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Originally Posted by improver  Okay, thank you.. I will TRY. This seems like one of the hardest things to do, ever..for me. I don't know how it's so easy for you guys..but for me, just walking over to someone sitting down, in a public place, and asking a random question sounds to me like a very difficult thing to do.. Are you saying I have to face my fears and do it? Sigh...it's just so hard.
Thank you very much guys.
More replies are always welcome, the more the replies, the more helpful.
As you stated in your posts.
Social Anxiety Disorder - I think I have that...almost positive
OCD - I have that, definitely.. 
Perfectionism - I think I have that, almost positive
wow, I have all this, does that make me worthless..I mean..can these things be fixed/cured?
I think I might be bipolar too, not really sure about that. But, overall I might be someone with social anxiety disorder, OCD, perfectionism, borderline disorder, bipolar disorder, and having a big ego.. I want all these to GO AWAY FOREVER.. |
Yes there are solutions to OCD. I'm currently overcoming my own. OCD usually comes with other minor mental disorders, but OCD tends to be the central one. There are two things you need to do to overcome OCD.
1) Exposure Therapy. Try to borrow a book from the library on OCD. It will most likely tell you about exposure therapy. In essence, it consists in exposing to you fears for at least one hour every day. I'm not going to go into details on how this works though.
2) Inositol The natural substance that works like an SSRI. I would never medicate, but eventually settled for Inositol. I'm trying it out. You must research it though, since you may experience withdrawal and other effects if you don't take the right amounts every day etc. You have to be committed and treat it like a drug.
I'm planning on writing a blog entry on OCD when I have time. I'll let you know when I write it. In the meantime, read up about what I told you.
I know you're more focused on your social problems, but I think fixing OCD kind of has a ripple effect in other areas of your life. Perfectionism is directly linked to OCD. And building the discipline to overcome your OCD through exposure therapy will make it easier to overcome social fears.
Good luck. Where are you from by the way?