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Subject: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Bobert Date: 19 Apr 11 - 08:26 PM I donno... I hope this ain't alarming but over the last few years I have become a "step counter"... Horrors... Yup, 128 steps to the equipment barn... Right at 675-678 to Brad's house below... 1590 steps to where the mergal mushrooms grow... The new house in NC... 8 steps and a landing then 7 steps up to the 2nd floor... Oh, 16 stepd from my bed to the bathroom... Am I a nut, 'er what??? Serious responses appreciated... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Jeri Date: 19 Apr 11 - 08:39 PM BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? Maybe!?!? Oh... "serious" responses... It's a little OCD, but may just be someting you do to fill in time. If you have something else you have to think about or do and so can't count steps, do you go nuts? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Ed T Date: 19 Apr 11 - 08:42 PM Arithmomania? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Wesley S Date: 19 Apr 11 - 08:42 PM Insane - no - not from the evidence I've seen here. Like Jeri says - a little OCD. Try singing when you walk and see if that helps. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Ed T Date: 19 Apr 11 - 08:50 PM I do not suspect you have anything/ But, here is some information to confirm it. A Q and A counting |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Jack Campin Date: 19 Apr 11 - 08:55 PM It is very unusual for OCD to start at your age. (Average age of onset for men is 21, or a bit lower for cases with symptoms like yours). See a doctor pronto to check out any physical cause (anything from brain tumour to excessive caffeine). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Ed T Date: 19 Apr 11 - 08:56 PM Dont forget to try the test in my last link. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: frogprince Date: 19 Apr 11 - 08:57 PM You may be crazy, Bobert, but there's no indication of insanity, You really might consult someone with expertise in obsessive compulsive issues, though, to be sure you don't get into some problems that could get in the way of life a bit. Then again, maybe I should just leave the queation to someone who knows a lot more about it than I do. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Rapparee Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:10 PM Get yourself a pedometer. That's a thing that counts how many steps you take. Then you don't have to count anymore. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Little Hawk Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:10 PM You've developed a little mental subroutine that your mind has become attached to. It's now a mental habit. Do you like it? Or not like it? Could you stop doing it if you decided to? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:22 PM Yer nuts, Bobert. Get help. If it is incurable, though, maybe they could use you at the archeological digs down in Central and South America to count all the thousands of steps on them ancient pyramids. That'd keep you busy and get yer ass off the street at the same time. Write some letters to the museums and send 'em your resume. - Chongo p.s. I been wonderin' how many steps it takes to walk backwards around the entire Washington Beltway one complete time while wearin' a bag over yer head. Could you check it out for me? Write me when you have the answer, okay? If I don't hear from you in say, six months, I'll assume you got either run over or arrested. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: catspaw49 Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:26 PM Life is wasted without a soupcon of insanity much like eggs without pepper or a day without sunshine or a healthy shit without aroma.............not that "old person" aroma though 'cause that means you're really fucked up................which you probably are. Does that help? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Bill D Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:27 PM nothing to worry about... *I* count seconds. I know how long it takes to go downstairs and get a soda from the storage fridge....55 seconds at a steady pace..45 if I hurry. I have been estimating time since I was in 7th grade, and I needed to know how long it took to get between various classes, so I knew if I had time to stop at locker. Now I have a VERY good idea of elapsed time..from seconds to hours. I know how long it takes to get ready to leave for a drive, and can guess quite close to what delays there will be at various times of the day.........so I am the guy who arrives ON TIME at your party, like it said on the invitation, instead of a fashionable 20-30 minutes late. Bobert will be in good shape if he ever goes blind and needs to stop before he walks into the barn door.