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I'm obsessed with my personal belongings
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Hi, I have this problem where I am obsessed with my personal belongings in my bedroom. To the point where I have been in a psychiatric ward 2 times.
I’ve been struggling with this for 3 years, and I don't know what to do. I don't know, if it is OCD, ADHD, anxiety or something else? As I have been diagnosed twice with ADHD, once when I was a kid and again the last few years. I'm very sensitive, I have very low self esteem, social anxiety, and Specific language impairment. I also have no friends, and no life really. Which I'm trying to change that, but it's hard.
Also I have been having obsessive thoughts for about 13 years, where i overthink everything, even silly things. And I kind of have these obsessive routines where I have to do certain things a certain way every time, even if I don't want to do it.
I find mostly now days, the obsessive routines are a lot less, but I still have a lot of obsessive thoughts. But the thing that mostly bothers me is me being obsessed with my personal belongings in my bedroom, like my tv, video games, action figurines, comics, computer and so on... I even have thoughts and I worry if my personal belongings has germs, covid 19 , or mold on it. Or I obsess that I have cleaned it too many times, or that it feels dirty. I know it's sounds crazy. I tell myself all the time, that those thoughts are stupid and silly.
Say example the kitchen could be dirty, or I could get sick by touching a door knob, none of those things bother me. It's only my personal belongings that worries me which is odd.
I have been to Psychologists and I have told them this. And they gave me all this feedback, which didn't help.
I hope all of this made sense.
Any opinions and thoughts would help, thanks.
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Also Here2talk,
in your post you said if you could get everything in order happiness and bliss would be on the other side..... rational or reational 😊
the other thing I learned in my therapy was that nothing in life is 100 percent certain...... I truly believe and accept this now...
I have chosen to be happy now! Happy with the way my life is now.... I believe happiness is a choice.... every day I practice gratefulness..... grateful for ever day things...... I’m grateful to wake up every morning, grateful for the beautiful blue sky, grateful for friends and family.... I tell myself every day how happy I am.... the emotions follow and the mindset is re newed by deliberately thinking this way..... I believe it’s a choice.... 😊 try it 😊
I’m so grateful for having OCD I see it as a blessing now for without it I wouldn’t be the same person I am today.
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Hi Blue Moon,
That’s ok, Im so happy to hear that my replies have helped you.
Im always here if you have any questions 😊
I have written two threads if your ever interested in reading them.
From someone who had OCD and recovered
and
Effective treatment for OCD Metacognitive Therapy
😊
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