My UO is that I like ferrets - we had 2 growing up. They're like slinkys with legs! Smelly, smelly slinkys, but still pretty cute and fun.
Is there any truth to them crapping where they eat? They're so cute and I've wanted one for a while but DH has made it clear that he would rather shove forks in his eyes than have one within a mile of our apartment.
Ours were litterbox trained - they lived in a very tall cage with lots of ramps and hammocks, and then had a litterbox in one of the corners on the bottom level that they used. We would clean the whole cage periodically but they never went anywhere but the litterbox. We let them run around the house sometimes, and they really loved playing in water.
I'm going to add calling it an allergy when it's really just a dislike.
How can someone refer to themself as autistic/ADHD when they're not? Not cool by those people, not even a little bit.
If I had a dollar for every time I had to check the ingredients list on our food at work to confirm that yes, there is in fact gluten in our sandwich bread, I would have a lot of dollars. Not judging people who actually have Celiac Disease, but I'm fairly sure that most Celiacs have lived with it long enough to not yell at me because we don't have a giant "GLUTEN INCLUDED!!!!!" sticker on the front of our bread products.
I have a soy allergy. I always assume it's going to be in a bread product. I don't get mad because it's there. I'm happy when I find something with no soy protein.
ETA: Why would someone be mad that there is gluten in bread? Isn't that a given, unless it is specifically labeled "gluten free"?
If I had a dollar for every time I had to check the ingredients list on our food at work to confirm that yes, there is in fact gluten in our sandwich bread, I would have a lot of dollars. Not judging people who actually have Celiac Disease, but I'm fairly sure that most Celiacs have lived with it long enough to not yell at me because we don't have a giant "GLUTEN INCLUDED!!!!!" sticker on the front of our bread products.
I have a soy allergy. I always assume it's going to be in a bread product. I don't get mad because it's there. I'm happy when I find something with no soy protein.
ETA: Why would someone be mad that there is gluten in bread? Isn't that a given, unless it is specifically labeled "gluten free"?
It's not that they get mad that there's gluten in the bread, they get mad because it's not specifically labeled that way. I assume it just traces back to people labeling themselves Celiacs because they got a stomach ache after eating a gallon of pasta that one time but having no idea what Celiac even means. My mom reads a lot of magazines and one time there was a piece on gluten intolerance and a six-point checklist. If you checked off enough "symptoms" you got a "Congratulations! Just stop eating gluten and all your problems will be sooooolved!!!" without explaining what gluten actually is. So when people check labels and don't see "gluten" specifically labeled, but no "gluten-free" label, it makes their brains smoke.
I'm kind of torn on this. People who just like things neat are perfectionists, they don't necessarily have OCD, for sure. But I, for example, do not have a clinical diagnosis of OCD. However, throughout my teenager years, I couldn't sleep most nights because I had to get up every half hour to check the locks on all of our doors because I was convinced somehow that when I walked away they magically unlocked. It disrupted my life.
So I do think I have obsessive-compulsive tendencies. I still have to fight urges to lock doors. And I have a hard time eating colored candies like Skittles or M&Ms if I can't first sort them by color and eat them in twos or fours. It's not a preference, it's actually a compulsion. Doing things any other way makes me anxious.
All that to say that, yes, I refer to "my OCD" without having a clinical diagnosis. Perhaps this is wrong? But my doctor does recognize my "Type A" personality and circular thinking and anxiety over certain things and I am on anti-depressants to help curb being sucked down into depression due to these things. I would really like to be enlightened if I am wrong in referring to myself as obsessive-compulsive.
I would not judge someone with an actual compulsion. If someone is washing their hands over and over and they tell me they have OCD, I'm certainly not going to ask for a doctor's note. But if someone says they have OCD because they are really neat, or must have symmetrical wedding pictures, I judge them. That's not OCD, that's an unhealthy relationship with symmetry.
Eta: I had a doctor say I have "sub-clinical OCD" once. I have some compulsions but not enough to negatively impact my life on a daily basis. Mine all relate to an anxiety disorder with a specific phobia, so they come and go and are manageable. Is that similar? I find it strange that they'd medicate and treat you but not just call it OCD.