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Jeri Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:34 PM I think the main thing is, is the counting a problem? If it doesn't interfere with your life and relationships, I'd say that it isn't anything to worry about. I should mention that I'm not a professional and I'm likely to be full of shit. I also just scored in the "mild to moderate" range on the test in Ed T's post (and anyone who knows me will probably think that's funny). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Rapparee Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:39 PM 10, Jeri. Normal range. I don't know if that's an insult or not. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:47 PM I got a 2. Normal range at the real low end. I'm so normal it's almost frightenin'! LH got a 13...still "normal", but I know better! He's teeterin' on the edge of major OCD if ya ask me. If you saw his collection of Winona Ryder Pictures and wiener dog memorabilia, you'd know what I'm talkin' about! The man is obsessed. - Chongo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Bobert Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:47 PM Wait just a danged minute... First of all, I ain't nuts so back the heck away or I'll shoot... Ahhhh, excuse me... Where did that come from??? Never mind... No, I don't count seconds or people in a room but I count steps... There it is, folks... I ****AM**** (horrors) a Compulsive Disordered Individual and being a Compulsive Disordered Individual I figured that this might be a good excuse to hold all ya'll's asses up so... ...stick 'um up, put all the valuable shit in this bag and no one get's hurt... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: katlaughing Date: 19 Apr 11 - 09:51 PM Bill mentioned what I was going to say...if you ever lost your sight, you'd know just how far to go for each place you've mentioned. 9 - normal -here |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Bobert Date: 19 Apr 11 - 10:18 PM Yeah, Kat, except I better not lose my sight before I get moved... ...man, it was back in, ahhhhh, 'round '81 and I was runnin' a wire wheel on a drill and one of them wires come up and stuck me in my eye... Made my eye go like, flat... Went to the hospital and they put me in it for a week while they treated for infections and all... Other than being insane I also have one of them lazy eyes and it was the ***other*** one... Glad to have the "real" eye back... Never the heck mind, ya'll... Yeah, I am INSANE... I think... (((there for I am??? Never mind...))) I think I need sleep... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: maeve Date: 19 Apr 11 - 10:31 PM Goodnight, Bobert. Maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 19 Apr 11 - 11:48 PM Bobert: "Okay, maybe I am INSANE???" That's what you get being such a die hard Democrat...comes with the territory! GfS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,hg Date: 19 Apr 11 - 11:58 PM Yes. That will be 120 dollars. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 20 Apr 11 - 12:02 AM Jeez, mention 'Democrat' and someone's lookin' for a hand-out already! hg, the checks in the mail! GfS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Paul Burke Date: 20 Apr 11 - 01:49 AM You're crazy, but it#s easily cured. Have your legs amputated. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Ebbie Date: 20 Apr 11 - 01:56 AM 8 here. Funny. Some time ago I found myself compelled to mentally 'make' words of three letters beginning with the the letter of the word that had come to my mind. For instance, 'arcade'. That would be ace, act, and, are, art, arc, ark, ask, aft, age, ash, add, ade, aid, ait, aig, (!), ale, amp, ape, ate, awe, auk, aye, axe- you get the idea, right? Wore me out- and yet my mind would obsess about the need. And then I forgot it. In fact, at this moment I had forgotten that I had done that. My guess is that you, Bobert, are simply so physically busy right now that your mind is trying to make sense of it all. Have you had enough time for your music lately? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 20 Apr 11 - 02:40 AM Take some good music with you in the truck for driving, DO NOT TRY PLAYING THE BANJO OR PIANO ACCORDION WHILE DRIVING! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 20 Apr 11 - 02:44 AM Did the counting start shortly after you damaged your eye, Bobz? And does OCD stand for Obsessive Chongo Disorder, by any chance? That chimp sure makes me laugh, that's for sure! :0) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: David C. Carter Date: 20 Apr 11 - 03:35 AM That's how he got it Lizzie! OCD....Yeah,it's a Canadian thing. Says so on the tin. David,who lines things up and never walks on cracks in the pavement! