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May 15, 03
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my friend haley in TO has it...and it's really tough cuz at the start of the year she wasn't that bad but by the end of the year, she wasn't even going to class. she's in fashion and she has tha best style ever but by the end of the year she looked really sick and awful.
my girl jess and i would constantly have to drive her home cuz she was too scared of taking the subway cuz of all the germs her biggest fear is cold sores. if she sees someone with cold sores she starts convulsing and freaking out and has to take a shower. one day she got stuck in the shower because she was too scared to touch the shower curtain cuz she thought it had germs on it...so she just stayed in the shower all day crying cuz she didn't know what to do one time we bought her a peice of pizza because she hadn't eaten in 3 days cuz she was too scared to eat cuz she thought that there was germs all over her food at home. so we bought it for her and she started eating it and then freaked out when she found out we got it from the cafeteria in our residence. and started CRYING??? her hands are now all raw and dry. because she now CONSTANTLY washes her hands over and over and over again till they're raw. and just recently she's started on not drying her hands off after washing them cuz she's scared there's germs on the hand towel so the water is like rotting her hands? she refuses to watch tv or read the news paper cuz of the whole SARS thing in TO. which is good cuz i think she'd literally kill herself if she found out to what extent the problem is. she's tried various medications too but supposedly it's more behavioural (that's sooo NOT a word is it?) as opposed to chemical?? i could be wrong. i don't know much about the disorder. but she has tried medications to help the disorder and she just gets really....boring? like nothing interests her when she's on the medication. she's so lathargic...and passive. but on her good days, when she's not on the medication, she's so fucking crazy. even crazier than jess and i. and that's tough. just ask Bren. he's seen how crazy we are. I hope haley gets better though. It's tough cuz we wanna be there for her but it's gotten so bad that it takes so much out of you. and it's not her fault. i mean she doesn't MEAN to be a burden but it's really tough on her friends and obviously extremely tough on Haley. -s. 
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May 15, 03
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it's even more painful being one of those people. not just ocd, but with other conditions/disorders. life can be even worse when it's something not many people know about (even doctors can be useless). something most people don't ever understand unless they've suffered through it. something most people just shrug off like it's not a problem and your just crazy; meanwhile, because of all this it feels like you are going crazy making everything worse.. everything just goes further downhill. along with the initial problem, you get mentally worse, and more and more problems arise because of it. it all becomes too much to deal with (especially by yourself) and eventually you just breakdown.. alone.. .....
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May 15, 03
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:) john 2899131 *chomp!*
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May 15, 03
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i grew up with a kid who had ocd it was harsh, He would have to like do something a certain amount of times before he could do something else it was sad. He would scrub his hands till they were raw also.
And what the chick said about other disorders yah it hard. I had a hard time with my conduct disorder all throughout school and the teachers didnt really know much about it so just snubbed me off as being a bad kid. :finger: I think teachers need to be educated in all disorders before they teach because it makes it really hard for kids to learn and enjoy school. My niece is in kindergarten and we r sure she has adhd along with cd and maybe a few other disorders but shes too young to be tested for it and her teacher has no clue about any of the disorders or how 2 deal with my niece. There is a i guess special needs worker that works with my niece but she knows a whole lot about nothing. If we dont educate the teachers on disorders then we r just setting our children up to fail.
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May 15, 03
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I'll step up and admit ihave it. It pretty much ruins my life soemtimes. I guess i inhereted it from my mom. I'm hoping if i move out soon, it will eventually disipate.
I'm sure glad i dont have the germ phobia aspect of it though. Hell, I even live by the 5 second rule hehe. B//F
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May 26, 03
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i have ADD and a bad tempure.. soo wheny ou say teachers need to fuck off sometimes i read up on some of this shit i agree.. i had one teacher tell me she was going to put me in ESL.. and i only speak english soo she was tec. calling me stupid.. and i snapped on her she threw my books ont he floor and i just left the room and went home.. she was a fucked up bitch....ive really started to get over it tho.. slowly.. but imgetting alot better.. my tempure is pretty much gone.. but it comes back every once and while..
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May 26, 03
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Sammy, that sounds so horrible :( I suffer with anxiety which is similar at times, and can sometimes have the same symptoms. Luckily my anxiety isn't too sever but it's still hell to live with. Icouldn't imagine suffering with it, or something like ocd to that extent. And Cheryl and Valerie are right. Soo many medical professionals have no idea about these kind of things. I mean it was only years ago that they really started looking at depression, but most doctors just medicate it.. most of the times disorders like that ARE a mental thing, not chemical. Sammy your friend should be in some intense thereapy with a SPECIALIST, not being drugged into numbness. And if it IS linked to anxiety as much as I think it is she should be looking at her diet too. Tell her to stay far far away from caffeine and suger etc. It only makes a person more anxious.
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May 26, 03
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Soo many medical professionals have no idea about these kind of things. I mean it was only years ago that they really started looking at depression, but most doctors just medicate it.. most of the times disorders like that ARE a mental thing, not chemical.
typical chicken and egg debate. you can't say for sure that anything is simply based on biology or caused by a mental thing. and I also think that a big reason why doctors simply give out medication is because it's the fastest and easiest fix. there are also behavioral and cognitive therapiest, even psychoanalytic therapiest to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder but could take months, even up to years before you can see any improvement. medication can take less than a month before you can notice a difference. you tell me, what do you think more people would choose first as a method of therapy? And if it IS linked to anxiety as much as I think it is she should be looking at her diet too. Tell her to stay far far away from caffeine and suger etc. It only makes a person more anxious. by definition, obsessive compulsive disorder IS a type of anxiety disorder. --Joanne :P
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Jun 16, 03
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hope your friend feels better!!
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Jun 16, 03
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I used to have it, But not to a harsh extent. I used to have it more but lately i think it's fading away thank god. I used to get outta the shower and i'd touch something or i wouldn't think i was clean enough so i would get back in the shower until i felt clean which dried out my skin. But the most annoying part that i had was touching things. I used to have to always touch things in order and a certain amount of times. And if i didn't, i'd think i had to go back. It used to bother me alot cause i couldn't help it. I would always do multiples of ten for some reason and it was really annoying. And i always had to touch the top of doorways walking under them. I'm so glad i don't really have it anymore. I guess i grew out of it but sometimes i still catch myself here and there. I guess it's made me into the clean freak that i am haha.
Some of these stories are horrible i'm so glad i didn't have it to that extent.
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Jun 25, 03
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i have ocd... i compulsivly pull my hair. Its call trichotilomania. If anyone else here does that... holla.... for all us gurl trichs, *lol* i find that having gel or acrylic nails helps kick the habit, cause its unsatisfying to pull when your nails are all big and thick. I still suffer from ocd though.. i am always screwing w/ my peircings (mostly my nose stud which makes it look like im pickin my nose all the time) and i still fuck w/ my hair. I cant not... my psychiatrist said that exersise is the best way of getting rid of self destructive, obsessive compulsive disorders. People who self destruct feel a sub concious need to harm themselves. Exersise releases endorphins which is the chemical heroine releases in our brains... so by releasing these endorphins it helps to focus your need to destruct in a positive activity. Thats all i gotta say.... that and OCD suckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks
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Jun 26, 03
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I had a professor (also a clinical psychologist) who has recently helped treat a young boy with trichotilomania. he went from having a humungous bald spot to having a barely noticeable bald spot. I can give you his name if you're interested... --Joanne :P
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