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Originally Posted by SUPERDOC
Ok...time for a reality dose...Just so that we don't offend anyone unfortunate enough to actually HAVE OCD.
-I apologize in advance, but one of my pet peeves is the perpetuation of medical ignorance...and the Internet is the biggest culprit..However I expected better from the Rolex Forum..
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive disorder is a DISORDER...The Hallmark of any Disorder is that it impairs the ability to function in any one of three spheres of being - social, professional, personal.
People with OCD are tortured by their obsessive compulsions...they are Egodystonic, (incongruent with what would be good for the ego) - they wish they didn't have them...and often require medication for control. Someone with OCD might be late for work frquently because they must circle the house checking each locked door seven times before leaving the house - or else their day is overwhelmed by fear that something catastophic will happen (one example)
OCD is nothing to joke about.
However what most of us have is features of an Obsessive compulsive personality disorder...again, only a disorder if it impairs function.
Often people with features of OCPD will have compulsions and obsessions that are egosyntonic...we are perfectionistic, and fastidious.
Most of the time these personality traits help us succeed in school, work, life...interestingly enough one marker of success for many people is a rolex watch...go figure.
So it' sno surprise that many successful people have features of OCPD, and that those who have used those personality traits to be successful would buy rolexes that they can further obsess about...again egosyntonic...we enjoy the obsession...
Ok, I'll step off my soap box now...it's just that OCD is nothing to make light of.
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Did someone make light of OCD ?? If you were inferring that I was then you are mistaken. I can't even stand that T.V. show "Monk" because it makes light of a terrible affliction.
I really enjoyed your explanation of the disorder and disease. Thanks.