How Far Will These Superstitions Take Me ...?

   Horror! And I do that, help with advice, because self-suggestion is really a big deal. And I say for that to happen, I have to touch a handle again or step in a certain way. Sometimes I say to myself abe enough nonsense ... and something bad happens ... author, at least you know it's not just you with this problem!

   You may have OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Very often such people are "superstitious". For example, a friend checked the door handle seven times, because otherwise something would have happened - a fire in them or something like that. I also have some OCD inherited from my father. About 3 times I check my documents to see if I put them in my pocket, so as not to lose them. I realize that my fear is unfounded, but I keep doing it. I'm not a psychologist, of course I can't diagnose you on the Internet. If you are worried, you can always go to a psychologist. The important thing is not to pan out and film, or to feel guilty about something.

   Hello! What you are describing is a symptom of a mental illness called obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD If you want to search it in Google to see for yourself. But in any case, if you are very worried and bothered, visit a psychiatrist.

   From the author - to number 1. Exactly the same story as me .. And it's really nonsense, I realize I'm doing nonsense, but it's become a habit. To number 2 - I really sometimes blame myself, and for things that do not depend on me at all, are in no way related to me, they just happen after I thought about it .. It all started about 3 years ago, when it was the European Championship and before one of the matches of the team I supported I ate the wolf and he went ahead and I started to eat some waffles before each match of the team and the team became the champion. ie - Portugal. I know how silly it really sounds, but that's where I got the movie, that somehow something depends on my actions.

   Again from the author - to number 3 - I would not say that it bothers me so much, because I realize that it is stupid, it just became a habit and bothers me to some extent, it is not something fatal and I am not obsessed, but ..

   It looks like OCD to me too. Years ago I had a period where I did everything 3 times 3 times I turned on and off the lamp, 3 times I washed my hands because I believed that the number 3 brings luck and that if I don't do it I won't have good luck on this day. I don't know how, but I just stopped, now that I think about it, it was pretty scary.