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can one have ocd about not sleeping?

popcornlover12

this started when i went away for a trip overseas and i was a bit worried i wouldnt sleep due to jet lag, and the first few days of being...

Compulsive Scalp Picking

Christi797

I am 28 years old and have picked scabs on my scalp since I was about 12 years old. Normally I find little imperfections, possibly dandr...

374 answers | 29 comments

Can it be OCD?

toctoc78

Good day and thank you beforehand. My situation is that I would like to know the risk pf preganncy under the following scenario, becasue ...

1 answer

OCD from PPIs, acid blockers - ideas?

x_Aria_x

Hello, has anyone ever taken PPIs or acid blockers (such as Prilosec, Prevaid, Nexium, Protonix, Zantac, Pepcid, etc) & had an increase i...

1 answer

Sudden intrusive thoughts

FaithLehane16

I have been having these weird, traumatized thoughts about a former co worker. These thoughts have been infecting my feelings as well, an...

3 answers | 9 comments

Starting to feel convinced I'm gay/bi tho I fear/dont want it. Help

PatchedSoul

Hello again. I'm a 151/2 year old female and I've posted on here before about HOCD and it's gotten so much worse. It's been so intense an...

11 answers | 2 comments

Overcoming HIV/STI OCD?

Unicorn45678

Hello. I am a 24 yo female who's been struggling with GAD, depression, and OCD since I was in my early teens. It started with obsessing o...

1 answer | 1 comment

Obsessed with Band aids?

RachelK82

Does anyone else have issues with always wanting to put band-aids on their bare feet or heels? Even when I dont have blist...

13 answers

Is celibacy the solution?

Sungay

I have been diagnosed with OCD last year. I took fluoxetine for almost a month and then quit because it causes erectile dysfunctio...

1 answer

....,always dull , no energy ,feeling sleepy

kuttandra

HI , had treatment for OCD long back for many years . Now again feel low energy in morning , headache, difficult in recalling information...

2 answers

Dry Hand OCD?

DylanGM

I'm not entirely sure how to explain this. I've had it my entire life, or for as long as I can remember. (I'm 17.) I have searched for w...

7 answers | 3 comments

am i in hocd or denial...it's making me mad...

kiory

hello i'm 19 years old and one day me and my girl listened to queen and she learned his history and told me that she would be affraid tha...

2 answers | 1 comment

Can HOCD/POCD take fake erection and excitement?

Hamster123

Hi, i'm 20 years old guy. From young years i have Pure-OCD, now ifight with HOCD/POCD. I have groinal response and weird warm feel in my ...

compulsive staring

bluestream006

i have compulsive habbit of staring at the genitals of guys and girls . i am absolutely straigt but i can't help it ... does anyone relat...

88 answers | 4 comments

Fear of turning gay (HOCD? or didn't know my whole life)

Drum2012

To start off I'm a 19 year old heterosexual male. Starting a month ago I suddenly had this fear of turning gay or that I am gay and ...

39 answers | 2 comments

Why does this HOCD feel so real?

jay780

It feels like i can't control my thoughts and my groinal reposes have gotten worst i keep thinking that I am turning bisexual this is dri...

21 answers | 2 comments

HOCD Or total closet case of being bi?

INeedACure555

i knew it, i knew i made myself believe i had HOCD but in reality i'm bi. It was all to good to believe. I never have had a crush on a gi...

12 answers

HOCD unwanted urges, thoughts,impulse......

WPN

Hi guy....20 year old male suffering with hocd(I hope).Does anyone else have unwanted urges to acted out in a homosexual way.....like gra...

4 answers | 1 comment

Ocd hiv test center

Onelove17

Hi just want to ask if these real life or just ocd.. I have an blood test performe by an NGO here in phillipines and may hiv test came ba...

2 answers | 4 comments

Intrusive noises?

biffjeff

Does anybody else get this? I experience music looping in my head 24/7, but often I will conjure up a very loud, distorted noise in my he...

6 answers | 2 comments

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