OCD Newsletter
Question:
<snip> Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I’ve got it. It’s mixes especially well with my depression for a flavorful cocktail that goes down smoother than a long island iced tea – and no hangover!!! <note extreme sarcasm>
Response:
> Just curious, what is OCD? > remove the SPAM > damnfineS…@mailexcite.com
I 4 also 4 have 4 obsessive 4 compulsive 4 dissorder 4. It’s 4 not 4 so 4 bad 4 except 4 that 4 I 4 have 4 to 4 say 4 or 4 write 4 the 4 number 4 four 4 every 4 word 4 I 4 speak 4 or 4 write 4. It 4 sometimes 4 gets 4 in 4 the 4 way, 4 especially 4 on 4 essays 4 on 4 major 4 class 4 tests. 4 If 4 I 4 don’t 4 do 4 this 4 I 4 get 4 an 4 overwhelming 4 feeling 4 of 4 dire 4 doom. 4 The 4 only 4 way 4 to 4 function 4 without 4 that 4 feeling 4 of 4 dire 4 doom 4, I 4 have 4 to 4 say 4 or 4 write 4 the 4 number 4 four. 4 I 4 also 4 am 4 obsessive 4 about 4 keeping 4 things 4 in 4 a 4 certain 4 order. 4 For 4 example 4, I 4 can 4 only 4 eat 4 things 4 on 4 my 4 plate 4 counter 4 clockwise. 4 If 4 I 4 don’t, 4 I 4 get 4 that 4 dire 4 feeling 4 again. 4 I 4 always 4 keep 4 everything 4 arranged 4 in 4 my 4 room 4 a 4 certain 4 way, 4 so 4 that 4 the 4 dire 4 doom 4 does 4 not 4 come 4 back. 4 I 4 hope 4 this 4 helps 4 you 4 understand 4 what 4 OCD 4 is. 4 If 4 you 4 have 4 a 4 question, 4 I’m 4 no 4 doctor 4, but 4 I’ll 4 help 4 however 4 I 4 can 4. Adam 4 Lynch 4 ALy…@getonthe.net P.S. I really don’t have an obsession with the number 4, it just made for a good example. I do, however, have the obsession with arranging things in order. I hope I have helped! Thankx.
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elps 4 you 4 understand 4 what 4 OCD 4 is. 4 >If 4 you 4 have 4 a 4 question, 4 I’m 4 no 4 doctor 4, but 4 I’ll 4 help 4 >however 4 I 4 can 4. > Adam 4 Lynch 4 > ALy…@getonthe.net >P.S. I really don’t have an obsession with the number 4, it just made for >a good example. I do, however, have the obsession with arranging things in >order. I hope I have helped! Thankx.
Adam "4"…as I read your post…I got irritated…until I realized what you were trying to do. VERY good, My friend. I found myself thinking about how "it" is for kids in school…trying to write something… a composition, for example. Your illustration is quite good……imagine how it would be to a child with some similar obsession…..whether it’s numbers or not..perhaps thoughts…getting "stuck" and trying to explain it to a teacher. KAT in CT
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Damn Fine wrote: > On 31 Aug 1997 04:47:12 GMT, "A. Lynch" <aly…@getonthe.net> wrote: > >> Just curious, what is OCD?
graphic example of obsessive-compulsive disorder snipped > I get it. I think I have a really mild case of this > remove the SPAM > damnfineS…@mailexcite.com
An awful lot of depressives do. I do to a small extent, but my main problem is that I obsess, thinking the same thought over and over, or doing the same repetitive act over and over. That’s one of the signs I use to recognize I’m slipping into a depression, but of coure I don’t always recognize it in time. So if you see me in here every night, posting the same post again and again, you might let me know that I need to do a self-evaluation. 
How many others obsess on a single thought for hours at a time, getting nothing of value done? DC
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>Is that like clicking the radio on/off many times (that type of >thing)?
No thats listening to the cub game…..Ya know off when they start to blow it..on again..and off again…and off and off…….. Oh well we’ll win the world series sometime….. __________________________________________________________________________ I know you’re out there somewhere, somewhere you can hear my voice. I know I’ll find you somehow (MB) Chaim
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A supportive newsletter for persons with OCD, written by persons with OCD, is being developed. The editor is a lifelong OCD sufferer and former OCD Foundation Board Member with 12 years of experience in peer counseling of OCD sufferers. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter when it becomes available, please e-mail your name and mailing address to vor…@wizvax.net. We will e-mail you further information. Thank you.
Response:
A supportive newsletter for persons with OCD, written by persons with OCD, is being developed. The editor is a lifelong OCD sufferer and former OCD Foundation Board Member with 12 years of experience in peer counseling of OCD sufferers. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter when it becomes available, please email your name and mailing address to vor…@wizvax.net.
Response:
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:08:21 -0400, OCD Helpline <vor…@wizvax.net> wrote: >A supportive newsletter for persons with OCD, written by persons with >OCD, is being developed. The editor is a lifelong OCD sufferer and >former OCD Foundation Board Member with 12 years of experience in peer >counseling of OCD sufferers. If you are interested in receiving this >newsletter when it becomes available, please email your name and mailing >address to vor…@wizvax.net.
I’ll be surprised if it ever makes it through the ‘proof reading’ phase. Neeva
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I have suffered from OCD most of my life. I was diagnosed with OCD and anxiety disorder about 10 years ago. Despite being on Prozac and Klonopin, I still feel that I am going to die. I get extremely anxious to a point of an inability to funcation. I will get short of breath, my head will throb. Does anyone else feel this way? I am getting extremely concerned.
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In article <33ED0121.50902…@earthlink.net> li…@earthlink.net "Anthony Linsk" writes: > I have suffered from OCD most of my life. I was diagnosed with OCD and > anxiety disorder about 10 years ago. Despite being on Prozac and > Klonopin, I still feel that I am going to die. I get extremely anxious > to a point of an inability to funcation. I will get short of breath, my > head will throb. Does anyone else feel this way? I am getting > extremely concerned.
Hi, Anthony – this sounds like *classic* anxity/panic, to me. Obviously, your medication isn’t working properly, so it sounds like it’s time to pop back to your doctor and ask for a modified treatment regime. I *hate* saying this, as it flies in the face of how we feel when this happens, but your symptoms *are* common and *not* dangerous. Please do go and get more help – it can certainly be brought under control Good luck! — Gary Cooper
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The symptoms are dangerous in one sense. If everything one does is painful because of extreme agitation, then why bother to do anything – even if the pain is not dangerous . And if you don’t want to do anything, that is dangerous. It’s called avoidance and it grows.Coo…@wordshop.demon.co.uk (Gary Cooper) wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->In article <33ED0121.50902…@earthlink.net> > li…@earthlink.net "Anthony Linsk" writes: >> I have suffered from OCD most of my life. I was diagnosed with OCD and >> anxiety disorder about 10 years ago. Despite being on Prozac and >> Klonopin, I still feel that I am going to die. I get extremely anxious >> to a point of an inability to funcation. I will get short of breath, my >> head will throb. Does anyone else feel this way? I am getting >> extremely concerned. >Hi, Anthony – this sounds like *classic* anxity/panic, to me. >Obviously, your medication isn’t working properly, so it >sounds like it’s time to pop back to your doctor and >ask for a modified treatment regime. >I *hate* saying this, as it flies in the face of how we >feel when this happens, but your symptoms *are* common >and *not* dangerous. Please do go and get more help >- it can certainly be brought under control >Good luck! >– >Gary Cooper
mike
