I need to know...?

I don't know, I might be jumping to conclusions if i said that I think that I have, 'OCD' (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).
It's just because, my friend who has tourettes said I have it really badly. I have SO many bad habbits, everything is in patterns - a three... like at night I will actually wake myself up in the middle of the night, just to touch my door in certain patterns... It's kind of embarrasing to talk about - but I need to know. I got ALOT of others too. I'm always shaking something really violently - like my leg or something, I can't sit still! if I like sit in one position I have to put my legs up - or move them, because it's like energy is building up inside them... my mum said that I just have, 'Restless Legs'. Also, when I write my ... have to be in 3's, and when I put something like, 'This'. It has to start with a captial, and have a comma + space before it... I don't know if this all makes sense, but please help mee.

Thank You. :)

EDIT: I do hurt myself - not others

Repetitive behaviors is one of the signs of OCD and you are unable to stop yourself from doing this. Restlessness, no only your legs, is another sign. There are medications which can help decrease the symptoms and may make you relax a little. I would guess that you have trouble concentrating for any length of time too. This doesn't help with either work or school. Since you have recognized that you have a problem, ask you mom to make an appointment for you first with you family doctor and ask that she stay in the waiting room so you can talk with him alone so she can discount the symptoms you are having. Tell him this is disrupting your life and that you would like help with it. That is the start to medication, maybe some therapy (maybe not), and you are on your way to a calmer life. Remember, sometimes the first medication prescribed does not work for you and may take another try at another medication before you believe your symptoms are under control.

I think you might have it mildly, I don't think ir all comes under the OCD. I don't think it's serious because you're not hurting anybody, if you're not hurting anybody(and that includes yourself) you don't need any help. It might be a good idea to try to cut some of the habits out, but it isn't serious for you to see someone about. It's not that embarrassing. I've seen many things that are more weird than that!

Miss Bless!
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The symptoms you describe can be OCD. The usual way to decide if it is a disorder is to look at how disruptive the symptoms are to your daily life. If you stay up to touch the door so much that you are tired the next day or if the "threes" problem keeps you from getting things done, it is time to go to the doctor.

what are you eating?
what exercise are you getting daily?
what relaxation techniques (meditation or self hypnosis) are you practicing twice daily for 20 minutes each session?

you are doing this to your self in your mind. it is self propagating. the more that you think you are screwed up and diseased, the more sick and diseased you will be and feel.

STOP.

read the first three questions i asked above and learn what that means.

there are no magic pills.

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charlton