Arlinda Lindsay

Is it OCD?

I think I have OCD and I would like to know if I need medication and what kind of doctor I should go to? I have this problem for a long time that I cannot leave the house very easily because I very worried that I left the iron or the curling iron on or the stove on. So no problem I just stopped using all of these things and only cooked in the microwave. Now things are worse. I am afraid that anything electrical is going to catch on fire so I have to go and unplug everything in the house before I leave because I imagine that it is going to start sparking at the outlet and start a fire. I have cats so I worry about them getting trapped in a house fire a lot. But then after I check everything I have to go around and check it all over again. It can take me an hour or more to leave the house and even then it very difficult to force myself out the door. Sometimes I just stay home because it is easier to stay here and monitor everything. I know this is completely crazy.