how many of you have other ocd related disorders?

I have trich. too…like to tweeze out my hair

I bite the inside of my lips

I also sometimes hit myself when I’m frustrated/angry but idk if that’s anything … thankfully hasn’t happened in a while :)

I think I may have adhd but I’m not entirely sure…

Hang in there!

I have Body Dysmorphic Disorder in addition to OCD. BDD is an OC-Spectrum Disorder. It’s hell on earth.

Yes. I also have trich and a general tic disorder.

I’d pick at my scalp til I’m raw and bleeding. I’d run my hand through my hair occasionally and if my nail caught on anything like bumps or little scabs, I’d have to pick at it until my head felt smooth. I used to keep my nails long so I could better pick at my scalp.

It’s more embarrassing and noticeable now that I’m going bald. Having raw bloody patches on your head with no hair makes me pretty self conscious.

I also crack my joints (wrists, fingers, toes, ankles, neck). It’s a tic but it also plays into my OCD. It’s made worse when I become consciously aware I’m doing it, because then I need to do it a certain amount of times.

I have dermatillomania 🥺

I didn’t know these were related to OCD but I struggle with all of these. I’m trying to work around it by keeping my hands busy with other things so I don’t feel compelled to pick but it’s hard to avoid. I always feel so ashamed whenever I realize I’m back to my old habits.

chemical burn from washing my hands excessively

Skin picking, lip/mouth biting, nail biting, body dysmorphia… I didn’t really think of these things (besides BDD) as disorders but symptoms so it is interesting that it’s all connected. I also have GAD and Major Depressive Disorder

i recently started to experience trichotillomania when i’m stressed :/ like when i get frustrated my go to has been yanking at my hair. also i have dermotillomania where i bite the skin around my nails until it hurts, i do this nearly all day every day

Vocal tics.

I haven't been tested for ADHD, but I've had like 3 psychiatrists tell me that I should be, because they strongly suspected it. I rely heavily on technology to compensate for problems with memory and organization. Weirdly, Adderall did not help my attention span, but it is the only drug that has ever worked for the OCD. It was like hitting a mute button on the noise in my head (until the drug wore off, and I got the intrusive thoughts ass-whipping my brain had been saving up for 8 hours).

Skin picking, it was actually noted when I was diagnosed. I also maby have body dysmophic disorder, but I'm not sure, I also have delt with/am recovering from bulimia, which, while not under obsessive-compulsive-related-disorders, I'd still consider similar in ways.

I've otherwise been diagnosed with ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia. I'll also find out at the end of the month if I'm autistic or not.

i have anorexia as well. i’m not sure which one preceded the other, but i’m thankful my ocd isn’t that bad and is primarily in the form of pure o. the combo definitely makes for some weird behaviors and atp i pretty much eat the same thing every day just because it know it feels right.

So I get existential OCD at times with other themes. And sometimes it gets so bad I have to skin pick to feel pain. To make sure I can feel things and I'm not in some sort of dream or something. I know I have to stop it but it's scary and difficult.

I have this one specific spot on my lip that I have routinely picked at for over a decade. Picking gets worse when I'm anxious and there have been several times where I've made it bleed but I can't stop.

I also struggle with body dysmorphia pretty dang bad.

I pull out my hair due to perfectionism, as well as pick at my skin. I bite my nails “if they don’t look right,” I also dissociate a lot.

Trich but only my eyebrows. Some body dysmorphia. I skin pick and bite at harder skin around my fingernails.

I used to have a major nail biting issue, but eventually got over it. Skin picking got really bad when I was taking adderall but 98% stopped when I stopped the adderall. I still really enjoy popping pimples on other people and picking paint/labels though. I often find myself biting at dead skin on my lips though, and if upset enough will resort to punching myself in the thigh till I bruise.

Dermatillomania! It’s not too bad now; just the occasional bloody lip really, but it was debilitating when I was younger.

Trich and derma! And panic disorder 🥲 generally speaking the bfrb (body focused repetitive behavior) is super common with OCD. Sometimes I wonder if OCD should be considered part of the autism spectrum, considering how comorbid those two are.

