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Whines of 2012 — Updated 12/17/2012
UPDATED: 9 September 2012 Let me count the ways the events of the past few months have screwed me. Note that there may will be additions as the weeks pass…so keep checking this article. It will be a mega-whine! First, my mother dies of a glioblastoma — brain cancer — the same disease that killed [...]
Posted: April 24th, 2012 under Anxiety, Dentition, Dogs, Health, OCD, Spirituality and Being, Whines.
Comments: 2
Relentless Self-Examination & the Loss of Genuineness
When they happen, I am a slave not to society, but to an odd sense of self.
Posted: April 20th, 2011 under Bipolar Disorder, OCD, Reflections, Spirituality and Being, Uncertainty.
Comments: 1
The Urge to Pick the Skin
The urge to pick the skin off my fingers overwhelmed me a couple of weeks ago. The two spots I prefer had lost their scars, but these are back now. I had gnawed through the skin to the muscle on the left index finger1 after I had my tooth pulled and renewed the blemish on [...]
Posted: June 14th, 2010 under Body Language, OCD.
Comments: none
Napkins
Sometimes I can observe my compulsive peculiarities. Let me preface this by telling you about a cat that I used to have as a companion. Ambrose liked to jump in the tub while there was still an inch or two of water in it. He would stroll from end to end, lifting a paw at [...]
Posted: December 26th, 2008 under Cats, OCD.
Comments: 5
Obsession
Obsession is a conversation with a ghost.
Posted: December 7th, 2006 under OCD.
Comments: 1
Razor Blades
They are out of the house and I am safe now.
Posted: May 26th, 2006 under OCD.
Comments: 7
Self-Injury Awareness Day
If you suffer from borderline disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, or depression, you may do this. Why?
Posted: March 1st, 2006 under Mania, OCD.
Comments: 9
The Pleasure and the Pressure
Most outsiders — including my bipolar friends who don’t share the compulsion — don’t get what makes me do it
Posted: February 5th, 2006 under OCD.
Comments: 8
Hidden but Not Silent
I don’t know if I forget and then blurt or if I blurt and in mid-blurt forget.
Posted: January 18th, 2006 under OCD.
Comments: 11
The Willful Delusion of a Cannibal
Stevenson’s rationale for eating his fellow human is profoundly influenced by American middle and upper class renegades who are not, I think, mentally ill, merely willfully delusional.
Posted: January 15th, 2006 under Gross, OCD, Psycho-bunk.
Comments: 8
What Would Talk Radio Do Without Us Mentally Ill?
Really!
Posted: January 15th, 2006 under OCD, Pointers.
Comments: 2
Of Crumbs and Dandruff
I pick at my navel, the bridge of my nose, my chin, and my toes.
Posted: January 3rd, 2006 under OCD.
Comments: 6