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Tuitsuro:
Hannelore's OCD is functional, which basically comes down to she can do most things as long as she doesn't have to think about it.  That comes in part from her having a social life; the fact is that because she has a lot of support from friends, she doesn't focus on the OCD as much.  The more isolated a person with a mental disorder is, the more magnified the symptoms are; that's why mental hospitals are primarily group settings.  So, she's a lot better than she was before.  But, don't mistake functional OCD as cured, or even well-managed.  All it would take is for stress to kick into her life and her OCD would likely jump back into overdrive. 

Is it cold in here?:
It's easier to do something if you've done it before. Hannelore's practice at being functional won't prevail against a brain chemistry storm, but it will help her in the future.

Blackjoker:
This might be a strange question but looking at it a certain way Hannelore is also somewhat dependant on her OCD or at the very least it is a part of how she supports herself (cash infusions from her mother notwithstanding). Overcoming her OCD isn't a matter of somehow repressing it, she has to be able to harness and control it so that it doesn't dominate chunks of her life. But due to how much of it is kind of depended on it does sort of change how she'd overcome it. (former psyche major talking here) That might also be one of her biggest stumbling blocks, it would be like a manic depressive writer who tends to do their best work during shifts in that cycle finding that they can't produce anything as good when medically stabilized.

Carl-E:
Most bipolar people will tell you that they do their best work in their up cycles.  To outside observers, it's usually incomprehensible and full of seriously rash decisions that don't work out. 

It's when the outside world agrees that your best work is in your swings that causes problems.  Witness Hazel in GWS

As for OCD, management is usually the best you can hope for, whiich is the case for most psychological problems.  Sufferers will tell you, they're never cured, it's a matter of coping.  Depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alchololism, they never "go away", but they can be managed, sometimes with medicinal help, sometimes with other therapies, usually with a lot of support from family and friends.  The recent increase of dependence on meds over the last 20 years or so has lead to the myth of a cure.  Even Freud and Jung knew better! 

MrMonk:

--- Quote from: Carl-E on 24 Sep 2009, 06:19 ---Most bipolar people will tell you that they do their best work in their up cycles.  To outside observers, it's usually incomprehensible and full of seriously rash decisions that don't work out.
--- End quote ---

What he said. 

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