I have trichotillomania and dermatillomania and ARFID

Yup I have trichotillomania, dermatillomania, and rhinotillexomania (although I’m not sure if I’m officially diagnosed with that last one). My finger will be in my nose every moment I get alone or at home where I don’t feel judged. I also compulsively eat the boogers and I hate saying that. I’ve picked every square inch of my skin and then some. Surprisingly the trich is the least bad out of all of them despite my old psychiatrist only ever asking about it.

I have tics that stem from OCD, i.e. I have to do repetitive movements until it “feels right”

Skin picking and I think spd is related but I do have sensory processing disorder too. I have bipolar 1 but that’s its own thing lol

I pick my cuticles, pick my scalp, and bite the insides of my cheeks. All until I bleed. And then I’ll keep going

BDD and health anxiety

Damn, yes. I have hair pulling and skin picking. Always have. At a time of peak stress/depression i pulled clumps of beard hair out with my fingers, but that’s more of a one off. Day to day, I don’t go to the bathroom without inspecting my face, and in general I’m picking at my arms, looking for ingrown hairs or spots. I also feel ashamed when I see the red dots all over my arms and often my face. But there’s also an undeniable release or satisfaction when a hair is pulled out or a spot or blood blister is popped. Even if that sounds fucked up.

my entire life i've had specific areas of my skin that i would fixate on, and literally pick at until i couldn't do it again even once because it hurt so much. so probably that. i remember they had to cut away a few blemishes on my skin when i was in middle school around that age, because i had scratched and rubbed them so much that they thought it might be cancer lmao.

currently i'm fixated on this spot around my ankle, that has a nerve coming down from my leg that wraps around the ball joint there, and scratching it also sends sensations down my entire foot. i do it every time i'm trying to concentrate or in bed and all that. there's already a patch of calluses, and i just keep going cause it's less painful now. typing it out like that makes me realize i sound like an insane person, which i arguably am, kinda. i just can't control it, and if it's not that then it'll soon be something else.

i have trich too, but i pull out my eyebrow hairs and funnily enough my pubes. i can usually hide it though with makeup on my eyebrows

Hey there, fellow trichy and lip biter, nail biter, inner cheek - I’ve got a lot of mouth stims. Trich is my longest, I started when I was about 8, but it’s all been in my life in a variety of intensities. I also have adhd and suspected autism. It’s unbelievably brutal. I’m also sober on top of it, I get very tired of myself but I try and take it one day at a time.

dermatillomania (skin picking) but i’m doing way better with it now, i suspect i have body dysmorphia but i’m not diagnosed. i’m diagnosed with a few other things, it’s hard for me to tell which are related to my ocd

I pick at my body. Any scab or acne or flake or anything. I pick it all. Leaves scars all over my body and nothing ever heals lol.

It's so nice to see people sharing without reservation. I have obsessive self-deprecating thoughts. Biting insides of my mouth. Biting nails. Chewing on food until i feel nauseous

I do the skin picking, tongue and lip biting, I also have tics now and it’s so hard to fall asleep at night from them.

Autism

Idk what to call it but I consider it more a stimming behavior generally, but I will rub specific spots repeatedly (like my collarbone area or my neck) without realizing it, until they’re red and sore.

I also skin pick and scab pick, among other things that I can’t sit down and name rn because I also have adhd and basically no useful memory 😂

Trich for me tok and also something I like to call gunk picking. Basically picking hair and dust and other gunk out of my keyboard, remotes, stuff like that

I probably have Trich and Dermatillomania (I bad scarring from both) and then I also started developing tics about a year ago I don’t even know if it’s worth bothering the doctors about any of these because they’re all linked to my OCD

Tongue biting. Lip picking. Neck cracking.

Trich and mucus fishing syndrome 😢 I’m usually too embarrassed to share those

I kind of run the gamut. I have misophonia (specifically chewing and/or popping gum) and some hoarding tendencies. Also nail biting for as long as I can remember — but I’ve also gone through phases of skin picking and this thing I do with my hair where I take off or bite split ends

I am a skin picker. Any tiny little bump or imperfections get picked. I also mess with my hair and scalp constantly. I can't stop.

I have an anxiety disorder and my therapist said those usually go along with OCD

I have bpd and am currently in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction which I now think masked my ocd for a long time.

I have bpd and am currently in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction which I now think masked my ocd for a long time.

I have bpd and am currently in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction which I now think masked my ocd for a long time.

I have bpd and am currently in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction which I now think masked my ocd for a long time.

