OCD Humour

[darklotus1211]

A bit of pictorial humour regarding OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)

I've broken this into two parts, the first, in which at least one is bound to bring out the inner OCD sufferer in most of us and the second group to help soothe those tattered nerves after seeing the first lot... enjoy!

But first, to put you in the mood:

Comments

[toblass]

These photos are great!

Years ago I worked with a gal who was a bit OCD. She used to line up her coins for bus fare on the edge of her desk. Of course, largest to smallest with the heads all right side up, etc., So what did Toby do in response? I used to go over there when she wasn't looking and turn the heads upside down or flip the coins around. It was passive aggressive revenge for how mean she used to be to me.

Mwahahahaha...

[darklotus1211]

LOL! That must have driven her mad! I've worked with a couple of OCD people and I must say I found it quite off-putting. There is such a thing as too much neatness! I have my little OCD style quirks, but I think we all do, or most of us anyway. My idea of order doesn't always gel with the norm, and people often wonder why I put things where I do in my house, but it works for me. Generally, though, I'd have to say I err on the side of happy chaos rather than order.

I do have a thing about anything hung unevenly when it's meant to be level - pictures, curtains etc and how I hang and group my clothes in my wardrobe, but that comes from years of quick changes while performing and the habit has stuck.

[quaffswinegaily]

My inner OCD is all out of equilibrium with the first group of photos. Even the sloven in me wants to sort those things out.

[darklotus1211]

I know! I certainly wouldn't call myself an obsessively orderly person, but those pictures made me feel the same way! I guess we all have that inner OCD sufferer lurking away with the exception of our teen years - I think it goes into hibernation for most of us during those years. I will admit to a few OCD type traits, though.

I don't colour co-ordinate my clothes, but I do have them grouped and my hangers all have to have the hooks in the same direction, along with the clothes hanging on them. I think that comes more from having to have my clothes organised for quick changes when I used to perform, but the habit has stuck. It came in handy when my son danced and I ended up the wardrobe mistress, among other things, for his troupe whenever they performed..

My other bug bear is anything not hung level on a wall when it's meant to be- it will drive me batty no matter where I happen to be. It doesn't send me into a corner gibbering, but I do find it annoying and will remedy it if I can.

[rangerishot]

I admit to not really having a sense of .humour when it comes to people's perception of OCD. It might strike people as a fanciful condition but having suffered from it for years (although not anymore) I can tell you that it is nothing of the sort. It is a condition caused by anxiety that is unrelated to the 'lack of perfection' that people mistake it as. That's just being a perfectionist

[darklotus1211]

Sorry if I offended you, ranger - that certainly wasn't my intent, nor was it to make fun of people with OCD.

I do understand the condition, as I suffered from it as a young teen and again after a traumatic accident as I still do at times as an adjunct, along with agoraphobia, to that charming condition PTSD. One of my nephews also suffered from it.

We cope with things like this in our family by using humour in an inclusive, not alienating way.

Once again my apologies if I offended. I posted this in as much an effort to cheer myself up as to cheer others. I honestly didn't think it was done in a way that either belittled sufferers or the severity of the condition and I obviously misjudged.

[rangerishot]

I appreciate your response. You've now made it clearer that that wasn't your intent so thank you

[hummingbyrdd]

These are lovely. I think there is beauty in order (I love arabesque patterns) but I also love the pics where something is slightly askew. Life shouldn’t always be so cut and dried, neat and tidy. Sometimes you just want a crazy quilt. I think I’m the opposite of OCD. You can see it in my artwork when I was a student. I definitely had a scribbly splashy style. Unfortunately my writing is just as messy. I envy people who are organized.

[darklotus1211]

I can appreciate both. I tend to get super organised in crises and then let everything slide afterwards in a crash and burn thing, and then slowly get back to an equilibrium of the two.

I've had problems with OCD only mine didn't come out in the positions of things. I had a problem with both counting and various other numerical things and hoarding. The counting was the worst and if I didn't do it, I felt like something terrible was about to happen. Like most things, though, it always helps if you can also see the funny side. My hoarding was never to the point of the poor people you hear about in extreme cases, but I'm very vigilant about it - I'm also just a bit of a packrat at the best of times anyway and usually do end up having a use for my 'treasures'. lol!

[anya98]

I love it!!!