Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

I have been married to a wonderful women for 11 years who gave me 3 incredible children (2 boys and a girl; 8,6, and 2 respectively). I have a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing and a Master's Degree in Finance. I live in a suburb of Houston, Texas.

I have been dealing with OCD (Pure O) since I was about 13. It started with HOCD and has taken on various other forms throughout the years including: Religious OCD; POCD; SOCD; Excessive nail biting (until cuticles and fingers bleed); Obsession with being overweight (yes....I know I'm a dude); and on and on. I never really knew what was wrong with me until I bottomed out at 30 years old and had a breakdown. I became clinically depressed for several months with religious OCD (although I did not know what it was at the time)and finally sought help from a Psychiatrist. He thought it was depression at first because I did not fully describe all of the symptoms that I had encountered over the years (due to embarrasment and fear of what he might say). He put me on 20 mg of paxil and after 6 months I thought I had been "cured". I subsequently went off of the meds and several months later had a relapse. I went back on the meds for another few years and they continued to work so I didn't think too much about it until one day at work I became bored and started surfing mental health sites. When I came across information regarding "Pure O", I could not beleive what I was reading. These were classic symptoms that I had experienced for over 20 years. I am now seeing another therapist who I have opened up too and he has offically diagnosed me with Pure O. It was such a relief to find out that I am not the only person in the world with this problem. I feel very blessed as medication has done wonders for me and keeps my symptoms under control

My Wife and Kids, My Parents, My Friends, Watching Football (NFL and College), Watching Movies, Reading Books, Cooking, Playing Video Games, Snow Skiing, Drinking Beer, Playing Poker, Naps, Friendly People, Dogs, Good Food and Good Wine; English Women (The intelligent accent drives me crazy - maybe I am trying to compensate for my own shortcomings, lol)

OCD (Suprise!), Extremists (Left & Right - Peta, Neo-Nazis, Religious Zealots, Vegans, etc.), Nasty People, Pretentious People, Judgemental People, Hair in my Food, Hot/Humid Weather, Work, Hangovers, Golf (Because I suck at it!); Hearing other people eat (smacking sounds, crunching sounds, juicers working, etc.); Seeing people eat in old black and white movies (where they rigidly use the knife and fork against the plate; Feeling Old

Likes:
Heavy Metal (1980's); Hard Rock (1970's, 1980's, and much of the current stuff); Disco (1970's); About 50% of Hip/Hop

Dislikes:
Grundge (Pearl Jam Especially); 98% of Country;
About 50% of Hip Hop; Most 60's "Rock" (Yes - including the Beatles); The Dave Mathews Band

Sci-Fi/Fantasy: A Song of Ice and Fire Series(George RR Martin); Sword of Truth Series (Terry Goodkind); Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card); LOTR Series;

Horror/Suspense: Dean Koontz; Stephen King

Biography: Gene Simmons; Tommy Lee; William Shatner; Jerry Seinfeld;

Self Help: The Noonday Demon; Brain Lock; Biology of the Mind;

Other: A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)

For Starters:

Likes: Star Wars (1,3,4,5,6); The LOTR Trilogy; Die Hard (1 and 2); The Matrix (1 only); Iron Man; Airplane (1 & 2); Indiana Jones (1 & 2); The Naked Gun (1,2,3); The 40-Year Old Virgin; Wedding Crashers; Caddyshack; Office Space; Blazing Saddles; Liar Liar; Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; Bad Santa; Tommy Boy, Sideways; Ace Ventura (1 & 2); Wayne's World; Meatballs; Groundhog Day; Jurassic Park (1 & 3); Forest Gump; Wierd Science; Sixteen Candles; Anything by the Farelly Brothers; American Beauty; American Gangster; Goodfellas; The Godfather (1 & 2); A Beautiful Mind; Schindler's List; American History X; Pulp Fiction; Kill Bill (1 & 2);Anything by Pixar

Dislikes: 95% of "Horror Films" (Although I do enjoy suspense); 95% of Chick Flicks; Titanic; Coen Brother's Movies; Tim Burton Movies (yes -including the original Batman)

Cooking, Video Games, Movies, Reading