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Every night, before I go to bed I cannot sleep untill I have washed, dried and moisterised my hands four times! It takes a really long time so I find myself planning aorund this, making sure I have left enough time to do this! If I don't do it: I cannot get to sleep and will stay up all nigh.
Like EnterUsernameHere said, that sounds like ocd. You don't really need to wash your hands unless you think they're dirty.
That's seriously useful, what? If you ever need to be up all night partying or cramming for an exam - hey presto! - just don't wash your hands. You lucky beast you!
Your mind is overwhelmed with irrational thoughts and urges, compelling you to do things over and over again even though you know they’re unreasonable. You wash your hands repeatedly, compulsively pick at your skin, check the time a million times, hoard junk, or act out nervous rituals that disrupt your life. For an OCD sufferer who experiences the sheer inconvenience and anxiety on a daily basis, no reminding is needed. The 4th most common mental disorder in the world, OCD severely interrupts and even destroys lives.
If you suffer from OCD, a considerable challenge lies ahead. Sometimes, it’s just so easy to “give in” to your compulsions in order to clear your mind and get it over with—most sufferers know what they are doing is abnormal but just want peace, so they obey.
But allowing it to control you can make it worse.
It's OCD. Contact a thearipsist. And before you panic- relax, I have this too. OCD happens when the chemicals in your brain are off slightly, I'm on meds and for some people thats all they need. Sometimes talking it out helps too. You might need Exposure and Response Thearapy (ERT) however that is the norm. for most OCD cases.
Normal for people with OCD. I'd you do something repeatedly and it affects your life such as you not being able to sleep until you do t then you should see a doctor as it can get worse and lead to other OCD behaviors
I can see this as normal.. I have to have my house clean before I can sleep. I deep clean everyday. Normal