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 20 Apr 11 - 03:52 AM Obsessive Canadian Disorder, David? ;0) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: David C. Carter Date: 20 Apr 11 - 04:10 AM Could be Lizzie! Obessive CD collector more like it. David....Who never walks under ladders.:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Will Fly Date: 20 Apr 11 - 05:48 AM Hey Bobert, why not start counting backwards. So, it's 482 steps from your front door to the nearest store, start walking while counting 482, 481, 480... and so on. Do this enough times and your OCD will become normal and then slowly move to becoming CDO. If you're really lucky, you'll get confused halfway through and won't know whether your counting backwards or forwards. For example, count backwards until you get to, say, 110 - and then forget and start counting forwards again. You'll have walked 372 steps, leaving you 110 to count backwards. But when you count forwards, you'll end by counting up to 220 - and your step count from door to store will be totally fucked up. Do this for several weeks until every count you know makes no sense whatsoever. Then play the banjo. Result. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Patsy Date: 20 Apr 11 - 07:27 AM When ever I am in or on a vehicle and it stops at the red lights I always have to count up to 40. Most light changes are between 20 - 40 seconds but I always count 40 just to make sure. Crazy but true. Unless it is a temporary light of course which can seem to take forever and throws me completely out of kilter. The other thing is I like to woosh past automatic doors and count how many paces past I get before they close themselves. So you think you're mad? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Bobert Date: 20 Apr 11 - 08:08 AM Music, EB??? What's that??? No, I know what it is... Yeah, I get in about 1/2 a day... Okay, maybe more like 15 minutes... Counting backwards... No... That would be really insane because you wouldn't know what number to start with... I haven't got everything at the NC house all counted up yet either... Tell ya'll what... I'm going to try not to count anything today and see how it goes... If I fall off the wagon then I'll drop inh on the local Counters Anonymous for support... I can lick this thing... Or not??? B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Becca72 Date: 20 Apr 11 - 09:06 AM Ok, so I came out with Moderate to Marked on that stinkin' test. 'Scuse me while I go wash my hands and count stuff. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Will Fly Date: 20 Apr 11 - 09:19 AM Bobert - you can lick this thing. I'm counting on you... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 20 Apr 11 - 09:26 AM Will Fly: "Bobert - you can lick this thing. I'm counting on you..." How does it feel to be a step? GfS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Bobert Date: 20 Apr 11 - 09:43 AM Hahaha... Well, I'm taking a break from heavy lifting right now and am here to report that I haven't counted a danged thing today... But I got the Betty Ford's cell phone number all ready in my phone if I need it... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp Date: 20 Apr 11 - 05:45 PM Looks like you might be on the road to recovery, Bobert. We can downgrade yer condition from "batshit crazy" to just plain "disturbed". Ook! Ook! ;-D - Chongo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Date: 20 Apr 11 - 05:55 PM Will, that backwards message you wrote earlier..I'm in stitches!! :0) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,biff Date: 20 Apr 11 - 06:44 PM I've done this thing too along with avoiding cracks on the sidewalk but not to your extent...do you enjoy this or do you get anxious if you do not do it? Can you stop this behavior pattern whenever you want to or is it getting out of control? Oftentimes obsessive behavior patterns are the result of someone trying to repress overwhelming subterranean emotions/feelings that they are not capable of currently consciously integrating. Therefore if this pattern is controlling you and causing you anxiety and it seems to be growing, counseling with a professional may be advisable. On the other hand, maybe it's not this serious. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,biff Date: 20 Apr 11 - 07:01 PM you asked for a serious response |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Bobert Date: 20 Apr 11 - 07:44 PM Well, folks, Iz cured!!! I went all day and didn't count nuthin'... Okay, I counted the 3 scoops of coffee that I make in the morning but that ain't like counting... Might of fact, I was not even so much as tempted to count steps... So tell Betty Ford that we won't be gettin' together no more fir them little chats... I might still be INSANE but if I am it ain't from step counting... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Gurney Date: 20 Apr 11 - 07:55 PM Inchworm, Inchworm, measuring the marigolds, you and your arithmatic will certainly go far..... You may be cured just in time, mate! Just imagine. You actually do that armed robbery that you were planning. You run away. You lose count of the steps. You'd have to go back and start again. The cops arrive, but you are being more careful this time.... Leave the armed robbery to Chong's pals. It's not you bag. