When you ask yourself do I have OCD you may be concerned that whatever is in your life that you obsessed about is controlling you? We all have behaviors that can be quirky but when they effect and control your life you might want to get help. Below are a few types of OCD categories that may help you evaluate your behavior.
Dirt and contamination is a type of OCD behavior. People who suffer from this disorder are afraid of contracting a fatal illness and know that they will. They also cannot handle germs or dirt. They are also afraid of giving germs to others.
Symmetry is another type of OCD category. People who suffer from this cannot stand anything to be out of place. This can be their belongings or someone else's. They cannot their clothes out of order as well.
Checking is another category of OCD behavior. Checking for an oven to be turned off or a coffee pot is an example. Checking a bank book over and over again is another example. Or perhaps checking your body consistently for diseases is a form of the OCD category of checking.
Superstitions are an OCD category. Washing hands more than twice over and over is a sign. So is the need to clean everything and believing that nothing is ever truly clean. Other OCD categories include hoarding and saving to sexual behaviors.
If you feel that you may have an issue in any of these or other areas of obsession, then realizing it is the first step. You can talk to your doctor or consider therapy. Again a small obsession is not to be of concern about. When the obsession stops your life then you do need to get help.
There are many support groups out there for specific behaviors you can look into. There are some medications that can be taken but finding the root of the behavior is the best course of healing and rehabilitation. You can find help and there are people out there that care and can be of service to your healing process. - 30309
Dirt and contamination is a type of OCD behavior. People who suffer from this disorder are afraid of contracting a fatal illness and know that they will. They also cannot handle germs or dirt. They are also afraid of giving germs to others.
Symmetry is another type of OCD category. People who suffer from this cannot stand anything to be out of place. This can be their belongings or someone else's. They cannot their clothes out of order as well.
Checking is another category of OCD behavior. Checking for an oven to be turned off or a coffee pot is an example. Checking a bank book over and over again is another example. Or perhaps checking your body consistently for diseases is a form of the OCD category of checking.
Superstitions are an OCD category. Washing hands more than twice over and over is a sign. So is the need to clean everything and believing that nothing is ever truly clean. Other OCD categories include hoarding and saving to sexual behaviors.
If you feel that you may have an issue in any of these or other areas of obsession, then realizing it is the first step. You can talk to your doctor or consider therapy. Again a small obsession is not to be of concern about. When the obsession stops your life then you do need to get help.
There are many support groups out there for specific behaviors you can look into. There are some medications that can be taken but finding the root of the behavior is the best course of healing and rehabilitation. You can find help and there are people out there that care and can be of service to your healing process. - 30309
