This gave me chills...

It was so wonderfully written! I haven't though about a perfectionist that way...this story was amazing 3

dont worry, i wasnt shaking my leg or tappngi a pen.

I agree.

""I'm not crazy. Neither is my sister. We both suffer from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). It has never been medically tested on me, but what's the point? I know I have it. My friend's mom said that OCD and anxiety are common in premies—my sister and I are two months premature (my friend suffers from anxiety and is also premature), so that makes a lot of sense.""

me and my twin sister were born FIVE MONTHS EARLY. I didnt even know that was possible. So that might be why I have issues with the ligth switches.

""I can't understand what it would be like to not be this way. What it would be like to not care if the stack is messy, if there's a single speck left on the board when everything else is erased, when a math problem reads y-zx instead of xy-z…"" That jsut irritates me when the problem is Y-ZX when we have to solve for the variables!

You describe this perfectly. :)

I know what you mean, even if everyone with OCD has different "needs" we all have the same general issue: we can't stop. And people don't understand that, so they think we could stop if we just tried hard enough. They don't understand how it makes us physically hurt or ill. Frustrating, isn't it?

Hah, I'm the one who would be shaking my leg, part of my need for motion, so sorry 'bout that...

I like how you describe it as that "frustrated, angry, itchy, anxious feeling" because that's exactly what it is when something isn't right. I'm not a premie, but I sure do have some anxiety issues going (panic attacks, anyone?) and I really get what you're saying.

Thanks for writing this, people really need to see what OCD is really about, and you captured it well!

-jazzy

Personally i like the last line the very best. Not because it was almost over, because it was the perfect ending! OMG! HAHAHA! RANDOM! I am a little hyper...u were right earlier...maybe i should listen to you more often...nah. And also, i get super eritated w/ scantrons because i like to go in backwords order, so i always end up smearing my scantron then spending the next ten minutes erasing every little extra smudge. It's even worse that i like the cicles a certine darkness and then they smudge extra easy. its not only you! NO YOUR NOT!

Finally, sis, you post something that is really wierd to everyone else but makes perfect sense to me. "You're crazy like your sister"? Thanks Mom.

It sure sounds like how I was a few months ago, I am really trying to regain it back, my life is pretty much a mess right now, no real rhythm, and I don't like it.