Comments on: VH1 picks up reality show about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

By: Diagnostic

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By: Gina Leeper

Gina Leeper — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:48:06 +0000

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By: RaraAvis

RaraAvis — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:01:24 +0000

I think the most interesting thing about OCD is that it can be treated and cured, if the person is willing to face the reality of why they compulse. And it’s waaay less depressing than addiction.

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By: Zoe

Zoe — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:46:39 +0000

As a former OCD, I’m glad there is a show out there about this. Because it is treatable and something that should be brought to more attention. I didn’t know what to call it until I was 17 and thought I was the only person who had it growing up. A news report cued me into the name when I was in high school and eventually I researched it and by the time I was 21, it wasn’t a problem anymore as I had it treated. I was lucky I never went into remission, probably because of the age I took medication (between 18-21 gives you the best chance of long-term success). I’m free from that horrid disease and quite happy about it.

That said, I’m sad people are watching shows about drug recovery or sex addiction involving live participants, because while you may find it entertaining, those people will absolutely relapse and Dr. Drew knows this full well and doesn’t care. The absence of anonymity and the potential to revive your career because of your addiction is a death sentence for those people and Dr. Drew should be in jail. That said, an obsessive compulsive can recover without putting their lives in jeopardy on camera or not. People, please think before you watch shows and truly evaluate the consequences of your television viewing habits prior to contributing to the destruction of human lives, it’s really not worth it.

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By: MikeyAngel

MikeyAngel — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:49:47 +0000

My dad has it and he makes everyone around him miserable about certain things. He has a lot of tics. Over the past six months I have the most aweful thought of paper cutting my eye. Over and over and over. At least 50 to 100 times a day on a good day. It is weird. Some people have dreadful thoughts of death and I have dreadful thoughts about my eyes. I agree Jaybird everyone has their certain “things.”

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By: Orangejulius

Orangejulius — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:19:25 +0000

Thanks for the enlightenment, Anastasiabeav. I have it too, but haven’t had any treatment for it. It’s hard to explain to people why you can’t get the same thoughts from going around and around and around on a mental train track in your brain. All 3 of my sons have it to a certain extent. Mostly the “O”. Mine is not as severe but it still causes me a lot of difficulty in life.

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By: anastasiabeaverhausen

anastasiabeaverhausen — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:51:48 +0000

OCD is not just behaviors. The O part involves obsessive thoughts. It’s like these horrible negative thoughts get stuck on a loop in your head and they NEVER STOP.

So the C is compulsive behaviors the people feel driven to in order to feel they have some control over the obsessive thoughts (and they do not).

Some people are what’s called “pure O” or mostly O, meaning they don’t have many of the compulsive behaviors, just the horrible thoughts all the time (imagine living like that).

There’s no pure C. You have to have the O with the C or just the O.

I have OCD. I try not to be too thin-skinned, but I hate it when people joke about having it. If you really had it, it’s horrible. To say the least. I suffered for years before getting cognitive behavioral therapy and medication and things are MUCH better now (four years into treatment). It’s on the anxiety spectrum, by the way.

The negative obsessive thoughts are things like dying from germs (not just getting sick), doing yourself harm, doing someone else harm, committing some sort of religious sacrilege, etc. Mine were always of throwing myself off a tall building to my death. Imagine having that image pop into your head several hundred times a day and then dreaming it at night and the harder you try to stop it, the more often it happens. And it causes little mini-panic attacks every time.

It’s God-awful.

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By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:45:24 +0000

Yep A&E did it first with “Obsessed” and that show is really great! I think VH1 isn’t going to take it as seriously as they should. These people have real problems. Real OCD is not a joke.

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By: fizXgirl314

fizXgirl314 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:45:21 +0000

i’m interested!

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By: Lex

Lex — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:47:00 +0000

Yah, the show ‘obsessed’ that came out recently is really interesting to watch. I guess VH1 is taking a page from their book

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