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The OCD Soapbox
celticgeek:
Do you mean Hanners instead of Penelope?
Blind_Io:
*headslap*
Yes, I mean Hanners. No more posting at 2 AM when I should be sleeping. Previous post is now edited so I don't look like a complete dork.
omigod:
someone was questioning how hannelore was able to go into a bar where the likes of Jimbo inhabit.
I find that as long as i don't see people do anything gross, i won't feel the need to constantly wash my hands. y'know "what you don't know can't hurt you"
Although travelling on the bus every day does start to make me feel abit paranoid about pressing the bell to stop the bus or having to hold onto a railing (i've found i can just get on the bus and then get off at the popular stops where the bus HAS to stop anyways) that and i find myself feeling very unsure when i can't sit in one of the few seats i've decided are "OK" to sit in - Although there's always going to be the day, when someone sits in your seat and you think "oh god i'm going to get thier germs, i'll not sit there for the next week"
Although in places where young people in thier 20's go, (i.e. university) i find myself compelled to ALWAYS wash my hands after using the campus computers 'cos you never know who's been usuing it before you (icky sex germs).
I have a problem with washing my hands too much. but i don't do it until my hands go red raw, i'm just going to have joint problems when i get older. and then i can't dry them on the hand towel because everyone else has used that towel.
wow i don't need to sign up with a psychiatrist, i can just pour everything out here
Johnny Evilguy:
--- Quote from: omigod on 29 Apr 2007, 11:50 ---
Although in places where young people in thier 20's go, (i.e. university) i find myself compelled to ALWAYS wash my hands after using the campus computers 'cos you never know who's been usuing it before you (icky sex germs).
I have a problem with washing my hands too much. but i don't do it until my hands go red raw, i'm just going to have joint problems when i get older. and then i can't dry them on the hand towel because everyone else has used that towel.
--- End quote ---
I work as a computer maintenance / admin, and let me tell you: You don't have to have OCD to wash your hands after using the computers... How people can't is beyond me... I'm not going to tell any stories but there were instances when we had to call security...(spitting tobacco + fist fights)
I've always wondered: can't you hire and talk to a psychiatrist online these days? Or is it still the office and couch?
question to omi: I've watched shows on people with OCD, is yours strictly germ-related? or does it cover a broad aspect of habits...like waking up at the exact times, or checking something a set amount of times?
Of course if you don't feel comfortable to answer its cool...
That said...
LOOK OVER THERE! *ninja vanish*
omigod:
--- Quote from: Johnny Evilguy on 29 Apr 2007, 14:27 ---
question to omi: I've watched shows on people with OCD, is yours strictly germ-related? or does it cover a broad aspect of habits...like waking up at the exact times, or checking something a set amount of times?
Of course if you don't feel comfortable to answer its cool...
That said...
LOOK OVER THERE! *ninja vanish*
--- End quote ---
I'm actually finding it quite liberating being able to discuss OCD on here because for the past 9 years i've kept it a secret from everyone (except my family). Even friends who thought they knew EVERYTHING about me, didn't know about it.
I'm not strictly germ-related, but germs are a BIG worry to me.
I have to check i've turned the boiler off at least 3 times (because once i left it on and then was told i nearly burned the house down :-( )
Locking doors is also a bit confusing because i can't tell if i've locked it and i have to unlock then lock again.
I don't really know how to control the times i wake up 'cos sometimes i can't sleep.
when i was younger i tried to take an even number of steps because i was worried i'd wear out one leg more than the other etc. Cracks in pavements didn't really bother me. But the vinyl flooring (because it's easier to keep clean than carpet) in my bedroom has a sequence of coloured squares, but i keep staring at it and can't find a pattern to it. that's becoming quite annoying.
Also through an over-active imagination i get really worried that my friends have got home okay incase anything bad happens to them on thier journey. I thought it was just sincerity and that i really cared about them (and i do) but now i'm also thinking that perhaps it's just OCD.
The only shows i've seen with people who have OCD is 'Monk' and 'Scrubs'. What other shows are there?
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