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OCD or tics?

Charlie
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Charlie wrote:
For my whole life I've been doing this thing over and over not knowing where it comes from and why.
I'm now more often asking myself wether it could be OCD or tics.

I've been bending my pinky finger back, to the crack between my pinky finger and ring finger.
I've been doing it for as long as I can remember and once I think / talk about it I start doing it.
Now I'm having my rough episode with it again where I just can't stop doing it even though my pinky hurts and even though my skin between my fingers is annoyed.
I'm doing this with my both pinky fingers on each hand and my lil toes.
It's weird indeed but I just can't seem to stop and it hurts rly bad.

Information that might make it a bit easier to tell:

I've been doing it for as long as I can remember, not being able to stop.
I can do it without noticing and I catch myself after doing it, like 3-5 mins after.
When I think about not wanting to do it or if I talk about it I do it and can't stop until i forget about it.
I can't control it even though it hurts, when it hurts I do it even more because the pain remembers me to.

As a kid I'd experience some mild OCD like touching 1 thing with 1 hand, then you've to touch the same thing the same way with the other hand, washing my hands 24/7 and about 10 times ( I still do it today )

I don't think I do it more when I'm stressed but I don't know, haven't really thought of that one.

If I stop doing it, I get this tickling feeling in my whole body wanting to run a marathon or something because it's so annoying

Charlie
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Charlie wrote:
Lmk what u think lol

Private
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autism wrote:
you should probably see a doctor
i've had tics for fifteen years and although that does seem to have some similarities to tics, it sounds more like overall sensory seeking behavior to me (i myself rip my finger nails and that sounds kinda similar to it). Especially if you do it without noticing (if I understood this part correctly), because I definitely do notice my tics when I get them. There's no way I wouldn't notice them although I don't do them purposely. But when it comes to my nail ripping, that I don't notice. I personally don't have ocd, but my mom does and that doesn't sound similar to what hers is like either, but these things are a bit different for everyone so I can only really speak about my experiences with tics and my sensory seeking. But in your case I would definitely go see a doctor since that clearly bothers you.

Anachronism
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Anachronism wrote:
Sounds like tics. the ocd thing you're describing even sounds like a tic. look up tourettic ocd. sounds like that

Talk to a doctor. They are trained to differentiate between tics and ocd. They will help u more than the unqualified folks on vp

I'm seeing a therapist and she asked me if I am bipolar and I said I'm unsure, I said idk if i get hypomania like I have periods where I do feel... more energized but it's been a long time and it's hard to know if it's normal happiness or hypomania, she said shell help me track it because I'm at high risk as my mom has bipolar I

Really I wouldnt know how to tell if I experience hypomania on my own and this is why you should see a doctor. They're trained for a reason

Charlie
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Charlie wrote:
Woah now I've gotten 3 different answers but it all comes down to that I should look it up no matter what.
Well thank you guys, I'll try to contact someone and talk about it.
It's pretty hard since I've tried to contact before and figure out some other shit.

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