I know a lot of people who proclaim to be "OCD". That is...of course, obsessive compulsive disorder. In my personal opinion(because I am so qualified to diagnose you and all), the real condition of obsessive compulsive disorder stretches far beyond detailed lists, tidy houses, and arranging your DVD collection by genre. By definition, OCD causes a person great anxiety and distress and interferes with everyday life. So I really do not think that most people I know who claim to be OCD are actually suffering from the disorder. Yes, I dare to say that your DVD collection is not interfering with your ability to work a job or be a productive and responsible citizen. So, to 90% of you, no, I do not think that you have OCD. And neither do I. OCD is a nice little excuse for just being picky in most respects. We are all picky about one thing or another. It's called picky, and it's not an affliction, or a disorder and it doesn't require medication or even a label. It's just human nature. I honestly don't know what inspired me to explain my feelings of frustration by everyone's misuse of the term "OCD" but I did it to lead into my personal pickiness and to make sure everyone else knew that I do not have "OCD" or anything of the like. And to possibly call out a lot of people who say that they do suffer from OCD because they have to clean their house in a certain order. Get over yourself, you are fine. People who actually do have OCD don't shout it from the roof tops(or from their facebook status every chance they get). Now, onto ME, because I like talking about me....
I like my weekday, day time routine. I don't care much how crazy or hectic our weekends or evenings are, but from 8-5 on Monday-Thursday, I like to know that I will get up, get my kid and hubs off and at 12:00 we'll have lunch and at 12:45, Liam will lay down for a nap. At 3:00, we will go get Cate from school, at 4:30, we will start picking up the house and at 5:00 we will start cooking supper. At 5:45, the boss will arrive home from work. After that, I don't much care what goes on. I can roll with any punches. But 4 days a week of a set schedule in which I know from hour to hour what to expect is what keeps me sane. I don't know why. It just does(how does a posi track rear end on a plymouth work? It just does). I take comfort in the fact that 4 days a week, from 8-5, I know what is going to happen.
I just do.
So take Spring Break 2011 for example. I have been a bundle of nerves. I have not known from one day to the next what is going to be going on. And it's about to drive me insane. I can't tell if it's just normal weirdo April, or the cycle day that I am on, but I am just about to flip out and go into hibernation mode until Monday of next week when I KNOW what is going to happen!
So...I'm going to go scrub something and act like none of this is bothering me because at least pretending that I am not annoying is something that I can always expect. Ciao!
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I think a lot of people who claim to have OCD and scream it from the rooftops really just have a high need for control (and I am one of those- the need for control, not the scream OCD from the rooftops, that is). It's easier to blame it on a disorder than feeling out of control, isn't it?
When people feel that they have little control of their lives, they do small things that they believe will get them more control (cleaning, organizing, etc.). The world may be crashing around someone, but darn it, the world will end with the person having a clean house.
Likewise, back to organizing and cleaning the things I CAN control!
Enjoy spring break!
Possibly Beth, but I personally believe the vast majority of folks who do scream it from the rooftops are not so much looking for control as they are looking for attention. Yes it is easier to blame a disorder for their lack of control, for some people who are a little odd about giving control to others. That's a disorder all in it's own, which I will not talk about here and now because I am sure a few people would take offense to my stance on that....But I will just say now that I find it strange that folks who are so afraid to give up control to anyone or anything give up their own impulses and thoughts to a phobia without hesitation and let that "disorder" and often times"self diagnosis" have control over their life rather than taking control themselves. Isn't that weird? The human mind is just not right....
Yes, definitely attention-seeking too. In my experience, many of the personality disorders go hand-in-hand. It's so hard to deal with those toxic people when you're related to them or when you work with them because you cannot get away from the toxicity.
When they present their latest drama (and there always is one), I just want to say, "What is it NOW?!" Unfortunately, family dynamics and/or the workplace is not the place to show your true feelings. That's why we must blog.
hahaha, exactly my friend! "What is it NOW?" LoL. I shouldn't laugh, because whether they are really unwell or maybe just attention seekers...it's still sad and worthy of pity. It's sad all the same. Still, I want to grab some people by the shoulders, and shake them violently while shouting "You are not sick! You are just lazy and/or starved for attention and your desperate pleas for attention and sympathy are doing nothing but encouraging people to run as fast as they can away from you...you big attention whore whiney turd!" That may not be the most christian point of view on it all but hey...that's what confession is for, right? Yeah...
:)
Sometimes I feel sorry for them. Sometimes I get angry at them. Most of the time it's pure frustration.
When you don't feed it with attention, they tend to turn to other people who will placate them with the attention.
I organize my DVDs alphabetically. :)
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