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Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 10/07/2007 14:56:12I totally agree. One only has to look at how disruptive to the sufferer's life OCDs are. But is what you & Paul have described a habit?Thinking too much (?) about something rather than acting could be a sign of indecision, caution, or even fear. I certainly would not class those as habits.OK, how about this for an example:you have a job interview, you spend days planning what you think will be asked, your responce and their anticipated reply and so on. you end up totally planning an hours conversation. yes, that is a job interview and planning for it is a good, but what if you do this to all aspects of general life?why did he/she do or say that, i think this is why. then spend ages assessing the context of the action and what your counter should have been? Then you doubt your reasoning and form another possibility like a flow chart with your "reasons" why an action was taken and possible yes, no answers branching off for different reasons you think of.that is my everyday life, am i mad?
I totally agree. One only has to look at how disruptive to the sufferer's life OCDs are. But is what you & Paul have described a habit?Thinking too much (?) about something rather than acting could be a sign of indecision, caution, or even fear. I certainly would not class those as habits.
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 10/07/2007 14:56:12I totally agree. One only has to look at how disruptive to the sufferer's life OCDs are. But is what you & Paul have described a habit?Thinking too much (?) about something rather than acting could be a sign of indecision, caution, or even fear. I certainly would not class those as habits.OK, how about this for an example:you have a job interview, you spend days planning what you think will be asked, your responce and their anticipated reply and so on. you end up totally planning an hours conversation. yes, that is a job interview and planning for it is a good, but what if you do this to all aspects of general life?
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 10/07/2007 14:56:12I totally agree. One only has to look at how disruptive to the sufferer's life OCDs are. But is what you & Paul have described a habit?Thinking too much (?) about something rather than acting could be a sign of indecision, caution, or even fear. I certainly would not class those as habits.why did he/she do or say that, i think this is why. then spend ages assessing the context of the action and what your counter should have been? Then you doubt your reasoning and form another possibility like a flow chart with your "reasons" why an action was taken and possible yes, no answers branching off for different reasons you think of.that is my everyday life, am i mad?
A lot of people would simply class that as making contingency plans. I've done similar myself when I was lecturing. It doesn't do for a lecturer to be caught out by a question so I would try to anticipate what students might ask and try to ensure I was pre-armed with a response.Also, when I had to represent myself in the County Court for a custody case I tried to anticipate everything that might be said in the witness box.However, I accept that it can be taken a bit far. What are you like if you fancy a hot drink? Do you sit there for hours working out what you could have or just go to the cupboard (or wherever) & grab a jar of coffee?Or what if you make a journey? Do you consider everything that could go wrong and pre-plan a way round it?
I don't see much wrong with that. Don't we all consider things after the event and think "What I should have done/said was..."?
I agree that we have deviated from the original topic, but i bet mhcarlin finds it fascinating.
I don't only analyse situations after they have gone wrong, but think it at least as important to analyse situations when they go right (to asses what I did right, and to asses by what margin was the success, and were there things I could have done to improve the margin between success and failure).If all you are doing is analysing failure, then you can never avert failure, but only correct for it after the event (and maybe prevent a repeat of two similar failures, but never anticipate a failure that you have not previously experienced).
Quote from: another_someone on 11/07/2007 01:07:39I don't only analyse situations after they have gone wrong, but think it at least as important to analyse situations when they go right (to asses what I did right, and to asses by what margin was the success, and were there things I could have done to improve the margin between success and failure).If all you are doing is analysing failure, then you can never avert failure, but only correct for it after the event (and maybe prevent a repeat of two similar failures, but never anticipate a failure that you have not previously experienced).i too analyse all situations, good or bad. i do think i take it to the extreme, but it is such a way of life now that no matter how hard i try i just can not stop. this is quite often the cause of my lack of sleep.
Quote from: paul.fr on 11/07/2007 00:54:28I agree that we have deviated from the original topic, but i bet mhcarlin finds it fascinating.I would rather we did not presume what other people might think, but await his own response on the matter - if he wishes to bring this topic back to where it started, it is for him (or her) to provide guidance on that.