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Hi my name is “Tammy” and I do believe I have obsessive compulsive disorder as well as general anxiety disorder.  I remember as a small child I was continually preoccupied with weather or not we had enough food in the house, if we were running low on something I would stress until my mother replenished the supply.  This still holds true 25 years later.  I can not run out of any household supplies or I … The Story Continues…

Hi I’m not sure where to begin.  It all began in 1997 when we moved.  I had my first “attack” of anxiety.  It came on so quickly I didn’t even know what it was.  I suddenly was very afraid of dying and would imagine a funeral (my own) which would just make the anxiety worse.  It felt like an impending doom sort of thing…like something really bad was going to happen and I would die … The Story Continues…

I know how you all feel, but in a different way.  It’s like you can’t believe anything you tell yourself because you might be wrong.  Like just the thought or act of doing something wrong is such a big deal.  But to me it is.  I’m constantly obsessing if I said or did something WRONG.  I might say something to someone and the minute I say it I worry that I might have said it … The Story Continues…

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Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security. 

by John Allen Paulos

The OCD Stories

As OCD is rarely limited to one specific type in one individual it is difficult to place the stories in one category.  I have tried to place them in the categories below, by what appears to be the primary category. 

Most stories end up in the Pure O category.  This is the category for Intrusive thoughts and ruminating.  Or obsessions without a clear external compulsion