I'm 10 years old and I think I might have OCD. I was reading a teen magazine and one page was about a girl with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. (OCD). She said "If i tap one finger, I have to tap all my other finger so it is fair and i feel even." That is EXACTLY what I have to do. It's quite annoying because I have to tap my fingers a lot.

I might sound really weird but it's true... I talk to my body sprays and perfumes. "the perfume gang." If I drop one, I have to kiss it to make it feel better and they are in friend groups and everything. They have their own personalities.

I haven't told anyone so please help! xx

No, this doesn't sound like OCD. If you had read a magazine article about uterine cancer, would you have symptoms of that?

You're only ten. OCD usually begins at a later age, say, late teens or early 20s.

I have symptoms of uterine cancer?

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

No, this doesn't sound like OCD. If you had read a magazine article about uterine cancer, would you have symptoms of that?

You're only ten. OCD usually begins at a later age, say, late teens or early 20s.

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Thank you, but the girl in the magazine was 13. AND I HAVE SYMPTOMS OF UTERINE CANCER? What even in that? Xx

And I have researched it and most the symptoms do occur to me...

Diagnosing yourself, especially online, is a fools game. You'll have every symptom in the book for every disorder because you'll be able justify or even morph one symptom into another.

You don't have OCD. You're a growing child. If you REALLY think you have it then talk to your parents about it and get diagnosed. Otherwise you're just grasping at straws, or it might be hypochondria.

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Originally Posted by CravenMorhead

Diagnosing yourself, especially online, is a fools game. You'll have every symptom in the book for every disorder because you'll be able justify or even morph one symptom into another.

You don't have OCD. You're a growing child. If you REALLY think you have it then talk to your parents about it and get diagnosed. Otherwise you're just grasping at straws, or it might be hypochondria.

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Thank you, please explain what hypotrondria is? X

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Originally Posted by mynameisninaxo1

Thank you, please explain what hypotrondria is? X

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Hypochondria is when you hear about or read about an illness and its symptoms, you start thinking, "Oh, no, that sounds like something I have."

Hypochondria - MayoClinic.com