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I was just wondering how many other people on NS have OCD. Me, I'm obsesed with counting stuff. I once counted all the hairs on my head and to make sure I didn't count the same one twice, I pulled them all out one by one. There were 120,043 of them. I keep records of everything I've counted in a notepad. I once lost that notepad and had a psychotic episode in which I ripped apart my mattress to see if it was inside. It wasn't, but there were 532 springs. Anyone else want to share their crazy OCD stories?

I'm glad I don't have OCD... :eek:

My mom says I'm OCD... :(

you know it's a pretty jerky thing to do to joke about something that people really deal with.

Agreed.

532 Springs? Mine and every other mattress in existance have about 30-100.

I'm glad I don't have OCD... :eek:
It's not all that bad. Sure, it makes it hard to hold onto a job and alienates me from the rest of the human race, but how many other people can say they know exactly how many words are in Huckleberry Finn?

you know it's a pretty jerky thing to do to joke about something that people really deal with.

It's not all that bad. Sure, it makes it hard to hold onto a job and alienates me from the rest of the human race, but how many other people can say they know exactly how many words are in Huckleberry Finn?That does indeed sound intriguing.

you know it's a pretty jerky thing to do to joke about something that people really deal with.
So you admit that people actually have to deal with it, but you can't accept that you would ever actually have contact with one of these people. You're weird.

My mom says I'm OCD... :(

your mom isn't qualified to diagnose you. if you had OCD you would know.

Agreed.

532 Springs? Mine and every other mattress in existance have about 30-100.

That isn't true. It's a queen-size (I don't like being cramped). I counted them exactly. 532.

So you admit that people actually have to deal with it, but you can't accept that you would ever actually have contact with one of these people. You're weird.

I have OCD.

So you admit that people actually have to deal with it, but you can't accept that you would ever actually have contact with one of these people. You're weird.

Lol.

I have OCD.
And you are the only person on the planet that does, apparently.

Only about posting on NSG

And you are the only person on the planet that does, apparently.

Get out from under my bridge.

Get out from under my bridge.
What??

you know it's a pretty jerky thing to do to joke about something that people really deal with.

I dunno, I think the best defense is a good offense. I'm fat, so I preemptively joke about it, so no one else can.

I dunno, I think the best defense is a good offense. I'm fat, so I preemptively joke about it, so no one else can.
Now someone's about to come in and acuse you of lying about being fat. He knows because he's fat, ergo no one else can be

And you are the only person on the planet that does, apparently.

no, but your compulsions are unbelievable, and a LOT of people claim to "be OCD" when they are not.

no, but your compulsions are unbelievable, and a LOT of people claim to "be OCD" when they are not.
There are lots of people who have lesser versions of my compulsion. It's called being anal-retentive. I just happen to be several steps further along than they are. Anyway, I never understood that phrase. It's something you have, not something you are.

Agreed.

532 Springs? Mine and every other mattress in existance have about 30-100.

I may not know anything, but 30 sounds sparse.

I'm too lazy to have OCD.

There are lots of people who have lesser versions of my compulsion. It's called being anal-retentive. I just happen to be several steps further along than they are.

being anal-retentive is not a "lesser form" of OCD.

OCD is a psychiatric disease, it's not a personality disorder.

"liking to count things" is not OCD
"being obsessed with counting" is not necessarily OCD because it doesn't alone fit the diagnostic criteria.
"being organized", "being afraid of germs", "washing my hands a lot", and "being weird" are not OCD.

If you truly pulled out every strand of your hair and counted it, there is probably something wrong with you, it's probably NOT OCD.

being anal-retentive is not a "lesser form" of OCD.

OCD is a psychiatric disease, it's not a personality disorder.

"liking to count things" is not OCD
"being obsessed with counting" is not necessarily OCD because it doesn't alone fit the diagnostic criteria.
"being organized", "being afraid of germs", "washing my hands a lot", and "being weird" are not OCD.

If you truly pulled out every strand of your hair and counted it, there is probably something wrong with you, it's probably NOT OCD.
Hmm. Well, I've always just assumed it was because that's what everyone around me told me it was. Come to think of it, none of them actually have psychiatric training.
So, what yo're saying is that not everyone who has obsessive compulsions has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. What is required to qualify for it then?

I may not know anything, but 30 sounds sparse.

An interesting fact: Vera Wang by Serta, a highly regarded brand, feature queen size beds with “only” 532 coils.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattress

Average number of head hairs (Caucasian)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair

maybe he has a compulsion to look up things on wiki. :rolleyes:

I was just wondering how many other people on NS have OCD. Me, I'm obsesed with counting stuff. I once counted all the hairs on my head and to make sure I didn't count the same one twice, I pulled them all out one by one. There were 120,043 of them. I keep records of everything I've counted in a notepad. I once lost that notepad and had a psychotic episode in which I ripped apart my mattress to see if it was inside. It wasn't, but there were 532 springs. Anyone else want to share their crazy OCD stories?

I'm not sure if I've got OCD. I've got ADD, so I don't have the attention span necessary to follow up on any obsessions or compulsions I might have. If I'm stressed for long periods I develop a tendency to want to keep things symmetrical, including impact. If I stub a toe I feel I must at least nudge the colliding object with my other foot. I also get a persistent worry that I left something burning on the stove. Even if I haven't cooked anything that day. But I don't have a very hard time distracting myself from that worry. Yay ADD.

But from what I understand, it doesn't count as OCD unless it has a real impact on your life. I never let my worry about leaving stuff on the stove keep me from leaving the house, or aborting an excursion. Nor to I ever indulge my "symmetry" compulsion to the point that I would cause extra pain or injury to myself, or even damage to an object.

It's not all that bad. Sure, it makes it hard to hold onto a job and alienates me from the rest of the human race, but how many other people can say they know exactly how many words are in Huckleberry Finn?

You just need to find a job that suits your talents. Forensic accountant perhaps.

