[lonelyone]

I'm starting to think I have some kind of obsessive disorder. All day long I think about this one cute skater. I check his website -- I'm not kidding -- at least 50 times per day. I met him in person recently and have been trying to have him contact me. I've sent him a few e-mails but I don't even know if he reads/gets them. I had some lady on a message board give him a message that I'd like him to contact me, blah, blah, where we met and all that and she delivered it to him, but he really didn't seem to remember me and just said something like, 'Oh, okay" after she gave him my message.

All I do is think about this guy. HE's only 20 and I'm twice his age! I don't know how to stop this.

Before him, I would surf various message boards all day long and my husband would get mad at me. Now that I've met this skater in person, he is so beautiful and nice, too, I can't get him off my mind. I really don't know what I want him to do besides contact me, but then where do I go from there. It's really a crazy feeling. I have had virtually no appetite since my obsession with him over the last 3 weeks or so have lost 6 pounds already and am determined to get into shape and have been exercising for an horu every day.

Is this OCD? If so, what do I do next. If not, what the heck is it.

Thanks

[kimmydawn]

hi there and welcome

firstly, i'm no professional...far from it. this does not sound like OCD at all. it does sound like obsession. you've become infatuated and obsessed with him. some of us do that at different points in our lives...think and obsess on something that makes us feel better to get away from things going on in real life. is that a possibility?

take care,

kd

[stew099]

i'm no expert either but i think ocd relates more towards doing something in routine and if it's not done properly, there might be a negative side affect. this can involve counting syllables, a phone must ring a certain number of times before you can answer it, things of that nature.

[Mahali]

I'm not sure what the answer to your question is but it sounds like it is interfering in your life. I would suggest you see a professional and get an experts opinion. I agree with above that this does not sound like OCD but rather an obsession and infatuation of some sort that you may need help getting through.

[mortimer]

http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx25.htm

That's OCD in a nutshell, which I have a feeling you might have read or a similar thing. Have you ever seen MONK? Yah, he's very OCD, scared of germs. His obsession. His compulsion to lessen his obsession, or fear, is to clean and avoid germs and disorder. You can also be convinced that if you don't preform certain rituals, something bad will happen. I think. Not sure of the last one.

That's my basic understanding, so it doesn't sound like it. ^_^ It's a good thing! You should prabably seek help if it's becoming a thing that interferes with life. Good luck!