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Mon 2007-11-19 11:44 |
On the other hand, Simon, you may be a lifelong geek who's so used to seeing his mind and indeed quite a lot of the world as something that is ordered, systematic and controlled that entirely normal human failings like "argh did I leave the oven on" and "argh did I lock the door" are deeply worrying to you. It's not OCD, it's just who you're used to being - though you might reasonably conclude that the person you're used to being is a tad on the anxious side and likes to have everything in order.
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) atreic has half a point, but I don't think it's self *worth* you have wrapped up in the systematic functioning of your brain, I think it's identity; you define yourself by it. And one of the things that worries people most is the thought that they might have to change how they think about who they are, because none of us really know what's in the howling void outside our primary identities. |
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