I was originally put on anti-depressants for depression and anxiety. After a year, my doctor said I could wean off of them and see how I did, especially since we were starting TTC. But I spoke with him about my compulsions and the circling thoughts and we decided it was best for me to stay on them so as to not let the anxiety and compulsions pull me down into depression. This is just my PCP, by the way, not any sort of psychiatrist. Maybe that's why I've never gotten the OCD diagnosis?
I'm kind of torn on this. People who just like things neat are perfectionists, they don't necessarily have OCD, for sure. But I, for example, do not have a clinical diagnosis of OCD. However, throughout my teenager years, I couldn't sleep most nights because I had to get up every half hour to check the locks on all of our doors because I was convinced somehow that when I walked away they magically unlocked. It disrupted my life.
So I do think I have obsessive-compulsive tendencies. I still have to fight urges to lock doors. And I have a hard time eating colored candies like Skittles or M&Ms if I can't first sort them by color and eat them in twos or fours. It's not a preference, it's actually a compulsion. Doing things any other way makes me anxious.
All that to say that, yes, I refer to "my OCD" without having a clinical diagnosis. Perhaps this is wrong? But my doctor does recognize my "Type A" personality and circular thinking and anxiety over certain things and I am on anti-depressants to help curb being sucked down into depression due to these things. I would really like to be enlightened if I am wrong in referring to myself as obsessive-compulsive.
I can see where you're coming from. I guess I'm mostly referring to the "OCD" that I see frequently discussed on FB, i.e. "I cleaned the playroom because I am soooo OCD and didn't want to wait for the kids to do it", or "cleaning out the pantry really makes my OCD feel better". It seems like most of the OCD that I see on social media is actually just people who like things neat and organized.
Oh yeah, these folks bother me to no end. You're just a freaking perfectionist. Or a neat freak. That doesn't mean you have OCD.
I have a soy allergy. I always assume it's going to be in a bread product. I don't get mad because it's there. I'm happy when I find something with no soy protein.
ETA: Why would someone be mad that there is gluten in bread? Isn't that a given, unless it is specifically labeled "gluten free"?
It's not that they get mad that there's gluten in the bread, they get mad because it's not specifically labeled that way. I assume it just traces back to people labeling themselves Celiacs because they got a stomach ache after eating a gallon of pasta that one time but having no idea what Celiac even means. My mom reads a lot of magazines and one time there was a piece on gluten intolerance and a six-point checklist. If you checked off enough "symptoms" you got a "Congratulations! Just stop eating gluten and all your problems will be sooooolved!!!" without explaining what gluten actually is. So when people check labels and don't see "gluten" specifically labeled, but no "gluten-free" label, it makes their brains smoke.
But it does list "wheat" as an allergen on the label, right?
Which boils down to having no clue what gluten is or where you'll find it. When we finally pinpointed soy as my issue, I went through a lot to learn how soy would hide. Not everything is labeled properly for allergens.
It's not that they get mad that there's gluten in the bread, they get mad because it's not specifically labeled that way. I assume it just traces back to people labeling themselves Celiacs because they got a stomach ache after eating a gallon of pasta that one time but having no idea what Celiac even means. My mom reads a lot of magazines and one time there was a piece on gluten intolerance and a six-point checklist. If you checked off enough "symptoms" you got a "Congratulations! Just stop eating gluten and all your problems will be sooooolved!!!" without explaining what gluten actually is. So when people check labels and don't see "gluten" specifically labeled, but no "gluten-free" label, it makes their brains smoke.
But it does list "wheat" as an allergen on the label, right?
Which boils down to having no clue what gluten is or where you'll find it. When we finally pinpointed soy as my issue, I went through a lot to learn how soy would hide. Not everything is labeled properly for allergens.
That's the bitch of labeling and trying to figure them out. Even nuts aren't labeled clearly.
But it does list "wheat" as an allergen on the label, right?
Which boils down to having no clue what gluten is or where you'll find it. When we finally pinpointed soy as my issue, I went through a lot to learn how soy would hide. Not everything is labeled properly for allergens.
