I am a lifer. 45 years of the disease. A ruined life (or should I
say a severely compromised life). How good it could have been, if
only. . .
I function in society, run a business, but feel pain and anguish most
of the time. I won’t even try to go through the evolution of my OCD,
as I have had probably every conceivable configuration and iteration
of the disease, since age 13. Medicine … Read The Rest >>
As in the case of many sufferers, OCD has taken on many forms during my life, ranging from compulsive hand-washing to paranoia about AIDS.
Then there was, of course, “If I don’t get out of the bathroom within five seconds, my mother will die”, and all that kind of rubbish. The biggest, most destructive and enduring form for me though has been obsessions that my partners have been unfaithful, and seizing upon any tiny little scrap … Read The Rest >>
Just want to tell my story.
I’m 25 and I’ve had OCD my whole life.
First of let me start by saying I have never been treated for OCD. All the progress I have made has come from me making myself stop doing the things I was doing. I still suffer from OCD but not nearly as much as I use to. I have pretty much had OCD for as long as I can remember. … Read The Rest >>
My ocd started when I was about eight. I am now 21 and still have not
fully recovered. I have kind of a different kind of OCD, or so I
think. I haven’t viewed many stories like mine. I get overwhelmed
with worry and anxiety that my mom or dad are going to die when I’m
not with them. Such as at work, or a friends, or my boyfriends house
for the weekend. I perform rituals such as I have … Read The Rest >>
My obsession is so difficult to describe. My brain sees the obsession as a logical solution to a problem that it imagines. If i say a certain phrase, touch certain objects, do certain things that in the past has maybe preceded a negative event, my brain tells me i have to fix what i have just done/said or another negative event will occur. Its one of those screwed if you do screwed … Read The Rest >>
The stories published here have been submitted to me over the years. They are a little glimpse inside of OCD. Without a doubt they are the most viewed pages on either of my OCD sites.
They are, with the exception of spell checking, unedited.
I originally started publishing them almost ten years ago in order to let people with OCD know they were not alone.
And perhaps let those who know something is wrong with them but not sure what it was, see something here that leads them to seek help.
From the email I receive, both of these happen frequently.
If you have OCD and would like to contribute your story. You may contact me using the link found up at the top