An interesting fact: Vera Wang by Serta, a highly regarded brand, feature queen size beds with “only” 532 coils.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattress

Average number of head hairs (Caucasian)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair

maybe he has a compulsion to look up things on wiki. :rolleyes:

She. And it was Vera Wang mattress. Hooray! My mattress is in wikipedia!
Why are you so determind to prove that I am lying?

Hmm. Well, I've always just assumed it was because that's what everyone around me told me it was. Come to think of it, none of them actually have psychiatric training.
So, what yo're saying is that not everyone who has obsessive compulsions has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. What is required to qualify for it then?

To be diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, one must have either obsessions or compulsions alone, or obsessions and compulsions, according to the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria. The Quick Reference to the diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV-TR (2000) describes these obsessions and compulsions:

Obsessions are defined by:

1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress.
2. The thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems.
3. The person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action.
4. The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a product of his or her own mind, and are not based in reality.
5. The tendency to haggle over small details that the viewer is unable to fix or change in any way. This begins a mental pre-occupation with that which is inevitable.

Compulsions are defined by:

1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly.
2. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts either are not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent or are clearly excessive.

In addition to these criteria, at some point during the course of the disorder, the sufferer must realize that his/her obsessions or compulsions are unreasonable or excessive. Moreover, the obsessions or compulsions must be time-consuming (taking up more than one hour per day), cause distress, or cause impairment in social, occupational, or school functioning (Quick Reference from DSM-IV-TR, 2000). OCD often causes feelings similar to those of depression.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder

if you have not been properly diagnosed by a psychiatrist you should not claim a mental disorder.

lots of people have things they like to do, coping activities, obsessions, and compulsions, not all of them have OCD, many of them have other issues.

To be diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, one must have either obsessions or compulsions alone, or obsessions and compulsions, according to the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria. The Quick Reference to the diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV-TR (2000) describes these obsessions and compulsions:

Obsessions are defined by:

1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress.
2. The thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems.
3. The person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action.
4. The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a product of his or her own mind, and are not based in reality.
5. The tendency to haggle over small details that the viewer is unable to fix or change in any way. This begins a mental pre-occupation with that which is inevitable.

Compulsions are defined by:

1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly.
2. The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts either are not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent or are clearly excessive.

In addition to these criteria, at some point during the course of the disorder, the sufferer must realize that his/her obsessions or compulsions are unreasonable or excessive. Moreover, the obsessions or compulsions must be time-consuming (taking up more than one hour per day), cause distress, or cause impairment in social, occupational, or school functioning (Quick Reference from DSM-IV-TR, 2000). OCD often causes feelings similar to those of depression.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder

if you have not been properly diagnosed by a psychiatrist you should not claim a mental disorder.

lots of people have things they like to do, coping activities, obsessions, and compulsions, not all of them have OCD, many of them have other issues.
You're right. I'm sorry for saying I have it when I've got no real proof. I do seem to fit all the criteria, though. Does it have to be a thing you were born with, or does it still count if it was offset by some traumatic exprience?

I'm not sure if I've got OCD. I've got ADD, so I don't have the attention span necessary to follow up on any obsessions or compulsions I might have. If I'm stressed for long periods I develop a tendency to want to keep things symmetrical, including impact. If I stub a toe I feel I must at least nudge the colliding object with my other foot. I also get a persistent worry that I left something burning on the stove. Even if I haven't cooked anything that day. But I don't have a very hard time distracting myself from that worry. Yay ADD.

But from what I understand, it doesn't count as OCD unless it has a real impact on your life. I never let my worry about leaving stuff on the stove keep me from leaving the house, or aborting an excursion. Nor to I ever indulge my "symmetry" compulsion to the point that I would cause extra pain or injury to myself, or even damage to an object.
Hmm. If I had ADD, I wouldn't have the attention span to sit there for hour upon hours counting things. How does one go about getting ADD? Do you have to fall into a vat of toxic waste or get bitten by a radioactive insect or something?

Since this thread appears to be dead, I can safely enter it in my notebook. Including this post, not including quotes, it has exactly 5665 letters.

If you truly pulled out every strand of your hair and counted it, there is probably something wrong with you, it's probably NOT OCD.


Trichotillomania (TTM) is an impulse disorder that causes people to pull out the hair from their scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows, or other parts of the body, resulting in noticeable bald patches. It is currently defined as an impulse-control disorder, but there are still questions about how it should be classified. It may seem, at times, to resemble a habit, an addiction, a tic disorder or an obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is estimated to affect one to two percent of the population, or four to eleven million Americans.

(http://www.trich.org/about_trich/)

"Trichotillomania, a disorder characterized by repetitive hair pulling, has been only recently systemically investigated. Such research was encouraged by data that showed obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is also characterized by ritual behaviors, responds selectively to serotonin reuptake inhibitors. In this review, we consider similarities and contrasts in the diagnosis, demographics, phenomenology, neurochemistry, neuropsychiatry, and treatment of trichotillomania and obsessive-compulsive disorder. We argue that a view of trichotillomania as an obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder that may involve disturbances in grooming behaviors comprises a useful clinical and research heuristic. Nevertheless, there may also be important differences between the two disorders; in particular, trichotillomania has a number of characteristics in common with impulsive disorders. Further empirical investigation is necessary to determine the nature of these complex disorders and their relationship to one another."
Stein DJ, Simeon D, Cohen LJ, Hollander E. "Trichotillomania and obsessive-compulsive disorder" Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1995
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=DisplayFiltered&DB=pubmed)

The jury is still out on the relationship, if any, between trichotillomania and obsessive compulsive disorder. Unfortunately, trichotillomania doesn't seem to be a very well known condition.

I actually have a clinically diagnosed case of ADD. There are many many theories on where ADD comes from, or if its even a disease that can or should be diagnosed at all.

