Jay21
I have worked in mental health for over 25 years and know OCD sufferers and suffering very well.
Does it bother you when it is joked about and trivialize?
How OCD are we?
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I have worked in mental health for over 25 years and know OCD sufferers and suffering very well.
Does it bother you when it is joked about and trivialize?
Jay21
Collecting wife bonus parts
I guess it depends on the situation. If it's one of innocent ignorance, I understand the context and it doesn't bother me. Some people don't actually know OCD is medical/mental condition. Some people don't understand that acting out compulsions isn't a choice.
JimmyJoeMeeker
Not sure what you mean “not compulsively repeating certain behaviors”.
OCD is repeating behaviors, wishing the intrusive thoughts will stop making the sufferer repeat.
Old thread I know.
Doing my morning shave routine? OCD as heck.
BigJ
I get that you are joking, having fun and enjoying this thread. Continue to enjoy this thread.
Just know those who really suffer from OCD do not find it fun. They would do anything to make the intrusive thoughts stop so that they can enjoy wet shaving.
Phoenixkh
It sounds like you are enjoying this thread and having fun with this topic. You should. That is what this forum is all about. Continue to do so. Your father was correct.
Just know those with actual OCD do waste inordinate amounts of time, but not by choice. Time is precious to them just like it is to both you and your father.
The intrusive thoughts trigger the repeated compulsions. The illness tells them if they do not repeat the behaviors something bad will happen to their loved ones. Due to this, the behaviors are repeated, “wasting an inordinate amounts of time”. In their minds they are keeping their loved ones safe.
No one wants to waste time if they can help it.
gpjoeThe term has come to be used loosely to describe nearly any meticulous behavior. Count me among the ignorant mass of people who unknowingly may be insulting those truly afflicted. It isn't intentional, though I suppose still hurtful to those who are struggling.
I never judge, and do my best to filter my responses to not offend.
You do you, I'll do me...and we can happily coexist.
Your sensitivity on the debilitating topic is appreciated.
Most who suffer from real OCD do not mind OCD humor as long as it comes from a good place like you and those in this forum.
OCD suffers want others to educate themselves so they really understand what OCD symptoms are, and show respect.
Context matters. This is a shaving forum. Most people, most of the time, distinguish between thoughts and behaviors.
While there may be fields of study or other contexts where more specific definitions are required, I stand by my previous wording. The fact that it made it nine months and seems to have confused only one person is a record I can live with.
That picture just made my day, thank you.
From where I'm standing that seems to be an American thing.
There is a very cool video about a guy that gives people their coffee with the added remark; "I didn't do anything to it."
None of the receivers drinks their coffee, they just look at it in disgust..
JimmyJoeMeeker
I am not confused by your phrase.
My apology if my question seemed offensive or challenging. Not my intention. In the context of the thread, I am just trying to understand what was meant by the phrase. No more no less. I have enjoyed this thread and what was shared.
Fair enough. I meant that real OCD can vary in presentation, and that a person can have it without outward signs like excessive hand washing. The obsessing can be there without visible compulsive behavior.
I don't mean to brag, but I'm rocking a nice little bundle of neuroses. Thankfully none of them are severe enough that I can't laugh at myself (usually), but OCD is one of them.
I'm lucky that my neuroses haven't seemed to hold me back in life completely, but I've got enough personal experience with a handful of them to be able to extrapolate from a first-person perspective what it would be like if they were any worse.
So, while I don't do many things that anybody would notice — like excessive hand washing — I understand on a visceral level why some people do. It makes perfect sense to me.
Thank you for helping me understand the point you were making. You are correct.
Sounds like you are talking about Pure O. I am sure you know this. For those who do not. Pure O stands for 'purely obsessional'. People sometimes use this phrase to describe a type of OCD where they experience distressing intrusive thoughts. But they don't have any external signs of compulsions, such as checking or washing physical things.
Whether with OCD or Pure O, if wet shaving helps with managing symptoms for sufferer’s, good for them.
It is actually CDO. If you spell it the other way, it is not in alphabetical order.
Third time that joke's been made in the thread . . . not that I'm counting.
I think I have a touch of OCD, but I manage it. My part of it is being organized. I do believe it’s hereditary as my mother was completely obsessed with cleaning. She would run the sweeper at 5:00 am almost everyday. We had furniture that we weren’t allowed to sit on, it was just to look at. God forbid that you didn’t hang up your jacket or put your books in the designated spot. We keep our home clean, but would never go to the extreme that I grew up with.
The doors to the house and checking the garage door once leaving home are mine. I have driven around the block more than once to see if I closed the garage door.
