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dontknowwhyme (original poster member #21587) posted at 5:58 PM on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
I enjoyed hearing a poem from this poet with OCD. Warning: It does have the F word in it once.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKZ4pdSU-s&feature=player_embedded
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Married 13 Years - Together 20
D-Day1:Jan 08 (EA OM#1)
D-Day2:8-15-08 (EA/PA OM#2)
DS12, DS9
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Divorced 1-27-11
Remember, you don't drown from being thrown in the water. You drown from staying in it.
Threnody ( member #1558) posted at 6:27 PM on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Whoasticks, Scooby. That was incredible.
A friend of mine with OCD told me when he first realized he was in love, he only had the urge to touch his boyfriend's hand. All of the other touching/tapping urges disappeared when his boyfriend was near. "That's how I knew," he said. He said the touching and tapping of objects was to ward off danger, to connect to something safe. And in his boyfriend, he found something safe.
Sometimes, I remember him telling me this and get jealous. When was love ever a no-brainer for me? If I'd had a sign like this, maybe then I wouldn't struggle so much, especially on the bad days when the house is ripped apart (yes, we're still working on the flooring project 
) and he's forgotten for the third time that I have an appointment in the morning and oh my GOD, were you raised in a barn?
Wouldn't it be nice sometimes to have this sort of moment of clarity? This... tidiness of thought?
“If you don't like my opinion of you, you can always improve.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant
"Great love requires determination." ~ tryingtwo
"Don't try to win over the haters, you're not the jackass whisperer." ~ Brene Brown
dontknowwhyme (original poster member #21587) posted at 7:37 PM on Thursday, February 13th, 2014
That moment of clarity is what I like most about it. If everyone could experience that it would make things so much easier.
BS 38
FWW 37 (fireandice)
Married 13 Years - Together 20
D-Day1:Jan 08 (EA OM#1)
D-Day2:8-15-08 (EA/PA OM#2)
DS12, DS9
D-Day3:11-3-10
Divorced 1-27-11
Remember, you don't drown from being thrown in the water. You drown from staying in it.
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