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Welcome Mary…seems to me that you are managing life more than okay..with three sons and grandchildren. I can barely take care of my two goldfishies Take care and wecome to the group. LN
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Welcome to the group! I’m Rachel and I’m fourteen. If you need any advice on your grandson, you can ask me. I started showing OCD symptoms when I was a baby. Hard to believe, huh? Rachel
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Welcome to the group! As you can see, we have lots of Marys here, so you should feel right at home! 
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -"Mary E. McCray" wrote: > I was diagnosed about 10 yrs. ago with ocd, although I think I’ve had it all > my life. I’m 64 yrs old, have 3 sons, one of whom is also oc (or at least > acknowledges it) and another who may well be, and 1 grandson, now nearly 7 > yrs old. Sometimes he seems to do stuff compulsively, but it’s hard to tell > whether it’s his normal development or mild oc-ness. My oc is > Responsibility OC, and I’m on 80 mg. prozac, down from 100. Most of the > time I manage life okay, but recently have been having a "spike" of activity > where there’s this deep sense of shame that just wants to pull me down, the > feeling that I ought to apologize to the world for taking up space on it. > Nothing real specific, just stinkin’ thinkin’. > I live in California, USA in a mountainous area of pines and oaks, outside a > town of 800 population. > Grandma Mary
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Welcome Mary, I am certainly glad to see such a "survivor" Join our little group. As difficult as this disorder is in these "enlightened" (ha!) times, you are certainly a survivor to have raised a family when you did, and still be here to tell us all about it! You go girl! Take care, Mynx :O) On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 16:42:01 -0700, "Mary E. McCray" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<mccra…@pop.sisqtel.net> wrote: >I was diagnosed about 10 yrs. ago with ocd, although I think I’ve had it all >my life. I’m 64 yrs old, have 3 sons, one of whom is also oc (or at least >acknowledges it) and another who may well be, and 1 grandson, now nearly 7 >yrs old. Sometimes he seems to do stuff compulsively, but it’s hard to tell >whether it’s his normal development or mild oc-ness. My oc is >Responsibility OC, and I’m on 80 mg. prozac, down from 100. Most of the >time I manage life okay, but recently have been having a "spike" of activity >where there’s this deep sense of shame that just wants to pull me down, the >feeling that I ought to apologize to the world for taking up space on it. >Nothing real specific, just stinkin’ thinkin’. >I live in California, USA in a mountainous area of pines and oaks, outside a >town of 800 population. >Grandma Mary
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Welcome, Grandma Mary! Sounds like a very beautiful place you live in! I dated a "McCray" once…..almost was a Mary McCray, too. :) Mary – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I was diagnosed about 10 yrs. ago with ocd, although I think I’ve had it all >my life. I’m 64 yrs old, have 3 sons, one of whom is also oc (or at least >acknowledges it) and another who may well be, and 1 grandson, now nearly 7 >yrs old. Sometimes he seems to do stuff compulsively, but it’s hard to tell >whether it’s his normal development or mild oc-ness. My oc is >Responsibility OC, and I’m on 80 mg. prozac, down from 100. Most of the >time I manage life okay, but recently have been having a "spike" of activity >where there’s this deep sense of shame that just wants to pull me down, the >feeling that I ought to apologize to the world for taking up space on it. >Nothing real specific, just stinkin’ thinkin’. >I live in California, USA in a mountainous area of pines and oaks, outside a >town of 800 population. >Grandma Mary
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Mary E. McCray wrote: >I was diagnosed about 10 yrs. ago with ocd, although I think I’ve had it all >my life. I’m 64 yrs old, have 3 sons, one of whom is also oc (or at least >acknowledges it) and another who may well be, and 1 grandson, now nearly 7 >yrs old. Sometimes he seems to do stuff compulsively, but it’s hard to tell >whether it’s his normal development or mild oc-ness. My oc is >Responsibility OC, and I’m on 80 mg. prozac, down from 100. Most of the >time I manage life okay, but recently have been having a "spike" of activity >where there’s this deep sense of shame that just wants to pull me down, the >feeling that I ought to apologize to the world for taking up space on it. >Nothing real specific, just stinkin’ thinkin’.
Hi Mary, Thanks for joining in and welcome to the newsgroup! Without you your 3 sons and grandson wouldn’t exist. That gives you the right to take up all the space in the world that you need. Be proud of yourself and tell your OCD to take a running jump. I bet your little grandson doesn’t think that you’re taking up space in the world that you don’t deserve! Kind regards, Steve
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Mary E. McCray <mccra…@pop.sisqtel.net> wrote in message news:7tgmqd$7r4@enews1.newsguy.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I was diagnosed about 10 yrs. ago with ocd, although I think I’ve had it all > my life. I’m 64 yrs old, have 3 sons, one of whom is also oc (or at least > acknowledges it) and another who may well be, and 1 grandson, now nearly 7 > yrs old. Sometimes he seems to do stuff compulsively, but it’s hard to tell > whether it’s his normal development or mild oc-ness. My oc is > Responsibility OC, and I’m on 80 mg. prozac, down from 100. Most of the > time I manage life okay, but recently have been having a "spike" of activity > where there’s this deep sense of shame that just wants to pull me down, the > feeling that I ought to apologize to the world for taking up space on it. > Nothing real specific, just stinkin’ thinkin’. > I live in California, USA in a mountainous area of pines and oaks, outside a > town of 800 population.
Welcome, Grandma Mary from California! I, like you, see OCD running in my family…specifically, the maternal side of mine. So, I know what it’s like to interact with a group of OCDers whom you also love. I hope your "spike" will go down soon and that the feelings of shame will lift. Again, welcome! Cate
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I was diagnosed about 10 yrs. ago with ocd, although I think I’ve had it all my life. I’m 64 yrs old, have 3 sons, one of whom is also oc (or at least acknowledges it) and another who may well be, and 1 grandson, now nearly 7 yrs old. Sometimes he seems to do stuff compulsively, but it’s hard to tell whether it’s his normal development or mild oc-ness. My oc is Responsibility OC, and I’m on 80 mg. prozac, down from 100. Most of the time I manage life okay, but recently have been having a "spike" of activity where there’s this deep sense of shame that just wants to pull me down, the feeling that I ought to apologize to the world for taking up space on it. Nothing real specific, just stinkin’ thinkin’. I live in California, USA in a mountainous area of pines and oaks, outside a town of 800 population. Grandma Mary
