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*RAISES HAND HIGHER*
actually, no ,I'd have the opposite if anything.
as for O/C, I have to crack all of my knuckles all the time, atleast once an hour. Infact, just for typing about it I had to do it. Also, I have to listen to a song in entirity. I feel really, really uneasy when I'm listening to music and it suddenly stops. If it hasppens, I usually finish the song in my head.
Ahh... ADD. The made-up description for laziness and "I want everything my way" syndrome.
Stone - I don't think my hand washing interferes with my life, really. However, I wash my hands constantly at work. The time I spend washing my hands now is amazing, and I use up all the paper towels in the bathroom. Times that I'll wash my hands:
I run even as little as one finger over a dusty surface.
I bite my nails or the skin on the sides of my nails (the saliva on my fingers makes them feel dirty).
I itch the inside of my nostril or pick my nose.
Over time my hands just feel dirty.
After I drive to work, because my steering wheel feels dirty.
I scratch my head.
I rub my eyes.
Before I eat anything, even if I'm using a fork.
The list goes on. Am I just fussy? George Carlin would hate me. :)
I know someone that turned DVD collecting into a problem. Last I knew he had 800 DVD's. The thing is, if he had one part of a series, he had to get the rest of them, and every editiong they released. Xmen and Xmen 1.5. He bought one Bond movie (golden eye) and then had to get them all. He bought them individually, and then again when the box sets came out. I remember him buying the one Star Trek movie he liked, and then went out and got the others just to have them all. It wasn't even a question. Did he like those other ST movies? Not in the least. But did he have to have them? Oh yeah. You couldn't have a rational discussion about it with him.
I never claimed to be OCD... I just have one or two "things", just as the rest of the population does.
But, ADD is real, and it can make things very difficult. Alot of people are misdiagnosed with it, because neurotic parents want their kids to have it or something, but some people actually have it.
Trust me on this.
I wouldn't be suprised if I had ADD because I can practically put myself in another world outside of reality by just thinking really hard. While I'm not O/C about anything I also wouldn't be suprised if I had obsessive disorder (no compulsive in there). Certain things will really bother me (such as people asking me what time it is, having too much things on my taskbar, too much icons on my desktop, things laying on the ground that look like they shouldn't be there) to the point where I'll become unhappy or angry until a change is made. I used to become insanely pissed if I thought about my breathing and had to control it myself but I've managed to get out of that. Remembering little specks of things like movie quotes and whatnot will also lead me to a long thought process until I figure out what I'm thinking of, and I often won't be content until I figure it out, even if it takes me a week. I've been training my mind to not let these things bother me as much but I can still be affected by it. Somethings though are more minor and really don't affect me too much so I havn't focused on them much. Like Dolemite said earlier I always want my CDs to be perfect in the case, the title going from left to right and sometimes I'll just move stuff because it's current position makes me angry.
I dont think you guys have any disorders. You're just lazy, whiny bitches with bad habits. Exercise some control over your brain sometimes.
OCD effects 1 in 200 adults.
I used to count everything, constantly. I've long outgrown it though.
You know how many people who've told me that are just lazy and in denial?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenshin
I count shit all the time. I follow patterns on rugs, I follow the lines on the roads and look at every dash and weird shit.
If I'm eating something like steak w/ potatos I need a bite of each at the same time, everytime. And if I don't have enough potatos I get more.
If I have something with different flavors in different amounts I'll eat one of each flavor until they are gone, all evenly.
I eat froot loops and stuff with many colors seperate by colors.
I organize stuff too much. I need to have games in order; system alphabetically, then games alphabetically/date of release(on dreamcast stuff I do black labels alphabetically, then white), US then imports. Discs need to be label straight and perfect. The way they are stacked needs to be even and games can't stick out. System connections are connected in order of how much I play them. So PS2/JPS2 are on component selector 1, then Xbox on 2, then GC on 3. DC on s-vid 1, ect.
When I take showers I wash everything in the same order, everytime. Same method.
Sleep in the same position.
Yeah, I have weird ass tendencies.
I was in a serious coversation with my boss, saw a cat looking in the front door of our office, and mid-sentence got distracted and said "Oh! Kitty!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
Now, tell me ADD doesn't exist.