OCD channel 4 NOW!!!!!!

[CuriousMama]

I know a few of you suffer so may be worth a watch? I love Jon too

Jon Richardson : A little bit OCD to be precise

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Hoping this show might go somewhere towards stopping the over casual use of the term OCD!

DS1 who's 14 is watching with me. He's just told me he has it He doesn't like walking on cracks makes him feel dirty. Plus he likes his line of vision to be tidy when he's on the computer or a game. He just told me his ipod stops him from 'seeing' the cracks Blimey tv is useful at times isn't it?

I think a lot of people have it to some extent but real OCD affects lives.

I feel a bit crap now. I should've noticed.

Curious Mama I wouldn't worry too much, the cracks on the footpath is very common, not a definite indicator of OCD.

Oh right that's good then. He is mildly dyspraxic, undiagnosed but has a few traits. Not sure if that could be linked?

I'm watching this now and it's fascinating.

The phrase 'I'm a little bit OCD about xyz' has become such a throw away comment these days. Yes, I have habits that I hate to break (my washing HAS to be pegged out with matching pegs and I'll go and change them if someone else has got it wrong) but it doesn't ruin my day if it doesn't happen even if it will bug me till I can change it.

I think there's a lot of awareness about this that still needs to be raised.

He doesnt necessarily have OCD so dont feel crap.

I suspect I do but cant / wont self diagnose.

Oh this poor woman

This is so sad.

Her face lit up that Jon got it about the dust.

It's fascinating. My DH considers me to have a mild form of OCD even though I don't feel that myself. But DH is adamant and feels he has diagnosed me.

That poor woman, it's awful.

Aaahh sandstorm that's it... Habits! I have habits. That poor woman though, to effect her life so strongly, it must be so difficult for her.

Dp's told me he has things he keeps in that he thinks are OCD He hasn't told me though will just wait and see what they are? (and try not to pry)

This programme is like therapy here at the moment.

Oh that poor, poor woman. I totally get the 'if I dont do x then y might happen' and the thing is youre so ground down by the relentlessness of it all that you never have the energy to tackle it and say 'well lets see if y happens' because the stress is just too much. Im not anything like as bad as people on this show though, or possibly even as bad as JonR.

Jon has lush eyes hasn't he?

I tried to explain to a maternity care worker I had OCD and was specifically triggered by health-related stuff, particularly in relation to potential dangers to my baby son, and she just brushed it off saying "oh we're all a little bit OCD" and proceeded to go through the cot death guidelines in great detail!

thunks!! that's terrible.

Oh thunks :( are you ok now?

Yes Jon has lovely eyes and a very sexy laugh and I just feel a bit sorry for him tbh. I wonder if he'll ever manage a relationship given that he can't have anyone in his 'space'??

So sad...

This is truly awful.

Oh that's so sad about that boy and his mum. She seems lovely. I don't know about being 'born' with OCD though tbh...

Actually not that bad! Things were pretty bad in pregnancy but I have been on meds for 5 weeks and things are settling. Not entirely. Good days and bad days but a million times better than before...