Question about O.C.D.

[ahmonrah]

i have to align canned good a certain way...and towels...and anything that can be arranged.....right after i got outta the navy, i was back here chillin outside my friends condo with a buncha friends and without knowing (fuck!! they noticed!!) i put all of our beer bottles in columns of 3. embarrasing when they pointed that shit out.

[Jaimecbr900]

A lot of good points, but don't yall think that IF you recognize yourself that there is a problem.....shouldn't you be able to work your way thru it?

I'm not trying to be ugly to anyone because Lord knows I have my O.C.D. moments too, but if you come down off the "high" and realize there's a problem, isn't that the hardest part to recovery (recognizing there's a problem)?

I know there are true O.C.D. people, and I also know that sometimes it's probably a true inbalance mentally. But I just don't quite understand the rationale someone goes thru when experiencing this.

It's like smoking.

I was a smoker for many many many years. I wanted to quit, but never made up my mind to. When I did, I'd LET myself fall right back to it. I tried everything; the patch, the gums, the pills, etc. Nothing did it for me permanently. I'd loose my temper once or twice and voila, right back to smoking again. You know what finally got me to quit? I lost a bet with my daughter Jacqueline. I told her that if she made straight A's in school, that I'd quit smoking. I'll be doggone if she didn't. It was literally painful to quit cold turkey, but I did. Haven't smoked in over 2 yrs now, maybe even longer (I can't remember). I still crave them every once in a while, but I haven't touched one since.

Point? Smoking is one of those addictions that is not only psychological but also physiological. It can be overcome thru sheer will. Why can't being O.C.D.? It is more often times less physically distructive than straight up drug addictions. Why can't people curb their own behavoir then?


I'm not trying to belittle anyone suffering from this at all. I have a Goddaughter that her parents swear has A.D.D. I think she's just L.A.Z.Y. I just know from my experience with these types of ailments that people can also often work themselves out of it if they really set their minds to it. Don't you?