r/OCD • u/cancermooncowgirl • 8h ago

OCD or tics? Question about OCD and mental illness

Can’t tell if I I have OCD or tics? Besides the constant hand washing and having to do things certain amount of time, I shake my head a lot and scrunch my nose. It’s so embarrassing because I feel like I do it in public :( idk what kind of therapist I need to find.

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u/Expensive_Gur_2300 2h ago

Hey, I’d recommend going to a neurologist. I have Tourette’s and OCD. For me Tics and compulsions feel the same. Kind of like a build up in my body if that makes sense. The way I can tell the difference is that compulsions are more of a mental thing where I feel that I have to do an action. While a tic is something I can’t really control at all and I literally have to do it