Continuing my Weird Lists project…
If you know what’s funny about these, you probably have OCD, or ADD, or … maybe you live with someone who does!
Yesterday my psych-doc seemed inclined to add A.D.D. to the alphabet-soup of my Mental Health Diagnoses… And if I’d had any doubts, I think I have my confirmation in how many of the ADD jokes hit home!
Sayings I Could Wear on a T-shirt (Mental Health Edition)
The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Wardrobe…
- I have CDO. It’s like OCD, but all the letters are in alphabetical order. As they should be.
- I don’t have OCD, I just have a very specific order in which I like to do things.
- The only reason I check my voicemail is to get rid of the little icon on my screen.
I’m not really a control freak BUT… can I show you the right way to do that?- I adore spontaneity, providing it is carefully planned.
- As long as everthing’s exactly the way I want it, I’m totally flexible.
- I hate it when I plan my day and no one follows the script.
- I could stop being a control freak if other people could stop screwing stuff up.
- Hand sanitizer is a gateway drug for OCD
- If you’re OCD and you know it wash your hands.
- The first rule of OCD Club is that there must be a second rule so we have an even number of rules.
The Attention Deficit Disorder Wardrobe…
- If I had a dollar for every time I got distracted, I wish I had a puppy.
- I wish I could sleep but my ADD kicks in and… one sheep, two sheep, cow turtle, duck, hey Macarena!
“Attention Deficit Disorder” should be called “Attention to lots & lots & lots of things & some other stuff except the one thing I should really be paying attention to Disorder”- I don’t have a short attention span. You have a short interesting span.
- “On a scale of one to ten, how focused are you?” “Banana!”
- ask me about my ADD or pie or my cat. a dog. I have a bike. Do you like TV? I saw a rock. hi.
- My brain is like an internet browser. 12 tabs are open. 5 of them are not responding. There’s a gif playing in an endless loop, popups everywhere… And where is that annoying music coming from?
The Bipolar Wardrobe…
I have lots of great personality traits. Or, as my doctor calls them… symptoms.- Bipolar? I prefer the term “emotionally action-packed”
- Not to brag, but I haven’t had a mood swing in, like, 7 minutes.
- My house would never be clean if it weren’t for my manic episodes.
- My moods don’t swing. They bounce, pivot, recoil, rebound, oscillate, fluctuate, and occasionally pirouette.
- I have two moods: 1) Sleep is for the weak. 2) Sleeping for a week.
- I never make the same mistake twice. I make it five or six times, just to be sure.
The Borderline Personality Wardrobe…
Half of my feelings are doubts about the other half of my feelings- I’m an odd combination of “really sweet” and “don’t mess with me.”
- “Why did you do that?” I don’t know, it made sense back then.
- If you can’t handle me at my worst, I understand. I can’t either.
- I feel a spree coming on. Whether it’s shopping or killing is up to you.
- I want to sleep but my brain won’t stop talking to itself.
- My brain is experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand by…
- It’s okay, I’m as confused by me as you are
The Multiple-Diagnosis Wardrobe…
I have OCD and ADD, so everything has to be perfect… but not for very long.- I have OCD. But I only clean things when I’m in the mood because I’m also bipolar.
- Lord, help me be the person my psychiatrist medicates me to be.
- Today’s forecast… Manic with a slight chance of bat shit crazy.
And my favorite: I don’t go crazy. I AM crazy. I just go normal from time to time.
(Or NOT…)
What makes these funny are the TRUTHS behind them… But I have to note that I found a heavier ratio of truth-to-funny in the quips about Borderline Personality Disorder. I’m not sure if I’m just more sensitive because BPD causes me the most struggles, or if those jokes are actually a little sadder. I can’t tell from where I sit… So… you tell me.
[Really. I’m interested to hear. Room for comments below…]
I thought these were really witty :). Although some people may disagree with me, I actually often think it’s healthy to have a giggle about the things that upset you x
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ALL of my minds agree with you on that, LOL
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I could relate most to the ocd jokes. It’s soooooo hard to not redo things when the kids “clean”. Okay, so I can’t just leave it, but I’ve learned to wait until after they go to bed to do it right :)
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Too funny–my best friend and I were just talking about this yesterday… Her boys would fold laundry and she’d go back when they were in bed to re-fold all the towels… ;)
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That is hilarious. It would be so much funnier if it didn’t exactly describe me. Oh dang, my coffee’s cold. I’ll be back as soon as I reheat it and then…
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(OR… if you’re like me, you’ll come back an hour later after doing six things, and then realize you never got to the coffee..) ;)
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I agree that the BPD comments are less humorous than the others…more a cry for help than an overstated description of symptoms — whereas the ADD comments made me laugh out loud.
I’ll ponder this some more…
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Hell I can relate to lots of the above! I’m definitely ADD. Now, I’m wondering a little about the others! 😳 Oh well- that’s life!
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