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Sociology > Depression |
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"Miserable" |
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26 Jan 2007 12:43:48 AM |
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more OCD-ish lately |
Lately I've not only been doing my usual compulsive repeated checking. I've
also become obsessed with fear of catching a contagious disease and I'm now
washing and sanitizing my hands so often that the skin is starting to get
irritated. I was of course already previously washing my hands after
visiting the restroom, and using a paper towel to avoid touching the door
handle of the restroom. However, now I wash my hands much more thoroughly
and much longer than before, and not only after restroom visits.
What set this off was learning about the highly contagious Nora virus that
causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea etc. If I remember correctly, people who
get sick remain contagious for a couple of weeks after they become free of
symptoms. So they are likely to go back to work and spread the virus.
- miserable and anxious
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: more OCD-ish lately |
26 Jan 2007 08:13:50 AM |
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I know that OCD can be a crippling problem. My son suffered from it for
several years.
Are you seeing a Dr? There are some great new drugs out that work very
well, and alot of really useful behavioral therapies. There's also a
technique called neurolingual repatterning that really works great.
I hope you get some relief soon. I know it can be awful to be stuck in
those cycles.
Bobbie
On Jan 26, 1:43 am, Miserable <nob...@misery.net> wrote:
Lately I've not only been doing my usual compulsive repeated checking. I've
also become obsessed with fear of catching a contagious disease and I'm now
washing and sanitizing my hands so often that the skin is starting to get
irritated. I was of course already previously washing my hands after
visiting the restroom, and using a paper towel to avoid touching the door
handle of the restroom. However, now I wash my hands much more thoroughly
and much longer than before, and not only after restroom visits.
What set this off was learning about the highly contagious Nora virus that
causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea etc. If I remember correctly, people who
get sick remain contagious for a couple of weeks after they become free of
symptoms. So they are likely to go back to work and spread the virus.
- miserable and anxious
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| User: "Miserable" |
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| Title: Re: more OCD-ish lately |
26 Jan 2007 08:30:30 AM |
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Thanks. I'm not being treated specifically for OCD, since my symptoms
are not severe enough for the official diagnosis of OCD. From what I've
read, I'm almost at the level of official OCD, though, and my symptoms
are very irritating. Maybe I should talk to my pdoc about this again.
- miserable
crysalis7@yahoo.com wrote in
news:1169820830.773450.28230@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:
I know that OCD can be a crippling problem. My son suffered from it
for several years.
Are you seeing a Dr? There are some great new drugs out that work very
well, and alot of really useful behavioral therapies. There's also a
technique called neurolingual repatterning that really works great.
I hope you get some relief soon. I know it can be awful to be stuck in
those cycles.
Bobbie
On Jan 26, 1:43 am, Miserable <nob...@misery.net> wrote:
Lately I've not only been doing my usual compulsive repeated
checking. I've also become obsessed with fear of catching a
contagious disease and I'm now washing and sanitizing my hands so
often that the skin is starting to get irritated. I was of course
already previously washing my hands after visiting the restroom, and
using a paper towel to avoid touching the door handle of the
restroom. However, now I wash my hands much more thoroughly and much
longer than before, and not only after restroom visits.
What set this off was learning about the highly contagious Nora virus
that causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea etc. If I remember correctly,
people who get sick remain contagious for a couple of weeks after
they become free of symptoms. So they are likely to go back to work
and spread the virus.
- miserable and anxious
.
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: more OCD-ish lately |
26 Jan 2007 08:57:23 AM |
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then Miserable wrote, On 1/25/2007 11:43 PM:
Lately I've not only been doing my usual compulsive repeated checking. I've
also become obsessed with fear of catching a contagious disease and I'm now
washing and sanitizing my hands so often that the skin is starting to get
irritated. I was of course already previously washing my hands after
visiting the restroom, and using a paper towel to avoid touching the door
handle of the restroom. However, now I wash my hands much more thoroughly
and much longer than before, and not only after restroom visits.
What set this off was learning about the highly contagious Nora virus that
causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea etc. If I remember correctly, people who
get sick remain contagious for a couple of weeks after they become free of
symptoms. So they are likely to go back to work and spread the virus.
- miserable and anxious
It's marty the farty
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