[thymage]

Anyone have a similar type of OCD as this?

I get latched on to things and won't let it rest for weeks or months at a time. I can literally look back on the past 6 months and see it 'chunked' into 5 or 6 separate 'things'.

First, I was looking for information on my dad for about 3 to 4 weeks. That's all I thought about, all I did, spent all my time on it. Lost sleep over it.

After that, I spent two weeks reading a book on mindfulness / meditation. I was reading the book, doing meditations, practicing mindfulness my whole day for about 2 weeks.

After that, I was on to politics / ideologies. I was looking in to different political views, how to be a politician, ideologies of world leaders. This lasted for about 2 weeks.

Then all the sudden I got back into exercising / losing weight / following an exercise program with big goals. At the same time I also go into learning to code websites / building websites for family / friends / businesses. This was about 4 weeks.

I research everything involved in these topics a good chunk of my day, or at least am thinking about it. Most days I'm exhausted... not from the typical 'day', but because a great chunk of my day is me researching online about these topics, asking questions about these topics, reading websites that coordinate with these topics etc etc.

I also get latched on to certain songs or artists. That's all I will listen to for weeks / months at a time. For weeks there were a set of 5-6 songs I would listen to on my way to work, and back home from work.

I've been wanting a new job because I'm burned out at my job... and want something else. But, any of my interests in getting a new job seem to be 'OCD'ish. For example... I was CERTAIN I was going to quit my job in the next few months and become a website designer. So, I was trying to learn SEVERAL coding languages REALLY fast. Get clients to build websites for cheap just for experience. Then, all the sudden... my interest just stopped. GONE. Really, overnight.

I feel like I'll never be able to get a new job in a new area because my interests get SO involved and then DROP SO FAST... I can't invest in new education just to be 'done' with it 3 months later.

I feel trapped. I was diagnosed as Bipolar II as well by my psychiatrist... but, I don't know if a lot of the symptoms I'm describing to him may just be stemming from OCD / anxiety.

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Thanks!

This might be of interest to you. It is the Y-BOCS Checklist of obsessive traits

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&sourc...-Q6RV154w4CbUg

[-Astral-]

Originally Posted by thymage

Anyone have a similar type of OCD as this?

I get latched on to things and won't let it rest for weeks or months at a time. I can literally look back on the past 6 months and see it 'chunked' into 5 or 6 separate 'things'.

First, I was looking for information on my dad for about 3 to 4 weeks. That's all I thought about, all I did, spent all my time on it. Lost sleep over it.

After that, I spent two weeks reading a book on mindfulness / meditation. I was reading the book, doing meditations, practicing mindfulness my whole day for about 2 weeks.

After that, I was on to politics / ideologies. I was looking in to different political views, how to be a politician, ideologies of world leaders. This lasted for about 2 weeks.

Then all the sudden I got back into exercising / losing weight / following an exercise program with big goals. At the same time I also go into learning to code websites / building websites for family / friends / businesses. This was about 4 weeks.

I research everything involved in these topics a good chunk of my day, or at least am thinking about it. Most days I'm exhausted... not from the typical 'day', but because a great chunk of my day is me researching online about these topics, asking questions about these topics, reading websites that coordinate with these topics etc etc.

I also get latched on to certain songs or artists. That's all I will listen to for weeks / months at a time. For weeks there were a set of 5-6 songs I would listen to on my way to work, and back home from work.

I've been wanting a new job because I'm burned out at my job... and want something else. But, any of my interests in getting a new job seem to be 'OCD'ish. For example... I was CERTAIN I was going to quit my job in the next few months and become a website designer. So, I was trying to learn SEVERAL coding languages REALLY fast. Get clients to build websites for cheap just for experience. Then, all the sudden... my interest just stopped. GONE. Really, overnight.

I feel like I'll never be able to get a new job in a new area because my interests get SO involved and then DROP SO FAST... I can't invest in new education just to be 'done' with it 3 months later.

I feel trapped. I was diagnosed as Bipolar II as well by my psychiatrist... but, I don't know if a lot of the symptoms I'm describing to him may just be stemming from OCD / anxiety.

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Thanks!

this is me am like that with faiths i change from one to another over and over
at the moment am struggling changing my mind so many times over faiths lately
its like 5-6 times daily its making things in my marriage bad and everyone takes things i do like a pinch of salt
i saw my psych about the obsessing she told me to choose one and keep it until the next time i see her 3 months from now its kinda made it worse

[thymage]

Originally Posted by -Asphyxia-

this is me am like that with faiths i change from one to another over and over
at the moment am struggling changing my mind so many times over faiths lately
its like 5-6 times daily its making things in my marriage bad and everyone takes things i do like a pinch of salt
i saw my psych about the obsessing she told me to choose one and keep it until the next time i see her 3 months from now its kinda made it worse

Uh yeah... I couldn't do that. I get into something and I do it 125% for a period of weeks to months... then, all the sudden... -25% interest in it. On to something else.

It was weird. I was onto trying to find out information on my dad for about 3 weeks (parents divorced when I was young, didn't see him much, didn't really know much about him). I was very distressed for 3 weeks... couldn't sleep, crying all the time, taking time off work to investigate it, etc etc... then, I was just 'done'. I went back to my therapist the next week (I think the third week I was on to this..) and she was like "How are you doing with this?" and I just said "Yeah... over it..." Almost no emotional response to it like I had before...

[blue_eyed_siamese]

I think you just read my mind. That is SO much like my life! Right now the big one is obsessing about changing careers (from engineering to veterinary medicine, so yeah, completely starting over). I spend hours upon hours (at work, mind you) researching and planning my new career. Then I get pissed at my husband when he won't let me turn our world upside down at the drop of a hat.
I have absolutely no good advice for you, as I struggle with this essentially on a daily basis, but I am writing to let you know YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Feel free to message me, I would love to get in touch with a kindred spirit. And lots of hugs.

[subtle lights]

I've got something similar going on, except lately it came to a point where my "obsession" had started changing daily almost, and it was similar to how you describe it, being into one subject, believing that's my passion what I want to do from now on. And the next day dropped it and there was another one and so on. Signed up for countless tutorials and online courses I never watched. Also my belief system and worldview was changing all the time.
It ended with me getting very depressed and now I'm sorta not into anything (well, not true, now I'm obsessed with psychological articles and movies maybe).

In my case I don't really know what I believe in aymore. Also want to change careers (had done that several times in the past because I cannot stick to something for long, I lose interest and get even repulsed by it) and no idea now in what direction to go, as you said what to invest in, because I know it will change.

I initially thought this was BPD related in my case, but regardeless, I've been trying to accept as part of my personality. Though yeah, I don't know if I can just accept it so easily.

But in the same time our society is built up in a way that people like us feel like there is something wrong with us. But maybe there is nothing inherently wrong with switching interests all the time. Maybe it's even more natural than being into the same thing forever. I don't know, I'm trying to see more sides of this...