Is it normal to have to touch things a lot of times

Yea, I have depression to and currently take lexapro for it. My ocd of touching things got better, i only do it once in a while.

Yeah, that's an OCD thing, I'm pretty freaking sure. I have the same problem, but not to that extent. I always have to press a certain button on the remote every few minutes otherwise I mentally flip out. But yeah.. As long as it doesn't interfere with your daily life - making you unable to do certain tasks, etc., then it isn't a huge issue.

I deal with this everyday. This is OCD, It is not curable but tolerable,talk to your family doctor about it, but dont worry, it is normal in my world!!

It's probably OCD which is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It means that you have compulsions to do things and you obsess about them. I have it too, but like danielleochoa said, mine got better. Funny, I take Lexapro for depression too.

Anyhow, there are a lot of sites on the net that you could check out. Talk to your doctor before taking meds or anything though.

Hope this helped.

I had that too and still do!! I have depression and apparently I also have a bit of OCD. It's bot a big deal as long as it doesn't start to interfere with your life.
Good luck! :)

ocdizzle fo shizzle i have weird ocds but not even to that level.

Yes, this sounds like OCD because usually with OCD you feel like you HAVE to do something otherwise something bad will happen.

Sounds like OCD to me...

I don't mean to obey them, but you need to listen to the threats. Write down what these threats are. Figuring out what's bothering you and then facing it will fix your compulsions. In the meantime, I've thought about something you can do right now to help.

Do something like tap the door-knob an additional time. This will not violate the "rule" that you must do it twice. Additionally, this will immediately break the behavioral pattern and will give you a sense of control/empowerment.