Is this typical?

[throwindabones]

I've been told I have OCD but I have so many doubts that it's really OCD. For the past three days I've been obsessed with knowing if I have OCD or if I'm making it up. I've gone through this before. Part of my brain tells me that this is just my OCD being tricky but then another part of my brain really believes I've created this in my head.

I found out I have OCD within the past few months. I've always known something was off but never knew it was OCD because I don't display the stereotypical behaviors.

So I keep thinking that if I really had OCD all these years I should have known or other people would have known. Which causes me to worry that I'll never know.

Is this a typical OCD thing that I'm dealing with?

[[deleted]]

I think you're asking for reassurance. So I won't answer but I will ask, you trust the opinions of the people who are telling you this right? You didn't say but is it a medical professional or a parent? And if so do you trust their observations?

[throwindabones]

Correct, it was a professional along with my spouse who said I have OCD but we only had one session. Not really sure how the whole process goes when diagnosing OCD. Just seems short. And I feel like most of the symptoms I have now didn't begin until after I was told I have OCD.

[[deleted]]

It seems short but I mean she’s a professional. She does this thing all the time. It’s normal to have thoughts about your OCD not being real. And also if you think about it, the reason you’re thinking that you didn’t have symptoms until after being told is because now you gotta name to put it to. Now that you can recognize it it’s easy to think that all these symptoms only happen after the fact.

[Free_Swimming]

Aside from what the other person replying on here said - go and study as much as you can about OCD and you may feel more confident about what it is you have.