Comments on: Helpful OCD http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/01/29/helpful-ocd/ The Weblog of Doubt and Other Disorders - Living With OCD Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:52:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: ethan http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/01/29/helpful-ocd/#comment-7529 ethan Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:29:55 +0000 http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/01/29/helpful-ocd/#comment-7529 i feel you. i guess we just have to have a little faith. i still believe that our mind is the best way to fight ocd. by the way i forgot to mention the graph in the article http://pascoaching.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/img015.jpg i think it makes alot of sense :) i feel you.
i guess we just have to have a little faith.
i still believe that our mind is the best way to fight ocd.
by the way i forgot to mention the graph in the article
http://pascoaching.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/img015.jpg
i think it makes alot of sense :)

]]> By: Incertus http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/01/29/helpful-ocd/#comment-7525 Incertus Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:45:38 +0000 http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/01/29/helpful-ocd/#comment-7525 Ah, well, like I said in the post. I don't catch colds. Another aspect of contamination/washing type OCD is the hyper-vigilance. Which results in a hyper-awareness of my surroundings and what is going on around me. At all times. It's exhausting. But it has certain advantages at times. I was a supervisor once and being hyper aware of what was going on around me had my employees convinced I was a mind reader or had the place bugged. That kind of thing could also be handy in, I don't know-combat? But those things are driven by an excess of anxiety. They are a result of disordered thinking and over valuation of thoughts. Combined with an intolerance to uncertainty. Perhaps they could be looked at as an advantage or a positive. But that, to me, is predicated on the fact that I have to live with this disorder, as treatment has failed for me so far, so it's basically looking for the silver lining. I would trade those advantages in a heartbeat to be free from this disorder Ah, well, like I said in the post. I don’t catch colds. Another aspect of contamination/washing type OCD is the hyper-vigilance. Which results in a hyper-awareness of my surroundings and what is going on around me. At all times. It’s exhausting. But it has certain advantages at times. I was a supervisor once and being hyper aware of what was going on around me had my employees convinced I was a mind reader or had the place bugged. That kind of thing could also be handy in, I don’t know-combat?

But those things are driven by an excess of anxiety. They are a result of disordered thinking and over valuation of thoughts. Combined with an intolerance to uncertainty. Perhaps they could be looked at as an advantage or a positive. But that, to me, is predicated on the fact that I have to live with this disorder, as treatment has failed for me so far, so it’s basically looking for the silver lining. I would trade those advantages in a heartbeat to be free from this disorder

]]> By: ethan http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/01/29/helpful-ocd/#comment-7523 ethan Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:12:18 +0000 http://www.incertus.imntb.com/2007/01/29/helpful-ocd/#comment-7523 i beg to differ. i'm pure o type. my way of thinking has totally changed since. i'm 'attracted' to detail of the environment i interact with. so i would say the disease does has a advantage... i beg to differ.
i’m pure o type. my way of thinking has totally changed since.
i’m ‘attracted’ to detail of the environment i interact with.
so i would say the disease does has a advantage…

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