Its a very strange sensation to live with ADD, because I will be having a conversation with someone, whether its a conversation i'm enjoying or not, and suddenly I don't hear what they're saying anymore and I'm flooded with thoughts and images that have nothing at all to do with anything. That sounds like "day-dreaming", which is essentially what the primary symptom is: uncontrollable daydreaming. I have no control over it. It's incredibly frustrating. It makes school ten times harder, work a hundred times harder and social relationships significantly more difficult to maintain. The blowback from that is a constant sense of disconnectedness from reality and regular instances of disorientation.

Personally, I think the rise of ADD cases in younger people comes from the onslaught of bright, flashy cartoons and children's programs that teenagers and twentysomethings now were exposed to in the 80's and late 70's as children. We were the first generation to experience that kind of television at a very early age, and it seems to make sense that there is some kind of connection. Crazy? Maybe. But I promise you, ADD is quite real, and makes a significant impression on my day-to-day function and has for years.

That is all.

I'm fat, so I preemptively joke about it, so no one else can.

Exactly the strategy me and my overweight friend apply. :D

But no, no OCD here, just BP2. :p

I was just wondering how many other people on NS have OCD. Me, I'm obsesed with counting stuff. I once counted all the hairs on my head and to make sure I didn't count the same one twice, I pulled them all out one by one. There were 120,043 of them. I keep records of everything I've counted in a notepad. I once lost that notepad and had a psychotic episode in which I ripped apart my mattress to see if it was inside. It wasn't, but there were 532 springs. Anyone else want to share their crazy OCD stories?

I'm a little OC, and also a bit of an arithmomanic. But it's nothing too bad.

Agreed.

532 Springs? Mine and every other mattress in existance have about 30-100.Oh great, make him recheck :p

My brother has OCD, or at least he was diagnosed with it when he was a child. They gave him medicine for it, though, and by now (he's 14 now) most of the symptoms he had back then seem to be gone, and he's not on the medicine anymore. He used to throw tantrums and refuse to sit down because he thought that a chair at a restaurant or at a movie theater was dirty, and he used to put clean glasses back in the dishwasher or wash them himself because he thought they weren't clean enough. He did other things, too, but I can't remember all of them.

Hmm. If I had ADD, I wouldn't have the attention span to sit there for hour upon hours counting things. How does one go about getting ADD? Do you have to fall into a vat of toxic waste or get bitten by a radioactive insect or something?

I read that it has something to do with sugar uptake in the brain. And it makes sense, because everyone I know with ADD has some form of diabetes in their family.

However, some people with ADD do have OCD. ADD tends to give rise to compensatory disorders that stem from a craving for mental order. What's worse, the ADD makes you not want to give up your other mental disorder, because while the obsessive urge to count things might be annoying, the anxiety of total internal chaos is sometimes worse.

For me it was never really OCD. It was depression. I couldn't focus on things that made me happy, or horny, or excited (which led others to see me as restrained, gentlemanly, and suicidally courageous) but I could focus fine on things that made me frustrated or upset. So by default, those were the only things I could think about.

I actually have a clinically diagnosed case of ADD. There are many many theories on where ADD comes from, or if its even a disease that can or should be diagnosed at all.

Its a very strange sensation to live with ADD, because I will be having a conversation with someone, whether its a conversation i'm enjoying or not, and suddenly I don't hear what they're saying anymore and I'm flooded with thoughts and images that have nothing at all to do with anything. That sounds like "day-dreaming", which is essentially what the primary symptom is: uncontrollable daydreaming. I have no control over it. It's incredibly frustrating. It makes school ten times harder, work a hundred times harder and social relationships significantly more difficult to maintain. The blowback from that is a constant sense of disconnectedness from reality and regular instances of disorientation.

Oddly, that part of it never bothered me. My wandering consciousness has been great for forming associations that help me understand and remember things. Yes, it makes things like mathematics and accounting terribly difficult, but it makes things like language and history a breeze, as long as you can find the time to make yourself work at it.

Personally, I think the rise of ADD cases in younger people comes from the onslaught of bright, flashy cartoons and children's programs that teenagers and twentysomethings now were exposed to in the 80's and late 70's as children. We were the first generation to experience that kind of television at a very early age, and it seems to make sense that there is some kind of connection. Crazy? Maybe. But I promise you, ADD is quite real, and makes a significant impression on my day-to-day function and has for years.

That is all.

I don't think there's much of a rise at all. I think it has more to do with how modern life is becoming increasingly incompatible with the ADD personality. Developing nations have no concept of ADD, or they think it's one more case of decadent nations trying to medicate immorality (hell, a lot of older people here think that.) They also have no concept of being borderline retarded. You don't need to be particularly, or even adequately bright or disciplined, or focused to be a laborer or farmer.

Even a generation ago you could make a decent living without a college education. Not anymore. The world is becoming too systematic to easily accommodate or make us of people with atypical patterns of behavior. And I'd say that that's the biggest thing that's going on with ADD. I know that I have a terrible time picking things up when people are trying to explain them to me. I've always learned better out of books. But once I figure it out for myself there's no one in the world I can't teach it to.

Case in point. I work at the IRS, and we are given job aids to help us do the parts of the job that we don't understand (it's just too complicated for anyone to understand all of it). Well, the job aids never help me at all. I feel like whoever wrote them had no intention of making the reader able to do the task described. Once I figure it out for myself, I write my own. And I've lost count of the number of people who are still thanking me for giving them copies that finally enable them to do the required tasks.

You're right. I'm sorry for saying I have it when I've got no real proof. I do seem to fit all the criteria, though. Does it have to be a thing you were born with, or does it still count if it was offset by some traumatic exprience?

mine was set off by a stressor, so yeah, that counts too, but you should go to a doctor, there are a lot of disorders with similar symptoms but widely varying treatments, you need to make sure what is wrong with you (if anything) and go from there, not the other way around.

