I'm not sure but i can relate... i CANT hold things inside... i make a terrible liar!!! which is why i am caught with this dilemma: i cant decide if i should tell my teachers my condition or not... its driving me nuts and its probably one of those things thats not even a big deal but i just think it is... why do i feel so guilty for missing class because of my ocd?

yup this is me.....but its more of the abuse i endured i think.....but yes ocd did stem from the abuse.....im a cleaN FREAK

Yup. I feel guilty if I think I lied. I will even erase things if I type them bc my ocd tells me how do you know that is true. Good for you that you havent touched alcohol or drugs. That is a good thing. I have always been the studious student and I dont like to get in trouble either. I am afraid of going to hell.

OMG, yes this is me. But for the most part I am so honest though it ticks people off. I am too honest most the time as some may tell me. I read somewhere isn't it scrupulosity? I hate when people lie to me or anyone and I get very upset over it. I mean really upset. I have lied, but usually only if to tell my hubby to say I am not home. When I don't completely disclose something, I then feel the need to explain myself and tell the truth beyond the norm. Oh and I have never changed and been able to change it . I am honest so sue me lol
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Azure, I do believe it has something to do with scrupolosity. The thing that kind of gets me is that I trust everyone's word. I think that everyone is as honest as I am and therefore I sometimes look very gullible.

Yeah, I have been that way too. Until I got overly analytical and skeptical and lost all trust. I don't know which is worse.
What can I do? I don't know really.

Man, I kinda wish I had that. I got myself into some trouble when I was younger.

I can understand it to some degree, though. When I was little, if I told even a tiny lie, I would feel like I was going to explode. I once told my mom I brushed my teeth before I went to bed, and I didn't. She told me that I woke her up at 3am, because I couldn't sleep, because I really hadn't done it. Stuff like that.

Also, rectangles, I made the decision to tell my program director in college about my problems, and all of my professors were so great about it. They didn't handle me with kid gloves, but as long as I was meeting the requirements and getting my work done and showing my proficiency, they were willing to understand if some days I had to leave class ten minutes into it because I was panicking about something ridiculous, or walk around the building a few times because I was so anxious about totally irrelevant things. It was a great decision for me, and as long as you don't present it to them as, "i have OCD so I expect to get away with anything" (which I am sure you wouldn't anyways!), they will probably be really understanding and helpful. Mine were!

Yes, I can relate, but I kind of got over it. I got to a point where if I had to be good even one more moment, I was going to explode. It scared me because I didn't know how to even approach letting go. But I did, in an addicted, twisted, mentally ill sort of way. So yeah. It's OCD. Maybe it's something you could share with a therapist who might help you give yourself the right amount of permission to protect your inner self and your needs for privacy with a little more vigor. (After all, always telling the truth can be invasive to your right to keep certain things private.)

And AmyEliz... I did the thing with the toothbrush at about the same age. That's funny.

I've always been completely honest my whole life. And it's killing me that I can't be now. I am also not a good liar.

I lie about stupid things all the time but when it comes to something important I want to tell everyone the truth. Like my hubby's family. They use things against you and make things difficult so my husband says "Dont tell them anything" sometimes I think I might burst if I dont even though it's better if I keep my mouth shut.