OCD Nightmare Images

[Josy]

These pics really fry my brain because I'm ocd about symmetry and it's far from easy breaking away from it especially when I'm working on designs, or decorating my house etc

Do they irritate anyone else?

http://www.codisms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wall-tile-ocd.jpg

http://www.funcage.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Doesnt-This-Irritates-You003.jpg

http://www.funcage.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Doesnt-This-Irritates-You002.jpg

http://www.funcage.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Doesnt-This-Irritates-You006.jpg

http://img1.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/50019/1000367455/870/this-sprinkle-photo-u1.jpg

http://img1.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/50019/1000367461/870/this-red-square-photo-u2.jpg

http://img2.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/50019/1000367439/870/this-fig-newton-photo-u2.jpg

http://img3.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/50019/1000367465/870/this-pill-photo-u1.jpg

[Me. I Am Salman]

the random red tile :joker:

[Kate!]

Me, I can't be doing with stuff like this, I like proper patterns and even numbers of things.

[Kizzy]

The only thing that would bother me is the mosaic tiles, the rest no.

[Shaun]

I never notice stuff like this :laugh: I don't get OCD at all

[Smithy]

http://www.mikemeyer.net/mm-wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/iTunes10Layout.jpg

Blank spaces on iTunes set me off :fist:

If they aren't all filled in and rated i feel itchy

[Josy]

the random red tile :joker:

That's the worst one, plus theres dribbles of something if you look down the pic bit, I hope it was water :umm2:

I never notice stuff like this :laugh: I don't get OCD at all

Oh it does my head in, at xmas I was in my sister in laws house and she had lights round the tv that were longer at one end and I had to end up moving from where I was sitting so I couldn't see them :laugh:

[Vicky.]

Took me ages to figure out what was wrong with the first pic :laugh:

[Headie]

Sometimes I notice things and other times I just ignore.

I always like the table to be set correctly, if that counts. Bothers me when people have their glasses on one side and then the others feel the need to move it to the other side from where it originally was :laugh:

[Raph]

Not really the pictures but I totally get the itunes thing!

[Me. I Am Salman]

http://www.mikemeyer.net/mm-wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/iTunes10Layout.jpg

Blank spaces on iTunes set me off :fist:

If they aren't all filled in and rated i feel itchy

these songs

http://uploadir.com/u/f3q0sjor

[Gstar]

I'm a bit OCD, mine is more germ-related though (although that bb gun bullet photo made my blood boil lol) I cannot press bus bells and crossing buttons with my bare skin, even at work there are loads of codes to get into certain rooms and I put my finger in my tshirt to press them, no one has noticed yet :laugh: .. they probably have

[Josy]

I'm a bit OCD, mine is more germ-related though (although that bb gun bullet photo made my blood boil lol) I cannot press bus bells and crossing buttons with my bare skin, even at work there are loads of codes to get into certain rooms and I put my finger in my tshirt to press them, no one has noticed yet :laugh: .. they probably have

You have a 'Germ' with a capital G in your username :idc:

:joker:

[Marsh.]

Kind of, but things like this make me feel ill...

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/n9d1ow5rvr8/hqdefault.jpg

:worry:

[Gstar]

You have a 'Germ' with a capital G in your username :idc:

:joker:

lol I was gonna include "inb4 the germ jokes regarding my name" but I thought nobody would mention it

[Smithy]

these songs

http://uploadir.com/u/f3q0sjor

It's not my iTunes :laugh:

[Me. I Am Salman]

I used to have really bad OCD. like not you're usual Haha I Hate Germs And Everything Must Be Organised. Guess I Must Have OCD xD but the full blown condition, and it did consume my life and was actually depressing

I'm not even going to go into some of the **** that I used to do, but it wasn't anything like having a fear of odd things (like the images in the OP) and I wasn't afraid of germs (although I did used to wash my hands to the point they were cracked and bleeding). I didn't tell my parents as they wouldn't understand and I was too embarrassed to tell any of my siblings. I went to my GP for about a month but I was too embarrassed with that too so stopped going altogether

