By Mark | February 14, 2017
This year, for my birthday, Linette ordered a “weighted blanket” for me. Well, it came today, and I’m laying under it right now, struggling to fill my lungs. I can see the appeal. It’s comforting. It’s like the lead apron you have to wear at the dentist’s office when you’re having X-rays taken. I’ve yet […]
Posted in Mark's Life, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged Arlo, hug machine, Linette, Mark's birthday, mental health, serotonin, sleep, Temple Grandin, weighted blanket |
By Mark | December 3, 2014
One of the nice things about having OCD is being able, in any situation, to instantly determine the absolute worse thing that could possibly happen. These ideas, at least in my experience, just kind of effortlessly flow through the mind of the obsessive. In my case, it’s gotten to the point where I hardly even […]
It’s nothing terribly ambitious, but there are a few technical things that I’d like to do to make this site better. I’ve got a list of about ten items. I don’t think that any of it is too complicated, but – and it’s with some degree of shame that I say this – it’s all […]
Posted in Ideas, Mark's Life, Other, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Capri Sun, Charlie Sheen, cheese money, exciting career opportunities, internships, Mark's big ideas, posts where it becomes obvious that Mark is more like our grandfathers than he's like us, Red Bull, the free market will fix everything, the future of this site, WordPress |
By Mark | August 18, 2009
I’m too busy at the moment (fulfilling compulsions) to add much in the way of context, but it occurred to me that I wouldn’t be a very good OCD blogger if I didn’t link to this article in today’s New York Times. Here’s a clip: …As though it weren’t bad enough that chronic stress has […]
Posted in Mark's Life, OCD, Other | Also tagged blood pressure, chronically stressed rats, cognition, compulsions, depression. Alzheimer's, diabetes, executive decision-making, goal-directed behaviors, habit, habitualization, immune system, mental health, neural circuitry, Nuno Sousa, Portugal, rat race, research findings, stress, the brain, University of Minho, vicious circle |