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Originally Posted by Cole
How many people who call themselves OCD or claim they have it have a clinical diagnosis?
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Originally Posted by strat61caster
0.01%
It's a travesty that a disease has become so misunderstood.
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i can guarantee that i have/had it.
some examples:
- i would use to collect tv guides and pile them up. once in awhile i would have to flip to a certain page, read a description, close the tv guide, put it back on top, sit back, and repeat that process 5 times.
- i would have to turn taps off and have the handle face a certain direction. if i screwed up, i'd have to leave the tap and redo it again 5 times or until it feels right.
- doing assignments or tests, if i write something and it doesn't feel right, i'd have to erase it and write it again 5 times.
- i fear contamination and germs. too many examples to list here.
everything in my life seemed to be run by numbers and i was seriously going crazy cause it was controlling me. eventually i just had to control it myself. i still have a bit of it but it's not as bad as it was 15 years ago.