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i think you make a very interesting point and i have had similar experiences especially where my ocd was involved.......to be able to recognize that its the ocd and not the situation kept me from getting out of control and perhaps wrongfully involving my family or friends in my plight ........i think we are lucky if we are able to do this ...but i think some folks "can"t see the forrest for the trees" thus exacerbating the situation........not by their fault but by the extent that their illnesses have overtaken them......interesting post.....thanks
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Hi Butterfly,
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking about. Of course we only know it's the illness when we know it's the illness. If we don't know, then it's just so easy to blame everything and anything in our world, and why shouldn't we?
With the 'many forms' thing, I was thinking that illnesses hit into everyday lives in all sorts of ways, not just OCD. For instance, I have often heard people say, "That's the depression talking" indicating that the person talking (usually complaining) doesn't know where they are coming from. Of course this must be the stuff of counselling and therapy.
By learning to recognise our patterns, we are doing a lot of people around us a favour, but I don't know if it makes me feel any better. Sometimes I would just like to blame the whole d**** world for having such a rough deal - but it passes.
When we make great efforts to understand our illnesses, as so many people here have done, it does feel that we have gained some wisdom and some normality, but of course it is a normality with the illness in it. That's the reality.
Cheers, Myzen.