As a studying psychologist I concur. More and more people are calming and romanticising the notion of mental illness. It's not funny, or cute, nor is it quirky.
As someone with OCD, I can tell you it's not fun and "cute" it sucks, sometimes I can't sleep at night because my mind will keep on telling me the sink is on or the fridge is open and I have to get out of bed millions of times to convince myself that I'm fine so long rant short yeah not a joking manner
HOLY SHIT THANK YOU. I've been saying this shit for YEARS, and people still do this crap.
On that note, THE TERM YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU SAY OCD IS "THE COMPLETION PRINCIPLE". It's not OCD, it's what people THINK OCD is. It is the innate need in humans to complete tasks, examples being the need to complete a level of a video game before stopping, or the need to line your pencils up.
This has been a Public Service Announcement from your local living entity of salt.
FUCKING PREACH. I once went a week at school where I tried to count how many times someone said something like'I know I'm so OCD [insert stupid fake reason]' I got over 30 by the end of it. As someone with OCD it's just stupid
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· 7 years ago
This is so important. And like the title says, it goes for other illnesses as well. It's such an insult to those of us who actually deal with these things. It's cool to accept us and help us, it's not cool to pretend to be part of a crowd or get attention.
There is, but what people stereotypically think of as OCD isn't OCD. OCD can range from things having to be clean to everything must be a multiple of four (my personal side-effect). And the "penalties" for things not being the way the OCD person needs them to be can range from just being slightly upset to full blown anxiety attacks. So yes, there's a spectrum. Most people aren't on it however.
(Now the Autism spectrum, that's a whole other story...)
I had to do EVERYTHING with both sides of my body (things like scratching my head or picking up a pencil). Luckily I have managed to overcome this but I used to have panic attacks and get extremely stressed when ever I didn't.
Certain things give me different reactions like I will just feel disgusted with myself and refuse to touch my person if I don't wash my hands 3 times (one of my numbers) but if you told me to go clean up after the dog I'm going to have a full blown panic attack (I fainted once)
If i fail to do something in multiples of either 4 or 7 it will be constantly on the back of my mind that it was done incorrectly until i do the same thing or something very similar correctly. one of the best examples of this was when i was running slightly late (also something that sticks) and i got rushed into the building by my friend before i could check the door was really locked by pulling the door handle 4 times on both doors.
My numbers are 3,7,13,21 and there are a few others that won't set anything off. But I have to have everything in those numbers. My mom doesn't get it so I have to do it all behind her back and it's so hard to vacuum a room 3 times without someone noticing haha
have you tried vacuuming every spot three times in a row before going to the net one. you never know what things work for it without trying them. I've found that i can just hit the enter button on the tv remote 4 times after changing the channel instead of going through the whole channel number thing 4 times.
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· 7 years ago
I don't have OCD but the numbers 3 7 13 and 21 are pretty common numbers so it sounds like it could be worse. Still sounds annoying as heck though.
I always need to make things fair. I have to step on all the tiles, with the he same expression on my face so they all had the equal chance at whatever. It nags me if I didn't step on a particular tile. Sometimes I trip on stair and will not rest until I have tripped on all of the stairs. Sometimes it makes me late to class. There's more, but I'm not gonna write a novel.
Preeeeaaacchhh !!!!!
As a human clinically diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety, it bothers me so much when people self diagnose themselves with depression just because they are feeling sad or have teen angst.
Ive made a rant about this on another site im too lazy to type it all up
I can't start my day without turning the sink on then off. Left handle on then off right handle on then off 8 times. Have to count 8 steps from my bathroom to my closet 8 times.
I kinda think people need to chill on this one, honestly. There's a difference between actual OCD and the kind of "OCD" that everyone says they have. As long as we understand the difference, it's all in good fun.
Like the way Rhett and Link handled it with their epic "My OCD" song. Just let people have their fun without crying foul just because it's not totally PC.
Not OCD but adhd and autism. People who claim to have these things can be annoying when it's actually a big problem in my life.
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I've been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety by a professional, not ocd, however I have family members who have been diagnosed with ocd if that counts. The title mentioned other mental illnesses, and some commenters have talked about those.
On that note, THE TERM YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU SAY OCD IS "THE COMPLETION PRINCIPLE". It's not OCD, it's what people THINK OCD is. It is the innate need in humans to complete tasks, examples being the need to complete a level of a video game before stopping, or the need to line your pencils up.
This has been a Public Service Announcement from your local living entity of salt.
(Now the Autism spectrum, that's a whole other story...)
As a human clinically diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety, it bothers me so much when people self diagnose themselves with depression just because they are feeling sad or have teen angst.
Ive made a rant about this on another site im too lazy to type it all up
Like the way Rhett and Link handled it with their epic "My OCD" song. Just let people have their fun without crying foul just because it's not totally PC.