Posted by Dinah on October 29, 2012, at 19:41:37
In reply to Re: Doctors are too free with norepinephrine » Dinah, posted by phidippus on October 29, 2012, at 14:30:36
Oh yes. My OCD is pretty standard, without many compulsions. Sometimes I do try to be careful when I do something to sort of anchor it in time so that I don't need to check and double check. I might check to see what I'm wearing when I lock the door so that I remember I locked the door today rather than some locking moment from the past. But as compulsions go, it isn't bad.
When I'm under stress, it acts up. I'll wonder how I can be sure I didn't run over someone, or make some outrageous error at work. There may be a wee bit of scrupulosity. It's harder to get things done at those times because finishing work is very anxiety provoking.
But it's pretty well in hand, and those times it does flare up, I try to keep a sense of humor.
I am definitely diagnosed with it, but I don't really consider it the root of my difficulties. I sometimes even wonder if my brain tries to distract me from my real concerns by focusing on something too foolish to be possible. I think the underlying problem is my very poor reaction to stress.
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