(May 24, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Have you ever known anyone else with Pure-O OCD In real life? Because I have to live with it as well. I found it out recently.
No. I know someone with 'regular' OCD, but we're not close or anything
(May 24, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: During one particularly bad episode, I found an article by Mara Wilson, of all people, about it; despite my fascination with mental illness, it was the first time I heard about Pure-O OCD; while I do have Obsessions and Compulsions, they're not connected to each other and until I read it, I assumed they needed to be.
Thanks for that article, it's great. Especially the neat freak part. I'm the opposite and I actually get freaked out by too much orderliness, it makes me uneasy
I don't have any visible compulsions, at all. I had some minor ones during one very bad episode in my life when my anxiety was getting out of control, but not since then
It looks like I'm somewhat better now compared to previous episodes. Can't say it's peachy - my thoughts are driving me nuts-but it ain't as crazy as before
(May 24, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Lest you assume I'm just self-diagnosed, when I mentioned this to my therapist and my suspicions that I may have it, she immediately confirmed my suspicions. She had changed my diagnosis a few months prior to the triple threat of depression, Pure-O OCD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Sorry to hear that mate! It must be awful. OCD is rarely alone, I have other anxiety related issues as well and I've been on and off suicidal for a while
(May 24, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Some of the obsessions (that is, the clinically debilitating ones) tend to be about violence and general paranoia (the West Memphis 3 case shows that a man can be convicted for the most serious crimes on absurdly circumstantial evidence).
Violence is apparently a common theme in intrusive thoughts. Mine mostly involve questioning my sexual orientation and unpleasant inappropriate thoughts of that nature about other people
If you ever wanna talk, PM me. It's good to blow off some steam from time to time and looks like we're in the same shit with this