That's the bitch of labeling and trying to figure them out. Even nuts aren't labeled clearly.
I bought nuts once assuming they'd be totally fine. No. They were coated in soy protein.
I hate sprinkles of any kind on my cake, cupcaakes, ice cream or frozen yogurt.
Where I come from these are called jimmies. You have regular jimmies which are the chocolate ones and colored jimmies which are the rainbow ones. I never knew they were called anything else until I went to college.
I hate sprinkles of any kind on my cake, cupcaakes, ice cream or frozen yogurt.
Where I come from these are called jimmies. You have regular jimmies which are the chocolate ones and colored jimmies which are the rainbow ones. I never knew they were called anything else until I went to college.
I saw some one else write that the other day on here. Took me a minute to figure out what they were talking about.
I hate sprinkles of any kind on my cake, cupcaakes, ice cream or frozen yogurt.
Where I come from these are called jimmies. You have regular jimmies which are the chocolate ones and colored jimmies which are the rainbow ones. I never knew they were called anything else until I went to college.
Where I come from jimmies refers to Jimmy Johns! LOL.
Maybe my UO would be I do not like Jimmy John's, but I do love Erbert and Gerbert's!
So? No one would judge you if you took a minute or two for yourself.
Didn't someone once suggest a quick, at work O for stress management or something? I feel like it wasn't for stress though, but something more strange. Halp!
I hate sprinkles of any kind on my cake, cupcaakes, ice cream or frozen yogurt.
I can't even finish the thread without saying WTTTTTFFFFFFFFF give me all the sprinkles! Ice cream just functions as an appropriate excuse for me to eat a bowl of sprinkles. You are broken!!
So? No one would judge you if you took a minute or two for yourself.
Didn't someone once suggest a quick, at work O for stress management or something? I feel like it wasn't for stress though, but something more strange. Halp!
Someone mentioned it for cramp relief. I don't know how they could get off so quick especially in a public restroom. That would be so awkward.
Regarding the OCD conversation. When someone says "I'm OCD" then there is almost no way they have a diagnosis. You can't BE a disorder.
Also, why do people WANT to have OCD? It's fucking frustrating. NOT a fun time.
This is my biggest pet peeve. I hate when someone says someone is a disorder. No they may suffer from a disorder or they may live with a disorder but they are not a disorder.
example-they are bipolar-no they live with bipolar--------the are infertile, not they suffer with infertility
Didn't someone once suggest a quick, at work O for stress management or something? I feel like it wasn't for stress though, but something more strange. Halp!
Someone mentioned it for cramp relief. I don't know how they could get off so quick especially in a public restroom. That would be so awkward.
That's right!!! Ya. I can hardly get off at home...in my own bed. No way in HELL would I be able to do it in a restroom.
Post by housecarder on Feb 5, 2015 16:45:01 GMT -5
Catching up... I never liked small dogs until we had an apartment and we had a Yorkie. I still prefer big dogs but small ones don't bother me anymore. She made me feel safer because if there was a break in while my ex was away for drill or AT then she would have alerted me with barking. I get pretty jumpy at night and having her helped me feel more at ease.
I can't stand people attributing quirks or flaws to mental illness. I've heard so many people (doctors and nurses included) say a patient is crazy when they are just in pain. Saying they have anxiety, OCD, ADD/ADHD, bipolar, etc. is rude. I have bipolar so comparing me to some moody bitch is insulting. I am very passionate about this so I'll just stop there.
My UO: I have no interest in the new Magic Mike movie. I didn't like the first and don't think Channing Tatum is that great looking. I like the dancing but that's about it.
Yeah, no. See my avatar. My small dog is the best companion there is. Hands down.
You, ma'am, are wrong. So very wrong.
Is that a Bichon? I have a Bichon named Fritz and he is the most lovable little guy.
I also have a husky so I have the best of both.
ETA: And also in regards to the 2nd baby shower, my friend had a "Diaper Shower" for her second one which was where we all got together and brought diapers. I didn't think it was a bad idea.
I could live with this, provided there was good food and fun to be had as well. And if I'm being totally honest, I'd still get something cute for the baby along with the diapers.
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