Not like ocd compulsions but more you buy something you should not have or do some not bad but you should not have done. Examples like eating a lot of food at one time, start a random project when you need to do something else , do not do things you need to get done. Say yes thing you don’t have time to do. Can anyone else relate?
I do! But I also wonder whether that’s my ADHD. I’m new here but the way (first comment)! Learning to differentiate my OCD and ADHD (mindfully).
@jusmenmine3 I hope you find answers here , thanks for the reply
This was me the last week. I decided to send out Christmas cards for my husband’s business at like 9pm at night knowing I have to wake up for work the next day. I was scattering to get all the materials…. It was so chaotic for no reason. I offered to help cause that’s how I am but than I suffered for it.
@OrganizedChaos I hope people like the Christmas cardss
@Brooke cookie Me too.
Me I do all of these things and I feel like I thrive off the energy and stress sometimes. It’s very unhealthy. I would advise to try to experiment try to take things slow every day and try to not put too much much in your plate. I am a college student I was doing military and 7 classes this semester. I dropped the military and 4 classes and I ended up changing my major 😂. So strangely I knew it was to much but I wanted to be supper woman. I also finished Christmas shopping for my boyfriend 2 weeks ago and bought everything in one week 😭. So yes I agree this all applies to me but instead of stressing about it a lot I look back and laugh on the things I do in the past and I wonder how I did it tbh.
@miku -_- I hope you and your boyfriend have a great Christmas
Some of what you're describing can be seen as compulsive behavior, and some I'd call "impulsive." The difference is that compulsive behavior is driven by a desire to avoid uncomfortable feelings such as anxiety. The person performing the action is often aware that it is irrational, but still feels an urge to do it. Impulsive behavior is driven more by a simple desire to seek pleasure without much forethought into the potential consequences. There is some overlap between the two, but regardless I would just work on being mindful about where the urge to do these things is coming from. Don't beat yourself up for doing anything impulsively or compulsively, just try to be aware when you do. With enough practice, you'll be able to include a brief pause between the urge to do something and the action, which over time will be enough to allow you to change the behavior. And yes, of course I can relate 😀 I'm not perfect by any means (no one is).
I have compulsions where I feel that I must run through lists of the things I need to do over and over before I can start certain tasks. My mind feels so fuzzy unless I organize my thoughts in this way. I try to just start a task without doing this but then I feel distracted the whole time. Anyone else have this problem?
I don't know if this is because of my OCD... but my thoughts will force me to make irrational/dangerous/dumb decisions. I swim in chaos and enjoy drinking too much or smoking or doing drugs just to keep other things on my mind
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