From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/44026 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "John P. Clarke" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: I have OCD and need help Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 13:04:49 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <200203262104.PAA02069@sina.hpc.uh.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1017176722 31394 127.0.0.1 (26 Mar 2002 21:05:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:05:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16py89-0008AF-00 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 22:05:21 +0100 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16py7M-0006Er-00; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:04:32 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:04:37 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA02069 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:04:28 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 13192 invoked by alias); 26 Mar 2002 21:04:17 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 13187 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2002 21:04:17 -0000 Original-Received: from hsa195.pool019.at101.earthlink.net (HELO mail.gnus.org) (216.249.90.195) by gnus.org with SMTP; 26 Mar 2002 21:04:17 -0000 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44026 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44026 I've read books, done therapy, and consulted with many for over 16 years without any substantial progress. Among other problems, I need to deal with a mental compulsion to break apart words and phrases into symmetrical groups, the continual counting and sorting of everything I see, and the uncontrollable parade of ideas in my head competing for attention. This interferes with concentration, impairs decision-making, and leads to frustration and depression. I would welcome suggestions, possible solutions, reference materials, referrals, anything you might recommend. Please email me at ocdhelp4me@earthlink.net Thank you for your help. Sincerely, John P. Clarke