does anyone know what I mean...

morningglory · 02-06-2010, 12:00 AM

Hi all

I am not sure exactly where this belongs, but I'm wondering if someone can relate to this. I have been diagnosed with depression, ocd, and anxiety. Sometimes I wonder I feel that I have elements of adult ADD.

I often feel extremely overwhelmed - not only in the sense that I have a lot to do, but also in more specific ways. For example, I was just on webmd looking at articles and such related to nutrition and general health. Instead of doing this leisurely, I feel this urge to explore every corner of the website, and feel anxiety at the fact that I am not able to do this. If I am shopping online, say for red shoes, I feel like I have to look at every single red shoe. In a way it sounds ocd, but I'm not sure. I also feel this way in stores, that I have to cover all my bases and make sure I didn't miss anything. There are certain stores that I really enjoy, for example, Pier 1. I feel so overwhelmed when I go into stores like this, like I have to view every section of the store.

In these examples it seems mostly related to shopping (haha), and it does often come up in those circumstances. However, I guess just the idea of leaving a leaf unturned - in any sense - really distresses me.

I don't know if this will make sense to anyone, but I hope it does.

Tree0810 · 02-06-2010, 07:57 AM

Hello Morningglory

I know what you mean. While I don't have this problem, I do have the opposite problem. Sometimes I panic because I feel like I am being bombarded with information. I can get extremely hyper-sensitive to the point where a simple name tag becomes overwhelming with the amount of information that I have to process. For me medication helps a lot with this. Maybe that is something you may want to look into?

RoWe · 03-13-2010, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by morningglory

Hi all

I am not sure exactly where this belongs, but I'm wondering if someone can relate to this. I have been diagnosed with depression, ocd, and anxiety. Sometimes I wonder I feel that I have elements of adult ADD.

I often feel extremely overwhelmed - not only in the sense that I have a lot to do, but also in more specific ways. For example, I was just on webmd looking at articles and such related to nutrition and general health. Instead of doing this leisurely, I feel this urge to explore every corner of the website, and feel anxiety at the fact that I am not able to do this. If I am shopping online, say for red shoes, I feel like I have to look at every single red shoe. In a way it sounds ocd, but I'm not sure. I also feel this way in stores, that I have to cover all my bases and make sure I didn't miss anything. There are certain stores that I really enjoy, for example, Pier 1. I feel so overwhelmed when I go into stores like this, like I have to view every section of the store.

In these examples it seems mostly related to shopping (haha), and it does often come up in those circumstances. However, I guess just the idea of leaving a leaf unturned - in any sense - really distresses me.

I don't know if this will make sense to anyone, but I hope it does.

When I was in high school, I worked at a retail store and that sparked my OCD, I am as bad as you. When I shop online or at a store, I look at EVERYTHING, even if it's something I don't want or need!