Get out from under my bridge.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q100/TheSteveslols/TrollBridge.jpg

Since this thread appears to be dead, I can safely enter it in my notebook. Including this post, not including quotes, it has exactly 5665 letters.

and to have determined that in 30 minutes you would have had to have been counting about 3 letters a second every second non stop.

or....just put it into a wordprocessor which is far more believable, but not something someone with OCD would do...

If I have OCD at all, it's a very mild version; the obsessive part would be recurrent thoughts and fears, usually irrational ones concerning attacks from either human or supernatural entities; while I understand how stupid and unlikely this is and have been trying to suppress it, it still affects me enough that I must have the house be completely quiet after dark so I can hear the approach of any hostile individual, for instance. Compulsions are equally mild; whenever I spend any amount of time alone in a room, I make sure the door is closed and locked (if possible), then look behind every other door or opening and close and lock those too.

I've never been diagnosed, so this could be a manifestation of something else entirely; given that various psychiatrists have attributed to me bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety, SAD, and others I no longer remember (although never all of them at once!), quasi-OCD might be just a side effect. =.=

I was just wondering how many other people on NS have OCD. Me, I'm obsesed with counting stuff. I once counted all the hairs on my head and to make sure I didn't count the same one twice, I pulled them all out one by one. There were 120,043 of them. I keep records of everything I've counted in a notepad. I once lost that notepad and had a psychotic episode in which I ripped apart my mattress to see if it was inside. It wasn't, but there were 532 springs. Anyone else want to share their crazy OCD stories?

How many letters are in the bible?

How many letters are in the bible?

Catholic or Protestant? which version? which language? with or without commentary? ..........etc.

Catholic or Protestant? which version? which language? with or without commentary? ..........etc.

..All of them.

..All of them.

How many letters in every copy of every version of every Bible?



Lots.

How many letters in every copy of every version of every Bible?



Lots.

Come on, I'm trying to see if the OP will spend the next several years counting them.

Come on, I'm trying to see if the OP will spend the next several years counting them.

Maybe he already is?

Maybe he already is?

Then my work here is done.

How many letters are in the bible?

26.

Some of them, more than once.

26.

Some of them, more than once.

if it's in English.

you know it's a pretty jerky thing to do to joke about something that people really deal with.

I'm inclined to agree.

What we appear to have here is someone pretending to have OCD, rather than someone who actually has to deal with it.

I'm inclined to agree.

What we appear to have here is someone pretending to have OCD, rather than someone who actually has to deal with it.

you know I never understand people who pretend to have diseases......they always seem so screwed up.

if it's in English.

Or French. Or German... you knew I was just being 'clever', though. :)

you know I never understand people who pretend to have diseases......they always seem so screwed up.

Possibly, what we have here is someone who has an issue, but it would seem likely that the issue is more some form of compulsary exhibitionism, than an obsessive compulsive disorder.

Some people clamour for attention, and will pretend (or, in fact... do) just about anything to get noticed. I find myself thinking of Munchausen by Proxy...

At least this person, if trolling they are, is relatively inoffensive and harmeless. :(

you know I never understand people who pretend to have diseases......they always seem so screwed up.

Hypochondria. Hypochondria about something like OCD is just strange..

I've exhibited signs, here and there, but nothing concrete, and nothing a psych could diagnose, since sixth grade at least.

In sixth grade I had somewhere around two or three compulsions, one of them being the classic "must not think blasphemous thoughts" one. The problem continued more mildly in seventh grade, and ceased abruptly after several tremendous personal shocks in eighth grade (one of which involved the forcible breaking of a compulsion by a teacher). I kept everything about it to myself, and didn't recognize that I might, indeed have experienced OCD until my senior year of high school in my Psychology class.

Since then, I have had no recurring signs.

In Soviet Russia, OCD has you!

:cool:

Hurrah, the thread has sunk into mockery

Hurrah, the thread has sunk into mockery
and before page 5 at that.
result!

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37. Not a good number. Should have finished on an even one.

Ooh! are we talking about disorders here? I have Dysgraphia, yay! ...Also I've been talking to myself a lot more lately and the first person plural slips out sometimes but I'm sure that's unrelated...

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on 40, because......well, you know why. ;)

on 40, because......well, you know why. ;)

I actually like 72 a lot more...As a mathematician, really...

I actually like 72 a lot more...As a mathematician, really...
well, yeah.

well, yeah.

Funny, the response is usually 'that's weird'. :D

Funny, the response is usually 'that's weird'. :D

it's a very nice number.......mathematically. I like 72, it fits into my comfort compulsion.

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37 is an excellent number. Three is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture, and seven is considered lucky in many western cultures. 37 is a superb numeral.

I’ve never been diagnosed, but whether I have OCD or not, I have the compulsion to make everything I create or modify 100% perfect in every way. I reread every forum post that I write and usually end up editing them 4 or 5 times until I’m satisfied. They doesn’t have to be perfect upon submission, but I won’t leave them until they are. I generally read things very thoroughly and my eyes always lock onto the errors, causing me to lose focus as I continue to read. I’m compelled to correct others, but I’m able to suppress that need more now.

I’ve been working on my own website for more than 5 years now. 90% of the work I do goes toward making sure every single page works properly for every screen resolution that my monitor can display. I also spend a lot of time making sure that the HTML itself is pretty and uniform with every other page of the same layout, and is without redundancies or hackneyed code.

If I can’t get those stupid “colspanned” tables to work properly, I just redesign the whole thing. Usually that means I have to apply those same changes to every other page with that layout. It’s prevented me from making very much progress on the actual content of the site. I even work on it at work during lulls, which is good, because, when I’m at home, my other obsessions take precedent and keep me from working on it.

I also freak out when people tamper with anything of mine: creations or possessions, even if it’s something mundane.

The removal of all of your hair seems rather far-fetched to me, but my hair is long and I just wouldn’t want to start over.

it's a very nice number.......mathematically. I like 72, it fits into my comfort compulsion.What about...

26?
27?
76?
62?
67?
267?
276?
627?
672?
762?
726?

