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Luke:

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Yes it is.

practicality:
OCD girl might also just be irrational in her fears. I walk in flip flops all year (with all the disgusting things that could get on my feet), but I can't handle eating something that someone has just touched. Just because people are OC doesn't make them rational. It's not unthinkable that OCD girl would smoke.

AntiEntropy:
Many OCD compulsions are irrational.  What's wrong with stepping on a crack?  Why are odd numbers more "balanced" than even?

You don't eat with your feet, but you do with your hands.  It makes some sense that your feet can get dirty but not your hands.  Some compulsions make sense and some don't.  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.

For what ever reason the compulsions helps the obsession, rational or not.

honest abe:

--- Quote from: AntiEntropy ---For what ever reason the compulsions helps the obsession, rational or not.
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So, typically, in a subject diagnosed with OCD, one observes obsessions followed by compulsions which relate to or are driven by those obsessions.

Is that a fair statement?

(Random aside:  OCD Girl is such a sweet and sympathetic character that she really can't go much longer without a name.  If Jeph doesn't give her one in the next couple or three days, somebody will probably start a thread or poll to come up with one.)

streever:
i think, textbook wise, that is a great definition abe :)

typically--the subject KNOWS that this is irrational but only feels okay after doing the compulsion. People like "rain man" are Obsessive-compulsive PERSONALITY disorder--very different--are not self-concious of disorder & can not hide it in public/etc.

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