Struggling with OCD and Tic Disorders: Need Advice and Reassurance

I have OCD. Having not been around you I can't say for certain. But definitely sounds like OCD. You can also look up the difference between OCPD (personality disorser) and OCD. People with the personality disorder are less distressed by their rituals and don't feel the need to necessarily change them.

I have OCD. I completely understand the rituals and daily intrusive thoughts. Some of my quirks as my family calls it is having the same shower routine every day, volume has to end in 5 or zero on the TV if not my mind won't let me stop thinking about it. Stairs.. ugh. I have to count them every time I go up and down. If I mess up or don't count a number ending in 5 or 0 my mind tells me something bad will happen. If I'm talking and a word doesn't come out right I have to repeat it out loud 5 times. Sometimes my ocd will make me walk circles around something like a table or chair endlessly like a stuck carousel. I get dressed the same way every day. If not I have to undress and do it all over again. I have to do things every day the same way or I can't function. OCD sucks. It has taken over my life. And I've developed an eating disorder because of mine as well. OCD is so hard to live with.

I understand not wanting it to be OCD but a diagnosis of OCD doesn't mean you'll feel like this forever - the opposite in fact! Once you know the problem you can get the right solutions. It does sound like OCD to me. I have OCD which as a teenager was really bad and caused me a lot of distress, I was terrified it would never get better, but it did, now my symptoms are so mild that they usually don't effect me apart from a mild annoyance (or occasionally on a really bad day it'll become distressing but that's very rare) I know it's scary but acknowledging it is the first step towards getting better ❤️

It's textbook OCD,been dealing with it in its severest form my entire life, it definitely ruins a good night's sleep/life in general....... . mine started at a really young age with extreme perfectionism in all aspects of life,and generally got worse until it peaked at around 21 when i literally snapped/lost it.... i take meds now,which manage the doom of not being perfect,but it never truly goes away unfortunately. my advice is seek out medication,with long term therapy,it is a life changing experience.