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Post by joymarty on Dec 28, 2019 21:29:42 GMT -5
Being an older soul here I never heard this term until maybe 30 yrs ago or so. Thinking back, I had an aunt who was always cleaning her house, always, you could eat off the floor. So this was probably her disorder...She had no outlets, she was always cleaning..
My mom was clean and tidy but not compulsive. One could come into her house and put their legs up and lay down on the couch or put their feet on the coffee table. I'm like her.
My daughter is more OCD but she talks about how she is changing...learning to "let go" more. And says the HGH is helping change her a lot too.
My good friend who helps me a lot is pretty OCD and I call her on it, but not too hard as she's heard this from enough people I'm sure. She and I were just talking, her houseguest just left and during some of their conversations the friend said "you need to get on some meds for the OCD".... Somehow I don't believe one has to get on meds, one needs to work on this issue and without drugging themselves. Today, it's a drug for everything, it seems. Big pharma doing their thing.
In the whole scheme of our lives, so little is so critical and we can work our minds and change.
Anyone relate?
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Post by tnthomas on Dec 28, 2019 22:48:35 GMT -5
I am a bit OCD, nowhere near the level of being "clinically"...but. So HGH helps? I should make a vow for New Year's to fast a couple times a week for HGH boost. I bought some melatonin for HGH increase, just need to make a habit of taking it.
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Post by joymarty on Dec 28, 2019 22:54:54 GMT -5
I am a bit OCD, nowhere near the level of being "clinically"...but. So HGH helps? I should make a vow for New Year's to fast a couple times a week for HGH boost. I bought some melatonin for HGH increase, just need to make a habit of taking it. We're taking an HGH that contains Somatropin in homeopathic form. HGH for the most part reverses damage and can change negative habits.
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Post by nkat on Dec 29, 2019 14:19:05 GMT -5
I thought everybody had a little OCD in them.
Nkat
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Post by joymarty on Dec 29, 2019 14:29:01 GMT -5
I thought everybody had a little OCD in them. Nkat I never heard that but could be, but there are a lot of slobs out there too. I have spent times in the AA rooms and some of the offshoots of AA and so many good mottos from that world and this is one of my favorites; Progress Not Perfection
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Post by tnthomas on Dec 29, 2019 15:32:04 GMT -5
I thought everybody had a little OCD in them. Nkat I'm sure that's true. When I refer to myself as being "OCD" about certain things, I know it's mostly anxiety over situations more so than being completely driven by demons from Hell.
...mostly.
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Post by louie on Dec 30, 2019 8:18:12 GMT -5
True OCD is not like it is described here. It is a neurological disorder. Not trying to be contentious at all. I usually say I am a bit OCD about not having a cluttered house. Then I look around and it is obvious that I need to pick up so... Or I look at my kitchen counter and it upsets me because I left clutter on it. However OCD is much deeper than that. Obsessions are persistent, uncontrollable thoughts, impulses, or images that are intrusive, unwanted and disturbing. They cause anxiety or discomfort that significantly interferes with normal life. A person who doesn’t have OCD is able to filter out recurring thoughts about germs, for example. But people with OCD who are obsessed with germs can’t stop thinking about being contaminated and may even avoid going into public places. From: Facts about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder My husband has been diagnosed with this disorder but with a very mild compared with some others. His is locking and re locking all doors as soon as it gets dark. All 2 doors. It is one behavior that eases the anxiety he has about going to sleep. It isn't as bad now as it was pre stroke .
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Post by joymarty on Dec 30, 2019 13:31:20 GMT -5
Oh about checking the door locks, I'm good at keeping door locked all day...I live on ground floor of apt complex and anyone can walk about and try to break in...living in my apt over 25 yrs this has not happened, but there are a lot of desperate people out there, more than ever I believe. And I live alone....and have worked to NOT worry about my safety.
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Post by helen on Dec 30, 2019 13:51:34 GMT -5
There is a fine line between neat and careful and normal OCD. I think it is a fluid line we all have that floats about as we age and it's about where are priorities are at the moment.
Of course, clinical OCD is another thing entirely. Obsessive Clinical OCD must be nerve wracking to all affected.
