Is this OCD or other anxiety?

lonely12 · Newbie User Joined: Apr 16, 2008 Posts: 10

Hi, I'm new to this forum, I'm wondering if my symptoms are the signs of OCD, or other anxiety disorders.

I've had this anxiety since grade 8, when a classmate of mine(who was 2 feet taller than me) harasses me and twists my arm (for fun i guess), at that moment my hands were shaking, and my heart was beating really fast, it was like I was gonna faint. after that time, when i close my locker for school, i keep checking my locker several times. later, this action stopped and it escalates my symptoms even worse, everytime I see a stranger or a person who seems to be mean, my mind makes up all these thoughts of them/him hurting me(eg. like this one time I was scared that this person might poke me in the eye), and sometimes I keep thinking that them/he will insult and hurt my family. Mostly these thoughts haunt me for weeks and then it disappears. I resist these thoughts but in my inner mind something's telling me that "this ____ random person has hurt you, you have to do something about it.", and it makes my days really painful. It's not shallow as you see, until you feel it, it's really painful. Almost every month I have a different worry/fear and I'm scared about one specific thought and think about it almost everyday, and loses my time.

And now, right at this moment, I am still obsessed over the thought that this random person might have poked me in the eye and I'm scared that IF he did I'll be in big trouble, etc.

What anxiety disorders are these? Thanks

treffin · Newbie User Joined: Apr 08, 2008 Posts: 23

A symptom of OCD is thoughts of being hurt/hurting others, therefore it may be OCD. I recommend you use Google.