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manlymatt83

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I seem to be very irrational lately. I'm not sure if I'm over-stressed or if this is something else. For instance, tonight I spent all night cleaning my apartment (which was a good thing), throwing out things in a garbage can in the middle of the floor. At the end of the night, I took the full garbage bag outside full of things I no longer needed/other trash that hadn't been thrown out yet. However, for some reason, I became irrational thinking that I may have thrown something out I shouldn't have, and got the urge to go back outside, open the trash bag up, dump it out, and look through everything a second time to make sure that I hadn't thrown anything out that I shouldn't have. I resisted this urge, but it still upsets me - because logically, I was the one doing the cleaning, so why would I have thrown something out that I didn't want to throw out? It's unlikely I would have purposely thrown something out I didn't want to get rid of. Why can't I trust myself that I didn't make a mistake?
 
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Hayabusa Rider

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You got a bunch of stuff together in a hurry to toss out. You wonder if in your haste you might have grabbed something you shouldn't have and get the urge to make sure you didn't. Seems reasonable to me.
 
Kadarin

Kadarin

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You never know, maybe you did throw away that thing you needed. I suggest you go through the dumpster and make sure.
 
mjrpes3

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Sounds like you give greater value to crap than you are letting on to yourself.
 
arrfep

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Dude. You're an OCD hypochondriac worry-wart. I don't mean that in offense, it's just what all of ATOT knows from your posting history. So while what you did may be considered irrational, it makes sense for you. I have the same kind of habits, and they've made me into a packrat. I can tell you that if you just toss everything, I bet by tomorrow morning you will have forgotten your worries.
 
MotionMan

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Make sure you wash your hands and tap on the doorway three time when you're done.

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darkswordsman17

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arrfep said:
Dude. You're an OCD hypochondriac worry-wart. I don't mean that in offense, it's just what all of ATOT knows from your posting history. So while what you did may be considered irrational, it makes sense for you. I have the same kind of habits, and they've made me into a packrat. I can tell you that if you just toss everything, I bet by tomorrow morning you will have forgotten your worries.
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That reminds me, who was that one hypochondriac on ATOT. I don't think they've posted on here for a few years now. I don't think it was the OP was it?
 
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manlymatt83

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arrfep said:
Dude. You're an OCD hypochondriac worry-wart. I don't mean that in offense, it's just what all of ATOT knows from your posting history. So while what you did may be considered irrational, it makes sense for you. I have the same kind of habits, and they've made me into a packrat. I can tell you that if you just toss everything, I bet by tomorrow morning you will have forgotten your worries.
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You were right :) Woke up, unworried.
 
moshquerade

moshquerade

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manlymatt83 said:
I seem to be very irrational lately.
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just lately? ;)

I'm not sure if I'm over-stressed or if this is something else. For instance, tonight I spent all night cleaning my apartment (which was a good thing), throwing out things in a garbage can in the middle of the floor. At the end of the night, I took the full garbage bag outside full of things I no longer needed/other trash that hadn't been thrown out yet. However, for some reason, I became irrational thinking that I may have thrown something out I shouldn't have, and got the urge to go back outside, open the trash bag up, dump it out, and look through everything a second time to make sure that I hadn't thrown anything out that I shouldn't have. I resisted this urge, but it still upsets me - because logically, I was the one doing the cleaning, so why would I have thrown something out that I didn't want to throw out? It's unlikely I would have purposely thrown something out I didn't want to get rid of. Why can't I trust myself that I didn't make a mistake?
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Because you are irrational.

srsly manlymatt, pat yourself on the back for getting rid of a bunch of useless junk. you are not a hoarder anymore! :D
 
KeithTalent

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Depends on how you normally act. If I were to do something like that it would be very much out of character for me and I would consider it irrational, but if you are typically an anal or nervous person, then it may be rational behaviour for you. I think that makes sense. :hmm:

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lxskllr

lxskllr

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I cut open vacuum bags if I hear something go in, and I can't see what it was through the hole. Odds are I don't need whatever it was, but cutting open the bag ends up being easier because wondering would get on my nerves for awhile.
 
eldorado99

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This is irrational. However I could see myself doing this if I had lost something recently and was in a hurry when I cleaned up.
 
coldmeat

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Creating threads for every stupid fucking thing in your life is irrational.
 
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