How do I (or do I) politely explain to people that when they laughingly say they have OCD (because they want to be tidy or whatever), I find it truly insensitive? [more inside]
posted by dzaz on Aug 24, 2009 - 43 answers

Help me identify a book about an amazing Italian man with obsessive compulsive disorder. [more inside]
posted by Wordwoman on Aug 24, 2009 - 1 answer

Will a laser pointer break my dog? [more inside]
posted by mikesch on Aug 23, 2009 - 21 answers

Obsessiveness Filter: I fixate on and plan obsessively about moving to new (specific) places, and I'd like to know why. Here's the situation: I have mild depression with anxiety and take medication for it which helps a lot. However, periodically I do something that I find odd and that I can't find specific references to in information about OCD, depression or anxiety. I pick a place that I might vaguely like to move to, and become obsessed with planning every detail about it. [more inside]
posted by supercoollady on Apr 28, 2009 - 21 answers