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Originally Posted by sA x sKy
I definitely don't have OCD tendencies. I'm not a perfectionist per se, but when it comes to things I "care" about (car, family, girl, etc) I want everything to be perfect otherwise I'm scared.
For instance, whenever I get my DP installed by the mechanic I start to worry and over analyze about what the mechanic could forget and in turn, I get nervous as hell that my car will be fucked up forever.
Same thing with a girl..I'll be texting her and in my head the convo went awry, but when my friends see it, they say everything is fine. To make matters worse is when I feel that the girl is indirectly ignoring me the next day after our convo, so I start to think, "Ok, I was right and my friends are wrong. This girl definitely got creeped out by me".
Get it?
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The general conception of OCD, the "perfectionist" instance, is only one way in which the condition can present. There are many other ways in which it can affect a person, for example some people obsess over situations. These worry about what could happen sort of "worst case scenario" style and are stricken with anxiety as a result. That's what OCD is, an anxiety disorder.
For the record I'm not trying to diagnose you with anything and these cases are always assessed on a scale. The severity of the worry and anxiety usually define the diagnosis.
Grimlock- What is the one answer? BTW, your suspicions about human nature are supported by emperical evidence. It is called relative rates of reinforcement