OCPD

The Ambages – How a Fictional Family Became the Cornerstone of My Mind

Ambage: noun – an archaic term for intentional ambiguity or indirect ways or proceedings (usually presented as the plural “ambages”; Middle English via French and Latin) Intentional ambiguity is not a literary device that most writers would seek to employ, but if we’re going to talk about the secondary definition regarding “indirect ways” then it…

To Yield or Not to Yield: OCPD and Debate

We open on a paved road – could be residential, could be in a shopping plaza. The roadway is wide enough for three standard size cars to drive parallel. Maybe there is a line painted in the middle, maybe not. Two-way traffic runs on this road, and two cars are approaching the same point on…

OCPD, Whataboutism, and Professionalism

One of my recent posts mentioned that I have struggled professionally because every time I investigate a field of interest and learn “how the sausage gets made” I become disgusted. It was something of a passing comment in that post, but let’s spend some time with it today. This is a widespread thing that extends…

One Death: How One Event Shaped My Anxiety and OCPD

TW: death I feel like I learned the truth about death far too late in life, a combination of natural insulation from the subject and a consequence of my social anxiety. I cannot remember the exact age, maybe eight, but I was watching television in my living room while my mother ironed clothes. A life…

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