April 20, 2020
OCD Getting in the Way?

In the Spring of 2020, Many of us find ourselves stuck at home with a lot of time on our hands. I initially thought this would be an intensely productive time. It would be like renting a cabin in the woods with the only one assignment: write! I’ll finish my book! The opposite occurred. Since the start of the pandemic, I haven’t written a single word in my book. I used to write every morning before going in to work. Having that deadline of the start of work motivated me to get something done.
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April 15, 2020
Breaking the thought patterns that lead to endless obsessive-compulsive behavior may be similar to breaking the habits of addiction.
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OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged: acting out, addiction, brain, breaking habits, habits, obsessive Compulsive DIsorder, rituals |
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April 4, 2020
If you just woke up from a one month coma and decided to go out shopping in April, 2020, the only logical conclusion would be that the entire world had become wildly OCD. Signs everywhere telling you to stay six feet apart. People wearing facemarks. Cartoon memes imploring you to wash your hand for 20 seconds at a time at every possible opportunity. All surfaces constantly being re-sanitized. It’s a germaphobe’s dream come true.
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Posted by EricIndiana
August 7, 2019

Living in the flow of life means being OK with where you are right now. It doesn’t mean you’re not going anywhere, it is just a release from the anxiety that swells up when you believe you are not where of when you are supposed to be. And it feels really good.
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March 8, 2019
Joey couldn’t take his eyes off the guy’s leg. Why did that guy have to constantly shake his leg? Why do people do that? Nervous energy? Does it sooth them, like playing with a spiky ball might sooth a kid with a mental disorder? It was driving Joey crazy. He couldn’t say anything because then he’d sound like an asshole. He held his hand over the right side of his face, blocking his view of the leg. But it was awkward to keep his hand there. He’d have to leave and find another table to sit at.
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Posted by EricIndiana
May 26, 2018

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is designed by the brain to give relief from stress by restoring a feeling of safety. People controlled by OCD can feel like it is keeping them healthy. On a rational level, sufferers of OCD can know that it’s all in their head, but on a deeper level, the disorder is inexorably intertwined with fear: Fear of things going wrong. I was trapped for decades by multitudinous symptoms of OCD. I cured myself three years ago, and have come to realize that my OCD was blocking the healthy flow of the universal life force, qi.
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May 6, 2017
I love creating worlds. I spend hours mapping out the details of the world my friends will explore after school. I am the Dungeon Master. I have control over everything that happens. My friends roll the dice, but I have already planned for all the possible outcomes.
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Posted by EricIndiana
October 28, 2014

I am going to tell you about my sudden and unexpected self-cure of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) after 51 years on this Earth. But first, a brief personal background.
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March 1, 2014

The reason I have holes in the right armpits of most of my t-shirts is that I take my shirts off the wrong way. I don’t remember anyone ever teaching me otherwise. I resist changing the way I remove my shirts because I feel like it’s something that makes me me. My habits distinguish me from other people. Without them, who am I?
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October 9, 2012

A Legal Question:
What if one conjoined twin is convicted of assaulting the other?
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