Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

August 13, 2010, 11:04 pm

Maybe I am getting better? My dog had an old bandaid in his mouth at the dog park yesterday and I didn't wash him?
I did ask for the "assurance' from the other dog people and none of them said that they would have washed the dogs mouth. I may have only let this slide as my mind and energy has been focused on a painful event in my life right now? I hope that I can be this strong everyday to resist Stimpy's intrusive contamination thoughts.

August 5, 2010, 11:06 pm

Hi Doctor Hancey,
I did pretty good today and yesterday (even found more $ on the ground) Although I broke down and washed all the shoes, I re-walked by one of the places that forced me to wash in the first place. I didn't re-wash them and I found a dollar bill, then about 30 minutes later a $20 bill. Today I walked my dog and he stepped on a paper tissue I was debating whether to take him to the car and wipe his feet with hand sanatizer, but a friend walked by and i he got a doze of the (assurance probe) and because he didn't seem to worry about it neither did I. I really really don't want to take the Cymbalta. I am so angry at the OCd and what it has done to my life and severing my family bonds, that I almost don't care to be exposed to germs????? Or maybe its just a phase? Maybe how alcoholics turn to alcohol an OCD person will allow the "imaginary" contamination to be subjected? I MAY be ready for the exposure. Don't really know?

August 4, 2010, 11:29 pm

Hello, didn't know we had an OCD doctor on here...how awesome! I just read your response on the post that mentioned deflection....I do agree with that part - about over-whelming sense of responsibility. I think I am a self-aware person for the most part and I recognize that in myself - yet I'm powerless to counter it. It seems to be such an ingrained part of me...I even worry about what I write on here sometimes that someone might take something I say the wrong way and get offended. That's just one small example, but the mentality is weaved through my entire life. Thanks for the insight.

July 28, 2010, 7:36 pm

Hi Hancey,

I wish i could come to your OCD support group ! I live in Cairns, Australia and I can't find a therapist that knows how to treat OCD - and my psychologist works for the state government mental health service ! I've been in the mental health ward at the hospital here. It's ridiculous. I've seen a private psychologist too and he didn't know what to do.
I am at my wits end.... :(

July 26, 2010, 1:35 pm

I found that OCD comes along with many friends, it's not an isolated condition. I suffer from depression and panic disorder as well and borderline personality. But they all seem to intertwine with the OCD, like it was the brains of the operation.