This began when I was like 13 and got worse and worse, until I was around 15 and decided to put an end to it once and for all, and eventually out of sheer motivation with no help from anyone I became completely OCD-free :spin:

[Gstar]

cool story sis

[Josy]

I used to have really bad OCD. like not you're usual Haha I Hate Germs And Everything Must Be Organised. Guess I Must Have OCD xD but the full blown condition, and it did consume my life and was actually depressing

I'm not even going to go into some of the **** that I used to do, but it wasn't anything like having a fear of odd things (like the images in the OP) and I wasn't afraid of germs (although I did used to wash my hands to the point they were cracked and bleeding). I didn't tell my parents as they wouldn't understand and I was too embarrassed to tell any of my siblings. I went to my GP for about a month but I was too embarrassed with that too so stopped going altogether

This began when I was like 13 and got worse and worse, until I was around 15 and decided to put an end to it once and for all, and eventually out of sheer motivation with no help from anyone I became completely OCD-free :spin:

Yes some people can have it really bad to the point where it takes over their entire life, one of my sisters has really severe OCD she is affected by about 4 of the main categories and she has stages where she can control it pretty well then other times it spirals, she was an anorexic for years and then bulimic and having those illnesses together with bad OCD is just a recipe for disaster because they bounce off of each other and make things 10X worse.

I only have Symmetry OCD and it is very mild compared to most people that suffer with it.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I never notice stuff like this :laugh: I don't get OCD at all

this

[T*]

Kind of, but things like this make me feel ill...

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/n9d1ow5rvr8/hqdefault.jpg

:worry:

I have trypophobia too, it's horrid :bawling:

[T*]

Ew, there's pee in the first picture!

[Josy]

Ew, there's pee in the first picture!

You mean in the sixth pic?

[T*]

You mean in the sixth pic?

Oops, yeah

[Ammi]

I used to have really bad OCD. like not you're usual Haha I Hate Germs And Everything Must Be Organised. Guess I Must Have OCD xD but the full blown condition, and it did consume my life and was actually depressing

I'm not even going to go into some of the **** that I used to do, but it wasn't anything like having a fear of odd things (like the images in the OP) and I wasn't afraid of germs (although I did used to wash my hands to the point they were cracked and bleeding). I didn't tell my parents as they wouldn't understand and I was too embarrassed to tell any of my siblings. I went to my GP for about a month but I was too embarrassed with that too so stopped going altogether

This began when I was like 13 and got worse and worse, until I was around 15 and decided to put an end to it once and for all, and eventually out of sheer motivation with no help from anyone I became completely OCD-free :spin:


..I watched a programme a few years ago where a lady had OCD, it totally disabled her life and was so sad..one of the things was when she was posting a card to someone, she would keep checking that she had put the card in the envelope before she sealed it and she did this for literally days, because she was convinced that the card wouldn't be in there ..then when she did finally seal it, she would have to keep unsealing it again and again and again etc...she then couldn't bear to put a stamp on or take it to the post box and let go of it so she actually never did get round to sending any...there was other stuff as well and she would also scrub her hands until they bled...

..we also had a child at school who was diagnosed OCD and there was so much he was unable to cope with or take part in...I'm so glad you've been able to overcome yours and really admire that you were determined to do it, well done Salman....

[Natalie.]

The red and blue balls annoy me only in those pics

[Redway]

Doesn't bother me and I've actually been diagnosed with OCD. :p

[mizzy25]

those pics don't bother me no. But things like my mugs @ home all have to have the handles the same way. The glasses have to go the proper shelf, my tinned food has to be stacked neatly. Dog leads and stuff has to be out before I go to bed but this is just being organised.

[Marsh.]

