Who else finds OCD fascinating ?
I am by no means ridiculing anyone who has this condition, since I am probably more “unusual” in many ways than the average person, and many people that I’ve met who have OCD are probably smarter than I am. I just can’t wrap my mind around the idea that someone knows for certain that they’ve gone back and checked the stove three times, yet MUST go back and check it again.
A friend of mine must always eat M+Ms one color at a time, and ALWAYS in the same color order. When she exercises at a local park by walking a one-mile path around a lake multiple times, the number of completed laps must ALWAYS come out even.
I once asked her what she would do if she finished, say, 3 miles and then a torrential rainstorm started with massive lightning bolts striking everywhere, with no end in sight.
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She replied, “I would walk Mile Four in it….”
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I remember seeing an interview with Marc Summers once. He has OCD.
He was talking about a rug in his house that had fringe on the edges. He said he would have to sit there and make sure they were all straight. Can you imagine?
I think we all have OCD to some extent. Unfortunate there are some poor souls that have it to the extent that it disrupts their lives.
Not really fascinating, but somewhat interesting in the manifestations.
I feel an impulse to wipe my screen every time I see those bloody annoying dots you have under every post you make…stop it, stop it now!!
When I realized that other people didn’t feel the same way I do about things being neat and orderly, I started deliberately avoiding straightening some things. It still make me feel like its wrong, but I do resist.
OCD is almost always painful and debilitating. It disrupts relationships with others and can make family very challenging. Sadly it seems to run in families. Yes, it is fascinating but that can be said too of gory car wrecks on the highway.
I am interested in most mental and psychological processes.
I do agree I think we all have it at times. A method of control.
It is sad when something is debilitating.
@Katniss That is why I will never have fringe rugs again. I did the same thing.
I think it’s fascinating in how the brain files/uses these compulsions. However, for the person going through severe forms of OCD, it really affects their quality of life. It can be an extremely confining disorder to deal with.
@ucme I know what you mean. Some people….
@rojo No, not those kind, look there^^ see?
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Wow, morse code & so intelligent too…I am impressed.
I have some minor OCD habits. The one my wife finds fascinating is how I make my sandwich.
The two slices of bread have to be bookmatched. Butter (or mayo or whatever) has to be on both sides of the sandwich and has to be spread from edge to edge, no raw bread showing. The peanut butter or jam or marmalade goes on only one side but has to be, again, edge to edge. If the sandwich has lettuce or meat or tomatoes on it, anything that overhangs has to be tucked inside. Nothing can be past the edge. When both sides are put together, they have align perfectly, no overlap or offcenter placement please.
Needless to say, I usually have to make my own sandwiches.
@rojo that’s pretty close to how I do it. Additionally, peanut butter must never touch jelly. I’ll have jelly toast or peanut butter toast but never in the same sandwich. I don’t think I’m OCD, I just think that’s the way it was intended to be.
@Plucky That had to have been just awful!!!!
@ucme …..... What dots are you referring to? …......
lol I’m sorry, that was obnoxious. :0)
Oftentimes I find OCD really, really, really fascinating and then, sometimes, I find it really, really, really, really fascinating.
I think everyone has a small dose of OCD and it comes from the need to control your life. The bigger the need or fear the bigger the OCD gets.
At least that is my observation of it. I have a habit of having to pee before I leave the house. My fear is that I will urgently need to pee and the only public restroom is filthy or I won’t be near a rest room at the time the urge hits.
When I was first married and discovered I was pregnant, I use to get down on my knees and scrub the floor clean and wipe everything down. In my mind that made me a better mom by making sure everything was spotless. I simply didn’t feel ready for motherhood but this made me more comfortable with the idea of taking care of a little human who would depend on me for everything. Once I felt comfortable being a mom, I was still cleaning but not OCD cleaning. I would actually let things get a little messy or dirty before cleaning it.
Checking things several times simply means that the person is afraid that they may overlook something and the home may get broken into or a fire may happen.
I do that. When I was about 17 there was a burglary at my home. We always wondered if the last person to leave the house forgot to lock up properly.
The world is a scary place and OCD helps people cope.
Obsessive – doing something for a ridiculous amount of time, because it just won’t do what you want.
Compulsive – doing this thing despite knowing it’s bad and/or pointless. Despite screaming at yourself to stop, because no. I just have to do this, and I’ll feel better.
Disorder – these things effect you in a negative way, to the point of messing up your life.
Dermatillomania :/
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to trade traits. I’d love to have 4 or 5 more compulsive points and I’d trade 4–5 relaxed, let it go points. I have almost nothing I feel compulsive about. Maybe brushing my teeth, but I even forget that, now and then.
@Katniss Yes, yes it was…but that’s okay…two can…play at…that game :)
@ucme I’m done. I was just feeling obnoxious at the moment.
But …........ just for you. Because I’m cool like that.
I’m giving you my super sweet princess smile right now. lol
OCD is a mental illness that requires treatment – usually, behavioral therapy and medication. I do not believe that it is accurate to say that “we all have it to some extent.”
Hello everyone. Listen up. OCD is a serious and almost always permanent. Some people may have obsessive tendancies or even an obsessive personality style.
No one has OCD once in a while, OK?
Favorite OCD joke:
I have CDO.
It’s like OCD except the letters are in alphabetical order, the way they should be.
HA HA I’ll tell that one to my friend, the “eats M&Ms-in-color-order” woman…
@answerjill and @Dr_Lawrence I’m just curious, if you can’t have part time OCD, then what would you call it when people feel the need to do things in a certain way, for example, @OneBadApple M&M’s friend? I’m not being a smartass. I really am curious. :0)
Some people exhibit mild obsessive traits that do not disrupt their lives or their ability to function normally.
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