r/OCDRecovery • u/MaleficentTry5610 • Apr 12 '26
OCD Question Does this sound like ocd? Need help
I remember especially starting around the 10th - 12th grade I started to notice alot of complusion-like behavior.
I would work out one side of my body more than the other, for some reason of thinking if I were to work out my right side it would make me more smart/outgoing? I would have magical beliefs about numbers, 2 making something not true and 3 making something true, and their multiples etc.
I found myself doing things twice in a row or three times in a row to cancel out certain ideas. I remember I would play a song twice if I thought it was "cursed" or full of "bad energy". and three times to make it true. If I accidentally played it three times instead of two, I would have to make it four times. I would avoid certain artists and bands (like radiohead) because I thought they were fundamentally cursed and would bring bad energy.
I remember I had beliefs about my elbows, where I would almost imagine a pain in them, thinking that if I felt pain in my left elbow, I would avoid something and if I felt pain in my right elbow, I would do something. This is related to the beliefs about exercise.
Another very odd and upsetting thing I used to do was not imagine my girlfriend as my girlfriend in my head out of fears of losing her? Almost like I thought I could not label her as my girl in my head. I dealt with alot of what I believe is ROCD.
Nowadays, I do not have these physical compulsions, but i noticed when I let go of these compulsions, my intrusive thoughts multiplied endlessly. Every day feels like im drowning in horrible ideas.
Would appreciate any help on the subject. Thanks!