OCD or just quirky?

[hesketh7085]

Hey all,

Over the past week my girlfriend has been talking to me about the possibility of having OCD, I think she's just got quirks, but I thought I'd post here for an outsider's oppinion. Even if it is a condition, it deffo doesn't sound like OCD to me. (She's quite naive, and I think she's just trying to play on a condition she's read about?)

I'm not sure to the extent which this goes, but the two examples she revealed to me was:

the numbers 4, 6 and 9 are unlucky for her; if something with those numbers happens she has bad feelings, such as, we only see each other at the weekends currently, and says she had a feeling this week was going to be bad (Which tbh it has turned out to be) because we only kissed 4 times on parting, not '8'.

Another thing, is if she's been talking to someone she has a rocky history with and I've already gone to bed, she'll ring me and wake me up because the last thing she wants to think about/hear before shutting her eyes (Read, not going to sleep)  is a good thing.

Would I be right in just thinking she's not ill, just a little quirky?

[jdtm]

Perhaps - a personality disorder?

[Myown]

Sometimes people that grow up in homes where they believe in superstitions do things like that too. My grandmother was like that.. People can let go of superstiotions if they realize thats what they are doing. Maybe ask her if she feels like she is being superstitious (?)

I have heard people talk about OCD and I haven't really researched it, but some of what I have heard, I thought, Hmm, that sounds like me, but after reading some posts, I don't really think I have it cause alot of the 'things' I obsessed about wound up being true - thought I had hcv - got the test - well, I got it......thought I had guiardia,,,,,got the test - I was right about that too. I can give more examples, but its not very interesting,,,,but my point is that yes, I did "obsess' about these things because no one would listen - they told me I was wrong,,,,so to someone listening to me, it sounds like OCD, but being I was right with my diagnoses both times - I guess the doctors can't say I was obsessing.

Also,sometimes its just our personalities and who we are and there is nothing wrong with that. Your girlfriend might not have a problem at all, it might just be who she is and how she handles things. I might be in too high of a gear for some people, but my husband  loves my personality and says he finds me interesting, so thats what counts. "Finding me interesting" doesn't exactly sound romantic to a woman, but I know what he means..

And even if someone is OCD, they usually do whatever they do better than anyone else cause they want to get it right. So in that respect someone could tell me I am OCD by maybe the hours I put into a song - but maybe that is being a perfectionist to some degree - I don't know and I certainly am not a perfectionist in everything I do, only the things I like doing....I'm rambling on and I have to run....take care,