I just watched The Aviator today. I am glad I did so because it allowed me to learn more about Howard Hughs (especially from the reasearch afterwards) and I now respect him a lot—I like adding people to my cool list.
It got me thinking about myself and I decided to document and list my own neuroses and disorders. I have multiple (many) different nuroses and disorders but they are all mild forms. Some are stronger than others but they are all present. They appear to be in a strange little balance that allows them to keep each other in check, and to prevent them from getting out of control. For example, I may have a bout of OCD in a public place, but my social anxiety will prevent it from getting too out of control and causing me to attract attention by repeating the same words or actions over and over as much as a “normal” person with OCD would do.
Below is a list for posterity of my neuroses and disorders. I can not think of them all at the moment, especially since it has been a while since I studied psychology in University (particularly clinical psych). I will add to the list as I remember or discover them. I will also attempt to measure and quantify the extent to which I have them and whether they were developed or I was born with them.
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (mostly obsession)
- Social Anxiety Disorder (chronic shyness)
- General Anxiety Disorder (overall anxiety and stress)
- Paranoia (expecting bad things to happen)