help me please - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Message Board

go_da_doggies · 03-09-2003, 03:49 AM

hi i am 16 male and for a few months i have been feeling nervous about different things. It just started while i was watching tv. Some of the things r really stupid but its scaring me. If it is an OCD is there any cure like therapy or anything or are u stuck with it ur hole life?

Kathrin74 · 03-09-2003, 04:29 AM

Hello there,

if what you have is OCD, yes, there are very good ways to treat it. Many years ago, OCD was known as really hard to treat, but since then more has been understood about the disorder and it is treated quite successfully! Either with medication or therapy or both. I can tell you from my experience that getting over OCD is a very liberating feeling, the kind of "wow I am alive again!" feeling.

I am not sure if what you have is OCD because your description is very vague. And anyway it is better to talk to a specialist. But please don't think that you are stuck with something for life, that is such a TERRIBLE thought (I had that thought a lot of times and it was always one of the saddest things to imagine).

Maybe you can tell us a little more about what you feel, and what your thoughts are. For example:
Do you have thoughts that you can't get rid of, that bother you and you know are irrational but they scare you anyway?
Are there certain things you feel you "have to" do, like for example clean or wash excessively because you fear contamination, or check things excessively, or are there any rituals you perform?
Or are there thoughts you feel you "have to" think, mental rituals? Or thoughts you are afraid of thinking that pop back up anyway?

Kathrin

Kathrin74 · 03-09-2003, 04:29 AM

Hello there,

if what you have is OCD, yes, there are very good ways to treat it. Many years ago, OCD was known as really hard to treat, but since then more has been understood about the disorder and it is treated quite successfully! Either with medication or therapy or both. I can tell you from my experience that getting over OCD is a very liberating feeling, the kind of "wow I am alive again!" feeling.

I am not sure if what you have is OCD because your description is very vague. And anyway it is better to talk to a specialist. But please don't think that you are stuck with something for life, that is such a TERRIBLE thought (I had that thought a lot of times and it was always one of the saddest things to imagine).

Maybe you can tell us a little more about what you feel, and what your thoughts are. For example:
Do you have thoughts that you can't get rid of, that bother you and you know are irrational but they scare you anyway?
Are there certain things you feel you "have to" do, like for example clean or wash excessively because you fear contamination, or check things excessively, or are there any rituals you perform?
Or are there thoughts you feel you "have to" think, mental rituals? Or thoughts you are afraid of thinking that pop back up anyway?

Kathrin

go_da_doggies · 03-10-2003, 01:05 AM

no the feelings i have are just nerves and the thoughts are really weird. And there always "what if" thoughts. No i dont do anything excesivaly. Thanx alot

nuzzler · 03-10-2003, 05:15 PM

Hi there doggies,
Feeling weird/nervous/creepy thoughts was how
my ocd started when I was little. There are many meds
out there to help but you have to tell a doctor
how you've been feeling or confide in someone.
Give an example of what you are nervous about.
I might be able to help. I've had the whole
run from obsessions about disease, religion, ect, ect.
You aren't alone in this disease.
Nuzzler