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Originally Posted by IndieSoul
Hi everyone,
I've had this thing for awhile, and it's sooooo annoying. Let's see if I can describe this right...It's like, as I'm writing, if I don't make a letter "right", it will give me a strong urge to "fix" it. For example, if I make a letter in a word too dark or too big, my mind will not let it go until I fix it. Sometimes I can distract myself enough so that it won't bother me much anymore, but sometimes I just have to fix it. Like on a multiple-choice test, when the urge is making it harder to concentrate on the rest of the test. I try to describe this to my T, but it is very difficult and somewhat embarrasing. She says that pdoc would most likely rule it out as not being OCD. Does anyone else have this problem? I hope this makes sense. This has been bothering me for a little over a year, by the way. Thanks in advance  |
hi indie.... please believe me you are not alone... i too have the same "weird" obsession with writing... amongst other things that just have to be fixed... but will stick with the writing one for now.... ive seen myself, so many times... rewrite a whole letter, no matter how long a letter it was, if i missed a letter out of a word for example... there is no way on this earth i could simply add the letter as that would make everything look untidy...oh and dont even mention if half way through the letter the pen runs out... i start it all over again as a different pen (even if it was the same colour) would not be the exact same colour as what i was using... and i couldnt possibly ignore that... it would literally drive me insane...
im shaking my head as i write this, which im sure you did when you wrote yours, as no doubt like me, you feel completely nuts... i reckon if you studied yourself for a while, you probably do the same with a lot of things, colour co-ordinating, to a point where it becomes manic... i bet you are VERY organised and get distressed if someone either interferes or doesnt put things back in the correct place... im curious to see if this is true...
anyway, just thought id pop you a reassuring post, just to let you know you are definitely not alone... xx
