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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

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?

5 Comments:

  • At 5/09/2006 1:57 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    OCPD is the best!!!!

    Quit goofing off and start studying.

    The Schoolmaster.

     
  • At 5/09/2006 2:15 PM , Anonymous 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 Anonymous said...

    PS again: Get an AIM screenname!

     
  • At 5/09/2006 3:53 PM , Anonymous 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 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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