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Apr 20, 2008, 03:29 PM
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Why is it that I stress about every little detail in my life?
I'm 15 years old and stress about every possible thing I can stress about. Everything has to be perfect and I hate hate hate hate when my room is disorginized. Everything much have there place and be put away neatly. I stress out if my rooms not clean when I leave in the morning to go to school. Even the little things. The thing I stress about most is my weight. I hate where I'm at....I want to loose about 30 pounds......becuase I'm stressed so often should I seek help or just leave it alone and just contiune being stressed about everything little thing and contiune to be a "perfectionist"? Thanks so much for your help ~Tinkerbellchick~ |
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Apr 20, 2008, 03:38 PM
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It could be OCPD (obsessive compulsive personality disorder) but you should really talk to someone if it's interfering with your life. your school counselor is probably the first place to start. Best of luck.
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Apr 20, 2008, 05:07 PM
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Perfectionism can kill ya.
 It does sound like it's interferring with your life already. Do you have a school counselor or favorite teacher you can share with? What about books in the library about OCD or perfectionism?
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Apr 20, 2008, 06:57 PM
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tinkerbellchick, I can relate to feeling stressed about everything although I don't seem to have a problem with being too tidy. However, god forbid somebody move something. My house may be a wreck, but everything is right where it is suppose to be. Talking to somebody may be a good idea.
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Apr 20, 2008, 07:49 PM
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I've never thought that I might have OCPD but my sisters tell me all the time that I have OCD and i'm a perfectionist. I don't even get what the defintion of a perfectionist is. Is it wrong to want everything to be in complete order all the time? Is it wrong that I need to have everything in its place? Is it werid that I do things in a certian way and order? I don't really see the problem. I get stressed out about thease things, but doesent everyone experiance stress at one point or another. So am I just normal? Even if I went to talk to the consolor I wouldn't even know how becuase I don't talk to anyone that way. I keep it to myself and thats what I've done my enitire life. Is that so wrong? I'm just so confused, I have no clue what to do, and i'm just so fed up with everything. I'm sick of being fat, stresed, everything u can imagine.
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Apr 20, 2008, 10:40 PM
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It's not that it's bad to be a perfectionist and liking your things to be in order ... it's the stress that it generates that makes those things bad for you. Especially if you expect the same of other person around you
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Apr 20, 2008, 10:45 PM
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Is it possible that your world feels a bit chaotic? Or perhaps one of your parents is a bit of a perfectionist? The only "cure" for perfectionism I know of is Grace.
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Apr 21, 2008, 04:23 PM
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But the thing is I don't excpect anything from other people. I excpect everything to be dead on pefect when I do them. People can call me whatever they like. If its not done perfectly then what the point of even doing it. I know stessing about thease things makes it worse but that's what i've done my enitre life is just stress over ever last deatial about everything. My body what i do just everything. I excpect my body to be perfec t and its not which I hate so I'm doing everything thing I can to loose 35 pounds and keep it off and if that goes well then I'll start to loose more. But should I talk to someone of just let it be beucase talking to people about I feel makes me look weak and makes me valnurable and I'm not really good at dealing with that. I hate looking weak and not controling the world around me. But if I do talk to someone even if its the school consolor I will be looked upon as weak and I will personaly feel very vunarable and i don't know I just don't know how to deal with those kinds of feelings.
What should I do? Sinserly, tinkerbellchick |
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#9
Apr 21, 2008, 06:20 PM
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It is not weak to need or want to talk to someone about things that are bothering you. It takes a lot of courage to ask for help. I can understand you're wanting to be in control of things, I used to be that way too, but unfortunately often life doesn't work out that way and it's bettter to learn to deal with it.
I'm also a teeny bit concerned about the amount of weight you want to lose. I don't know your height and current weight but 35 pounds is actually quite a bit. That coupled with your desire for control and perfectionism could be the start of an eating disorder & that in the long run is very unhealthy. Take care of yourself. --splitimage
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