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hi all, im bored,so thought i would hit all you no sleepers with this. anyone with any good clean time , have you noticed and obsessive compulsive disorder syptoms as you get further away from the dope? i posted this on the ocd forum, but want the feedback of ya'll cuz i trust ya more! i have noticed when i was clean the last time for a year, relapsing in october, that i had developed some weird things that drove me nuts anyone wanna chime in?
toxic- i tend to think mine is perfectionism too. i like to have things top shape, i notice it in my work too!
flutter- let me know what your shrink thinks, always like to hear opinions.
flutter- let me know what your shrink thinks, always like to hear opinions.
i definitely have some neurotic issues, lol...now im not like newmanagement who has to have the towels facing the right way (reminds me of that horrid movie with Julia Roberts- Sleeping With the Enemy in which her crazy husband stops in the bathroom to fix the towels while he's there to kill her, LOL) but I do have certain quirks similar to OCD. Mine are more driven by paranoia though.....stuff like.......if i dont go check on the kids sleeping right now something bad will happen to them so i go check on them 5x during a particlar time frame. And i check the handles on the gas stove about 10x a day to make sure they didnt get bumped on and leaking gas... STuff like that.
ok now that everyone thnks Im nuts.....thanks for bringing this to light LOL
ok now that everyone thnks Im nuts.....thanks for bringing this to light LOL
I've been told a time or two that I have some OCD.....I tend to agree....but I've been an addict for about 15 years. I've been kinda OCD for I don't know how long....interesting...I'm gonna bring that up in the AM with the shrink....good idea new-man.
Would all this fall under anxiety, ocd, or perfectionism??? I would say for me..probably mostly perfectionsim..i like things to be organized,except for the last 3 months...i guess i am taking a break on all of it!!!...because of lack of energy and motivation. LOL
ok so maybe i do have anxiety, i have to have these things done like you wait..
and if my wife does by some off chance do laundry, and puts the towels away wrong, i have to refold them and face em right. ill talk to the counselor on that, but im not taking any pills i can tell ya that... learned too much here for that. but like mike said, its not a huge issue, and the last week i have kinda said heck with it and let it go, and it doesnt bother me..... to bad ne way.... thanx i got to get some sleep.... much love to all
and if my wife does by some off chance do laundry, and puts the towels away wrong, i have to refold them and face em right. ill talk to the counselor on that, but im not taking any pills i can tell ya that... learned too much here for that. but like mike said, its not a huge issue, and the last week i have kinda said heck with it and let it go, and it doesnt bother me..... to bad ne way.... thanx i got to get some sleep.... much love to all
oh i dont know about this for sure...i just know with me, if certain things arent in order i cant relax or even think of sitting down until my nightly routine is done, and its all the anxiousness of having the urge to get it done in time so i can relax, with me its the anxiety of getting every thing done in time...and i am a stay at home mom so i dont really have a "time schedule"....
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
oh i dont know about this for sure...i just know with me, if certain things arent in order i cant relax or even think of sitting down until my nightly routine is done, and its all the anxiousness of having the urge to get it done in time so i can relax, with me its the anxiety of getting every thing done in time...and i am a stay at home mom so i dont really have a "time schedule"....
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
oh i dont know about this for sure...i just know with me, if certain things arent in order i cant relax or even think of sitting down until my nightly routine is done, and its all the anxiousness of having the urge to get it done in time so i can relax, with me its the anxiety of getting every thing done in time...and i am a stay at home mom so i dont really have a "time schedule"....
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
oh i dont know about this for sure...i just know with me, if certain things arent in order i cant relax or even think of sitting down until my nightly routine is done, and its all the anxiousness of having the urge to get it done in time so i can relax, with me its the anxiety of getting every thing done in time...and i am a stay at home mom so i dont really have a "time schedule"....
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
oh i dont know about this for sure...i just know with me, if certain things arent in order i cant relax or even think of sitting down until my nightly routine is done, and its all the anxiousness of having the urge to get it done in time so i can relax, with me its the anxiety of getting every thing done in time...and i am a stay at home mom so i dont really have a "time schedule"....
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
oh i dont know about this for sure...i just know with me, if certain things arent in order i cant relax or even think of sitting down until my nightly routine is done, and its all the anxiousness of having the urge to get it done in time so i can relax, with me its the anxiety of getting every thing done in time...and i am a stay at home mom so i dont really have a "time schedule"....
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
and anxiety is so common for addicts, just thought i would mention it.
From what I know it becomes more noticeable and the symptoms get worse when anxiety worsens. They have medicine for that and it helped my lil girl a great deal. She is not that bad with it just did not want it to go un addressed and get out of control. Sounds like you have some things that are similiar, but if u ask me cleaning and organizing is not a bad obsession as long as it is not affectin ur life that much in the negative sense. Hell I like my house organized, but I don't feel like **** send some of that my way so I can clean and organize around here. LOL
i dont think so. my wife suffers from that and panic attacks, think she is on lexapro ro somthing, been thinkin about checking her bottle,and finding out what doc has given her. so i dont think its that , i more of the calm, keep my head aboutme person. i have an appointment with mental health counselor, my doc thinks it related back to wheni got shot last, that one being a head shot. so i dont know if illl keep that appointment or not, never been good with counseling!! but i am learning to try new things thanx to this forum.
has anxiety been known to manifest itself with ocd?
has anxiety been known to manifest itself with ocd?
anxiety can manifest itself into different forms if left untreated, could be anxiety?
yeah had an ex that was BAD ocd, but this is not even close to hers. this is stuff like , i have to be organized , laundry has to be up, dishes need to stay in dishwasher or cabinets, towels have to face a certain way. hell all the years i was using, i coulda cared less which way the motels had the towels facing LOL... no big deal, im just bored as a brick
dealt with the ocd drama when I was a teen. Noticed my daughter doing things that brought me back years so I got her to a therapist for counseling and that has helped a great deal. She has aalot to deal with being as the lady that should be firsat in her life her mother is not there at all but shes a winner and will be just fine.
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