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WCDT Strips 3186 to 3190 (28th March to 1st April 2016)
hedgie:
It just took that long for Dora to clear out the Spider Zone
Is it cold in here?:
That's the one! And the one after it too.
Thank you!
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 27 Mar 2016, 23:22 ---It just took that long for Dora to clear out the Spider Zone
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Uh... would you say she'd be clearing out a zone of spiders?
Case:
OK, imagine Hanners trying to get a PPL-C for gliding planes.
This involves pre-flight visual checks of all the movable surfaces, checking the bolts that hold the wings together, etc.etc. ...
... and in some clubs (like mine), all members are also responsible for the seasonal maintenance ...
Yes, like THAT.
That was one of the reason I never made the PPL-C - I had endless obsessive 'loops' about being responsible for injuries, or deaths, because I had overlooked the one stress-fracture that nobody else saw.
The compulsive rituals that the Disorder forces us to perform are, admittedly, sometimes hilarious in retrospect - but trust me, it doesn't feel like fun at all for the one experiencing it. It feels horrifying, humiliating and degrading to feel like a freak and to get "that look" again, and again and again ...
(and I didn't even start on the whispers and sniggering ... and the social isolation ...)
EDIT:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 27 Mar 2016, 21:18 ---
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 27 Mar 2016, 20:58 ---Ugh, I've been in Dora's position. Not with a coffee roaster, but having to train people who take instructions too literally.
Not fun in the slightest.
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I wouldn't say that Hanners takes everything literally, it's just that one of the manifestations of her OCD is compulsive counting. She had previously been using her compulsion in order to make money, but outside of drumming, I don't know how much counting she is doing. If she has been avoiding it, this may prove to be a bit of a difficulty.
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I never had the "compulsive counting"-ritual, but the "compulsive checking" - Yup, BigTime. And nope, No Fun At All.
Though I consider myself "largely symptom-free" due to years of therapy (and SNRI), it's still hard for me to "finish shit/stop the checking". I merely don't experience the acute "Brain-lock" anymore, and the four-steps are close to 2nd nature these days. Still, old habits die hard ... even if the reason for the maladaptive coping is all but gone.
Trouble is: In my job, precision and meticulousness is really part of the job-description - and contrary to what some colleagues say about me, I do make mistakes ... :-\
oeoek:
Does Hanners have a twin-brother we don't know about yet?
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzxCi20mYdE
Old Dutch commercial about salted peanuts, sadly in Dutch and without subtitles.
(click to show/hide)The man entering in the background is the boss, wondering about employee working overtime. The employee is checking and stamping each individual nut 'OK'. The Boss wonders what customers might think about peanuts with stamping ink on them, and the employee decides to eat them himself.
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