OCD & Trying to Catch Every Last Detail

Last Christmas, I received as a gift Deepak Chopra’s book, Super Brain. As a person with a mental illness, I wasn’t sure if this was good news or bad news. A majority of my prior Christmases have been lackluster because I relive the same year, in and out, without seeming to make the progress I desire in my life. It’s kind of like the movie Groundhog Day , only for years and years. I wasn’t sure if analyzing my brain any further would be a good idea. So how does OCD relate to all the books, paintings, and movies that a society produces? Essentially, these supposedly give us hope that our lives will get better. My real question is: Does art really achieve any more than false hope for those of us with mental illness? A sufferer of a mental illness can read as many books and see as many movies as he or she wants without a change in his or her life. Additionally, I think the art of a society reflects its values to a point. The rest is just entertainment. OCD can be a master illusionist. My OCD likes to use smoke and mirrors, and like a lawyer that is about to lose a case on the merits will confuse things by throwing in statements that plant doubt in the jury’s mind at the last second to deflect and distort the truth. Additionally, it should be noted that OCD can be learned in addition to having a genetic component. In some people environmental stimuli can trigger the illness. A movie one viewed three years ago can trigger a reaction in the sufferer if he sees a...
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