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Post by joymarty on Dec 30, 2019 14:40:56 GMT -5
It's hard to walk in other's shoes and my friend who is a dear but quite OCD and as I said above a houseguest she just had at her house told her she "needs meds for the OCD"...guess I don't get that. I can change my behavior and let things go but she cannot,,,she's often cleaning her house at 8PM .... she's retired and her house takes up time and I have no house to keep up, but have a clean/neat small apt.
A thing she's bugged me about is how can I live without any TV and she kept on me to get just basic antenna tv and just tell her I live very well without it...
Another is the fact that I don't have a "pill splitter"... I break off my thyroid tab with my teeth and I'm just fine with that way ... I don't need a splitter in my life. But she thinks I do. I tell her the bite does not have to be precise...if I get a little more or less thyroid med, it's OK, our bodies are so complex that it does not make a big difference...
So in many ways I'm pretty laid back..but get what needs to be done.
Talk about brain wiring...and I believe we learn so much from our first teachers, our mom/dad, and the rest we choose and what goes on in the brain.
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Post by tnthomas on Dec 30, 2019 16:08:23 GMT -5
I break off my thyroid tab with my teeth and I'm just fine with that way ... I broke a tooth biting off stuff, had to get a crown.
Now I don't bite anything off if it's more rigid than a hard boiled egg.
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Post by joymarty on Dec 30, 2019 16:55:06 GMT -5
I break off my thyroid tab with my teeth and I'm just fine with that way ... I broke a tooth biting off stuff, had to get a crown.
Now I don't bite anything off if it's more rigid than a hard boiled egg. My little tablet has a score and I aim for it...I'm careful and all is good for me. Many yrs ago I broke a bridge on rocky road ice cream...don't buy it anymore and hardly any ice cream period.
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Post by good4nothin on Dec 31, 2019 12:58:09 GMT -5
Being an older soul here I never heard this term until maybe 30 yrs ago or so. Thinking back, I had an aunt who was always cleaning her house, always, you could eat off the floor. So this was probably her disorder...She had no outlets, she was always cleaning.. My mom was clean and tidy but not compulsive. One could come into her house and put their legs up and lay down on the couch or put their feet on the coffee table. I'm like her. My daughter is more OCD but she talks about how she is changing...learning to "let go" more. And says the HGH is helping change her a lot too. My good friend who helps me a lot is pretty OCD and I call her on it, but not too hard as she's heard this from enough people I'm sure. She and I were just talking, her houseguest just left and during some of their conversations the friend said "you need to get on some meds for the OCD".... Somehow I don't believe one has to get on meds, one needs to work on this issue and without drugging themselves. Today, it's a drug for everything, it seems. Big pharma doing their thing. In the whole scheme of our lives, so little is so critical and we can work our minds and change. Anyone relate? My mother had OCD. She was obsessive about keeping the house clean, and she also had other symptoms. I have a tendency to be obsessive, but that can be good. I also get some OCD symptoms, but not all the time. I notice it's more likely when my spine is out of alignment -- my spine has turned out to be central in all my health problems. I correct my spine with yoga, and that minimizes the OCD symptoms (things like counting my steps, and other tiring nonsense). I also have mental control over the symptoms -- I can tell myself to just stop it, and very often that is enough. It never occurred to me to get drugs for OCD. My mother was on the drugs, but she knew nothing about holistic health or yoga. Also, her OCD had become severe, and mine has only been slight. Being obsessive is good for certain kinds of work and hobbies. I am glad I am so detail-oriented and patient with the things I work on. I am extremely self-disciplined, which is important for taking care of your health and remembering to exercise every day. OCD, on the other hand, drains your energy and wastes your time. I have learned to control it and I would never take the drugs.
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Post by joymarty on Jan 1, 2020 14:04:45 GMT -5
Neat, and good order is necessary but obsessive actions, not what I strive for.
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Post by 2old on Jan 1, 2020 18:38:52 GMT -5
Our middle girl grew up with an EXTREME OCD. Everything had to be planned out and happen just so. When she married, everything in her pantry had to be alphabetized. You better not have a can of vegetable soup to the left of a can of tomato soup!! Silverware in a drawer had to be perfectly stacked. Not one fork or spoon out of line. It was an illness that affected her from very early in life. Once three kids shared the home and her work became more and more demanding, the OCD began to wane. Today, she still wants things orderly but nowhere near OCD. They have three dogs and two cats in the house... along with two teenage boys still at home. No time for OCD anymore.
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