Is there an alternative to OCD?
I often find myself saying things like “I have to finish at the end of a chapter because I’m OCD”. Where do I use “colloquially”? I did not give a verb. I dislike using it because I have no OCD, and I’d like to not be subtly perpetuating the misconception that real OCD is just a mild or very minor thing. I considered going with “obsessive compulsive” but that strikes me as long-winded and too likely to make the person default to thinking “OCD”. What are some suggestions for improvement of a relationship?
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If you must finish the chapter because you’re obsessed with the material, you could use obsessive or obsessed.
If you have to finish the chapter because you feel compelled to finish what you have started, you could use for compelled or compulsive.
It’s probably going to be better to recast the sentence to use compelled (I feel like compelled) or obsessed (as with compelled) than to use obsessive or compulsive.
A technical term that had been overused by laymen approximating the technical sense, in much the same way that ‘obsessive’ and ‘compulsive’ have been so abused, is ‘fixated’.
One more approach, but one which guesses at your reasons for feeling compelled to finish the chapter, is to use’systematic’ or ‘highly organized’ or another variant of those: ‘compulsively systematic, ‘obsessively systematic’, etc.
. I also remember something through it. Thank you! All of that I can do without, but prefer not to.
Sometimes you should use the term “paranoid” in your non-medical sense. I’m paranoid, I just don’thing/not something. Using paranoid with about usually implies the non-medical sense; that the subject is just being over excited/excited about a particular thing/topic.
I have to finish at the end of a chapter because I have, well, paranoid about it.
ODO:
paranoid ADJECTIVE
1. Unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful: ‘you think
I’m paranoid but I tell you there is something going on’ ‘I amobsessed about personal hygiene and frequently burn candles in my apartment for company. I believe in myself and ‘you can be more compassionate and compassionate to me, but if I’m afraid of myself, I’m okay with that. People
are too paranoiac about what they can eat and ”people I like not like to eat’’ Jenny points out. ”
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In some contexts, though perhaps not the one in your example, you could say that you were a perfectionist. Who could not leave uncompleted job or work? I’ve never had time to go bathroom unattended, so I kept it secretly. Maybe someone who would clean their kitchen cupboards with a toothbrush and not go out in the evening because they hadn’t finished it!
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