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Old Aug 27, 2013, 10:46 PM
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Thanks for writing all of that, Akuma. That was definitely interesting to read! I'm not sure you're interested but I'll try to explain what it's like for me.

I have a tendency to think a lot about things that I've written. If I for example write a post on a forum like this one I, just like you, think about grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, the words I've used, how what I've written might come across etc. I want it to be perfect, I need it to be perfect and if it isn't I might as well delete it. That leads to me rereading things over and over and over again multiple times before and after posting (it also leads to me deleting a lot of my posts because I find them imperfect when I reread them). I do so throughout the day and not only around the time the post has been written. It takes up a lot of time sometimes and even though I might be "sure" the post is fine I go back and check it again and again (so far I've probably read this about ten times). If I'm at university or something and I don't have access to my laptop I reread the post on my phone. I think I'm worried that people will think I'm really stupid if I make mistakes. I'm pretty scared of failure and mistakes as well as what other people think of me.

Another thing which I find really annoying sometimes is the fact that I often feel the need to reread things if I make mistakes while reading, for example pronouncing a word incorrectly (out loud or in my head). I remember I did this in my early teens as well though I'm not sure if I saw it as some sort of game I played with myself or if I actually felt compelled to go back and "undo" mistakes. Sometimes I don't even have to make a mistake in order to feel that I need to reread what I just read. Sometimes it just feels "wrong" so then I read the text again. At times I also feel the urge to erase words I've written and write them again or I'll get a weird/strange "feeling" in my fingers.

It took me almost 45 minutes to write this post.

EDIT: Oh and I sometimes have to erase and rewrite certain letters I've written by hand if I think they're "uneven" (if I've for example written a letter with a different amount of pressure than the rest of the text or if it just looks asymmetrical/uneven).
Thanks for this!
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