How to Live With OCD : Who Gets OCD & When?

There are about three million adults and about one million children in the US that have OCD. Learn how to live with OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, from a licensed social worker in this free health video.

Expert: Danielle Masuda
Bio: Danielle Masuda holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from UC Santa Barbara and a Master of Social Work degree from New York University. She is a licensed social worker in the state of Maine.
Filmmaker: Dennis Lucius

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[bobdigi88]

Im 30 and finally i'm beating my ocd. I used to count literally everything i did using special numbers. It sucks.

[Timx5599]

I'm pretty sure I have ocd, but it used to be really bad and now it only controls things like blinking and wrist movements, should I still get help? Im guessing its just going away because its not as bad as before, so in the future it should be all gone?

[cikDANCE]

I don't have OCD, and I don't want OCD, but I want to e as clean as someone with OCD. :/ no offense with anyone with OCD.

[memorysticky]

Hi I think I have ocd. Need help. no medical coverage and wheni had it no one would take my coverage. any info at all on where to begin would really help. also help from family seems to be very out of question. thanks.

memorysticky from NYC SI

[theHDhowto]

Im 11, have ocd, ugh i hate it!!

[itsmeRogers]

I have OCD since I was 9 years old and it was hard living with it as a kid. Now I am turning 19 and it's getting better...

[MultiHollywoodHills]

i'm living with stupid ocd!!

OCD --> go&die!

we want NORMAL life!

[123sophiekat]

I'm only 13 and I'm pretty sure I have it, My mom had it up to a few years ago :C

[littlejojojr]

i'm living with ocd

i was diagnosed when i was 18, shortly after moving home and having my daughter.

the house i grew up in was extremely clutted and dirty, and i believe as a result of moving out my compulsions where triggered.

i'm now 21 and living with OCD has got alot easier (although i do still have bad days) sometimes i do cry over it and, thats ok because it helps me to pick myself back up.

[hardasrock12]

Iv got ocd :|

[aagnew88]

I have OCD and I am definitely not a clean person as are most people with OCD, but everything I do has to be done in a certain way. For example, when I load the dishwasher, forks have to go with forks, knives with knives, ect, and they have to be the same kind of fork. A small fork cannot have a large fork with it, if it is wrong, I have to fix it, which can forever. This is the way I do everything. I think I have had it all my life, but I was not diagnosed with until I was in middle school.

[SETIat1420MHz]

I've had OCD most my life, and didn't even realize it until I was diagnosed last year at age 53...

I've had major triggers in the last 4 years (wife's cancer, change of job, two friends died, father-in-law died, pet's died, ect...)

I tend to have excessive doubt, fear of failing, and needing reassurance or verification ...

I compulsions are things like checking, touching or tapping, washing hands, collecting/hoarding... I also have compulsive hair pulling (Trichotillomania)...