Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

I'm 22 years old, I I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and General Anxiety, and have reached a place of embracing my anxieties.

Obsessions:
Intrusive Thoughts
Guilty Thoughts
Criticism
Doubt
Contamination and illness fears
Fear of Harming others
Excessive Responsibility

Compulsion:
Washing, and washing orders
Skin Picking (only when I'm most anxious)
Checking home doors/locks

I'm a Student at Pennsylvania State University, studying Biological and Evolutionary Psychology. I plan to get my PhD one of these days in Clinical Psychology. I want to specialize in CBT, including ERP, for anxiety disorders. I want to focus mainly on treatment of OCD, OC Spectrum Disorders, ASD and PTSD.

Happiness, optimism, Friends, Holidays, Celebrating, sleeping (although I don't always get it), reading, learning, psychology, Listening, Talking to people, sharing wisdom, behavior modification, empiricism

OCD, Dirt, Germs, floors, tables, interpersonal contact, anxiety, Finger nails, hands, walls (getting better), unfamiliar situations, self-doubt, not being able to help people

My life at the moment is dedicated to academia. I'm an undergraduate Psychology Student at Pennsylvania State University.

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