tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post114365294030785358..comments2023-04-28T10:53:10.258+01:00Comments on KNITMAN: OCDAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14864658805462324550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-1144044754926546932006-04-03T07:12:00.000+01:002006-04-03T07:12:00.000+01:00I do think OCD is an excessive response...no, exce...I do think OCD is an excessive response...no, excessive is not the word...extreme, perhaps? to external events. For most people it is self limiting - for instance, behaviour around grief when someone we love dies. If the pain is prolonged, we have to find some way to stop or limit it and the intense focus of obsession is a great pain block.<BR/><BR/>I know I have done stuff like that when in extreme emotional pain. My major long term responses to life pain, soul pain was to read incessantly (even while walking, crossing roads - I swear I was safer with my nose in a book than when I was looking where I was going! *grins*) and I was a comfort eater for many years. It suddenly changed a few years ago and I ~suddenly~ found that when distressed I couldn't cope with eating and lost weight by the truckload, mainly stable since but only due to periodic patches of not eating. Both are an unhealthy relationship to food. If it hits me now, I drink loads of milk, better than nothing!<BR/><BR/>I find it easy to understand how focus on activity can eliminate awareness of pain. And my Colin (the other knitman!) says that knitting saved his life last year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-1143726042763480042006-03-30T14:40:00.000+01:002006-03-30T14:40:00.000+01:00Hi celia-thank you for your comment on my blog.I h...Hi celia-thank you for your comment on my blog.<BR/><BR/>I have Osteoarthritis of the spine, angina, fybromyalgia and a functional disorder of my central nervous system.<BR/><BR/>I have difficulty in walking. Usually not in the house as I never keep still for very long! However, I need to use walking sticks outside on very short trips or I use the wheelchair-like going around the supermarket or town. I lose my balance and am in great pain in my hips and legs-the more i walk the worse it gets.<BR/><BR/>I am never not in pain but it varies from aching all over to severe pain.<BR/><BR/>However, I don't let it stop me doing what I want to do!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864658805462324550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-1143723346356887192006-03-30T13:55:00.000+01:002006-03-30T13:55:00.000+01:00You're absolutely right. Spot on! I'm completely u...You're absolutely right. Spot on! I'm completely unable to do nothing. Whenever nothingness happens, I quickly find something - anything - to do. Something I can concentrate on and forget the things that can make life difficult if you let them. I'll read the back of a parking ticket rather than do nothing! This all explains why I have my fingers in so many pies, although there are other issues involved with me.<BR/><BR/>It's good to feel there are others out there who understand where I'm coming from, although I don't have OCD other than perhaps at a very 'innocent' stage - what I do is 95% through choice, which actually makes it more difficult for some people to understand. Or maybe not. I'll have to think about that one.<BR/><BR/>~Sharon xxxSharon Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389824288726094985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14603206.post-1143716068310820452006-03-30T11:54:00.000+01:002006-03-30T11:54:00.000+01:00Knitting is a wonderful tool for coping with any n...Knitting is a wonderful tool for coping with any number of things, I find it helps calm me when I am really irritated with people. Where are pics of the finished sweater???<BR/>JillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com