Extreme OCD coming on

[Arkansota]

I have pretty bad OCD about a stupid topic-

[SIZE="4"]Whether Arkansas is considered to be a Southern state or a Midwestern state.
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OF COURSE IT IS!! ARKANSAS COULD NOT BE MORE SOUTHERN!! Only EXTREMELY ignorant people think it's in the Midwest. But my OCD is illogical so it keeps worrying about this. I really want to go to college in the South and I'm going to college in Arkansas, so I am having anxiety about this.

What do I do? I'm on medication that isn't gonna change. What are some strategies I can use?

[Arkansota]

Please help, or at least talk to me about it. My anxiety feels a little bit lessened just from posting the above post and I'd like to bring it down even more.

[ardus]

Perhaps it will help if you explain why it matters?

Richard

[Arkansota]

Perhaps it will help if you explain why it matters?

Richard

It doesn't matter. OCD is not rational and there is generally no logic behind my obsessions. I know Arkansas is in the South. But it bothers me that some people don't.

[ardus]

I mean why does it matter if it's in the south or midwest?

Richard

[Arkansota]

I mean why does it matter if it's in the south or midwest?

Richard

Because I want to go to college in a place that is drastically different than Minnesota, a Midwestern state.

[Arkansota]

I blocked Yahoo Answers, since that is usually what escalates my anxiety. See, I ask a question, and I get an answer I don't like, and *BOOM* my anxiety is much worse.

I hope someday I can just accept that Arkansas is southern no matter what anybody says. But I'm not there yet.

[ardus]

Ahhhhhh, well Arkansas is in the SEC.

Richard

[Arkansota]

Ahhhhhh, well Arkansas is in the SEC.

Richard

What is SEC? Southeastern country?

[ardus]

Southeastern Conference. It's the conference Arkansas football plays in.

Richard