Worried about authorities
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>Matt Wells <matt…@yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:3a994e13.220859921@news.sprint.ca… >> I tried taking Luvox for awhile but didn’t like the way it made me feel. I’ve felt >> much better after I stopped using it.
How exactly did it make you feel? Did you or your doctor take you off of the med? Was it side effects? Did the med just ‘not work’? >> Anyway, my number one worry all the time is that I will inadvertently >> break some kind of law and will get arrested
This is nothing more than classic OCD. When the OCD starts to manifest, oftentimes a worry (aka obssession part of OCD) will be about something that is very uncharacteristic of ourselves. We know that the behavior we are worrying about doing or not doing does not coincide with what we know to be our true selves. This is the OCD playing its horrible tricks nothing more. It would be good to still monitor yourself in case the obession (the worry) begins to warrant compulsions. Take note of how you react to your worries, tell your wife and your doctor about them (are you keeping records?) >> separating me from my wife (I didn’t worry about this before I met her, which probably is >> significant).
Sounds like you’re worried about losing your wife- which is a common worry, but the OCD has blown it out of proportion/exaggerated it. I’m not saying that you should completely drop the feeling cuz it’s natural to care about those we love, *but when it becomes excessive, intrusive, and crippling then it’s the OCD.* >> Just recently I was all worked up because my employers spelled my name slightly wrong >> (Mathew as opposed to Matthew) on my T-4! (That’s a W-2 for Americans I think, >> the payroll form used for income tax). I know that it’s silly, but I get these thoughts that >> the tax office will think that I’m trying to fraud them, and come arrest me.
I have to smile a little on this for I too have an unusual first-name spelling. Pet peeve stuff, mostly it’s no biggie. After all it’s just one little "T", but then again you know that. 
The OCD has blown this out of proportion again. If it makes you feel better, talk to the guy who handles the payroll and ask him to change the spelling to the correct one. If he gets bent out of shape then it’s his problem. Whether it gets changed or not, the Gestapo will *NOT* come to get you! Don’t feel silly: part of it (the pet peeve side of it) is something many of us deal with anyway, but the bit about the cops is the OCD. *If it helps*, after talking with personnel about it, write it down on a piece of paper that you indeed had the conversation and then write "NO BIG DEAL" underneath. Keep it in a location that’s visible to you, but not so obvious to your co-workers if you are senitive to that. >> Anybody else have problems similar to this?
ABSOLUTELY! Most OCD sufferers have excessive and UNREALISTIC worries. It’s part of the ‘Obession’ in Obessive-Compulsive Disorder. I too get these sorts of worries. Sometimes the worries/obessions are out of the blue in terms of their subject matter and sometimes they are legitimate concerns that get exagerated by the OCD. Bottom Line: You’re not alone, and it’s just the OCD. -Heron I’m not a doctor, just a fellow patient. HTHY!
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For your first offence you probably wouldn’t get jail time anyway, just probation. You wouldn’t be seperated from your wife after committing your first offence. – Thrasher Matt Wells <matt…@yahoo.com> wrote in article <3a994e13.220859…@news.sprint.ca>… | Hi everyone, | | This is my first posting to this board. I am a 23-year old OCD | sufferer, and I’ve probably had it most of my life. I tried taking | Luvox for awhile but didn’t like the way it made me feel. I’ve felt | much better after I stopped using it. | | Anyway, my number one worry all the time is that I will inadvertently | break some kind of law and will get arrested, separating me from my | wife (I didn’t worry about this before I met her, which probably is | significant). Just recently I was all worked up because my employers | spelled my name slightly wrong (Mathew as opposed to Matthew) on my | T-4! (That’s a W-2 for Americans I think, the payroll form used for | income tax). I know that it’s silly, but I get these thoughts that | the tax office will think that I’m trying to fraud them, and come | arrest me. It sounds so silly as I write it down, yet as I do it | worries me further. I had a similar problem on one of my credit | cards, and had the same worries. | | Just the thought of me in jail is too much for me to bear. I think it | turns me into too much of a boy scout, always worrying about doing | exactly the right thing (not that I want to rob banks or anything, but | I make sure that I’m always on time for work, I don’t talk out of line | to anybody, stuff like that). | | Anybody else have problems similar to this? | | Matt | |
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Matt, How long did you take LUVOX? Did you give your body time to get acclimated to the drug? It is a great drug. Matt Wells <matt…@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3a994e13.220859921@news.sprint.ca… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi everyone, > This is my first posting to this board. I am a 23-year old OCD > sufferer, and I’ve probably had it most of my life. I tried taking > Luvox for awhile but didn’t like the way it made me feel. I’ve felt > much better after I stopped using it. > Anyway, my number one worry all the time is that I will inadvertently > break some kind of law and will get arrested, separating me from my > wife (I didn’t worry about this before I met her, which probably is > significant). Just recently I was all worked up because my employers > spelled my name slightly wrong (Mathew as opposed to Matthew) on my > T-4! (That’s a W-2 for Americans I think, the payroll form used for > income tax). I know that it’s silly, but I get these thoughts that > the tax office will think that I’m trying to fraud them, and come > arrest me. It sounds so silly as I write it down, yet as I do it > worries me further. I had a similar problem on one of my credit > cards, and had the same worries. > Just the thought of me in jail is too much for me to bear. I think it > turns me into too much of a boy scout, always worrying about doing > exactly the right thing (not that I want to rob banks or anything, but > I make sure that I’m always on time for work, I don’t talk out of line > to anybody, stuff like that). > Anybody else have problems similar to this? > Matt
