Hi Melinda,

So tell me what you do to face your issues? Are you on any
medication? What do you do to take awa your compulsions?

Hope you're doing well!

misty

--- In ocd@yahoogroups.com, "MzM, the red haired Forest Fairy"
<forest.fairy@...> wrote:
>
> wow Misty,
> are we twins separated at birth. I struggle with those very same
issues. sigh,
> M
> (Melinda)
> Ladycrescent_moon for anyone wishing to talk via yahoo chat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mmmarsalia
> To: ocd@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 5:54 PM
> Subject: [ocd] Shopping/Hoarding Compulsion???
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I was recently diagnosed as OCD and immediately after the
diagnosis
> was made, it offered a huge amount of clarity for SO MANY AREAS
of
> my life. I truly believe that this is something I have struggled
> with since childhood. One of my major compulsions is shopping and
> hoarding things. I do not buy extravagant items, but I will go
for
> long periods of just buying up anything that I see and think I
might
> need at some point. It has gotten me into tremendious trouble
with
> debt and now is causing problems in my marriage, which is of
course,
> what led me to seek out treatment. I'm now on 10 mg of Lexapro
daily
> as well as seeking therapy, but I was wondering if there is
anyone
> else out there who has battled these compulsions.
>
> Like I said, this is just ONE of my compulsions. I am in therapy
to
> try to figure out what obsession this compulsion is linked too
and
> what my fears really are...but I'd love to speak with anyone who
can
> relate to this.
>
> A few of my other compulsions are: counting, cleaning, specific
> routines, bathing, changing clothes.
>
> Let me hear your stories!
>
> Nice to meet you,
> Misty
>