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Tobuway22:
 
--- Quote from: AntiEntropy on 03 Jan 2006, 07:46 ---I yell or swear when an embarrassing though enters my mind.  That in itself can cause an embarrassing moment in a public place.  But it makes some sense.  It's a way to get the thought out of my mind quickly.
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Thought I was the only one who did that, feels good to know im not alone.  It still sucks knowing that at any moment I could start swearing like a drunken sailor with tourets syndrome who just stubbed his toe, but I still feel better thanks for shareing

RefD:

--- Quote from: s0ck ninja on 23 Aug 2007, 16:28 ---I have a few compulsive quirks, but my one genuine obsession-compulsion is that I can't embarrass myself, think about embarrassing myself, or watch someone else being embarrassed. It gets to the point where, if I'm watching a TV show and a character says something stupid, I cover my face with a pillow for the rest of the hour or just run out of the room. I distinctly remember watching comedies as a kid and rolling around on the carpet muttering to myself because I couldn't deal with it. It makes movie-watching with friends awkward sometimes. xD I've been writing since I knew how, and drawing, too, so looking back at old pieces of work amplifies the usual "artist's shame" to, literally, curl-up-and-shiver proportions. That one makes sorting through old note/sketchbooks a bit troublesome - it's on my mind because I just had to do some of that today. Bleh.
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wow, this totally sounds like me!

Ari:
So, I've been meaning to check these forums to see if anyone had posted about Hanners and I'm not surprised to find how long this thread is ;)

I previously had a minor case of OCD (to the point where my therapist actually had to check the criteria to be sure it needed to be treated) which was diagnosed while I was recieving treatment for another mental illness. I'm glad a lot of people have covered the difference between OC behaviour and actual OCD, because I wouldn't want anyone turning into a hypochondriac for no real reason ;) Unless it causes you significant distress, you're not unwell. Just a little obsessive. Or compulsive :)

Some of the stuff here is unfortunately very familiar, and I'm glad to hear most of you deal with it fine. (needing numbers and repeated actions to add up to a multiple of 2 or 5, avoiding cracks or differently coloured tiles or bricks when walking, making things "match the pattern", obsessive cleanliness, inability to deal with embarrassment, (I hadn't even realised that was a compulsion until now! fortunately it's reigned along with the others) repeated pressing of buttons and flicking of switches, the obsessive need to make sure things don't fail "Is the remote really switched to TV?" "Did I sign out properly?", etc...) From what I remember, if you're actually suffering from the disorder, you're unlikely to just have one isolated obsession or compulsion.

What struck me about the depiction of Hanners is that recently she's begun to say she enjoys those activities. That's not exactly OCD as the whole reason it's a disorder is the anxiety caused by not wanting to trip your obsessions or compulsions. Other than that though, she's been a really good example of OCD and I'm always glad to see mental illnesses portrayed faithfully, not the least because it raises awareness. (Although OCD and depression usually get the most exposure, hopefully this will make people more aware of mental illness in general :) ) Hopefully you'll also consider the fact that some of you can recognise similar behaviour in yourselves without counting as having the disorder as evidence that those of us dealing with mental illness really aren't that different. :)

Madartistgirl:
 I know that I'm not OCD by any stretch of the imagination. I'm just a little... weird.
 It's really funny how tons of people seem to have the treading-on-cracks thing. I knew I wasn't the only one but I didn't know it was so common!
 But then I also have a thing where I have to sleep with my blanket covering my head otherwise I feel like someone is going to stab me in the head or something. I keep telling myself that a blanket isn't going to provide much protection if someone IS going to try to kill me in my sleep but that doesn't really work. Oh well...
 I also have the other common obsession (or is it a compulsion?) where if I touch one side of my face or something, I have to touch the other side as well.
 I breathe funniily, too. Sometimes I breathe in time to a song that's in my head or if I breathe in, I have to breathe out the same amount of air. I don't even notice I'm doing it until suddenly I listen to myself breathing.
 Also, I'm not sure if this counts as an obsession, but I also have to tuck my hair behind my ear all the time. I physically can't stop myself from doing it, even when my hair is tied back. Then when I untuck my hair again, because it looks better when it's loose, I immediately have to tuck it back behind my ear.
 God, it's strange that I never thought I had that many quirks, but when I write them all down, it sounds like I have mild OCD (I don't; when I was about 8 I constantly washed my hands, but I've grown out of that).
 Still, it's good to know that so many people have the same obsessions (or compulsions? Not sure which.) as me!

Bishop138:
I'll just go with the throwing tomatoes option  :-D :-P

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