING NEW PEOPLE, SUNSETS, THE MOON, SCRAPBOOKING, PICTURES, LAUGHING, SMILING, MOVIES, FOOD IN GENERAL...I AM BEING SO DAMN RANDOM...LOL. THAT'S JUST TO NAME A FEW THINGS...I JUST HAVE A PASSION FOR LIVING!!! AND I WANT TO LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST!!! OHHH...AND I GUESS I HAVE TO SAY THAT THANKS TO RUBBING ALCOHOL AND LYSOL/CHLOROX DISINFECTING WIPES MY LIFE IS EASIER

MY OCD!!! THE RAIN, WINTER, HORROR FILMS, BEING BROKE!!! LOL

I LISTEN TO ANYTHING FROM COLDPLAY TO DIANA REYES TO T.I., EXCEPT COUNTRY...LOL I LOVE ANYTHING THAT MOVES YOU...AND I AM A SUCKER FOR LOVE/SENTIMENTAL SONGS.

I WISH I DID MORE READING...BUT I DONT

I LIKE ALL COMEDIES, ROMANCE FILMS, ACTION MOVIES...ANYTHING GOES EXCEPT HORROR FILMS!!!

RIGHT NOW I THINK I NEED HOBBIES...THAT WILL HELP ME TAKE MY MIND OFF MY OBSESSION, I AM CURRENTLY SCRAPBOOKING!!! LOL...I AM PAINTING TOO...AND I LIKE HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS