Like i mean some are worse than others. But like my mum she only likes rounded numbers and I'm the same, say if the Tv was on volume 13 i'd have to change it down 3 so it was on 10.
2007-02-16 12:59:38 · 12 answers · asked by ★☆✿❀ 7 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I don't watch that much tv and it's actually mainly with the radio that I change the volume
2007-02-16 19:47:04 · update #1
omg! i'm just like that. i hate for the volume on the tv or whatever to be on an odd #!! if it's like on 23 i have to change it to 22 or 24. It's really weird but it really bothers me!
2007-02-16 13:04:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't generalize about EVERYBODY based on you and your mom. It's logically unsound.
Sometimes we do resemble the descriptions ("symptoms") of a psychological disorder, but, chances are, we don't actually have a full-fledged disorder. A psych disorder, by definition, is something that causes considerable distress, impairment, and dysfuction. So, does your TV watching habit greatly do any of these things such that you don't function effectively? I guess not. Disorders are statistically infrequent in the general population. Non-psychologists/psychiatrists can't make a reliable diagnosis.
You may be slightly obsessive-compulsive, it might even be just the average "everybody likes something" and you happen to like round numbers. But you don't have OCD. You're watching too much TV.
2007-02-17 02:51:23 · answer #2 · answered by ELI 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, the study of psychiatric disorders is not an exact science. All psychological problems exist, basically, on a continuum. So yes, it's entirely possible for a person to be a little "obsessive" about personal hygiene or round numbers. That is different from having full blown obsessive-compulsive disorder, though. One of the things that characterizes full blown OCD is that the obsessions and compulsions have caused notable disruption in a person's day to day life. Your insistence on round numbers doesn't sound like it causes you much, if any, psychological distress.
So, no... we don't all have OCD, but yes... many of us are a little obsessional about certain things.
2007-02-16 21:05:54 · answer #3 · answered by UofMWolverines03 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the volume at what sounds best....if it doesn't sound good, I keep changing it til it is just right, does that mean I have an OCD?
2007-02-16 21:10:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most people have small things like that- like when im getting off of my bus in the afternoon i never use the last step, or when the teacher is erasing the blackboard and misses a line or two it annoys me all period. lol.. just stupid little things like that.
2007-02-16 21:17:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because the definitions in the DSM-IV-TR only apply to individuals whose lives are significantly impacted.
2007-02-16 21:03:10 · answer #6 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I think so. I mean when I do my laundry. I do it by red, blue, green, blue jeans, black jeans, whites, bleach, etc...
Other small things.
But anything else forget it. There is no way that you can get me stuck on anything else.
2007-02-16 22:01:48 · answer #7 · answered by izzitonme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes we all do everyone is anal about something but its really only ocd when it takes up ur life. like me!
2007-02-16 21:03:35 · answer #8 · answered by Miss Casey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would say not because if doesnt control of impact your life, its not compulsive.
2007-02-16 21:03:03 · answer #9 · answered by cparkmi331 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think we have our areas where we want things to be perfect....
2007-02-16 21:04:04 · answer #10 · answered by Texasgirl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