do i really have ocd or am i just anxious/depressed? - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Message Board

hayley0610 · 05-12-2004, 09:10 PM

this is something ive questioned myself lately. i constantly worry so i suppose i obsess about the things i worry about but they are ligitamate things i worry about!!ie my health kids health fear of doctors. i just feel that i have a lot of phobias more than anything. my reasoning is other than wanting to grab a certain item off the shelf(hope readers know what i mean) and constant worrying i dont feel the need to check things or do things "out of the ordinary" i just feel anxious all the time and worried but not obsessed like ive read here. im also able to control any quirks i have so now im thinking the doctor may be treating me for something i dont have!! basically im always scared, scared about whats going to happen to me in life. does anyone have any advice?

FroBoyPeaceGuy · 05-13-2004, 02:35 AM

Just with what you have said, sounds like alot of the symtoms of OCD. The thing is maybe you're in the development stages of OCD, cause you said you are able to control your quirks. If you feel that you are getting worse thru time, I'd recommend to get an analysis from a doctor to find out if it's OCD really or just a major case of anxiety.

crabbyroad · 05-13-2004, 05:48 AM

Hayley,

When the constant worry about health and life started, was this during a time of emotional upheaval? ie, a job loss or employment at work unsteady, a death of a family member, a new child, a recent move? Alot of these things can cause worry and persist if not evaluated logically, that not having control or fear of the unknown makes it worse. Some people hit an age, where they know someone who was stricken with an illness at that time, and it starts worry there, or after the death of somebody close. Having a new child seems to really kick in our sense of mortality, and we worry about own health to more extensive degrees than others, for fear of who can take care of our children (knowing nobody can do it better than us in our minds). I would venture to say this is anxiety.

hayley0610 · 05-13-2004, 08:38 AM

ty crabby well this did get a lot worse when my 27 yr old friend died or cancer and i was told i had to get a tooth removed...so i do realize these things did not help at all!!! but i figure why wouldnt i die from cancer, he did and many more do, i mean this is not an unrealsitc thought but i do not go as far to think every pain is cancer!!what i do think about when i get a pain is "will this be a trip to the doctor, or an operation?" i def. know i am the way i am from events hat have happened in my life, thats a given, but it doesnt control the fact. i just wish my thoughts could be filled with postive things. it is not stupid for me to worry about the things in my future that i KNOW i will have happen to me at somepoint, but right now im spending all my "healthy" time worrying about how im gonna handle it!! i think im depressed and the ocd is filling some area in. im always tired, eat too much now, lathargic abut the most important is i do not get any pleasure from the things i use to do!! i say this because i would love something as simple as grocery shopping, now i dread it. i think because i have 2 hours of time in the isles to worry about life! i can never cut loose anymore cause im thinking i have to make sure everyone around me is ok and healthy! but if they werent i dont know what id do because i would be no good anyways!!!