What about...

26?
27?
76?
62?
67?
267?
276?
627?
672?
762?
726?

27 is...okay, sorta. I mean, 3^3, okay. But...I don't think much of the others. Nothing special.

Incidentally, Smunkee, how do you feel about cylinders?

37 is an excellent number. Three is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture, and seven is considered lucky in many western cultures. 37 is a superb numeral.

I prefer 137 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/137_%28number%29#In_physics)....

27 is...okay, sorta. I mean, 3^3, okay. But...I don't think much of the others. Nothing special.How about 3.17261? A semi-random coefficent I've chosen as part of the calculation of a time constant for an averager.

What about...

26?
27?
76?
62?
67?
267?
276?
627?
672?
762?
726?
bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
sexy, but bad
bad
good
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Incidentally, Smunkee, how do you feel about cylinders?
I quite like them.......in a normal way.

How about 3.17261? A semi-random coefficent I've chosen as part of the calculation of a time constant for an averager.

Semi-random?

bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
sexy, but bad
bad
good
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bad1. How would things change replacing 2 with 5 in the list?
2. In which places (before and after) would the addition of a 1 best fit in?

Funny, the response is usually 'that's weird'. :D

Smunkee and I actually hijacked a thread at one point, to discuss the relative 'rightness' of certain numbers, from an OCD point of view.

I hold that 4 holds a special place, and thus - obviously - 16 is a particularly potent number. For me, evens are always better than odds, multiples of four being best, with multiples of 4 that contain one or more 'fours' being particularly good.

Of course, to reach the special significance of 16 through that route, you'd basically have to run all the way to 4,444 (because otherwise, the odd-ness of the factors more than compensates for the simple 4-ness).

I actually came up with (surprise) 16 reasons why four was such a blessed number...

Semi-random?It was to be:

1. Somewhere around 3, by my estimation, as it would give a good response. (the averager is used for the RMS detector of a dynamics processor) Smaller variations would give rather subtle changes in character, objectively neither good or bad.
2. Something I kind of liked as I typed it in.

Smunkee and I actually hijacked a thread at one point, to discuss the relative 'rightness' of certain numbers, from an OCD point of view.

I hold that 4 holds a special place, and thus - obviously - 16 is a particularly potent number. For me, evens are always better than odds, multiples of four being best, with multiples of 4 that contain one or more 'fours' being particularly good.

Of course, to reach the special significance of 16 through that route, you'd basically have to run all the way to 4,444 (because otherwise, the odd-ness of the factors more than compensates for the simple 4-ness).

I actually came up with (surprise) 16 reasons why four was such a blessed number...

What about other powers of two? I like them, but that's probably because binary is used in computing. Nothing to do with OCD. I don't even like counting.

Smunkee and I actually hijacked a thread at one point, to discuss the relative 'rightness' of certain numbers, from an OCD point of view.

I hold that 4 holds a special place, and thus - obviously - 16 is a particularly potent number. For me, evens are always better than odds, multiples of four being best, with multiples of 4 that contain one or more 'fours' being particularly good.

Of course, to reach the special significance of 16 through that route, you'd basically have to run all the way to 4,444 (because otherwise, the odd-ness of the factors more than compensates for the simple 4-ness).

I actually came up with (surprise) 16 reasons why four was such a blessed number...

I think Y'all should adopt me. Mr. Smunkee won't mind another husband and kid, right?

I think fours good proporties overload the number. It'd be very nice, but it's too nice, almost...Like, it's 2^2, which is nice, and easy, but it's also 2*2, and 2+2, which are all technically the same thing, and sometimes I don't know which four I'm considering, squared-4, multiplied-4, or added-4?

And tertration as well, that gets it even more complicated.


Nah...I like 6. It is, after all, perfect. ;)

What about other powers of two? I like them, but that's probably because binary is used in computing. Nothing to do with OCD. I don't even like counting.

anything that is a product of an even number is always better than something that's not, but 4 is better than two.

I haven't ever been able to explain why but GnI told me why once and it made sense (as much sense as it can make...) although numbers aren't actually my problem.....other than I notice them and assign value and also freak out if something is uneven and wrong (like my address right now, which is giving me fits so we have to move)

I am more of a hoarder, in fact if you have ever seen my threads about "what's on your desk" or seen my list of things in my purse you would almost get the idea. The thing that takes the most time is going through the trash, I have the compulsion to make sure everything in there is supposed to be, and often will look through it more than once before sending it out.

What about other powers of two? I like them, but that's probably because binary is used in computing. Nothing to do with OCD. I don't even like counting.

Oh, I do like em, I memorized up to 18-ish or so, and the lower ones are quite helpful when squaring random integers...

anything that is a product of an even number is always better than something that's not, but 4 is better than two.


I like 5 and stuff from there, actually...

So do you number lovers only think in base-ten or do you like other things too? Base-16 (hexadecimal) is used in computing a lot, because it's easy to convert from binary and can say the same thing in fewer digits. I've also heard that base-12 is quite popular because it's easy to multiply things.

So do you number lovers only think in base-ten or do you like other things too? Base-16 (hexadecimal) is used in computing a lot, because it's easy to convert from binary and can say the same thing in fewer digits. I've also heard that base-12 is quite popular because it's easy to multiply things.

I prefer hex over base-10 because it's base-16 and 16 is a lovely number.

I do light birthday candles in binary on odd years though.....just because. (candles that are lit are ones, unlit candles are zero)

So do you number lovers only think in base-ten or do you like other things too? Base-16 (hexadecimal) is used in computing a lot, because it's easy to convert from binary and can say the same thing in fewer digits. I've also heard that base-12 is quite popular because it's easy to multiply things.

I've had little love for the other bases when I realized I could covert numbers from them back to decimal, but not from decimal the the other base...Which bothered me a bit, so eh...

Actually, I'm okay with base 20...

I prefer hex over base-10 because it's base-16 and 16 is a lovely number.

