A couple years ago I was drving back to school. On a 5 hr ride, you can only imagine all the little bugs that smash into your windshield, and me having OCD, I cannot stand a dirty windshield. Plus, bird poo and bug remains take your mind off the road because you can't help but stare at the big splatter in front of your eyes. Like any other individual (or so I thought), I sprayed my windshield with the fluid and wipers. Well, just minding my business probably jamming out to Foreigner, a minivan speeds up and cuts me off. THEN, has the audacity to turn on his windshield wipers/fluid so it would spray me. This man was so outraged that I had unintentionally sprayed him with windshield wiper fluid- it's like Windex!! My gosh, what damage could I have done. To top things off, the van had a wiper on the back door, so it was like a double whammy!!! At first, I thought what an idiot. Here I am a girl driving back to school not trying to make anyone mad. Then I just laughed, I mean, I didn't mind if he wanted to help clean my windshield even more.
I am a huge fan of Intervention, the show that comes on A&E to help all kinds of addicts get help and recover. Addiction hits home in my family. Before choosing nursing, I was torn between psychology as well. This semester I am in my psych clinical though, so that is great! I really enjoy hearing people opening up to me and explaining what's going on in their head. Well, there were 2 people on the show- a crystal meth & heroin addict and a man with severe OCD. OCD can really ruin a person's life without intervening with medicine and therapy. After the show, my roommated and I started talking about all the quirky things we do. For instance, it's hard for me to leave my house without checking everything from my hair straightener to the toaster to make sure they're unplugged. I can't walk out of the bathroom w/out the shower curtain being shut. Actually, if I'm at someone else's house, I will shut the curtain. Oops, I cannot help it! haha. I can't go to sleep if I can see through the blinds. They must be closed all the way, however, in the day, they must be open. I shut every drawer when I'm done. Pictures must be hung straight. I always put the toilet seat down immediately after using it. Don't worry, my roommate had some pet peeves of hers too, so I wasn't the only crazy one! I like to believe that all of this stems from Freud/Erikson's theories of personality. Trust vs Mistrust, Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt, Initiative vs Guilt. (I told you I was in my psych rotation, ha)
Anyway, I'm off to work on some school work. ...'til again
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Meggie!!! I LOVE your blog! You are so wonderful at expressing yourself in writing! I feel like you are sitting beside me telling me these stories! I definitely agree with you on the squirrels! ugh! they freak me out too! and i agree with your lotion after shower theory! ha! AND... i totally understand your thought process about the homeless population... part of my psych clinical was at 15 Place (a homeless shelter downtown) and i used to spend hours trying to figure out the people, the reason, the lifestyle.... i still don't get it.... but i did enjoy my time at 15 Place! wow. i'm so glad you shared your blog site with me! keep blogging.... it makes the distance between us shorter! i love you and miss you BIG time! aot.
It took so long to load on here I forgot what I was going to say. I started thinking about the blue bird of happines sitting on my window sill. Oh I know! Your theories... I love psychology!! So much to say about those theories, maybe another time, another channel.
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