tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post6049348552535221108..comments2023-08-18T03:15:05.539-07:00Comments on Microbiologist XX: A little OCDmicrobiologist xxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578078880223116616noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-10785082094581693042009-08-29T15:13:46.484-07:002009-08-29T15:13:46.484-07:00Well, he's certainly qualified to do it. :)Well, he's certainly qualified to do it. :)microbiologist xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578078880223116616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-18771427784431346372009-08-28T07:21:36.919-07:002009-08-28T07:21:36.919-07:00You could sweet talk the husband into rigging a we...You could sweet talk the husband into rigging a web cam in the garage pointed at the door. That way when you get such a compulsion you could log in and check.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-68407837718222477112009-08-24T10:16:00.466-07:002009-08-24T10:16:00.466-07:00There has GOT to be an app for that! If not, you s...There has GOT to be an app for that! If not, you should make one!Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-87868381216718766462009-08-24T10:11:35.687-07:002009-08-24T10:11:35.687-07:00MXX> don't feed the monster! :)
I do think...MXX> don't feed the monster! :)<br /><br />I do think that is part of it though.<br /><br />Let's work on it :)challhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-45614052724292874262009-08-24T08:23:30.389-07:002009-08-24T08:23:30.389-07:00TJ - LOL! I probably would've messed with the ...TJ - LOL! I probably would've messed with the fire extinguisher too. Stress certainly makes it worse, but honestly, it could happen at any time. <br /><br />Cath - It is sooo frustrating. The cell phone is a good idea. I'll give it that a try next time. Heck, I have an iPhone, I am surprised they don't make an app. for managing your obsessive thoughts. <br /><br />chall - I am glad tomicrobiologist xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578078880223116616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-57661646974757376302009-08-22T03:20:58.259-07:002009-08-22T03:20:58.259-07:00I'm obsessed with forgetting my keys. Here in ...I'm obsessed with forgetting my keys. Here in the studio I rent for my summer internship I need them to lock the door, so I just leave them on the door and all is well. Although I still check each time I pick up my bag that there are indeed there.<br /><br />In the apartment I live in during the year, the door locks when you close it so it's much easier to forget the keys inside.<br /><brKrazy Kittyhttp://amrhaps.net/englishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-38063183385255863722009-08-21T18:12:07.545-07:002009-08-21T18:12:07.545-07:00oh... that sounds like me. Double check the bunsen...oh... that sounds like me. Double check the bunsen burner... check the door when leaving the house... not to mention the GAS STOVE... <br /><br />I have decided to try and avoid going back to the house after leaving in the morning if the thought crossed my mind + the first time I didn't do it, the house was still ok when I got back so next time if was easier.<br /><br />TJ: I know that stresschallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-24039695641946644242009-08-21T16:18:13.355-07:002009-08-21T16:18:13.355-07:00Wow, it sounds very frustrating. When I was in hig...Wow, it sounds very frustrating. When I was in high school I was usually the last one out of the house in the morning, and I often used to go back to check I'd locked the front door, but that was mostly because my parents would have killed me if I'd forgotten.<br /><br />Do you have a cell phone? Is there any way you could draft a text/email to yourself (just the letter Y, maybe) when youCath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697775263496385011.post-67108574444489224852009-08-21T13:17:20.183-07:002009-08-21T13:17:20.183-07:00Everyone I know has had that issue with the Bunsen...Everyone I know has had that issue with the Bunsen burner. I know I did. However, the going back and forth multiple times to check the garage door does sound like OCD. I knew on Assistant Prof back during my grad school days who was obsessed with the fire extinguisher outside his lab. It HAD to be straight and he'd check on it multiple times a day. Of course, us being the shits we were, wouldTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211618861743447072noreply@blogger.com