OCD - is it made worse by IT work?

[vetran]

Dug all my old listings of computer simulations of power stations and process plant out of the attic the other day but couldn't bring myself to chuck them. With a bit of adaptation I reckon I could do a simulation of CUK, it will be so accurate it will predict when SAS is going to post and what he will say.

PS Looked it up on Wikipedia and saw that "Symptoms of the disorder include excessive washing". I'm ok then!

yep rinse & repeat.

[MyUserName]

Thanks

Who did you hire in?

Your wife insisted I handled it all in house ... although for a while we did end up in the garden.

[aussielong]

What square rooting algorithm do you use?

When I see number plates, each letter I calculate a Number for (based on the number of straight lines forming the letter)... I add the numbers up...

I add up till I hit a number I can easily square root

Eg. I add until I hit numbers like 25, 49, 81 etc

Then I star breaking down the components

49 -> 7 x 7

Two 7's gives me 7 + 7 = 14

14 gives me 1 and 4

4 can be square rooted to 2 (I ignore -2 for now)

So I'm left with 1 and 2, which in my head feels ok because I can't break it down further

I do this all day! ... this is a tiring habit (!!), I have been recommended breathing exercises to reduce it... I've been doing this since my early teens!!

[original PM]

When I see number plates, each letter I calculate a Number for (based on the number of straight lines forming the letter)... I add the numbers up...

I add up till I hit a number I can easily square root

Eg. I add until I hit numbers like 25, 49, 81 etc

Then I star breaking down the components

49 -> 7 x 7

Two 7's gives me 7 + 7 = 14

14 gives me 1 and 4

4 can be square rooted to 2 (I ignore -2 for now)

So I'm left with 1 and 2, which in my head feels ok because I can't break it down further

I do this all day! ... this is a tiring habit (!!), I have been recommended breathing exercises to reduce it... I've been doing this since my early teens!!

hmm you are a bit nuts...

you need to tell yourself that as there are no benefits... do not do it

[BrilloPad]

(I ignore -2 for now)

Amateur.