I do light birthday candles in binary on odd years though.....just because.

Well it is more efficient. Simply having a number of candles that matches the actual number is like Base-1 or something.

Like counting on ones fingers. You can actually count up to 1023 if you count in binary (I hope that's the right number - I understand mathematical concepts, but my mental arithmetic isn't too good).

I've had little love for the other bases when I realized I could covert numbers from them back to decimal, but not from decimal the the other base...

Why not? It can be done. Just google it or something. I think this might be what you mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_conversion#Change_of_radix

Well it is more efficient. Simply having a number of candles that matches the actual number is like Base-1 or something.

Like counting on ones fingers. You can actually count up to 1023 if you count in binary (I hope that's the right number - I understand mathematical concepts, but my mental arithmetic isn't too good).

I also like to light birthday candles in binary because I can just add extra zeros to have an even number of candles on the cake without changing the meaning of the ones that are lit.

it confuses the hell out of "normal people" though, I mean my husband gets it because he is a computer programmer, and my kids understand because they can read binary, but their friends are like :confused:"why are some candles lit and some not?"

you try explaining binary to a bunch of preschoolers :headbang:

Well it is more efficient. Simply having a number of candles that matches the actual number is like Base-1 or something.

Like counting on ones fingers. You can actually count up to 1023 if you count in binary (I hope that's the right number - I understand mathematical concepts, but my mental arithmetic isn't too good).

Include the toes. (2^20)-1.

Include the toes. (2^20)-1.

I can't move my individual toes independently. Plus I tend to where shoes when I'm out of the house. Not that I tend to count with my fingers anyway... there are better aids to memory.

Why not? It can be done. Just google it or something. I think this might be what you mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_conversion#Change_of_radix

I know it's possible, I'm just saying I couldn't do it. I mean, I play around with the scientific view on Calculator for a bit, and I get going one way, but I didn't get the reverse.

you try explaining binary to a bunch of preschoolers :headbang:

I'd like to try that.

I understand mathematical concepts, but my mental arithmetic isn't too good).

Aww. The mental math is the best part...Then again, I really can't help but do any math problem I come across, so I've little choice in that matter...

I'd like to try that.

it took an hour for my youngest to get it when she was 2......but she was already advanced in her understanding of how numbers work.......most of her friends that are her age can only count to 10 they don't quite get that there are larger numbers. It took about 2 months for me to get a class full of 9 year olds to get it, maybe I am not a good teacher (or maybe they never played D&D, either way.....I promise Dungeons and Dragons is great math practice for kids)

it took an hour for my youngest to get it when she was 2......but she was already advanced in her understanding of how numbers work.......most of her friends that are her age can only count to 10 they don't quite get that there are larger numbers. It took about 2 months for me to get a class full of 9 year olds to get it, maybe I am not a good teacher (or maybe they never played D&D, either way.....I promise Dungeons and Dragons is great math practice for kids)

Eh, it'd be fun anyways. :p

Oooh! That remembers me, I really like 8,712.

...The hell...I was thinking 'reminds' and my fingers type 'remembers'...

Aww. The mental math is the best part...Then again, I really can't help but do any math problem I come across, so I've little choice in that matter...

I don't really like the raw processing work. It's not so bad on paper, but then I like writing. Actually that's probably the closest I get to OCD - If I have paper and a pen I want to write, even if I have no need to. Correction - a good pen. The physical action has to be smooth and pleasant.

I don't really like the raw processing work. It's not so bad on paper, but then I like writing. Actually that's probably the closest I get to OCD - If I have paper and a pen I want to write, even if I have no need to. Correction - a good pen. The physical action has to be smooth and pleasant.

Raw processing? I don't follow. Only difference is the need to set aside numbers then recall them....

Raw processing? I don't follow. Only difference is the need to set aside numbers then recall them....

As in, I like understanding the method, the act of applying it doesn't hold so much appeal for me. Not that I hate it or anything.

I was just wondering how many other people on NS have OCD. Me, I'm obsesed with counting stuff. I once counted all the hairs on my head and to make sure I didn't count the same one twice, I pulled them all out one by one. There were 120,043 of them. I keep records of everything I've counted in a notepad. I once lost that notepad and had a psychotic episode in which I ripped apart my mattress to see if it was inside. It wasn't, but there were 532 springs. Anyone else want to share their crazy OCD stories?

Aww bless ya.

I dunno if it's classed as OCD but I often look out my windows to make sure no-one is being harmed - I guess I'm just paranoid about the safety of others.

What helps for me is to tell myself, either mentally or physically, these words "you're acting nuts" and then force myself to do something else instead (I'm not saying people with OCD are nuts, I'm just saying what helps me personally). Maybe it'd help you, I dunno (but ya might wanna put it in your own words, eg. "crazy" instead of "nuts")

Hypochondria. Hypochondria about something like OCD is just strange..

True hypocondria is not "pretending to have a disease" - a true hypochondric truly, seriously believes they have some horrible disease, and of course wanting to find out more about it, scour the medical books and the internet with their list of symptoms, and then find dozens more sicknesses their symptoms match...

Been there, done that, still fighting against my medical paranoias. Though to my defense, so far I've gotten 3 big ones right (and in time). :p

Then again... "it's not just paranoia if someone really IS out to get you". ;)

If I have paper and a pen I want to write, even if I have no need to. Correction - a good pen. The physical action has to be smooth and pleasant.

I write or draw. Pen in my hand and an empty paper is an impossible, imbalanced and intolerable situation. So, usually very soon, the paper's not empty anymore. :D

This sentence has 39 letters including the numbers.

I do, but let me tell you something...

Zoloft is a hell of a drug.

