February 2012
6 posts
There's something wrong with me
I suppose this is a feeling that we all have from time to time. What should you do with it?
In my case, first off, I do know that there is something wrong with me: I have OCD. But my life’s work now seems to have become figuring out what else is wrong, because I have always suspected that there is something more. Things I think might be wrong with me include:
1) Some kind of physical...
The strange symptoms of depression
I read this article with interest. The subject didn’t recognize that he was suffering from depression, which is perhaps all the more surprising considering that he was studying psychology at the time, and experienced the symptom of blurred vision which made him “obsessed with the fear of losing his sight”.
My mum actually pointed this article out to me, because she knew I went...
#grexit
I’m sorry if this is way off topic but I can’t think about anything else. I’m not sure who coined the term but, in case you can’t guess, it is an amalgamation of Greece and exit, referring to Greece’s potential exit from the Eurozone. This was once described as being unthinkable but now people are openly talking about the possibility of cutting Greece adrift. Being...
Homeopathic psychiatrist (Doctor II)
My dad was against going to see any psychiatrist that had not been recommended by someone we knew. I agree, sadly, that you do have to be on your guard because, despite what some may claim, psychiatry is far from an exact science. My dad’s “recommended” psychiatrist turned out to be a homeopathic one, however, which strikes me as somewhat of an oxymoron. I am sceptical of the...
Some boring yet annoying OCD in action
I am writing up a report that is due the day after tomorrow. I have left it until the last minute so it’s making me anxious and it’s a bit confusing so it’s making me think. As a result, I cannot stop picking at my skin. This is making my hands dirty so I keep needing to wash them because I don’t want to dirty my keyboard. It is also making my skin gross so I keep needing...
Driving lesson 3
I had my third driving lesson the other day. The instructor got me to go around in a little loop on some fairly quiet roads. The main challenge was that there were a lot of parked cars, making it quite narrow (by my standards) in some places. I only had control of the wheel. She took care of the brakes, the gears (or whatever you call those in an automatic), the indicators and looking in the...
