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Originally Posted by Maven
Everyone's telling me I can do it. I don't know. But I do know this: I don't *want* to do it.
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I work at a law school, Maven. Sometimes people go through all of the rigamarole of getting into the school and start taking classes and realize it just isn't for them. The smart ones quit. Why pursue something that's not right for you? People change their minds or get new information and decide the course they're on isn't right.
Personally I'd finish the semester if I couldn't withdraw from the classes and get my money back - or most of it. Although I did withdraw from law school mid-semester in the fall of 2005 after my son had his first psychotic episode and I knew I wasn't going to be able to focus well enough to complete the work. Stuff happens.
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My OCD is struggling more than I thought it would. I have to use the library to do a research paper, but touching all those used books freaks out my OCD. I knew I'd have to do one, but I thought I could get through it. I don't suppose anyone has any advice?
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This made me smile. I'm actually a librarian. I've worked in academic libraries for 30 years. It never occurred to me to think of library books as used - although I guess they are.
I know people with allergies have problems with the dust in libraries sometimes. I didn't know people with OCD struggled with them. Makes sense, though.
Aside from online resources, would wearing gloves help? It might also be a good chance to work with your OCD? Aren't there CBT approaches for OCD? And some kind of exposure therapy for phobias where you gradual increase your exposure to the feared thing?
Good luck. And don't worry too much about your reputation. You're not the first person to change her mind.