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Hannelore's OCD
Mr. Skawronska:
--- Quote ---I always just thought she got by on her own, y'know? Maybe I'm wrong, because I'm finding out that living on your own is expensive.
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You know, you are right. I went back through the archives and yes, her parents are both dirty rotten filthy stinking rich, but earlier Hannelore points out that she does make a living counting obscure things and runs a website. And she did say she doesn't buy very much.
So...guess what...
I was wrong.
*crickets chirping*
S
FriendlyFireIsnt:
Nothing kills a thread faster than sincere and frank humility.
Thank you for sharing Mr.S. :wink:
Astroasis:
My OCD is bad enough that I'm unable to hold down a job. Or do much of anything. My parents support me and I do a little bit of work on the internet.
It dismays me that conversations about OCD always tend to veer off into Ridiculous Land. People quoting that awful CDO thing and thinking they can relate to OCD because they're a little scatter-brained or worry sometimes.
The internet is full of people who like to say, "I think I have a little bit of OCD, because I can't stand wearing socks that don't match! Tee hee!" And I always want to smack them upside the head.
To someone with actual OCD... It can be compared to walking up to a quadriplegic and saying, "I think I'm a bit crippled too, because I can't reach the jar of peanut butter we keep on the highest shelf. Tee hee!"
Unfortunately, my disability doesn't require a wheelchair, so I can't run the stupidheads over with it. :( Woe is me.
And I'm aware that characters like Hannelore only further this phenomenon, by making OCD seem "fun" and "quirky" and "unique". But she's also a bit inspiring to people with real OCD, because she's living life and having an impact on others, socializing and having friends, in spite of her illness. So I guess it's a double-edged sword. There are plusses and minuses to these kinds of characters.
The world would be better off with fewer idiots, I think.
Mr. Skawronska:
--- Quote ---The world would be better off with fewer idiots, I think.
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Noooooooo! Then I'd have to PAY for my entertainment instead of getting it every day for free!!
S
ladydraykona:
--- Quote from: SayWhat on 10 Jan 2009, 06:48 ---Like the comic, if you were just looking at me you wouldn't have thought anything was going on, unless you knew me and noticed my knuckles were white and my lips were twitching, and that sort of thing happens to me all the time (which is why I try not to drive unless necessary).
Went to the doc about it, but all he did was toss some zoloft at me and tell me to 'try deep breathing', and that I was bipolar.
The pills didn't help very much, they sort of killed the wildly racing trains'o'thought, but I zoned out just as bad, and slept far too much, and was still just as anxious, but I couldn't focus the anxiety on anything like, say, getting gas, so I just felt horrible all the time. Nnngh.
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I HATE zoloft. I stopped taking it after 6 months because I decided I'd rather feel bad some of the time than feel nothing all the time.
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