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| Do you know anyone with OCD | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 3 2005, 04:32 PM (210 Views) | |
| CrashTest | Dec 3 2005, 04:32 PM Post #1 |
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Pisa-Carp
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I think OCD, like most disorders, is hilarious. Do you know anyone afflicted by this? There is a professor I knew who would always assemble his pencils in perfect order on his desk before class. One day, someone went up to the pencils when he was out of the room and changed the order. He came in, saw it, was distressed and cancelled the class! ~!!HOHOHOHO |
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| kenny | Dec 3 2005, 04:44 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I was never diagnosed but I think I used to be kind of OCD. My spice rack used to be in alphabetical order. I carried Windex and paper towels in my car. A need for order on the outside to compensate for the chaos inside. The *inside* of me needed the work, not the spice rack, or the garden or the house. Today I still have perfectionist tendencies but I can channel them into useful things, like painting, and have learned to say, "Oh WTF!" more often. I'm a little proud I can be somewhat of a slob now. |
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| George K | Dec 3 2005, 04:55 PM Post #3 |
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Remember that kids' show on Nickelodeon, the one where the kids and parent compete in a quiz show format? If you lost, you got slimed. The host of that show, Marc Summers, has OCD. He was on (I think) 20/20 a few years ago. His house is perfect, his clothes are perfect, his hair... it's perfect. I couldn't understand how he could do a show like that with OCD in the background. For a good read about OCD, read Steve Martin's (yes that Steve Martin!) novel, "The Pleasure of my Company." Although it's at times funny, it was more sad than you'd think. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| dolmansaxlil | Dec 3 2005, 04:56 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I wouldn't say I have OCD, but I do have several odd tendancies that would fall in the same category. The first being that if I start counting something I can't stop. I mean physically am unable to make myself stop counting. So if for some reason I started counting the slats on the blinds beside me (and right now the urge to do so is almost irresistable), I would have to count them all. Then I might stress out a bit about whether I should count just the slats I can see, or if I should unroll the blinds all the way so I can count them all. The one that has been the hardest to deal with for me has been the little mark of chalk on the chalkboard bit. Like Kenny said, it's worse when things are going on in other areas of my life. During my OAC (grade 13, university prep, whatever you want to call it) year of Calculus, it was unbearable. If my Calculus prof (who would completely erase the boards between questions) missed a tiny little speck, I wouldn't be able to do the rest of the lesson. I would sit and stare at it, totally oblivious to what was going on around me. He realized what was going on and finally told me to just get up and erase any marks he left so I wouldn't miss what was going on. Near the end of the year as I started to regain control of my life and was consequently able to control that urge a bit better, he would occasionally leave a mark on purpose, just to see how long it would take me before I couldn't stand it and would jump up and erase it. ![]() Even now, I have a very hard time with the mark on the chalkboard thing. Students know that the first thing I do when I walk into a room is make sure the chalkboards that have been erased are completely clean. And I'm not going to count the slats on my blinds. I'm not. |
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| AlbertaCrude | Dec 3 2005, 05:51 PM Post #5 |
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Bull-Carp
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I can't be crowded when I am on stage in a band situation. It gets very nasty. I have been known to hit people- ususally the singer or the video man- with my guitar. |
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| Dewey | Dec 3 2005, 06:56 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Watch Jack Nicholson in the movie "As Good As It Gets." Very good movie. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 3 2005, 06:59 PM Post #7 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Alberta, I love the Avatar.. Alberta the Terrible! |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 5 2005, 09:56 AM Post #8 |
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My sister. I think most people have some level of OCD though, in the sense that there are certain items or tasks that take extra importance in our lives. Even with mundane things like brushing your teeth before taking a shower (or vice versa). Morning bathroom habits is a good example I guess... |
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| kenny | Dec 5 2005, 10:02 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I second that nomination. Good flick! As Good As It Gets |
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