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OCD my ass

posted 10 years ago by ckco85
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I feel like I have to comment this. I am someone who is suffering from bipolar disorder and OCD. Luckally my bipolar disorder is under control, but my OCD isn't. My thing is perfection, mostly in my surroundings. My apartment needs to be SPOTLESS, and I mean like perfect. I dust every other day, I vakuum every day (I have two dogs), I wash my floors twice a week, I change my bed twice a week, I wash my bathroom/toilet three times a week. I dont tidy, because everything is always tidy, I always put things back after I use them. My closet is like colour coordinated and folded military style. I have to have these things this way to function in life. I can't read for my exams if I haven't done all those things I mentioned above. I wont have a good start when I wake up, I wont have a good day at work....and the list goes on. Obviously my case is about control, and OCD is a form of anxiety.

So, hearing Lindsay mentioning her "OCD" about her apartment, her clothes and how things are folded, pisses me off. Her apartment looks like som *beep* with things everywhere, no order, and frankly it looks unclean. I am not talking about the couple of weeks where she was like moving and unpacking, of course there would be some degree of chaos then. I am talking about when everything is kind of settled, like the three last episodes.

I just feel like some people just throw out OCD as a way of pretending to be organized, clean, concerned about appearance and perfection.

I actually like Lindsay, but in her case she couldn't be further from having OCD.

[–] daronfrench95 10 years ago

So what? You had to write a whole paragraph about it. It's not that serious.

[–] ckco85 10 years ago

Why is any of the things written about her here important? So what, it's not that serious.

[–] LetThemEatCake01 8 years ago

It is important because, as OCD sufferers, it is offensive to listen to some schmuck dumbass b*tch or dick say they are OCD because they like things organized. This disease is no joke.

[–] ElxDiablo 8 years ago

To be fair, she never claimed to HAVE OCD, but rather to exhibit OCD traits when it came to specific things.

Also, you are probably aware that OCD, and it's often-forgotten cousin, OCPD, can manifest in a multitude of ways.

We know that Lindsay is a compulsive shopper and a hoarder, so it's very difficult for her to keep things organized...but at the same time she is very particular about how her closet is arranged, how her clothes are folded, etc.

I do not have OCD, but I do have OCD-traits, and one thing that struck me in her efforts to organize, is that she wanted people to fold clothes and put them in piles according to color (and presumably type).

Now, this is partly practical, because you can go through and say "Oh I have way too many pink tank-tops...so I'll make a keep and sell/donate pile".

The other reason is that in the midst of chaos, this kind of sorting is incredibly soothing.

I've had to deal with a hoarder before, and I'm extremely anal about organization. I literally sorted everything into "types" piles...and desperately tried to wrangle him into getting rid of stuff (almost impossible...but we did manage to cut things down).

Then myself and a friend organized everything into drawers and tubs, and labeled them, so that everything had a home. I even bought those standing file folders and sorted his magazines into each publication and ordered them by date. I also alphabetized his books by author.

Of course, the chaos crept back in and we eventually threw our hands in the air and said "never again"...but if we hadn't done all that work I can't imagine how difficult it would have been for him to move when our landlord decided not to renew the lease.

We organized his life...and I kind of went a step further and let my OCD-traits start to creep through, with increasing attention to detail as we did each "pass" to get his stuff in order.

Oh...and I washed all his clothes and organized them by type and color...like a very dark and dingy rainbow!

It's what I do with my own closet, only I have way more clothes and there's a lot more colors.

Even if it's in an environment that is totally chaotic, one can still create their own little pockets of order (I had my room, and kitchen cupboards in the share-house)...and if the rest is too much, you just retreat to that little corner of order because it's calming.

It's not diagnosable OCD, but there are some shared traits.

I think Lindsay similarly shares some of those traits...and in the absence of alcohol or drugs to reduce her anxieties, they're probably more likely to emerge, especially in times of stress.