subject: Asking Yourself Do I Have Ocd? [print this page] If you are having tendencies that boarder on the obsessive you might have to ask yourself, "Do I have OCD?" You are doing a good thing asking yourself this question and getting help for it before it ruins your life. Here are some examples of types of OCD behaviors that may require help from a professional.
Being obsessed with contamination and dirt can be an obsession if you have an unrealistic fear of them. If you are fearful of contracting a fatal disease, germs and spreading germs that reach an unhealthy point you may have cause for concern.
If a need for symmetry is affecting your relationships you may want to seek help. Those who suffer from this form of OCD will have an irrational need for everything to be in place and will get very upset if it is not. This includes personal hygiene and dress.
Checking is another category of OCD behavior. Checking for an oven to be turned off or a coffee pot is an example. Checking a bank book over and over again is another example. Or perhaps checking your body consistently for diseases is a form of the OCD category of checking.
Having a superstitious fear that you need to wash your hands twelve times, take a shower five times a day or the fear that nothing is ever clean are all cause for concern regarding an obsession. There are many more but these are just examples.
There are more categories as well but the bottom line is if you have a compulsion that is affecting your life and making it difficult to live and maintain relationships it could be an OCD behavior. If this is a tendency for you then you may have OCD. If they are minimal consider them quirks about you and don't worry about it.
There are many support groups out there for specific behaviors you can look into. There are some medications that can be taken but finding the root of the behavior is the best course of healing and rehabilitation. You can find help and there are people out there that care and can be of service to your healing process.
