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Originally Posted by Hellion
I feel like I get stuck ruminating over useless things a lot and I get intrusive thoughts...not sure its severe enough to be considered OCD though, I thought that was just the autism combined with the anxiety that caused that.
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People on the spectrum are 70% more likely to suffer from OCD than people not on the spectrum, probably because of our natural tendencies to follow repetition of thoughts. Whilst it is possible to have these without OCD, they get classified as OCD when they become something that you can't control. If you spend more than two hours a day thinking about such things, they class that as obsessive.
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Originally Posted by jimi...
I'm glad you did a more extensive take. I only used a few examples. I have had OCD most of my life and I have "tried" most forms of it unfortunately. The thing I have not had too much is germ phobia (just a little), but the rest... yea. Bah.
We hate OCD, right?
I love my interests!! They make me feel alive!!
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Hahaha, yeah I'm much the same. When I was a kid I was obsessed with checking and counting forms, I had to do everything in fours; lights, doors, eating... the list goes on. Over my life though, that has reduced significantly, now it's more about the Ruminations and Intrusive Thoughts, I think I preferred the counting lol.
OCD is a *****, yep!
Indeed, I love my interests, even when they take all of my time and I don't want to do anything else, they give me a lot of pleasure and comfort. People just don't understand it haha.
