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is this OCD?
I have a kind of peripheral vision problem.
It's weird problem. Let me explain it.
When I was at high school, one day, I read an article from a medical periodical, it's about a guy who always focused on somebody sit nearby him using peripheral vision. His mind obsessed with that and couldn't control it. It was the beginning of my own nightmare. Since that, I found myself couldn't focus on books but focus on my peripheral vision (e.g. Concentrate on other things on the desk or my right hands when I was writing or reading books, or other person's body parts-face,arm,leg in my peripheral vision) I forced myself not to think about it, I fear it would lower my study efficiency. But the more I think, the more I got trapped by this problem. I was frustrated, hopeless at that time. In high school, I used to be a good student but after developed this symptom, I couldn't concentrate on my study any more. I fight with this for 2 years.
Latter, I attended uni, amazingly, I found my problems were gone, I even forgot when I forgot those annoying ideas. Then I studied hard in the uni, and got good grades, I picked up confidence. It seems that the problem didn't bother me any more.
Early this year, I started my first job. Suddenly, one day, I happened to callback my bad memory of peripheral vision and it happened again at my work place, I couldn't concentrate on my work but my peripheral vision on co-workers, objects besides me. It's pain, annoying. The more I tried to get rid of this thought, the more pain I have. I just couldn't control it. Since then I've been spent long hours every night to search the cure for this and see many people with the same problem. Things were getting worse because I picked up others' problems and began to develop new problems which I didn't have. For example, I read a guy who couldn't control his peripheral vision when he was driving, then I developed same thing.
It's pain, those who don't have this could not understand it.
frustrated.
It's weird problem. Let me explain it.
When I was at high school, one day, I read an article from a medical periodical, it's about a guy who always focused on somebody sit nearby him using peripheral vision. His mind obsessed with that and couldn't control it. It was the beginning of my own nightmare. Since that, I found myself couldn't focus on books but focus on my peripheral vision (e.g. Concentrate on other things on the desk or my right hands when I was writing or reading books, or other person's body parts-face,arm,leg in my peripheral vision) I forced myself not to think about it, I fear it would lower my study efficiency. But the more I think, the more I got trapped by this problem. I was frustrated, hopeless at that time. In high school, I used to be a good student but after developed this symptom, I couldn't concentrate on my study any more. I fight with this for 2 years.
Latter, I attended uni, amazingly, I found my problems were gone, I even forgot when I forgot those annoying ideas. Then I studied hard in the uni, and got good grades, I picked up confidence. It seems that the problem didn't bother me any more.
Early this year, I started my first job. Suddenly, one day, I happened to callback my bad memory of peripheral vision and it happened again at my work place, I couldn't concentrate on my work but my peripheral vision on co-workers, objects besides me. It's pain, annoying. The more I tried to get rid of this thought, the more pain I have. I just couldn't control it. Since then I've been spent long hours every night to search the cure for this and see many people with the same problem. Things were getting worse because I picked up others' problems and began to develop new problems which I didn't have. For example, I read a guy who couldn't control his peripheral vision when he was driving, then I developed same thing.
It's pain, those who don't have this could not understand it.
frustrated.
Hi,george.Could you tell me where else on the internet did you find "many people with the same problems"?I couldn't find anyone with the same issue on the internet
Oh boy...don't I know it well. I had something similar but I'm not going to tell you what it was because you would probably project it onto yourself and makes things worse.
OCD flare-ups occur when we are stressed. Since you never sought help for this, have you thought about seeing a psychologist? They can teach you techniques in which to help yourself. You can also try self-coaching. So when you catch yourself doing it...you say "ENOUGH, MOVE ON!" in your head. Or picture a red handle in your mind and picture yourself pulling it toward you and say "STOP" in your head. I find that this kind of yelling at yourself technique tends to bring me back to the here and now.
OCD flare-ups occur when we are stressed. Since you never sought help for this, have you thought about seeing a psychologist? They can teach you techniques in which to help yourself. You can also try self-coaching. So when you catch yourself doing it...you say "ENOUGH, MOVE ON!" in your head. Or picture a red handle in your mind and picture yourself pulling it toward you and say "STOP" in your head. I find that this kind of yelling at yourself technique tends to bring me back to the here and now.
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