There is a reason it is in the Off-Topic category, and yes, it's not like it is something important, hence a few animal gifs to hopefully not make the 5-10 seconds of your life it took to read this topic completely worthless.
Seriously though, come on.
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With the old points system yes. With the new points system I don't really care anymore since you're almost guaranteed to avoid point overflow before your next visit, and it feels safer to have some leftover points in case of a sudden surge of wanted giveaways, which you need to have saved up for beforehand.
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Aw!
(Just for that, have a cat ;3)
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Nope. I am always missing 1p to enter another giveaway.
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Such a disappointment everytime it happens!
(Nah, it's not THAT annoying though, lol.)
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As someone diagnosed with actual OCD: no. This is not OCD. You might have OCPD (Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder) but that's a personality trait, not a mental illness.
The difference is unwanted thoughts, rituals, panic attacks if you don't act on compulsions and panic attacks if you think about something graphic or violent.
I hope this helps.
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And yes, most people suffering from or going through treatment for OCD want to take a book and shatter a person's throat Jason Bourne-style anytime someone says "I'm so OCD..."
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Uj, I didn't even realize it looks like I'm actually asking a question (it was for the sake of a title, mostly), but yea, I understand what actual OCD is, and I do have certain rituals or 'movements' that I just absolutely 'need' to complete, and that does inhibit my life to various degrees, (though if really, really neccessary, I can sometimes avoid doing them, and some periods it gets worse or better), and the impact it makes usually hits my patience and happiness, rather than halting actual everyday progress, if that makes sense.
Usually the rituals are kind of discreet too (like having to press a certain button on an xbox controller every now and then, which one year, when I was visiting my brother, went to a point worse than it ever has, which is that I ended up with a sore on my thumb and a brother that didn't really enjoy playing games with me as much, since it interrupted him all the time).
This has been going on since I was a small child (ie. as long as I can remember), so I kind of grew used to "quirks" like that, and while I do indeed have obsessions (unwelcome thoughts that "enter" my brain against my will, like thoughts of doing things I would never actually want to do in reality) that I never thought could have anything to do with OCD as opposed to me just being weird by nature, and I have never really pondered it, but after thinking about it just for a couple minutes now, it occurs to me that maybe I should actually go see someone about it, maybe I would actually qualify (I hate using that word, it feels like if one would actually strive for a diagnose as some kind of achivement) for a diagnose of OCD (or OCPD, or any of the other, similar ones), and maybe there is help to be had.
I appreciate the comment, it really made me think. :)
...I never thought I'd have a conversation about (or think about) something like this on a website like Steamgifts, way too deep, man! o__O Lol.
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I never want to say I know what someone else goes through because that seems like I'm co-opting their experience, but I have had similar issues.
I have Pure O OCD meaning it's mainly unwanted thoughts. I have a few rituals but they don't get in the way of my every day life. I've had it since I was a child, too, and it wasn't actually diagnosed or treated until my late 20s. For years doctors thought it was a medical issue and just threw painkillers at me (which helped for a while since Ultram/Ultracet can help OCD sometimes) until they realized they weren't doing anything and cut me off.
I found local mental health care and they have helped me since. While Pure O is kind of difficult to treat because it's tough to do DBT or CBT skills with unwanted thoughts, I'm doing the best I can as I work through recovery and treatment right now, going on 8 years now.
If you ever need someone to OCD-commiserate with, you can add me as a friend on Steam. You can also see that my Pure O has hording symptoms digitally with my 7,677 games and 4,901 badges
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And I can't suggest going to a therapist/psychiatrist enough.
There are medications that help OCD rituals like Luvox with little to no side effects and C/DBT techniques can help you when medication can't.
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I do already have both an Aspergers and ADHD diagnose, so I semi-regularily go see a psychiatrist/neurologist (I've recently switched because of economic and age-related reasons though), so I should be able to bring it up into question fairly soon, if I can remember it, or if I (at the time of meeting her) feel it to be of enough issue to bring up (I have a hard time with starting things that I know will increase the general mental 'workload' so-to-speak, even if the subject in question is something I know I would enjoy and/or benefit from).
A side-note: For me the unwanted thoughts often involve destroying things or people I care about (and sometimes a strange satisfaction in thinking about things that I know would actually impact my mental state in a negative way, ie make me devastated etc. though still being completely aware that I would never ACTUALLY really want it), even though I would never actually want it (to happen) in reality.
