Yes, what you are describing is a symptom of OCD, and it is just one of many symptoms that i have. How do you overcome it? Unfortunately like all OCD symptoms you can never really escape them, sure you can use drugs or Therapy, but the OCD is always lurking in the background, all you can do is try to control it. My trick is to ignore the symptom to the best of my ability by doing something else to take my mind off it, or by promising myself that I will comply with the compulsion at a later time (e.g. after I take a walk). I find that the time lapse caused by the delay tends to take the edge off the compulsion and cause it to fade. Sorry but there is no easy answer, but you may be lucky and Therapy could be your answer if your OCD is not too severe. Good luck. :)


i always over analyze things.. and get very superstitious over things
its like i'd try to get some meaning out of some numbers or letters, and believe that these numbers/letters really represent and/or are related to the meaning i think of. then i would be afraid to make an email/nick/username/etc with those letter or number that i think are related to the meaning i thought of.. because im afraid that i would keep thinking of the meaning whenever i see it, and the feeling is just very very uncomfortable..

another thing.. if for example i used this email address with a so called 'bad number/letter' before, that email address would be condemned too.. its like if the name was 'testing123' and '123' is the 'bad number', the name 'testing' or anything related to that would be condemned too...

have u guys ever experienced something like this ?? if so how did u overcome it ?? i do have ocd, but im not very sure whether this is due or to ocd or not.

thanks for reading guys :)