Crazy Is As Crazy Does
The problem with OCD.... HaHaHa - THE problem?! HaHaHa!!!
::ahem::
The problem with OCD is it takes a lot of time to be crazy. I don't have a lot of time, I'm usually running late as it is, and yet my crazy ass wants to take 30 minutes to check the locks and the stove. And forget getting up earlier or allowing time for the craziness, oh no. Either I fill the extra allotted time with an unnecessary activity like dusting, or I just find something else to check, making my to-check list even longer. So I've been trying not to give myself any extra crazy time, which means I'm late to work. I'm running out of excuses to cover up. I'm down to my Grandma got runned over by a reindeer.
So you've seen Monk and now you imagine me jumping over cracks in the sidewalk and sorting my M&Ms by color and using my elbows to open doors. There are various types of Obsessive Compulsive symptoms. As indicated above, I'm a Checker. My obsessions I'll keep to myself thank you. And for even more fun, take one of these quizzes and see if we can share a bunk in the loony bin!
My Mother is a Hoarder. Completely different from me. I keep things b/c I'm lazy, she thinks she'll really find a use for that old margarine tub from 1988. However, I just finished writing my Mother a thank you email. While visiting last March, she came out of the bathroom and informed me she had put a spare roll of toilet tissue under the sink. She was concerned because she obviously went wrong somewhere; how could she raise a daughter that didn't have a hidden emergency roll of tissue?
So, another thanks to Mom.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to run to Target.
posted by Vicarious Living @ 10:51 PM
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6 Comments:
I think everyone has OCD to some degree.
It's one of those things that very few people thought about until doctors gave it a name. Now it's an official 'disorder', everyone thinks they're crazy.
I know some people have OCD to a massive degree (saw a thing once where a guy hadn't slept for months, because he spent all night straightening the fringe on his rugs), but EVERYONE has a little OCD quirk.
For example, whenever I eat, I HAVE to chew an equal number of times on both sides of my mouth. If I chew 5 times on the left, I have to chew 5 times on the right. Also, every time I finsih a cigarette, I half put it out, before taking the final drag.
I wouldn't worry, only people who are completely normal are weird.
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I am a bit OCD about certain things.
I check and re-check doors, the stove, the alarm clock, my money supply, where I put my keys, if I turned off lights, I have to have the bathroom light on all the time but have to have the door closed so the light doesn't bother me when I'm sleeping.
Oh- and when the TP roll reaches about 1/8th of a roll left- I take it off the roller and put it in a drawer and put on a full roll. Never know when those partial rolls will come in handy.
God- I am worse than I thought!!!!
I liked the question in the one quiz that asked if you ever worried about "acting on an unwanted and senseless urge ... [like] poisoning dinner guests". Uh, I don't care if you put false for every other answer, that right there sure clue you in that something might be a little off about you.
Every time I pass the noticeboard where all the exam results are, I have to go through them even if I haven't been in any exams.
That's all I can remember now. Or will ever confess.
It may be all in my head, but that's not necessarily a comforting thought. One or two checks extra is fine, 10 mins or more with the same door knob is a relationship.
I chalk up any of those obsessions to a writer's imagination. Just plot points, nothing more, I mean, I would never actually replace the salt with a fast-acting poison!
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