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Hey everyone i'm 13. i have absolutley horrible Ocd, i obsess about everything, i'm usually in the house all day just doin stuff related to ocd. man it sucks. before school i'm ususally late cuz i have to walk to my bed room and back 8 times, walk in and out of the door way, touch the door knob with both of my elbows then make sure the door is locked before i leave for the bus. i can't touch anybody, i avoid sidewalk cracks. i have to touch things with rubber gloves. when i eat dinner i have to eat in a clockwise motion always, no food can touch the side of the plate or any of the other food otherwise i won't eat it. it's really tough. i also have to rewrite my school work, i have to count exactly 10 white cars on the bus to school otherwise i can't go to school. i avoid the number 6. i like everything on the left side. omg it's so frustrating i just wanna talk to someone with the same problems i have. if any of you feel comfortable talking about your "rituals" then please feel free to talk to me.

I know how you feel. I'm doing a lot better now that I'm on meds again. Have you considered taking medication. I use to have to do certain rituals involving door handles. And how things have to be arranged. I had to count all ceiling tiles in both directions before I could pay attention in class. Everything had to be alligned. If on thing was straight all had to be straight. I could only use certain staircases and pathways depending on where I was going. I had to count certain stairs and if I accidently started counting something I'd have to count the same thing everytime I passed it.

That's a few of the main ones. As you well know you can never remember all of them. I just wanted to remind you though that you arn't alone, and you might want to consider medication. I had been off of it for a year but OCD started to get full swing for me in college and I just couldn't do it. It's been a very worthwhile decision.. despite two weeks of hell getting used to the meds.

All I can say is try to stay safe and good luck. I know how hard this is.

(((((((((hugs))))))))

hi megbrooks
im turning 15 in a month an ive had OCD for as long as i can remember, probably since i was 4 or 5.

ive gone through washing (if youve seen pictures of people hands when they wash till they go all red and scaly, thats what i looked like) counting things, finding links in numbers and letters, finding patterns in everything, everything has to be even numbers, must step on certain flooring a particular number of times, if i touch something once i keep doing it till im satisfied, my mum tought i had teurettes because i have an obsession with blinking, twitching, coughing etc. , checking things (i'd check my rabbit hutches or the front door up to 20 times before i was convinced that they were shut/locked) the list goes on -i can go crazy with it at times.
i feel pretty in control of it now. currently it doesnt run my life and i feel a little more "normal". ive never taken any medication though, i went through other thereputic programs which helped at the time but i guess i never committed myself to them enough-my fault.

im thinking its best to try other options before taking meds.

your not alone.

I have severe OCD. I've had different things, different rituals. When I was a teenager (I'm 39 now), in high school, I would come home and do three to five hours of rituals. I don't like people touching me, either, and I'm very limited in things I can touch. I have to look at things certain ways, see things "the right way" before I can do things sometimes, avoid touching many things, and I go through exhausting thoughts, rituals and avoidances every day. I even dream about OCD sometimes.

I agree with Gabriel, try other options before taking meds. That's not to say meds won't be the right choice for you, but if behavior therapy alone, or other therapy, is helpful for you, it's best to do that.

By the way, I like cheese on my pancakes. Everyone thinks I'm weird, and you're the first person I've known to like cheese on waffles...I think waffles are the same thing as pancakes, basically, so we're similar. My mom got me into cheese on pancakes.