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by **IAIN** » Mar 2nd, '07, 09:16

I'm a fidget *rse myself...even when I'm writing, my right leg hammers up and down piston-fashion...

if we're talking about things that your mind does; i have an annoying "gift", i've always been able to look at an empty space or object and tell you pretty much exactly how tall/wide it is...cupboards, wardrobes, empty spaces...anything...

and i cant help but look at certain empty spaces or even people and say to myself "oh yeah, she's 5ft 5"...i see alot of things as broken down shapes alot of the time, or occasionally the negative space around the object too...

i had a great argument with a mate of mine, he was moving into a flat and i was helping him move, he had bought a new bed, put it together and pointed to where he wanted to put it..

i looked and said straight away "no chance there...it wont quite fit.." yet he was adamant (not the singer) that it would, and he had measured it all out...so i bet him a take away and beers...

i was not only right, but my sizing of it all was only out by just under an inch...and i think thats why i do those annoying triple dot things on here ... like that, my mind wants to indicate the natural gap in my "talking" voice, even though I'm typing...see...doing it again...

and when i did my I.Q. test, i rated very highly in the visual/spacial memory section...and oddly, I'm never wrong about bra sizes either...and i used to be a demon at pool cos i would visualise the lines of the balls going off the cushions...

by **Wills** » Mar 2nd, '07, 12:49

What do you work as Abraxus? If I didn't know any better I'd say you work in an Architects office.

I do and find myself doing the same things as you. It can get very annoying when I walk into a room and start focusing on the hanging photos/pics on the wall if they're not straight.

by **lindz** » Mar 2nd, '07, 13:33

Tomo wrote:
lindz wrote:Sorry Tomo bit confused by all these medical terms im not very bright. First thing i got stuck on is Lexparo i assume it's some kind of ingrediant within the tablet and second thing was bathtub speed this is probally something simple but im not sure. Behaviour therapy they wouldnt let me do for some reason i wanted anger managment because although im not dangerous or violent i can be a bit quick off the mark sometimes but thats only usually with family which is silly i know. I do have a councellor who i see about every 6 months due to NHS demand which is not very helpful because it's too far apart and you only get about an hour per session so that doesent help much. Do you have a lot of knowledge on these sort of subjects then Tomo or just interested?

Sorry about that. Lexapro is just another name for escitalopram.

Oh poo, here comes the self outing... I developed full blown OCD in 1973-1974 at the age of 7. The full intrusive thoughts, patterns, symmetry, compulsive-actions-or-the-world-will-end and urges thing. Horrible, especially living with parents who thought I was something to be ashamed of rather than getting me some bloody help! b******s. So, over time, I managed to figure out how to hide then control and mitigate it by the time I got to secondary school (which is why I've come to love psychology so much).

I have a group of friends I've known from primary school who know all this and have just treated me normally all along, which is fu**ing brilliant, frankly. A kid in my class got serious OCD at the end of the first year of secondary and everyone else made his life hell. I smacked a few people, if I remember correctly (don't like bullies, bound to say so). Over the summer holidays he got some help, though, and had it pretty much under control by the start of the second year. Imagine what I thought of my parents!

Anyhoo...

Today, if I didn't tell people I have it, they wouldn't know. No one would. I look and act entirely normally, because I am normal as far as I'm concerned. I'm a remarkably well adjusted and slightly popular person because of it, who people know they can talk to about their problems and who people like to be around and have at their parties to do strange psychological things to then.

Nowadays, my subconscious still loves to urgently tell me things like it's answering random questions, which can be inspirational, but other than that, it has left me with a great ability to collect trivia. When I was a kid, I used to think that I had to collect it to stop, er, "bad" things happening, which gives people who haven't got it some insight into the strange silliness of the possible range of symptoms!. My memory for remembering nonsense is phenomenal now and the best thing is that I can work a party of people I've seen a few times and just hot read them.

So there you go. Funny old world, isn't it?

Time to press Submit now.

Wow i didnt reliase it was so common. I dont know if you know but it is actually called the secretive disorder because it can be hid so well everyone who knows me doesent even know ive got it apart from my partner and my parents. I have all them silly thoughts about something bad will happen unless i do something a random amount of times and i did try to ignore it once but in that months space of ignoring my car got stolen someone else hit my new car and then my nan died so i started listening to whatever is telling me to do these things again. I know thats probally coincidence but even still it was quite strange. It's sad to hear about your parents mine have actually been quite supportive about it which was quite nice because i didnt even tell anyone i had it until i was about 13 i was to scared and thought i was the only one in the world who had this condition but then i got a book on it and since then ive read books on all sorts of different conditions and i find it quite interesting and in a way i feel lucky that im suffering from this and not something a hell of alot worse. There is a film on this Starring Jack Nicholson and it's called As good as gets it's quite a called film.

by **Wills** » Mar 2nd, '07, 14:41

Apparently OCD is quite common albeit in lesser forms with most people. One of my mates can't sleep at night without checking that all the two way light switches are turned to the 'off' position.

Fair play to ya, you seem to be going the right way about dealing with it by acknowledging that there are a lot worse things to have in the world today. Like CUPS

by **Marvell** » Mar 2nd, '07, 14:45

I specifically practice card routines and shuffles whilst the adverts are on. Nobody cares about the sound or the distracting movements. I do things like "I'm going to keep these card on top whilst shuffling for 3 adverts". Then I look at the cards at the end of the three adverts, and not before.

by **IAIN** » Mar 5th, '07, 10:27

Wills wrote:What do you work as Abraxus? If I didn't know any better I'd say you work in an Architects office.

I do and find myself doing the same things as you. It can get very annoying when I walk into a room and start focusing on the hanging photos/pics on the wall if they're not straight.

nah...i was originally a typesetter and silk screen printer, but now i build stripped down intranet sites for a big company, so they're accessible with JAWS software...bet you're glad you asked eh...

architects - don't they take longer to qualify than doctors?

by **greedoniz** » Mar 5th, '07, 11:51

I have a weird combination of laziness combined with a short attention span. Which means I get bored easily but cannot be bothered to do anything about it

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