..I watched a programme a few years ago where a lady had OCD, it totally disabled her life and was so sad..one of the things was when she was posting a card to someone, she would keep checking that she had put the card in the envelope before she sealed it and she did this for literally days, because she was convinced that the card wouldn't be in there ..then when she did finally seal it, she would have to keep unsealing it again and again and again etc...

I get a bit weird about sealing cards, not full blown OCD. But I always think I've written the wrong name inside it.

[Headie]

I also have a thing with germs. If someone sneezes I make sure to move right away from them :joker: And I don't share drink bottles and ice creams with people, etc.

[Ammi]

I get a bit weird about sealing cards, not full blown OCD. But I always think I've written the wrong name inside it.


..it was just so heart-breaking to watch her, she was literally shaking at the thought of having to seal them and then having to post them, which she never got round to doing I don't think..I think that most of us have 'a thing' about somethings but maybe not OCD as such...?...

I also have a thing with germs. If someone sneezes I make sure to move right away from them :joker: And I don't share drink bottles and ice creams with people, etc.

..I'm exactly the same Hayden, I can't bear to be near anyone with a cold or anything and if they sneeze on me, I just want to hit them...

[Josy]

Doesn't bother me and I've actually been diagnosed with OCD. :p

Yes that's because it depends what category of OCD you have....

[Redway]

Yes that's because it depends what category of OCD you have....

True, but that's the thing - categories. I'm not on about anyone on this thread but it's irritating the way most people assume OCD to be just about being a neat-freak obsessed with perfection and getting through 20 bottles of bleach and hand wash an hour.

[Ammi]

True, but that's the thing - categories. I'm not on about anyone on this thread but it's irritating the way most people assume OCD to be just about being a neat-freak obsessed with perfection and getting through 20 bottles of bleach and hand wash an hour.

..you're right it is different with everyone Redway..I knew a child with OCD which manifested in anger and his 'obsession' was mostly with anything different/anyone different he struggled with any change and had to have things exactly how he felt they should be..and that made it hard also because he could be quite violent toward new pupils because it made him anxious to see them, also when there was any type of special day or any visitors..?..he found that impossible to cope with, it's quite complex and different for everyone but basically makes quite unhappy people...

[Livia]

The pics don't bother me... however, if I'd had some tiling done and they'd made a mistake like any one of those it'd drive me insane and I'd have to bug them till they fixed it.

[Redway]

..you're right it is different with everyone Redway..I knew a child with OCD which manifested in anger and his 'obsession' was mostly with anything different/anyone different he struggled with any change and had to have things exactly how he felt they should be..and that made it hard also because he could be quite violent toward new pupils because it made him anxious to see them, also when there was any type of special day or any visitors..?..he found that impossible to cope with, it's quite complex and different for everyone but basically makes quite unhappy people...

It's especially interesting to see how these things affect children and there seems to be a bit of overlap in the example you mentioned; I know a lot of people with autistic spectrum disorders struggle to cope with changes and that often causes a lot of anxiety for them. Did he have something like Asperger Syndrome as well or was it just OCD?

[Jay.]

oh my god I feel so agitated! I hate stuff like that, I love my life to be sorted, I hate thing's being out of place... Even all of my clothes in my wardrobe, the hangers have to be facing the same way... :$ I wouldn't be able to live with the ones with the tiles in the wrong place. I've have to move..

[Ammi]

It's especially interesting to see how these things affect children and there seems to be a bit of overlap in the example you mentioned; I know a lot of people with autistic spectrum disorders struggle to cope with changes and that often causes a lot of anxiety for them. Did he have something like Asperger Syndrome as well or was it just OCD?

..he was diagnosed with other disorders as well but not Aspergers, it is why disorders are so hard to diagnose and why it sometimes takes a long time because there can often be similarities in them...strangely enough, his best friend at school has Aspergers and their 'obsessions' were really conflicting and totally the opposite of each other and at first they clashed terribly but after around a year, they became best friends and still are, they're both in their twenties now...