... at least three times before staring this thread....
:fluffle:

it took an hour for my youngest to get it when she was 2......but she was already advanced in her understanding of how numbers work.......most of her friends that are her age can only count to 10 they don't quite get that there are larger numbers. It took about 2 months for me to get a class full of 9 year olds to get it, maybe I am not a good teacher (or maybe they never played D&D, either way.....I promise Dungeons and Dragons is great math practice for kids)

My daughter just turned two yesterday, but she's been able to count past ten for a while now. However, she still lacks some of her consonants. This led to some confusion with "six, semmen, eight, nine, ten, 'lemmen, eight, nine, ten, 'lemmen, eight, nine, ten, 'lemmen, eight, nine, ten, 'lemmen...

It was only in the last month or so she managed to break orbit and count to twelve.

My daughter just turned two yesterday, but she's been able to count past ten for a while now. However, she still lacks some of her consonants. This led to some confusion with "six, semmen, eight, nine, ten, 'lemmen, eight, nine, ten, 'lemmen, eight, nine, ten, 'lemmen, eight, nine, ten, 'lemmen...

It was only in the last month or so she managed to break orbit and count to twelve.

yeah, but I bet you work with her, pay attention to her, talk to her like she is a person, etc. I don't think my kid's friends get this.

I mean my kid is turning 4 Tuesday and she can count up to 1,000 after that she gets fuzzy......but I guess it's my fault, I haven't done place value with her past 1000 yet...... it's not typical. ;) In fact to be "ready for kindergarten" they are supposed to be "able to count to 5 without help". :rolleyes:

I think I have OCD, but the problem is, my parents don't know what OCD is, and neither do any members of my family. I grew up thinking I was just weird when obsessing over little things like not stepping on cracks in sidewalks and walking only on the blue tiles on my grandmother's floor. I still don't know if I have OCD or not, and honestly, I stopped caring.

I think I have OCD, but the problem is, my parents don't know what OCD is, and neither do any members of my family. I grew up thinking I was just weird when obsessing over little things like not stepping on cracks in sidewalks and walking only on the blue tiles on my grandmother's floor. I still don't know if I have OCD or not, and honestly, I stopped caring.

it's possible that you are just quirky.....or that you have some other sort of mild anxiety disorder (I am beginning to think everyone has some sort of mild anxiety disorder)

if you had OCD your compulsions would interfere with your everyday life.

it's possible that you are just quirky.....or that you have some other sort of mild anxiety disorder (I am beginning to think everyone has some sort of mild anxiety disorder)

if you had OCD your compulsions would interfere with your everyday life.
Yeah, I don't think I have major OCD. I might just have a milder version of it. I mean, I can't sit still either and stuff. It's strange. I'm twitching as typing.

I totally agree with the theory that someone has at least one small mental disorder. I mean, if we make a big deal out of everything as tiny as twitching constantly and not stepping on cracks, then people would die of paranoia.

Hmph. I just back-read this and I think that a lot of people are very mean, jumping to the conclusion that I'm lying without a shred of evidence. Is that your default position, to assume that people are trying to deceive you until you're sure they're not? That's sad. Sadder than my numbr-obsesed existance.
And by the way, I did copy all of the posts into Microsoft Word and then I counted the letters manually. It's much easier to do if they're on the same page and for this kind of thing, I can easily do it in under 30 minutes.

Hmph. I just back-read this and I think that a lot of people are very mean, jumping to the conclusion that I'm lying without a shred of evidence. Is that your default position, to assume that people are trying to deceive you until you're sure they're not? That's sad. Sadder than my numbr-obsesed existance.
And by the way, I did copy all of the posts into Microsoft Word and then I counted the letters manually. It's much easier to do if they're on the same page and for this kind of thing, I can easily do it in under 30 minutes.

90% of the people I have met with "OCD" don't have it, haven't been diagnosed, don't even have real symptoms.......they think they have it because they are enamored by what they think it is like, or because they think they are a little more organized than other people, or they are a little more anxious than other people, or they are a little more clean than other people.......it's annoying to me that the disorder has been watered down to the point that people who check their front door to make sure it's locked before they go to bed "have OCD".

It's something real that I deal with, it's not the sorting my M&M's type of disorder (which I do, which a LOT of people do......I am beginning to think it's normal to sort your M&M's) it is the thing that keeps me from doing many of the things I want to do because I have to do the things I don't want to do, and I have to do them over and over and over and over again.

90% of the people I have met with "OCD" don't have it, haven't been diagnosed, don't even have real symptoms.......they think they have it because they are enamored by what they think it is like, or because they think they are a little more organized than other people, or they are a little more anxious than other people, or they are a little more clean than other people.......it's annoying to me that the disorder has been watered down to the point that people who check their front door to make sure it's locked before they go to bed "have OCD".

It's something real that I deal with, it's not the sorting my M&M's type of disorder (which I do, which a LOT of people do......I am beginning to think it's normal to sort your M&M's) it is the thing that keeps me from doing many of the things I want to do because I have to do the things I don't want to do, and I have to do them over and over and over and over again.
I'm fine with people saying I think I have OCD, but don't. What I hate is people saying that I'm making up stuff about myself to get attention.
And what I have is not just being more organized or clean. I am compelled to count things. Yes, I enjoy it, but I don't think I would be able to stop myself from doing it. Numbers are my life. It is, in every way, an obsessive compulsion. Whether or not I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, I'm not so sure anymore. You've put the dubt in my mind. But don't demean my condition. Don't say I'm just an M&M sorter who wants to belive I have OCD. You don't know me. You're not qualified to tell me I don't have OCD any more than my family can tell me I do.

90% of the people I have met with "OCD" don't have it, haven't been diagnosed, don't even have real symptoms.......they think they have it because they are enamored by what they think it is like, or because they think they are a little more organized than other people, or they are a little more anxious than other people, or they are a little more clean than other people.......it's annoying to me that the disorder has been watered down to the point that people who check their front door to make sure it's locked before they go to bed "have OCD".
Agreed.
It's something real that I deal with, it's not the sorting my M&M's type of disorder (which I do, which a LOT of people do......I am beginning to think it's normal to sort your M&M's) it is the thing that keeps me from doing many of the things I want to do because I have to do the things I don't want to do, and I have to do them over and over and over and over again.
That sounds horrible. I would hate that so much.