The unwanted thoughts are sometimes extreme graphical inner visualizations of things I know I am creeped out about (though at the same time I sometimes have an almost machosistical enjoyment in fueling those thoughts and visualizations, which usually does not end well), in a few extreme occasions to the point of me staying up all night because I am put in such a jumpy mood that I fear I would panic if I were to go into my bedroom and accidently see my own, creepy reflection in the bedroom window or something similar.
Usually those thoughts are only aggrevated to that point if I for example spend an extended amount of time before that indulging in something like big accidents, or unescapable disasters (like an airplane crashing), things that would be very distressing to experience in person, but not indulging in such things at certain times, or when I start to feel certain warning signals usually helps a lot, also the subject never have any effect on the type of intrusive thought or visualization. Sometimes it happens anyway though.
The thoughts I mentioned earlier in this text (thoughts about destroying or harming things I care about, or that I don't want to destroy, at the very least) are more like short "thought-bursts", or impulses, and I can usually dismiss them and be off with it, though sometimes I instead start to ruminate about how I would react and what I would feel if whatever the subject is (at the moment) were to be destroyed/harmed, though by that point it is not neccessarily about if I caused it anymore, but just the fact IF it were to happen.
Another side-note: Maybe I should ask about Tourette too, as the "Characteristics"-section in the Wikipedia article about Tourette (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome) describes the nature of my compulsions (like the xbox-button-thingie) almost too well.
I'll add you on Steam, it can't hurt, can it?
...looks upwards..."Holy feck did I ever make such a wall of text!" :O
PS. I wish all the best for you in your daily struggles :)
PS2. "I never want to say I know what someone else goes through because that seems like I'm co-opting their experience, but I have had similar issues."
Are you referring to me saying I understand what actual OCD is (what I meant was that I have a general knowledge of the requirements for such a diagnosis to be made, aka. symptoms), or did you mean more in general? (Which is good, I never like to say I understand what someone is going through either, as it is quite often intrepeted as if one is downplaying whatever "ails" the person in question, or it is plainly just incorrect, as it is usually at least a little different for everyone, no matter if it is depression, OCD, or just being in a stressful situation.
I'm guessing the second, but I ask just to be sure I haven't conveyed the wrong message. >.<'
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Yeah, when it comes to mental health or health in general I never like to say "I know what you are going through" or "I've been through that, too" because health and medicine is so varied person by person. So I try to sidestep that while also expressing empathy the best I can :D
As for the thoughts, those definitely sound like unwanted or intrusive thoughts to me. I can't diagnose you here but you might want to check with your doctor to see if it's OCD or maybe even something like bipolar disorder or even a side-effect of a medication you are on.
For me my thoughts are exactly like you described except most of them are targeted inward. I can enter a room and find 20+ things that might hurt me instantly like I have the world's lamest super power. I do also have thoughts of causing accidents (especially hitting someone while driving or leaving something on and starting a fire), so those are definitely a thing.
Yeah, my best advice would be to sit down with a psychiatrist and just do a full mental intake with them. It's a short-ish appointment, just tell him or her everything you are feeling, and they will make sure you get the help you need. I'm guessing there's a bit of hypochondria that comes with OCD, too, because I also read wiki pages a little too much and suddenly find new things I don't have to begin with. My old psychiatrist banned me from researching medications because every appointment I'd walk in with a whole new cocktail to try when the old ones were just fine all because I was doing too much research.
Added you on Steam and I wish you the best. If you need help finding a psychiatrist and/or social worker near you, just let me know. I'm an independent Mental Health Advocate and can certainly find one for ya.
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Thanks, and I'll keep that in mind :)
I will certainly try to talk about this the next time I see a professional, because now that I actually think about it, the more I ponder it, the more I realize that it have actually had some pretty negative effects on me. It's just that when it has been going on since the age of around 7 (my first memory of having intrusive thoughts of this kind and severity), I've grown so used to it happening that it became a part of who I am and thus more of a personality "quirk" than anything.
Yea, one has to be careful as to not get hypochondric, symptoms usually exist in more than one diagnose etc.
...This day has certainly been interesting in a positive way, lol. Again: Thanks :)
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Indeed!
When I replied I was in defense mode because I have had so many fights with friends over their "right" to say "I'm so OCD..."
Instead it turns out we were able to share experiences and Steamfriend each other and it might end up for the better all around.
Cheers!
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When you are spending your points on GA's and you end up exactly at 0p.
Animal GIFs
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