November 05, 2003
Ruts
Do you find yourself getting into ruts? Allow me to elaborate.....
I find that I tend to get "hooked" on things, and choose those things until I get tired of them, and get "hooked" on something else. Still confused?
Take food -- I get into these ruts where every single night I want to eat the same thing. Recently, I've been hooked on Minute Maid Juice Bars (pretty handy that the weather has stayed warm so I'm not sitting on my couch, shivering and trying to eat popsicles). Before, I was hooked on eating grapefruit, and wanted to eat one every night. No, I'm not pregnant (obviously, since Justin isn't here), I think I'm just weird.
This doesn't just apply to food, I get hooked on all sorts of things. Like music. Right now, I have a cd by Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen in my car cd player. I will listen to this on the way to work and back every day until I get sick of it, and will then rotate to something else.
And then there are books and crossword puzzles. I'll get hooked on a book by one author and drag the thing around with me everywhere I go, hoping to get a spare moment to read a few more paragraphs. And when I'm done, I'll pick up another book and do the same thing, but ultimately the urge will fade and I'll only read it at night, like a normal individual. There are times when all I want to do is sit and do crossword puzzles, and times when all I want to do is go out with my friends and have fun.
I'm wondering if these are shades of OCD, or if everyone is like this. Any thoughts?
Posted by Kitty at November 5, 2003 05:11 PM
Comments
Wait until you have kids. Bob has movie ruts. Monsters, Inc. lasted about a month, then Shrek, and I can't tell you how many times I've watched both Harry Potter movies. Now we're on to Finding Nemo.
Food... I eat Spaghetti at least 10 times a week. And Bob would turn into a big chicken nugget if I let him.
Posted by: Jenny at November 6, 2003 08:18 AM
I'm sure you're right about Bob's movie ruts, though I tend to think that when little kids want to obsessively watch the same animated movie over and over again, it is cute (for everyone except the poor adult subjected to watching it with them). When adults engage in repetitive behavior, it is closer to neurotic.
Posted by: Jennifer at November 6, 2003 09:16 AM
A bunch of us have been eating at a place called Maudies accross the street for lunch... 2-3 times a week.. its sick.
Posted by: pylorns at November 6, 2003 03:57 PM
It's becomming exspensive too !!! Maudies is evil !!!!!
Posted by: SrRaV at November 6, 2003 04:01 PM
You're not the only one. I eat the same thing for breakfast/lunch everyday it seems. And I'm currently hooked on reading Terry Pratchett's Discworld books to the exclusion of all others.
Posted by: Chewie at November 6, 2003 04:11 PM
Chewie -- I have noticed on your blog that you always seem to be reading one. I never have. Is there one Discworld book you would recommend for a newbie?
Posted by: Jennifer at November 6, 2003 05:01 PM
OCD? No, Jen, you're just weird. That's one of the things I fell in love with. Try this. The only thing to break up my day is if we have a mission. They're very unpredictable as far as timing goes. The sad thing, though, is that even the exciting stuff is getting routine.
Posted by: Justin at November 7, 2003 12:58 AM
I was reading an article on torture and how America is using it to “fight the war on terror” and one of the things they said they use to tear down people is to not allow them to have a routine. So, even though you might think that doing the same thing over and over again is bad, in actuality your body and mind crave routine. It can be healthy and dangerous depending on the severity of it.
Posted by: Wired Nerve at November 7, 2003 08:56 AM
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That about sums me up, too.
I am currently on a revolving ring of yearning for Mac & cheese. Partner Unit will kill me, I think, if I make it again. I have a set of about 6 CDs that just keep getting air time in my car, and they never seem to change. Or when they change, they all change at once.
OCD? Yup, I have it. Is what you describe OCD? Nope, unless you feel you MUST do those things, my God, get out of the way, you HAVE to do them!!!!
Posted by: Helen at November 6, 2003 07:13 AM