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Ha! Everytime I drive past a cop I do a quick check of what I’m doing wrong! Normally, if I am, the kind officer takes the time to tell me 
( I was returning from a gig tonight, I rode with the bass player. We passed a cop, and we started to talk about getting pulled over. Well, guess what? She gets pulled over! (License plate light was out – just a warning.) "Matt Wells" <matt…@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3a994e13.220859921@news.sprint.ca… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi everyone, > This is my first posting to this board. I am a 23-year old OCD > sufferer, and I’ve probably had it most of my life. I tried taking > Luvox for awhile but didn’t like the way it made me feel. I’ve felt > much better after I stopped using it. > Anyway, my number one worry all the time is that I will inadvertently > break some kind of law and will get arrested, separating me from my > wife (I didn’t worry about this before I met her, which probably is > significant). Just recently I was all worked up because my employers > spelled my name slightly wrong (Mathew as opposed to Matthew) on my > T-4! (That’s a W-2 for Americans I think, the payroll form used for > income tax). I know that it’s silly, but I get these thoughts that > the tax office will think that I’m trying to fraud them, and come > arrest me. It sounds so silly as I write it down, yet as I do it > worries me further. I had a similar problem on one of my credit > cards, and had the same worries. > Just the thought of me in jail is too much for me to bear. I think it > turns me into too much of a boy scout, always worrying about doing > exactly the right thing (not that I want to rob banks or anything, but > I make sure that I’m always on time for work, I don’t talk out of line > to anybody, stuff like that). > Anybody else have problems similar to this? > Matt
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I don’t worry about being thrown in jail so much, but I do worry about things like income tax and not breaking the law. I think I would be slightly upset if they spelled my name wrong, although I assume they have some other sort of way to identify you on the form. (we have social security numbers) I also try to be on time and it really makes me upset when other coworkers routinely stroll in 15 minutes or a half hour late and don’t mark their lateness down on their time sheets. I almost wish we had time clocks so that the cheaters would not be able to get away with it anymore. I tell my boss but she never does anything about it. Lately, I have been coming in 5 or 10 minutes late because I am tired of always being the first one in and getting stuck doing all the work but I don’t like playing this game. Just my luck, I will be the one who gets caught. I really like to be a good employee. I used to be like you and not start any trouble, but after about 7 or so years there, I started to develop a mouth on me. Now I’ve been there 17 years and I’m tired of getting shit on. If you don’t stick up for yourself, no one else will. Ida "Matt Wells" <matt…@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3a994e13.220859921@news.sprint.ca… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi everyone, > This is my first posting to this board. I am a 23-year old OCD > sufferer, and I’ve probably had it most of my life. I tried taking > Luvox for awhile but didn’t like the way it made me feel. I’ve felt > much better after I stopped using it. > Anyway, my number one worry all the time is that I will inadvertently > break some kind of law and will get arrested, separating me from my > wife (I didn’t worry about this before I met her, which probably is > significant). Just recently I was all worked up because my employers > spelled my name slightly wrong (Mathew as opposed to Matthew) on my > T-4! (That’s a W-2 for Americans I think, the payroll form used for > income tax). I know that it’s silly, but I get these thoughts that > the tax office will think that I’m trying to fraud them, and come > arrest me. It sounds so silly as I write it down, yet as I do it > worries me further. I had a similar problem on one of my credit > cards, and had the same worries. > Just the thought of me in jail is too much for me to bear. I think it > turns me into too much of a boy scout, always worrying about doing > exactly the right thing (not that I want to rob banks or anything, but > I make sure that I’m always on time for work, I don’t talk out of line > to anybody, stuff like that). > Anybody else have problems similar to this? > Matt
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Hi everyone, This is my first posting to this board. I am a 23-year old OCD sufferer, and I’ve probably had it most of my life. I tried taking Luvox for awhile but didn’t like the way it made me feel. I’ve felt much better after I stopped using it. Anyway, my number one worry all the time is that I will inadvertently break some kind of law and will get arrested, separating me from my wife (I didn’t worry about this before I met her, which probably is significant). Just recently I was all worked up because my employers spelled my name slightly wrong (Mathew as opposed to Matthew) on my T-4! (That’s a W-2 for Americans I think, the payroll form used for income tax). I know that it’s silly, but I get these thoughts that the tax office will think that I’m trying to fraud them, and come arrest me. It sounds so silly as I write it down, yet as I do it worries me further. I had a similar problem on one of my credit cards, and had the same worries. Just the thought of me in jail is too much for me to bear. I think it turns me into too much of a boy scout, always worrying about doing exactly the right thing (not that I want to rob banks or anything, but I make sure that I’m always on time for work, I don’t talk out of line to anybody, stuff like that). Anybody else have problems similar to this? Matt
