Hi bfree,
I have had a whole lot of strange & even stranger symptoms over the years...I'm not sure what is helping,because sometimes I just don't feel like I'm getting very far with my recovery...but during the better moments I don't notice my symptoms as much.And symptoms seem to appear,disappear &sometimes reappear out of the blue.
I have never been diagnosed with ocd but I definitely have some of ocd, (I think maybe everyone does to some degree)
I am slightly embarrassed to admit this but I do certain things
because on some level I think if I don't that something bad might happen.I do not have little rituals like hitting light switches and such but I'm strange about some things like people have to take their shoes off in my flat, when I'm hanging clothes out to dry I am particular about the colour of pegs I use ,for example I would never use green on a blue shirt or I would think it might bring bad luck to whoever wears the shirt(that's one example.)
(I KNOW HOW NUTS THIS IS!)And I always reassure myself that if I'm aware of how nuts this is then I can't be too crazy !
I can't believe I'm telling anyone this.
Do you think these are ocd symptoms or just some kind of superstitious behavior?