Is OCD hereditary?
Today is Armed Forces Day…in Bangladesh! Does Bangladesh have Armed Forces? If so, are they really something to celebrate?
Apparently, I have a mild form of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). At least that is what my mom believes, and I tend to agree. Now, I would say only a slight case because, let’s face it, I am not the neatest person I know. The School Girl would probably agree with me there. I do; however, have to keep certain aspects of my life orderly. I must organize the trivial things. When I was in high school, my compact disc collection, which was extensive, all had to be alphabetized by both artist and album title. I would also keep the disc straight and free of fingerprints. Now, I have sold off a lot on my CD collection for reasons that we will not get into but I do believe my media-OCD has gotten worse.
Between the two of us, the School Girl and I have around 300 books. Yes, I do enjoy reading. Due to the amount of books and lack of book case space I am unable to keep my books in alphabetical order. I did manage to go through each and every book, put them into several different categories and put them into a spreadsheet on my computer. Dork you say? I say…maybe you are right!
Well, the dorkiness does not stop there. Our DVD collection has gotten quite sizable due to the wonderful Wally-World $5.50 DVD bin. Yes, it is a lot of trouble to sort through the throng of no-name DVDs but there is always a gem hidden at the bottom. Anyways, not only do we have a special cabinet where the DVDs live, and not only are they alphabetized but I have made a web page (that is only on my computer) where they are listed out all nice and neat. Then you can click on the movie title and a page for that particular flick comes up, complete with a photograph of the DVD cover, the stars of the movie, the rating and movie length, and a brief synopsis. This is getting bad, isn’t it?
The other weekend as I was sitting around all alone with the School Girl in W’boro, I got really tired of listening to the Titans football game. The announcers kept calling Vince Young, Steve McNair! Morons…anyway, I decided to break out a few of my old record albums to keep me from pulling my hair out when I realized that they were all thrown about in boxes and I couldn’t find anything! Oh no! Well, I am sure you are all glad to hear that I made a little web page for those too. There are not any individual album pages (yet) but I do have the years they were released. Man, I am pretty anal huh? (Mr. Minor, The Unicorn by the Peter Pan Pop Singers and The Happy Land Singers records were released in 1970, FYI).
Other people in my family have similar things that they do. For example, my little nephew, Snake, has to separate his M&M Chocolate Candies (mmm…chocolate) by color before eating them (and so does the School Girl). The same thing goes for his crayons when he colors (but he doesn’t eat them, at least that we know of). My mom, also has her DVDs alphabetized but not to the degree of creating a webpage for them. My Grandmother is a clean freak, too! Apparently, the breadth with which one’s OCD materializes itself must wane as the generations pass. Little Harry, I don’t think, has any of these traits. He just doesn’t want anyone to touch his stuff, especially his little brother. Sometimes it is just necessary to keep stuff in order.
Apparently, I have a mild form of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). At least that is what my mom believes, and I tend to agree. Now, I would say only a slight case because, let’s face it, I am not the neatest person I know. The School Girl would probably agree with me there. I do; however, have to keep certain aspects of my life orderly. I must organize the trivial things. When I was in high school, my compact disc collection, which was extensive, all had to be alphabetized by both artist and album title. I would also keep the disc straight and free of fingerprints. Now, I have sold off a lot on my CD collection for reasons that we will not get into but I do believe my media-OCD has gotten worse.
Between the two of us, the School Girl and I have around 300 books. Yes, I do enjoy reading. Due to the amount of books and lack of book case space I am unable to keep my books in alphabetical order. I did manage to go through each and every book, put them into several different categories and put them into a spreadsheet on my computer. Dork you say? I say…maybe you are right!
Well, the dorkiness does not stop there. Our DVD collection has gotten quite sizable due to the wonderful Wally-World $5.50 DVD bin. Yes, it is a lot of trouble to sort through the throng of no-name DVDs but there is always a gem hidden at the bottom. Anyways, not only do we have a special cabinet where the DVDs live, and not only are they alphabetized but I have made a web page (that is only on my computer) where they are listed out all nice and neat. Then you can click on the movie title and a page for that particular flick comes up, complete with a photograph of the DVD cover, the stars of the movie, the rating and movie length, and a brief synopsis. This is getting bad, isn’t it?
The other weekend as I was sitting around all alone with the School Girl in W’boro, I got really tired of listening to the Titans football game. The announcers kept calling Vince Young, Steve McNair! Morons…anyway, I decided to break out a few of my old record albums to keep me from pulling my hair out when I realized that they were all thrown about in boxes and I couldn’t find anything! Oh no! Well, I am sure you are all glad to hear that I made a little web page for those too. There are not any individual album pages (yet) but I do have the years they were released. Man, I am pretty anal huh? (Mr. Minor, The Unicorn by the Peter Pan Pop Singers and The Happy Land Singers records were released in 1970, FYI).
Other people in my family have similar things that they do. For example, my little nephew, Snake, has to separate his M&M Chocolate Candies (mmm…chocolate) by color before eating them (and so does the School Girl). The same thing goes for his crayons when he colors (but he doesn’t eat them, at least that we know of). My mom, also has her DVDs alphabetized but not to the degree of creating a webpage for them. My Grandmother is a clean freak, too! Apparently, the breadth with which one’s OCD materializes itself must wane as the generations pass. Little Harry, I don’t think, has any of these traits. He just doesn’t want anyone to touch his stuff, especially his little brother. Sometimes it is just necessary to keep stuff in order.
posted by LeBlanc at 10:31 AM
1 Comments:
You didn't happen to find a copy of "The Braillettes" in your album collection did you?
Xantastic
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