Posted by mist on June 18, 2002, at 10:03:29
In reply to Re: You're lucky. » mist, posted by IsoM on June 18, 2002, at 3:08:26
Bookgurl,
The idea of believing in angels/ghosts appeals to me (especially ghosts—angels I believed in as a kid—Catholic—less exciting. LOL.) Sometimes I just suspend disbelief about these things (life's more interesting that way) even though I don't fully believe they exist. I know others who believe in reincarnation. Doesn't seem that farfetched although I guess I have enough trouble keeping up with this life that I usually prefer not to think about what happens after it!
IsoM,I think it may be OCD-istic at least (actually I probably have some other minor tendencies that could possibly be as well, but then sometimes I think I have every other disorder in the book too so who knows). But this one I thought of as superstitious (as in maybe I would have it even without any OCD tendencies) because of the widely held superstition about the number 13 which I think somehow got ingrained in my mind as a kid. But maybe it's still an OCD-type thing.
It is kind of a pain because 13 is a good font size for many things I work on (for one thing it's easier for me to read than smaller or larger ones). But I don't know that OCD type treatment would work because I suspect it's a deeper, culturally ingrained belief that goes beyond the condition of my mind.
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