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Originally Posted by Atticus808
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.
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How did you get over this and what did you do specifically that helped? Did you just give up over time because it was too exhausting or did some life changing event occur that make you shift in a completely different direction?It seems no matter what I do it just keeps me in a obsessive state of mind that that is hard to pull myself out of. I'm trying to figure out how to get over this.