https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/evil-ocd/m-p/498053#M27012 <P>Good Morning Evilovd, and a warm welcome to the forums.</P> <P>I can only say how sorry I feel for you to have OCD as I've had it for many years myself, and understand the control it can have over us with obsessive and compulsive thoughts and behaviours.</P> <P>One particular thought can trigger off a various amount of different types of OCD and they can vary from person to person, but generally are linked by actions that must be performed a certain number of times.</P> <P>People who don't have this illness simply can't understand the reasons why we have to perform these obsessions and/or thoughts and should stop doing them, if they see us, but we can't. </P> <P>We'd be interested in knowing the types you have, and remember no one knows who we are.</P> <P>Take care.</P> <P>Geoff.</P> Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:32:39 GMT geoff 2020-04-20T18:32:39Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/evil-ocd/m-p/498052#M27011 Hey group.. <BR /> <BR />Names tim and I have number of types ocd. I wish I was clean freak. <BR />Cheers Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:37:58 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/evil-ocd/m-p/498052#M27011 Evilovd 2020-04-20T12:37:58Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/evil-ocd/m-p/498053#M27012 <P>Good Morning Evilovd, and a warm welcome to the forums.</P> <P>I can only say how sorry I feel for you to have OCD as I've had it for many years myself, and understand the control it can have over us with obsessive and compulsive thoughts and behaviours.</P> <P>One particular thought can trigger off a various amount of different types of OCD and they can vary from person to person, but generally are linked by actions that must be performed a certain number of times.</P> <P>People who don't have this illness simply can't understand the reasons why we have to perform these obsessions and/or thoughts and should stop doing them, if they see us, but we can't. </P> <P>We'd be interested in knowing the types you have, and remember no one knows who we are.</P> <P>Take care.</P> <P>Geoff.</P> Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:32:39 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/evil-ocd/m-p/498053#M27012 geoff 2020-04-20T18:32:39Z