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The OCD Soapbox
rememberthrough:
As someone diagnosed with OCD (and medicated, for a year or so, before I learned to handle it on my own), I think that the concentration on cleaning and rigid structure is kind of misleading. For example, my obsessions and compulsions usually have to deal with moral issues rather than anything else. And yes, they did manifest themselves in ways harmful to my life, but I was able to get over them. I just think that constant cleaning is too often associated with OCD sufferers, and while some definitely do have that problem, most have others. And some, like myself, have very atypical conditions still within that disorder.
Just offering my experiences.
spinning_Starlet:
weird that i have spotted this today, as yesterday my boyfriend and i were discussing this kinda.
Out of curiosity is it possiable to have bi-polar OCD?
Because i am kinda mildly bi-polar at the moment (this is an improvement) and most of the time i am absolutetly fine, but when i do get a mood swing i get all panicky.
I wash my hands too much. i will be ready to go to sleep and be in bed and realise that my hands are still not clean - having already washed them three or four times and actually have to get out of bed to go to the bathroon and wash them. This means warm water, soap, rinse, more soap, rinse REALLY WELL i cannot have any soap left on them, and they need to be completely dry. I cannot leave them damp or i have to wash them again.
I also Clean Stuff when i switch moods too. I get really angry with the rest of the people in the hosue for being so messy and just clean everything. i clean the kitchen, do all the washing up, all the drying (wash my hands before and after, even though they have been in the washing up water) the sink has to be emptied and re-filled when the water gets mucky, etc, etc.
When i am at the pub or wherever, my packet of cigs, lighter and phone all have to be parrell to the edge of the table. if it gets moved i have to move it back. mostly i do this without thinking about it.
But as i said, it is mostly only really when i switch moods.
Is that plausiable?
rambunctiousky:
--- Quote from: Scarlette on 27 Dec 2006, 12:26 ---Golly, this is really interesting!
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It sure is!
I am glad that those of you with OCD have been open enough to share your stories, I have found it interesting.
That said, I also agree with Near Lurker. Most of us don't have OCD. We are complex human beings and all have our odd quirks.
However, when quirks become obsessions is when it turns into a mental health issue.
I would also like to know if people who have OCD with a particular thing (counting in thes example) actually like doing the behavior as a job. I would think that if you have an obsession that you are trying to get over, then you wouldn't enjoy doing that obsession as a job. This is all theoretical though and just my mind pondering. I don't think that Jeph should have done it differently, because the fact that she is OCD about counting and has a job counting is entertaining.
--- Quote from: Serene Cataclysm on 28 Jul 2006, 19:56 ---Oh, and Hannelore is my absolute favorite character. I am filled with glee everytime Jeph puts up a strip with Hanners in it. If there ever was a QC spinoff, I'd love to see a storyline with Hannelore as the main protaganist. I might have a seizure due to overwhelming levels of awesome, though.
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I love Hanners too, although she would have to be a bit more developed for a spinoff storyline to be created for me to be interested.
As with all obsessions/addictions they are only "bad" when they affect your life in a negative way. If obsessively counting stairs as you climb them interferes with your life then you have a problem. If obsessively counting stairs does not interfere with your life then it's just a quirky part of you.
It's a good thing I'm not OCD about spelling because I can't spell worth beans. :)
NoodleRama:
I used to have a weird form of OCD. I would always have to touch the corners of my desk, my paper, and even sometimes, the room. I also used to have to cover up my pencil with my hands completely. I also had to walk around the corners of things like sandboxes and jungle gyms. I eventually broke myself of these weird habbits. It is an odd feeling, having to do weird random things or else you have this feeling of anxiety.
I love Hanners. She's one of my favorite characters. =3
Barmymoo:
--- Quote from: Laurie on 02 Jan 2006, 15:15 ---Me, I have issues stepping on cracks because it causes an imbalance in the feelings between my two feet, so I have to step on another to even it out, and so on. When I was little I used to get into pattern fits if I accidentally pressed my face too hard, and then had to balance it out, and then had to balance out the "well, that side was first last time so this side is first this time" kind of thing...
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Wow, I always thought I was the only person who did this... but there again I realised a long time ago that it's a bit egotistical to believe you're the only one who has a particular trait or characteristic so really I don't know why I assumed that!
But it's not really OCD, I don't think, or at least not for me. Too many people (ie my age) like to pretend they have something badly wrong when really it's just common of the age group.
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