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And here is a more complex–but perhaps better–way, for those obsessive-compulsives among us.
Happy Easter! 2010
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Check Mates is an original collection of fiction and poetry written about obsessive-compulsive disorder by the people who know best – obsessive-compulsives.
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Border Collies -- the ultimate obsessive-compulsives -- are driven to herd, and will endlessly and tirelessly herd the geese until they fly away.
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Border Collies -- the ultimate obsessive-compulsives -- are driven to herd, and will endlessly and tirelessly herd the geese until they fly away.
Archive 2007-08-01 Dan 2007
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Tyler has a point, but I say equal time for obsessive-compulsives and transsexuals.
Nobody Tell Tyler Cowen, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I know there are obsessive-compulsives out there who have some pretty odd rituals like checking the locks three times before they go to bed, or smoothing the left corner of the hallway throw rug every time they pass -- and I'm sure that many writers have little quirky things they feel they have to do before they get started.
November 2007 2007
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Why not kill two obsessive-compulsives with one show?
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I know there are obsessive-compulsives out there who have some pretty odd rituals like checking the locks three times before they go to bed, or smoothing the left corner of the hallway throw rug every time they pass -- and I'm sure that many writers have little quirky things they feel they have to do before they get started.
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That she might have been Olympic material had been routinely pointed out by relatives and friends, and nowadays her husband as well, but the truth was that in this day and age only obsessive-compulsives could compete for any kind of prize: people not simply willing but fanatically eager to incinerate the self to fuel a career.
The Houseguest Thomas Berger 2008
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Sociopaths and obsessive-compulsives abound in mass media fiction, but it's just darned hard to name many schizophrenic characters who have the disorder in more than misapplied name.
Snark Blocker: Buffy Season 8 #10 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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