Posted by Kristi on October 6, 2001, at 19:02:14
In reply to Re: I have a stupid question...... » Kristi, posted by paxvox on October 6, 2001, at 7:27:14
> Not necessarily. It could just be a learned pattern, that can be unlearned. OCD can manifest itself more prominently as either obsessive or compulsive behavior, not necessarily BOTH. I have OCD, at least DX as OCD, however, I am not compulsive as a rule. Obsessions become a problem when they interfer with "normal" life performance to a degree that they are noticeable by others. If you like to check to make sure the door is locked every night, no worries. If you have to go back a second or third timeto check, well......
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> Your "twosies" may be just a quirk you learned to do. Try consciously NOT to do it, then see how that makes you feel. If you are REALLY uncomfortable to the degree you really are worrying about that second thing, perhaps you might be a candidate for OCD treatment. If you can "will" yourself NOT to do the second thing, and it may take some positive re-enforcement, you may be relatively "normal". Check back and let us know.
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> PAX
Thankx for your response PAX..... I tend to believe it's a quirky little thing of mine(my friends and family sure think so).. or maybe that's just what I want it to be.
I remember being a child doing this. Oh, this is going to sound ridiculous... but I was in class(maybe kindergarten).. and in my head I had to make sure I touched everyone in the class(just brushed by them... nothing sexual)... or I wouldn't get a lot of candy that Halloween night.I used to go to bed.... pray twice.... and turn my light switch on and off twice. Take a sip of water twice. I still do the praying and the water thing twice... but lost the light switch. :-)
I always thought if I ate one dorito.... it would be lonely in my stomache so I would eat two. Do you think it's possible that subconsciencely I'm still a child thinking that? I still do that.... to a degree of course, I don't have 2 cheesburgers or whatnot. Always snack foods.
I guess I have lost a lot of it.... it's something that my family always joked about... me and my two's... and I guess I just always wondered about it. It's nothing I'm worried about..... just tossed it out their, curious.
PAX now thinks me an airhead,
Kristi. :-)
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