Is it normal to think i have ocd, or is it a phase?

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First of all I'd like to mention that I'm NOT looking for attention. It's a serious question that I'm afraid to ask a professional.

Here are some of the things I struggle with:

I check under my bed at least five times before I sleep, and if I don't, I can't relax and get upset.
I'm scared of what might be under my bed. It could be a rapist or attacker, and sometimes an alien( I'm extremely afraid of aliens).

My room has to be in order (excluding the bed, the covers can be unorganized) and if my younger sister comes into my room to mess up, I complain like crazy to her and my parents. I yell sometimes. My house is always dirty( again, I have a little sister) but my room is the only place where I can't tolerate a mess.

I HAVE to check to see if the stove is turned off every night before bed. I mean I seriously HAVE to check if it's off. Even if I'm very tired, and don't have the energy to get up from bed, I have to see all the dials on off. It's a hassle because my kitchen is upstairs and my bed is downstairs. I don't trust my parents assurance.

Finally, I can't go over bridges without closing my eyes and holding my breath. I'm sure everyone has the fear of driving into the water and drowning.

These habits don't disrupt my life too much, but I hate having to do them, and if I don't, I get very upset. My parents say it's just a phase, but I want a second opinion. A doctor is too intimidating to ask..

Is it normal? Or do I have OCD?

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  • Mope
    12 years ago

    I literally do the same things as you.. I'm afraid of aliens too!

    And ive been diagnosed with OCD.

    So you could may well have it

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  • 54mmyF0r3v3r
    12 years ago

    The bed thing is being paranoid. OCD is where it has to be, or you have to do it a certain number of times. Most things I do come in eights, when I kiss my BF it has to be 8 times 8 times. There are a few things I say 8 times, and I can't stop. I can't stand germs, and things have to be just so. OCD has a lot of different forms. Like somebody doing this so many times, having to be clean, it has to do with things having to be a certain way. Just watch yourself.

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  • timebobbu
    12 years ago

    u got OCD, craziness, delusions, depression, derangement, disturbed mind, emotional disorder, emotional instability, insanity, loss of mind, lunacy, madness, maladjustment, mania, mental disease, mental disorder, mental sickness, nervous breakdown, nervous disorder, neurosis, neurotic disorder, paranoia , personality disorder, phobia, psychopathy, psychosis, schizophrenia, sick mind, troubled mind, unbalanced mind, unsoundness of mind and such.

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  • ThroughRock
    12 years ago

    I have minor OCD. My OCD involves hand washing. If I touch anything slightly messy, or touch my own lower area, I think my hand is unclean and I have to wash it before I can touch anything again.

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  • georgienne
    12 years ago

    Normal. These are all habitual.
    I don't understand how it would scare you to tell a professional this...

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