hahahahYES.

[kaigou]

The medical student in this essay question doesn’t have obsessive-compulsive disorder, it’s just that in the age of slackerdom and ADD, diligence and focus looks like OCD.

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[staranise]

Hi! I subscribed a little while ago because I like your journal.

From the third-year psych major in the comments: A person with Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder will not stop for any reason until perfection is attained.


I had OCD in my teens. AAAAAHAHAHAHA (gasp) HAHAHA.

That's right. Facing all the cans in your cupboard so they face forward and checking the oven twenty times before you leave the room, instead of doing your homework, is "perfection". Why doesn't EVERYONE want OCD? It's ever so fun!

[kaigou]

My sister has OCD, and I'm well aware it has little to do with -- from the description in the image -- what amounts to simply "a student who's ambitious and works hard". Not to say that one can't be ambitious and work hard and also have OCD (since my sister was also a consistent honors student).

But also, my mother was a psychologist, and I've heard my share of Stupid Things the Psych Industry Thinks. This crap about "perfectionism" is one of them, and it's nice to see someone shoot it down.

[staranise]

I agree about perfectionism. Sometimes people are just okay the way they are! I was really more laughing at people who think OCD turns you into a diligent little worker-bee who's just fantastic to have around.