Hi my name is “Tammy” and I do believe I have obsessive compulsive disorder as well as general anxiety disorder. I remember as a small child I was continually preoccupied with weather or not we had enough food in the house, if we were running low on something I would stress until my mother replenished the supply. This still holds true 25 years later. I can not run out of any household supplies or I … The Story Continues…
Hi I’m not sure where to begin. It all began in 1997 when we moved. I had my first “attack” of anxiety. It came on so quickly I didn’t even know what it was. I suddenly was very afraid of dying and would imagine a funeral (my own) which would just make the anxiety worse. It felt like an impending doom sort of thing…like something really bad was going to happen and I would die … The Story Continues…
I know how you all feel, but in a different way. It’s like you can’t believe anything you tell yourself because you might be wrong. Like just the thought or act of doing something wrong is such a big deal. But to me it is. I’m constantly obsessing if I said or did something WRONG. I might say something to someone and the minute I say it I worry that I might have said it … The Story Continues…