This week our magical Mistress Rochelle pulled a mare’s nest from order to muddle my muse and trigger my call to organization.
Texans might say I’ve been feeling puny (ill) for a few days, so I was uninspired until today (Friday – imagine that).
It’s all Rochelle this week as she scattered a photo of her own randomly into the blogosphere. If you think you’d like to push a stormy story of fewer than 101 words, find your way to join the free-for-all by clicking on her photo and seeking order at her purple patterned blog page. Click >here< to read other chaotic stories.
Genre: Therapeutic Fiction
Title: Bollix Minds
Word Count: 100
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Why did you bring me here?
I wanted you to see this metaphor for your mind.
Ridiculous. I’m neat. I hang-up clothes, organize socks, and straighten art. My OCD would organize this fast.
Bill, you were arrested for tampering with a murder investigation. The judge ordered counseling as part of your plea deal.
I simply organized and cleaned up blood. The detectives got upset.
This chaos is how you see the world. Do you understand?
Not true. I do have leads on jobs.
Tell me more.
Stores want me to follow customers around and straighten things up after they pass.
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Look both ways for all sorts of metaphors.
Mind the gaps and try to understand, things will never be perfect.
This musical bit (If the youtube will not play for you, try this imbedded link.) brought a chuckle to my mind and almost a bit of relating to the song.
Our Literary Journey 
OCD is like an itch you can’t reach. I can understand the frustration.
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But when you can scratch the itch, yes, yes, yes. 🙂
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It is worse when you know someone is itching and you want to scratch them, I guess that might be considered assault.
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Nah. I used to have an OCD friend. I would tilt art and scramble things on the coffee table for her to fix. Seemed to work ok. Not sure about touching. 🙂
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Strangely, only yesterday I encountered a man going round a store straightening displays and pushing packs together!
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I suppose it is an issue of degree. Some more, others less. 🙂
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I must admit to occasionally going round the house with a spirit level to check all the hanging pictures!
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🙂
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Great fun. There’s no such than as being odd. Just environments that don’t match us
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Happy you thought so, Neil. 🙂
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Oh, I would be good at that job. My dad used to say, “If you get it out put it away!” I still hear him saying that.
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I could name stores. Somebody has to do that. 🙂
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Great job for OCD.
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🙂 I am sure someone has that job.
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Fascinating take. Great psychological element.
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Thank you, T.
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I got a charge out of the story, Bill. That video was cute!
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I’m just chuffed that you liked it, Lisa. 🙂
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I think a lot of us have a touch of OCD. How many of us can pass a crooked picture without straightening it?
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I agree.
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Haha! As a child I used to pick clothes up off the floor in stores. The tidiness didn’t last into adulthood, unfortunately!
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🙂
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If I see a stone that has fallen from a dry stone wall, I just have to put it back…🙂
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Of course. 🙂
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Dear Bill,
Felix Unger lives! Hilarious. I hope you’re feeling better.
BTW, I watched the video and was reminded of the first time we had dinner with a coworker and her husband. Jeannie has pictures of her kids and grandkids lining her walls. Before we got there she went down the hallway and cocked many of the pictures sideways while her husband looked baffled. She told him, “Just wait.” Apparently I was on cue as I walked in, said hello and went down the line straightening her photos. Talk about being set up….;) But I’m only OCD about some things. My office looks much like the photo prompt.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle.
Oh, I understand that. I think everyone straightens cock-eyed pictures.
It’s an artist thing. Right?
Peace,
Bill
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i think OCD is a sign that one is getting old. 🙂
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I don’t know about that, but I think it may get worse for those who are mildly so when younger. 🙂
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Haha! I have the nagging suspicion that we become more OCD as we age… Does that mean we have been trained over time to fit into the box? GASP!!!
That tune was a hoot!
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You were not the first to mention age and OCD, Maybe so. 🙂
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I say it because I feel I’ve become more so! For certain things, anyway… Okay, okay, maybe more than !
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I am more cautions and fussier about some things. I have never been “messy.” But I do have some quirks. None of that fits the DSM 5 definition of OCD because they are not obsessions. 🙂
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Same here. I will not go crazy if a cupboard door remains open – I just switch seats if I cannot close it 😉
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That is it. I’m not sure it is really a compulsion. I have knocked a few cupboard doors with my head so I will close them for that reason. 🙂
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Exactly! It’s all in the name of safety 🙂
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🙂
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Oh, this is so true to life! I had several OCD clients who honestly saw nothing wrong with the behavior that drove their spouses nuts. There was always a perfectly good explanation 🙂
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🙂 Of course.
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I have a feeling he won’t stop at just cleaning up a previous mess
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You’re probably right, Laurie.
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Frustration is a sack of loaded thoughts with no tongue that increases and damages calmness.
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So if you or all of you are frustrated, counseling is the best therapy instead of keeping silent and in wait for better time.
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I enjoyed this very much, thank you. I often feel that the inside of my head looks like that, and I love a good clear out to get it organised again.
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Thank you, Heather. 🙂
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Great tips regrading OCD. You provided the best information which helps us a lot. Thanks for sharing the wonderful information.
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🙂
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