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Originally Posted by kageri
...and isn't the whole point of being crazy that crazy people don't know they're crazy?
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That really depends on whether what you have is a neurosis or a psychosis. Neurotic people tend to be more aware of the irrationality of their actions, but that doesn't make it any easier for them to live with it, and there's certainly no inclination to start bragging about it. When you really do have OCD, you go to utmost lengths to conceal your compulsions and/or the true motiviations behind them from other people. The last thing you want is to draw attention to yourself and be lectured about how unreasonable you're being. You're already jaded enough from trying to reason yourself out of this mindset to know that it isn't going to help you.
One thing that a lot of people don't get, when they describe something as commonplace as their desk-arranging habits as "obsessive compulsive", is that having OCD isn't a matter of exhibiting a few cute little quirks and eccentricities; it's a truly painful and arduous mental struggle against intrusive thoughts and images inside your mind.