Runs in the family. No event for me.

runs in my family too my gramma is a hoarder and my mom is undiagnosed ocd "control freak" however no..... no event ive had it since i can remember

Well, back in 2002, I almost died... some have said that may be what caused my OCD , and depression, migraines, anxiety.. all that good stuff I was diagnosed with the same year,,, But on the other hand... I look back over my life and I have always had OCD, just didn't know things I done had a name!! But my mamaw had a nervous breakdown on my Daddy's side, and my momma had a small breakdown when I was younger,, so who knows!!

i think that for me it runs a bit in the family. or at least anxiety disorders do.
Some of my obsessions are probably linked to certain events though.

I think my OCD may have started from an event. When I was about 10 or 11 my mum used to work with kids. One day one of the kids died from meningitus.

Mum picked me up from school early to take me to a rememberance service, I remember feeling sad as everyone there was upset.

I was told that you can catch meningitus through other people's saliva so you shouldnt share a bottle of drink etc.

I developed a fear of saliva, so bad i couldnt stand near anyone in case they spat whislt talking. I became convinced i was contaminated-which began the compulsive hand washing.

So yes i believe OCD can stem from a event, but i also believe i was just naturally sensitive and vulnerable to it. My brother also had it whilst he was a kid, but grew out of it.Ive had mine about 14 years!

My Doctor said he devloped OCD when his mum died, but he only had it for 6 months as it was a reaction to her death, his way of coping. He grew out of it though.

Mine runs in my family,but it was increased when my dad died.Then when my mother-in-law died it triggered it to be 100% worse.

crazy stress at work and in my personal life at the same time. It was mild until then. After that it just exploded and took over.

I'm not sure if its one specific event that triggered it.. I think its just from everything building up. Its really confusing.
No family that I know of have ocd or any other anxiety disorders

i dont know what started mine. well, actually i think it started when i was a kid.

Definitely a major genetic link for me. there is so much anxiety, one of grammas was a hoarder, too, I have a cousin with OCD, my mother has intrusive thoughts, etc.
I started getting this as a child, but of course did not know what it was. No real event for me either.

I've always shown symptoms of anxiety & some repeditive symptoms, however, I think my OCD got a whole lot worse after a particular event I witnessed.

For me it started after moving halfway across country. I was depressed and went from being a poor student in New York to being a perfect overachieving student in Catholic School.

I wouldn't wish this on my worst ememy.

Environmental causes at home I believe.

The one i have now was started
when feeling overwelmed by events

it just seemed to pop up out of no where
at the time it seemed like something short term
in truth it appeard in the same way as when i
became a cutter for a short time
but this is a hell of a lot more easy to cope with than that

it was the same reaction
,it was as if my emotions were full
and i could not talke anymore
and some other reaction appeard

thats it .you say it just appeared...
so in that case maybe we can say ocd came as a kind of coping strategy to the stress.to prevent from having a breakdown b/c of the stress in front of us ,ocd appears and puts mind on something else.i dont think obsessing
is a conscious choice.i think maybe the mind gives us that chance to escape the anxiety
not thatwe try to obsess but a "defensive" response.maybe not the best one but we do what we can at the time right?
so since we see that ocd comes after stress we can lessen stress or choose a DIFFERENT way of coping...like exercise,music,talking with a friend, therapist ..whatever works for us.