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I was like ten years old when I had to even out things if I stepped on a crack in the pavement. If I brushed by something on one side I had to even it out. If I
by scarejunba 8y ago
I was like ten years old when I had to even out things if I stepped on a crack in the pavement. If I brushed by something on one side I had to even it out. If I bumped into something, I'd have to go back and bump the other side evenly.
One day I saw a TV show or a movie where someone was like that and people treated them like they were retarded. So I tried really hard to stop it. Over the next few years, I just got rid of the compulsion. I guess it was weak enough.
Just lucky, I suppose. I still have one terrible one but it doesn't let me talk about it or bad things will happen.
- circlefavshape 8y agoI used to have little compulsions like this as a kid, and I know some others who did. Perhaps it's not uncommon? Probably rather different to full-blown adult OCD though
- aeorgnoieang 8y ago> I still have one terrible one but it doesn't let me talk about it or bad things will happen. Fuck; you're being held hostage by a compulsion? That's tragic.
- rconti 8y agoI still totally have the 'evening out' thing, in my late 30s. But it comes and goes -- I could mostly rid myself of it, I'm sure, if I set my mind to it, like you did. I guess I'm very lucky in that way. I have had times where it was more prominent (perhaps in times of higher stress or anxiety) but for the past decade or two its' just been a minor background thing with no real consequence. I can imagine how debilitating it must be for those who truly suffer.