Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Diary of an OCD Kid






So I've been going through my diaries out of curiosity and come across some interesting things; glimpses of OCD in my childhood.
Notice all the darkened areas. At a glance, it could look like just sloppy elementary handwriting. But you'll notice there was nothing wrong with most of those areas, but they just bothered me for no apparent reason so I had to "fix" them. This is not normal. Now wonder I was always behind with my diary, it took so darn long to get through writing!

Notice how "Sincerely Casey" was perfectly fine and yet got crossed out, but the second doesn't look any better, but for some reason it was okay. And the triangles of "sincerely's" on the one page is weird. I remember knowing this stuff was weird, and so sometimes I would try and make it look like I was just doodling or try and add an error to a word on purpose to make it look legitimate.

These are just small examples of what would consume some days in my life as a child.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Update

Well I was told my testosterone level is fine and so no further progress, which was a disappointment. Interesting how there are scenarios in which you want something to be wrong with you! Went to the Dr. today and upped my latest medication.
I have had a more difficult week with OCD. It can really affect my daily life such as little appetite and no interest in anything but sleep. But I'm doing okay now I believe. I touched up on my OCD knowledge to help. I was telling Katie on our trip that I'm the hardest one to convince I have OCD and have to keep reminding myself; Imagine your brain telling your emotions something miserable and attaching to some random thought or action. Today has been a day of victory though in telling myself that the emotions have NOTHING to do with the content my brain says they are connected to, which has been helping. It's like having your brain sabotaging you.
I would like to post some excerpts from my book "Brain Lock" to give you more insight on this bizarre disorder, as it's hard enough for even me to understand, but a little tired; will do soon.