Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on April 21, 2009, at 13:17:07
In reply to Re: PERMANENT DAMAGE » mattdds, posted by yxibow on April 21, 2009, at 3:02:15
I hate to give a "me too" answer, but me too--I agree with everything Jay has said, and as someone with a complex pure O OCD that makes the line between an actual occurrence and my obsession over whether something is occurring very blurry, I can sympathize.
> I believe there could be an organic component to it but I also believe that there is a good chance that it may not be everlasting.
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> I think that there is some validity that it is in the OC Spectrum range of conditions, and that its not something to be taken personally, even though it sounds that way.
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> It also sounds sort of akin almost to a somatoform or conversion disorder where anxiety is causing a physical sensation.
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> Combined with some form of OC, this accelerates the worry over what is a -very- real sensation but is not necessarily organic, or has a low component of one.
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> Of course, this is what I am diagnosed, although its much more complicated than this situation, so I can't say that I don't have any bias in observing what it could be, but its more common than one thinks.
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> -- Jay
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