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The OCD Soapbox
Fate:
Doesn't everyone have those things they do that have to be done a certain way though? People just get so set in their ways after so much time that things just become like that naturally, yeah?
AntiEntropy:
They do. People all have there little quirks. "We're all weird in our own way." OCD happens when these things get in the way of normal living.
Let's take hand washing. Many people think about washing there hands before they ate or after they go to the bathroom. Then they feel okay and go out with their lives. What if the hand washing didn't make you "feel okay"? You still felt like you had just taken a dump and needed to wash your hands.
Or maybe you shake hands with some. Many of us (especially in the flu season) think, "Hmmm, maybe I should wash my hands at some point." What if right after you shake hands with someone you get an intense feeling that you must wash your hands NOW. You try to suppress it but you start to sweat and panic. You excuse yourself and run to the bathroom. That goes over really well in a business meeting with a new client.
The first part is "normal". The second part could be OCD.
[edit to repair spelling. obessive?]
est:
Stickying this, because there seems to be a few people bringing up certain things about OCD who only have knowledge of the cliches of OCD, not the reality of it. Leaving this here for a while as a good "Hannelore reference post".
Boomeringue:
I don't think issues with numbers or tiles, etc, are problems with OCD as much as they are typical human behavior. Our brains are meant for pattern-matching, and especially with intelligent people, when those patterns become more and more abstract, we start counting or looking for patterns in stupid things like tiles on the floor/ceiling/walls. I used to count the number of steps to get a particular place, and I'm sure it was more of a way to keep my brain occupied more than anything.
AntiEntropy:
The sickness comes when these things interfer with your everyday life.
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