Music OCD: Obsessions with songs and listening routines
Do you feel music is only enjoyable if listened to in a very specific way? You may have songs you have to listen to, or ignore completely because it just doesn’t feel right otherwise. OCD can manifest when we listen, and affect us in a number of different ways. I have many problems when listening […]
Home intruder anxiety
Home intrusion is a very common worry. OCD can take that worry to the next level, resulting in many horrible intrusive thoughts and compulsions. This account describes how such a fear can take control, and affect sleep. Although I have never suffered a break-in, my house was regularly attacked when I was young. I was […]
Sleepwalking anxiety
A Stanford University study showed that 3.6% of Americans sleepwalk. For some people, the fear of sleepwalking can be anxiety inducing. The following article provides an insight into someone with sleepwalking anxiety, and their struggles to sleep knowing they are prone to sleepwalking. Sometimes when I’m stressed I tend to sleepwalk more. I don’t know […]
Emailing and OCD
Emailing is a simple task made difficult with OCD. Intrusive thoughts, checking and reading things over can increase the workload and delay progress… not to mention the mental fatigue and anxiety. The following article is anonymous. Our aim is to help people understand how normal certain thoughts are, and to know that professional help can […]
Gaming with OCD
Do you have strange rituals when playing games that isn’t necessary for the game itself, but more to allow the mind to relax? This may involve doing things in the right order, and involve ‘checking’ compulsions. The following article is anonymous. The aim is to help people understand how normal certain thoughts are, and to […]
Reading with OCD
Reading with OCD can pose a challenge. It could be the need to go back and read sections again or read in a particular way. Perfectionism may lead to starting over if mistakes are made. The following article is anonymous. The aim is to help people understand how normal certain thoughts are, and to know […]
Fridge checking OCD
Fridge anxiety often comes from a worry that food will spoil or contaminate other foods. It can include checking, contamination and ordering/symmetry compulsions. The following article is anonymous. Our aim is to help people understand how normal certain thoughts are, and know that professional help can improve daily life. Needing to constantly check the fridge […]
Oven and stove checking OCD
Oven checking anxiety usually revolves around the fear of a fire. These worries can cause distressing intrusive thoughts and exhausting compulsions and rituals. Some of our OCD articles are anonymous. Our aim is to help people understand how normal certain thoughts are, and to know that professional help can improve daily life. I wish my oven worked like […]
Door checking OCD
Door and lock checking can be an exhausting compulsion, usually done when leaving the home or going to bed. Intrusive thoughts about a break-in can have a sufferer checking the door is locked multiple times before being convinced things are fine. The following article is anonymous. Our aim is to help people understand how normal […]
Compulsive alarm checking: Trying to beat alarm clock anxiety
Compulsive alarm checking can be debilitating. Although it may seem rational to recheck, over-checking can be an OCD compulsion. The following contribution is anonymous. The aim is to help readers understand how common alarm anxiety is, and that professional help can improve things. I was once two hours late for my very first shift in […]