[Update]I have OCD. How to deal with that?

[Alex_The_Hedgehog]

VAMatt said:

So, do you have generalized anxiety disorder or OCD? Or, is it both, or something else? You mentioned OCD originally, but some of what you talk about doesn't sound like OCD to me.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear that you're doing better. I hope you can continue to improve. Mental illness sucks, bigtime.

Thank you.

At first, when I made this thread, I didn't mentioned it, but the anxiety seems to be the core of my problems, and the reason I have OCD. When I was anxious or scared about something, I couldn't take it out of my mind easily, and I was obsessive about checking if something was off.

I will give you an example: If I noticed something strange in my face, I would keep going to the mirror to see if it's not getting worst. I told my doctor, and he said "you have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder". I wrote this thread a bit after this event, and I didn't mentioned it for particular reasons.

In other words, yes, I have OCD due to anxiety problems. But after some time of treatment, I can say that this problem is almost gone. I have no idea if it will ever come back, but so far the situation is very positive.