Twacks OCD And The Power Of Three

byTwack

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7 years ago

OCD and the power of three is a melon twister even coming from me.... Here's how it began. I was driving down to my local garage, they tolerate my frequent visits, with or without vehicles needing attention. On certain days we have most definitely put the world to rights...and really don't understand why no one has phoned us up and asked for our advice..baffling.

I was obviously on 'auto-pilot' as my mind starting playing a form of word association... I was thinking I might write a blog about OCD... As a sufferer it has been something I wanted to expand upon..today was not to be the day, however, as I went off on one... I guess Prof Twack took over and decided to dabble in some tangentology.

The word association came after the thoughts about OCD... I was playing with the acronym and came up with a couple of alternatives...probably something to do with trying to finish a post...not managing to but sorting a fair chunk.

OCD and the power of three, cubed, cubism, Dali, Salvador, El, sell, selling, affiliate..and here we are..tenuous at best but it didn't stop there. Obviously I was thinking about unfinished content..or outstanding content...ah yes, you see.

You have 'Outstanding' as in something that hasn't been completed followed by 'Content' and then 'Disorder'

So this was fun and of course we can't stop there...onward we go into the next evolution which was going to hit on truly excellent content... That's right..this was too easy.

You have 'Outstanding' as is something that is exemplary followed by 'Content' and then 'Disorder'

Then the more traditional 'Obsessive' followed by 'Compulsive' and 'Disorder' which now seems a bit lame compared to the other two and no where near as much fun.

So we have the power of three which led to associations that ended up with WA... I am at liberty to discuss OCD in any way shape or form...as long as it neatly done..kidding. I'm not a neaty type..I'm a checker. I was anyway..now I've kicked its derriere...It does try it on now and then and I might let it have a play..but not for long. It can be debilitating at worse and irritating at best.

Not wanting to go all psychoanalytical but when you start to look inwards and into the reasons behind what we do, it does give you a better understanding of things like OCD. Nature, nurture, trauma are all factors... I remember back to being eleven and making sure the towels in the bathroom were always lined up...exactly. Then there was what I would call symmetry touching, where if any part of a finger touched something you had to touch with the other hands' finger...and make sure it felt the same otherwise you 'd be there for ages trying to get the 'feel' just right.

We could get into neural pathways and the connection between Basal Ganglia/Orbitofrontal Cortex/Anterior Cingulate Gyrus...which in turn, due to a loss in error detection causes the brain to increase repetitive messages...a bit like trying shut a door that keeps opening...which is ironic if you think about it...shut it, it opens, shut it, it opens and so on and on and on.

What do I know...research is ongoing and as at my last foray into 'understanding' a few years ago...nobody can definitively define the exact process cause.... I am sure there are many postulations out there...but none of them really help you when you're turning that light on and off or locking that door for the umpteenth time.

Sometimes you have to say enough is enough and just get on with living... I would turn the internal voice around... The intrusive thought tells you that if to don't comply with what ever compulsion you are repeating, then something bad will happen. I used to turn it round..well it was my voice in my head... If I did the compulsion..then something awful would happen...bingo, bang, wallop, by George I think she's got it...move your blooming.... Anyway, that worked for me, most of the time..or just refusing to play along..the brain can only concentrate on one thing at a time..so if I felt myself getting drawn in... I changed my focus and thought of something totally unrelated..in less than twenty seconds, whatever I was obsessing about had disappeared

Looking at it now, I did manage to get across some of my thoughts on the subject... I know a few members have mentioned it more than once on here...some say we all have a trait of it in us...probably true to an extent. The truth of it is, it is far more complex than just making sure everything is in place or your hands are clean...it can result in more extreme behaviour and it can manifest as a bi-product of other issues... It can be inter-related to a multitude of mental illnesses...all invisible on the outside yet causing turmoil on the inside.

Another small layer of the onion peeled.

Right I'm off for some more content writing...those poor, poor visitors, what have they let themselves in for.

As always, just my thoughts, rightly or wrongly.

Be well