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Janie Date: 20 Apr 11 - 08:35 PM Many of us have a little bit of OCD tendencies. Like biff said, if it doesn't interfer with your life or cause significant anxiety it is no big deal. (It can be very incapacitating.) Having a mild obsession or compulsion that does not cause significant distress or interference with social, work or school functioning does not warrant a diagnosis of OCD. Some of us have mild obsessions and/or compulsions that are persistent but really don't matter. Many more of us will experience recurrent but mild obsessions and/or compulsions triggered during times of stress. My 2 OCD things are crooked pictures and untied shoe laces. The crooked picture one only emerges during times of stress, and I can resist the urge to straighten pictures without too much problem, but find them very distracting. There is a corridor at the hospital that is lined with the portraits of the first Board of Directors. They are all as cattywhomped as can be. Recently went through a very stressful couple of months, and during that time, that crooked line made me want to scream. I actually tried once to straighten them, but they are big and heavy and it soon became clear that there was a risk of damage, and I wasn't about to embarrass myself by calling Maintenance to request they rehang them. Things have settled down, and the pictures rarely even register as there now, much less that they are crooked. Shoelaces are harder. They always get my attention. Sometimes, usually during periods when I am experiencing a good bit of stress and distress, I can not control the impulse to call attention to it, usually to a latency age kid, or the parents of a younger child, when I am pretty certain it is not a style choice. I don't ever say anything to teens, (my own son excepted, ) but it is hard. I get little obsessional images of the kid tripping and banging their teeth or nose on the sidewalk. I think it comes from a classic mean prank I played on a kid in Junior High. He fell asleep in class. I wasn't much of a prankster - a real goody-two-shoes - and felt very brave and "cool" when I did it. I noticed the untied shoelace and tied it to his chair leg. When the bell rang, he did trip rather spectacularly. Instead of him being amused, he was angry and he obviously felt very embarrassed and humiliated. I still feel shame when I recall that incident. OCD is not caused by psychodynamics - it is caused by brain chemistry, and there is a strong hereditary tendency. The content of the obsessions or compulsions, however, may be determined or influenced by psychodynamic issues. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Ed T Date: 20 Apr 11 - 09:20 PM Bobert I would worry more about the tendancy of talking about a monkey-chimp as if he-she was a human than the somewhat common step counting practice. Note that there is no test to deduce the normality of the monkey talk thingie. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Bobert Date: 20 Apr 11 - 09:58 PM What, monkey's don't talk, Ed??? Sheet fire, son... Maybe Chongz didn't get the memo??? Thanks, Janie... I have the picture hangin' thing, too, but know it's impolite to straighten one in someone elses house... Well, at least when they aren't looking... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 20 Apr 11 - 11:49 PM Well. it sounds like 'somebody' on here has an addictive personality. Today booze, tomorrow the Democrats!..but if you stop the booze, then you may be, what is called a 'dry alcoholic'...which means, even though you may stop drinking, you need to address the behavior that gives one an excuse to..and that is programming a 'failure'...which is the reason to feel sorry for one's self, so they can feel 'justified' to pick up the ol' bottle! It becomes a viscous cycle..and often people substitute 'other things' for the booze.(like political stubbornness, to the point of OCD. After 'forgiving' everyone for 'making you want to drink'(?), and asking forgiveness for all those you have 'offended', it can be a REALLY good idea to re-direct those energies into something more beneficial.....perhaps a more serious study of your instrument. Then any obstacle can be worked out through a serious practice, and boundaries that were limitations can be worked though......HOWEVER, as I've noted on here before, "Art for therapy may be great therapy, but it might not be great art!" How am I doin' Ol' Ebbster?.....but I'm not practicing much more...EXCEPT FOR MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best Wishes, and May the Wind Be at Your Back! GfS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 20 Apr 11 - 11:54 PM By the way, THAT was the REAL short version..... GfS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: GUEST,Paul Burke Date: 21 Apr 11 - 01:47 AM How many days since you were cured? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Okay, maybe I am INSANE??? From: Gurney Date: 21 Apr 11 - 02:44 AM And was it a three-step programme? |
