OCD is making it very hard to do anything.

So in addition to anxiety and panic attacks, I have OCD.. It doesn't stop me from living my life normally.. But it's gotten worse I think lately with all the stress and emotional issues I've gone through.. I have a compulsion to knock on wood, I touch wood whenever I can, It has to be in a certain pattern though.. and that changes depending on what room I am in...

My room - I knock on windowsill 3 times, touch my wooden necklace (with both hands) and then knock on the bedside table three times
The Kitchen - I only usually do this one at night before bed.. I knock 3 times on each of these.. The cabinet, the drawer near the coffee machine, the drawer near the sink (It always has to be the VERY corner of the drawer or I have to redo it) and then I walk across the kitchen to knock on both windowsills 3 times..
The living room - This changed, I used to have a bookshelf near where I sit when I am in the living room but it was moved so now I normally just touch my necklace instead of knocking on anything
My computer desk - I knock three times on the underside of the table
The bathroom - I knock on the wooden door for the medicine chest and even on the fake wooden thing for the sink

So thats it for the compulsions, The obsessions though.. are another story altogether.. I have certain triggers for OCD/anxiety and one of the biggest ones is food poisoning or stomachache.. It's not that I avoid all food out of fear of getting poisoned, it;s just that I am extremely picky when it comes to what I eat.. to the point of I will not eat anything that has even a little bit of spices in it (I threw away a dinner last night because it had a faint taste of red bell peppers).. I don't know why I do this, It's really strange.

Speaking of food, this doesn't only have to do with food, but it's part of it.. I have to do things at a certain time each day ... Like I wake up at 12pm, I can't eat lunch until 3:30pm ... (I used to eat lunch at 1pm!) .. I can't eat dinner until 8:30pm (I used to eat it at 7:30pm :O).. It's really irritating me and I wish I knew how to fix it because I want to eat, But i'm too scared to do it.. I'm scared it'll mess everything up if i eat before i'm supposed to

Does anyone have any advice or any problems similar to these? I'd love to hear from you!

Thank you for responding! I am not currently seeing a councelor for this, I wish I could but I have no idea how to pay for it currently.. Also to add to my original post:

Also I've noticed that I can't for some reason eat foods with any type of red sauce without random anxiety, (Spagetti, pizza, any kind of pasta with red sauce, chilli, sloppy joes..) I don't know why that is because I used to be able to enjoy those food items.. The aftertaste of the sauce just bothers me and for some reason I think it will make my stomach hurt, so I don't eat it, and when I do.. it usually does what I was afraid of BECAUSE I was afraid of it.

Good Afternoon,

 

When you have OCD thoughts and urges, try shifting your attention to something else. You could exercise, walk, clean, listen to music - anything that you enjoy for 15 minute in order to delay your response to the obessive thought or compulsion.