I'm fine with people saying I think I have OCD, but don't. What I hate is people saying that I'm making up stuff about myself to get attention.
And what I have is not just being more organized or clean. I am compelled to count things. Yes, I enjoy it, but I don't think I would be able to stop myself from doing it. Numbers are my life. It is, in every way, an obsessive compulsion. Whether or not I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, I'm not so sure anymore. You've put the dubt in my mind. But don't demean my condition. Don't say I'm just an M&M sorter who wants to belive I have OCD. You don't know me. You're not qualified to tell me I don't have OCD any more than my family can tell me I do.

okay, hows this......go all day tomorrow and don't count anything, see how you feel, if you can write down how you feel, take that to your doctor.

okay, hows this......go all day tomorrow and don't count anything, see how you feel, if you can write down how you feel, take that to your doctor.
Can I still look at my notebook and go over the results of past countings?

Can I still look at my notebook and go over the results of past countings?

not during the day you are trying not to count, because it could be a substitute, you need to avoid the compulsion for the whole day to see if you snap.

not during the day you are trying not to count, because it could be a substitute, you need to avoid the compulsion for the whole day to see if you snap.
I'll try.
I'm already scared about it and I'm counting the lines on my hand for comfort. I don't think I'll last long.

Meh you're descriptions of "OCD" occurances are bland and unimaginative. Through the way you respond and type it seems your making this bullshit up, and a lot of people here agree with me. I don't have OCD (I'm a severely depressed borderline schizo), but my roomate in college was one. It isn't even about the things you do, but the way you think and act.

Counting all your hairs was the straw that broke the camel's back. You're a troll, otherwise post what you're thinking right now, and it'll be obvious if you have OCD or not.

I'll try.
I'm already scared about it and I'm counting the lines on my hand for comfort. I don't think I'll last long.

well, it's a win-win scenario.

you got three or four basic possibilities

a) you can't do it........you have a problem, your doctor will help you

b) you can do it......you don't have a problem, you can help yourself

c) you snap......you go to the hospital, your doctor can help you.

d).......well, it's not so great, but it probably won't happen.

well, it's a win-win scenario.

you got three or four basic possibilities

a) you can't do it........you have a problem, your doctor will help you

b) you can do it......you don't have a problem, you can help yourself

c) you snap......you go to the hospital, your doctor can help you.

d).......well, it's not so great, but it probably won't happen.

What's d???

37 is an excellent number. Three is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture, and seven is considered lucky in many western cultures. 37 is a superb numeral.
It's also a prime, which is important to me.
Whenever I heat things up in the microwave, I always make it a prime number length of time, in seconds.

I'm fine with people saying I think I have OCD, but don't. What I hate is people saying that I'm making up stuff about myself to get attention.
And what I have is not just being more organized or clean. I am compelled to count things. Yes, I enjoy it, but I don't think I would be able to stop myself from doing it. Numbers are my life. It is, in every way, an obsessive compulsion. Whether or not I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, I'm not so sure anymore. You've put the dubt in my mind. But don't demean my condition. Don't say I'm just an M&M sorter who wants to belive I have OCD. You don't know me. You're not qualified to tell me I don't have OCD any more than my family can tell me I do.

You aren't believable.

We do have one or two people on this forum who are intimately familiar with OCD, and - for the most part - they can probably point each other out. It's fairly obvious, as you get to know people, IF you know what to look for.

You are not compelling. Your numbers are researched or artificial (you didn't count all your own hairs, by pulling them out, or otherwise... and you used the word count feature on your wordprocessor program to do the count).

You don't 'talk' right. You certainly don't have the characteristics of an obsessive compulsive in the CONTEXT of your post, even if you've tried to create the illusion in the content. I find it hard to believe someone who was as obsessive compulsive as you claim, would permit themselves to have so many glaring spelling errors.

So - we are faced with the evidence that suggests you aren't really an OCD case - but you DID start a thread on this forum with the express intention of pretending to be... thus, like it or not, it is only logical to come to the conclusion that you really are: "making up stuff about" yourself "to get attention".

My brother has OCD, or at least he was diagnosed with it when he was a child. They gave him medicine for it, though, and by now (he's 14 now) most of the symptoms he had back then seem to be gone, and he's not on the medicine anymore. He used to throw tantrums and refuse to sit down because he thought that a chair at a restaurant or at a movie theater was dirty, and he used to put clean glasses back in the dishwasher or wash them himself because he thought they weren't clean enough. He did other things, too, but I can't remember all of them.

I'm not an expert, but aren't those symptoms mysophobia?

It's also a prime, which is important to me.
Whenever I heat things up in the microwave, I always make it a prime number length of time, in seconds.

I dislike primes over 7..."How the heck was I supposed to know that 1961 was divisible by 53? Divisibility rules don't go that high!"

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Note to all inherently suspicious fingerpointers: I'm sorry for assuming I had OCD with no real proof. After having done what Smunkeeville suggested, having a nervous breakdown, and consulting a doctor, I have learned that I do not have OCD. We're not entirely sure what I do have, but psychoanalysis will continue. Of course, this will not be good enough for many of you, Grave_n_Idle and Luporum specifically. I know your type and to you, no one is allowed to be wrong about anything unless they're planning a sinister conspiracy. Those of you who are convinced I am a troll will probably remain so because you had decided this long before you even entered the topic and anything I type here will be held up as further 'proof' that I am lying. As for Grave_n_Idle's specific comments, fuck you. You have no idea whether or not I actually counted those things, it is merely what you have chosen to believe because you enjoy doubting people. To reiterate, I was under the impression I was an OCD sufferer when I started this thread. I was wrong. If you're too petty and small-minded to accept that, then by all means continue to slander me without a shred of evidence, such is your perogative.