alex6

Thank you so much for your answer! You make really good points I feel, and I agree. I see where you're getting at with the whole fight or flight response and that's very interesting. Another way for me to see it actually other than seeing it as a latent condition. Thank you for that input! About the fact that the earlier you get help the greater the chance of it being treated, yes. I agree so badly. Unfortunately I got it in 2010 so I've been dealing with it for 8 years, with CBT on and off. I am currently not in CBT. So I'm not new to the whole OCD world, this is just something I'm really interested in and that's why it'll make a great essay. Luckily I don't actually have to find the right answer for this theory, since it's just that, a theory and haven't been proven in any way, but that's why I'm asking you all how you think you developed/triggered your OCD. And what you think about the theory. So I get like a broader perspective writing this essay since it's my final one! Again, thank you for your answer. It was a great one.

Hello fellow OCD-sufferers, my name is Alex and I'm writing an essay on how we develop OCD. Sort of. I'll explain: I have a theory that when something traumatic happens to us, we can develop/trigger OCD. I'm writing about this specifically because that's what happened to me. Something horrible befalled on me and now I have OCD. I, and my friend who also suffers from OCD, noticed symptoms on me after that traumatic thing happened. I myself have not noticed symptoms before that. I've read about how it can be enviromental causes or biological causes or genetic causes or what have you, and that my trauma actually precipitated the onset of OCD. That the OCD was latent and that traumatic thing triggered it. Because I didn't deal with the trauma properly and continued on with my life like nothing happened with this massive anxiety, depression and just feeling... horrible, it developed to OCD. If I'd gotten help before it actually developed maybe I wouldn't suffer from it right now, at least not in the capacity I currently do. Sorry this got maybe a little bit long, but my question to you all is What do you think about my theory? Or well, "my" theory. I'm sure the theory is out there and that I'm not the first person to think of it, but you know what I mean And also: What do you think (or know) triggered your OCD?