I have bpd and am currently in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction which I now think masked my ocd for a long time.

I have been diagnosed with BPD and I am also currently in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction which I think now masked my OCD for a long time.

I pick at skin and also pull out my eyelashes

I have trichotillomania and body dysmorphia, and struggled on and off with ocd related tics as a teenager.

Skin picking is OCD?! That explains SO much!!

I've noticed my OCD getting worse in a brand new area recently. I'm terrified I'm going to lose my job! I'm convinced my boss is mad at me, thinks I'm doing a bad job or isn't going to renew my visa next year (I live overseas on a work visa tied to my job). He's given me no indication that this is the case, and my fiance thinks I'm being very silly. It feels very much like OCD, similar to the anxiety I used to have around contamination.

I don't even have OCD officially but one of my compulsions I have that others with ADHD is dermatillomania/excoriation/skin picking and it's so bad

I was diagnosed with mild hoarding disorder on my last mental evaluation.

I found out from Doctor Mike that hoarding disorder comes from OCD. It makes sense because Obsessive Compulsive can include keeping everything that has the thing we're obsessed with on it.

My obsession with my hoarding disorder is Pokémon and I also keep my "trash" that my Pokémon stuff comes in. I either use it for decoration (like my deflated balloon from my 17th birthday), or I put it in a box in my closet.

I have dermotilomania. I just finished biting off so much skin that it’s uncomfortable to type. Bit off all my nails. Every finger hurts. Earlier I was biting my lip until it bled. The shame is in over drive but I’m also processing some messed up family shit. I have C-PTSD, depression and anxiety so all that is hella triggering right now.

I have skin picking and emetophobia!

I’ve been biting my lips since I was a kid. I had no idea that it could be related to OCD until today.

Dermatillomania here (with a little bit of dermatophagia) and used to bit my nails when I was very young but stopped when I started wearing braces since I didn't like the tension/pressure in my gum the moment I start biting my nails. They're Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors and very much related to ADHD and OCD. I just wish there was more awareness about these disorders now and I've been following groups on FB about this. I haven't felt more comprehended in my life after sharing my experience with these disorders in those groups. For years I felt like the black sheep of the family for having multiple scabs on my face and body due to mosquito bites, which was one of the triggers besides the constant anxiety living in a dysfunctional household and being constantly body shamed.

Binge eating, but now I have it mostly controlled.

I’m not diagnosed with ocd but I do pick at my skin a lot. I don’t know if it’s something like a stim or what. I’ve dealt with this for many years. I also have a sensitivity to sounds but I’m not sure that’s related to ocd. I have misophonia. Also not diagnosed but the first time I heard about it was from my mom who researched it because I was young and didn’t have a phone. She recognized that it wasn’t normal and tried bringing it up to drs who said they never heard of it lol. Now it’s more commonly known.

I bite my lips and nails real bad too. I also have some sort of eating disorder, closest it’d be classified as is anorexia but I eat more than someone with it normally would

I destroy computer mouse's by obsessively clicking very hard

Trichotillomania but not for scalp hair only body hair. Skin picking of cuticles but have it controlled now, lip picking and I'm the most obsessed with that. Used to bite nails in childhood but controlled it when in teens.

i pick at my skin constantly but have doing a little bit better with it. i used to have no fingerprints or nails

I’ve picked at and bitten my nails since I was 8 years old. I grind my teeth and bite my cheeks/lips excessively :(

Me! Hard relate. Some of those behaviors are def ocd for me and some are adhd stims. The ocd behaviors have almost an invisible or “justifiable” start and then sort of turn into compulsions and behaviors I can’t stop. Where as the stimmy self-regulating behaviors from adhd dysregulation are way more “visible” to me as they’re happening. So weird to notice!

Here with you 🩵🩵

Dermatillomania, which has led to scars on my neck and back and a few infections. Existentialism and harm OCD.

i get ocd tics? not sure what it’s exactly called but if i don’t twitch my nose, blink my eyes/snap my fingers a certain number or times, etc. then i feel like i’m going crazy until i finally do it

BDD around aging and wrinkles somehow was triggered a few years ago for me, it feels like another OCD theme and drives me fucking crazy lol

I constantly pull my hair, pick at my skin (I have scars all over my back), and I bite my tongue so much there’s indents in the side of my tongue and sometimes hunks of tongue skin falling off