Thread: Is this OCD?
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Old Aug 26, 2014, 12:15 AM
Gakkari Gakkari is offline
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One component of OCD i realize is fear. Many people who have OCD have it due to an irrational fear, may it be of germs or forgetting to lock the door and having bad things happen as a result. However, what i've been having isn't anything caused from fear, but i do it obsessively and cannot stop. I tend to feel the need to trace objects, usually i just follow the outline of it with my eyes over and over again. Sometimes i'll even try to trace the sky, as ridiculous as it may sound. My mother even noticed it when I was a kid, i would constantly stare at the ceiling, which i was tracing over and over again. However, i find this activity to be irresistible and in certain circumstances, dangerous. For example, when I am driving, I will feel this insatiable need to trace street signs with my eyes over and over again. It is worrying because such a distraction could lead to some pretty bad accidents.