OCD?
While studying behavioral science, I diagnosed my mom with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) - which is characterized by people who are perfectionist, "set in their ways" and "don't like change: and people who think their way is "the only way to do things."; she wanted me to expalin the difference between OCPD and OCD (plain ole' obessive compussive disorder.) I told her that OCD was people who had a mental imbalance and therefore were compelled to do things such as check the lock 40 times, wash their hands excessively, and so on. She's kind of a smart aleck - so she said, "So I have OCPD, and you have OCD." Funny mom, funny. . .however, there may be a hint of truth in that. . .for instance my first ten minutes at SBs today was spent:
Order: Large Low-Carb Chai Latte with Soy in a to-go cup, ice water in a white styrofoam cup, and an empty coffee cup.
Table Search: booths were taken, two tables by plugs - so I took the one that faced east/west; I didn't want to sit facing north/south.
Table Rearrange: it was faced perpidicular to me; I had to change it to parallell
Table Add on: I literally picked up a table from the middle of the store & toted over to my area (I had to find the one that was the same size as mine)
Plug: the plug must run behind my computer - therefore I had to face east.
What do you think? OCD or Crazy Medical Student or a little bit of both?
Order: Large Low-Carb Chai Latte with Soy in a to-go cup, ice water in a white styrofoam cup, and an empty coffee cup.
Table Search: booths were taken, two tables by plugs - so I took the one that faced east/west; I didn't want to sit facing north/south.
Table Rearrange: it was faced perpidicular to me; I had to change it to parallell
Table Add on: I literally picked up a table from the middle of the store & toted over to my area (I had to find the one that was the same size as mine)
Plug: the plug must run behind my computer - therefore I had to face east.
What do you think? OCD or Crazy Medical Student or a little bit of both?
5 Comments:
At 5/09/2006 1:57 PM ,
Anonymous said...
OCPD is the best!!!!
Quit goofing off and start studying.
The Schoolmaster.
At 5/09/2006 2:15 PM ,
Anonymous said...
umm, the red italics are bothering me. they should be green and bolded. please change it. (thats me demonstrating OC behavior). every med students exhibits it. it does 2 things:
1.helps us understand crazy patients better (takes one to know one...) and
2. makes us able to be organized and comfortable dealing with difficult situations. I mean we have to feel like we are in control if we are going to make our patients think we are in control, right?
~Ellen
PS-- i commented!
At 5/09/2006 2:17 PM ,
Anonymous said...
PS again: Get an AIM screenname!
At 5/09/2006 3:53 PM ,
Anonymous said...
OCD. So now you can't make fun of me having OCPD. Hehehe... And Ellen, she did.
At 5/09/2006 3:59 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Have you all ever known somebody who couldn't stand to have a stray mark on their paper? Even a little dot? Now that is really demented!!!
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