So recently with my Solo Performance, I’ve had to rewind a bit a think more about what I’m going to do. Below are my notes on a performance associated with OCD:
YouTube comment on OCD (Howie Mandel) – This is real OCD. People are always like “LOL I have such bad OCD because it bugs me a little when something is out of place LOL” but it’s real OCD when you have to turn on a sink with your foot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSZNnz9SM4g
‘OCD has robbed him of his life’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAXjq28Wpyk
Fear of germs – petrified of getting sick
Symmetry OCD
Intrusive thoughts
Scared of something bad happening to family – if you don’t tap that tree, your mum is going to die
Contamination OCD – Smells e.g. toilet (nightmare)
Repeating an action over and over again to make sure he doesn’t do things 13 times
Rituals
What can OCD cost a person?
A series of activities that are associated/connected with OCD and talk about them at the same time
A Day in the life of someone (me) with OCD – Spalding Gray type desk where you talk about it
- Breakfast – segments of the grapefruit, stacking sugar cubes (back to the desk)
- At work (back to the desk)
- Relationships (Howie Mandel and his family) what it’s like
Dear Diary, what a day it’s been….
The kitchen, the bedroom, the workplace/office