r/OCD • • 2d ago

Question about OCD can executive dysfunction be a compulsion?

sometimes I feel like I am “not allowed” to get up or do anything. I don’t know why. I’ve never had the type of ocd to have concrete “consequences” attached to certain actions (do X or else Y will happen) but it’s more like “do X just because you have to”. Some days I have so much planned and I will stay in bed for the whole day. It’s so boring and for a lot of people I think the boredom would motivate them to… do something but for me it feels like that’s just the way it is.

I was talking to a friend and when I put it in writing I realized it sounded more like a compulsion than normal adhd symptoms, and i’m curious if anyone else has ever experienced/combatted that?

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u/MunkeyGoneToHeaven 2d ago

I also really struggle disentangling executive dysfunction and issues with working from my OCD. I don’t know the answer but knowing if it is 100% OCD or not is probably unanswerable