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Old Jul 03, 2007, 08:56 AM
xAshesx xAshesx is offline
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I feel like I have OCD, but it does not cause too much wastage of time. I do feel the need to perform rituals. for example :
- looking at the clock even number of times
- touching my hair and sratching my scalp sometimes
- putting certain objects in "mental cages" before starting an acitivity like eating a meal, watching television etc etc..
- Although I do not do this now, I used to wash my hands repeatedly when I was about 10-14 years old (i'm 22 now)
- I also used to be (not anymore) obsessed with symmetry
- there was a time (10-14 yrs of age) when I used to silently count for no reason at all. mostly before starting an activity.

Even though I feel like I have always had OCD symptoms, it hasn't ever interfered with daily activities too much.

Oh and I do have almost all the symptoms of ADD (innattentive type only) and anxiety disorder.

So can a person be diagnosed with OCD even though these rituals (mental or physical) don't affect the person's daily activities too much?