What are good professions for someone with OCD?

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What are some good professions or jobs for someone afflicted with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to pursue? Feel free to mention other jobs for other mental illnessess, but don't talk about depression- no one cares about that.

# ? May 9, 2015 19:41

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quality control in a factory that processes beans

# ? May 9, 2015 19:43

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it would be funny if someone said a job that would not be good for someone with ocd.

# ? May 9, 2015 19:45

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im laughing right now just thinking about the possibilities.

# ? May 9, 2015 19:46

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Gone Fashing posted:

it would be funny if someone said a job that would not be good for someone with ocd.

# ? May 9, 2015 19:46

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I don't think it'd be funny at all personally- in fact if someone came to this thread for advice they might see it and get upset, or be led astray.

# ? May 9, 2015 19:48

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Anyway, Bean QC is right out of the question. But what is in?

# ? May 9, 2015 19:50

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I was diagnosed with OCD and I'm a software engineer

# ? May 9, 2015 19:51

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Gross Dude posted:

I was diagnosed with OCD and I'm a software engineer

Nice... that doesn't 'bug' you? Haha

# ? May 9, 2015 19:56

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Air Traffic Controller.

serious answer: http://jobs.lovetoknow.com/careers-people-ocd

quote:

Jobs that provide repetition and double-checking may be suitable for some people with OCD. For example, a person with OCD may do well working in a quality control capacity, but this depends largely on how severe the OCD is. A person with severe OCD would actually have difficulties acting in a quality control capacity while a person with minor OCD would probably excel.

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# ? May 9, 2015 19:59

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# ? May 9, 2015 20:02

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Gone Fashing posted:

it would be funny if someone said a job that would not be good for someone with ocd.

hmmm

im thinking about all kinds of subversive answers i could give for comedy effect that would really tick off a person with ocd i can tell you

okay okay

the job im thinking of 'mess looker' theyve got to look at a mess but they're not allowed to fix it LOL

# ? May 9, 2015 20:04

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# ? May 9, 2015 20:50

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Cumt posted:

okay okay

the job im thinking of 'mess looker' theyve got to look at a mess but they're not allowed to fix it LOL

The game dev QA guy who watches people play the game for the first time, but isn't allowed to tell them how to get past the glitches and puzzles and such cos it'd mess up the test.

# ? May 9, 2015 20:55

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DeepQantas posted:

The game dev QA guy who watches people play the game for the first time, but isn't allowed to tell them how to get past the glitches and puzzles and such cos it'd mess up the test.

this

or garbage man

e: garbage quality control?

# ? May 9, 2015 21:18

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but don't talk about depression- no one cares about that.

# ? May 9, 2015 21:20

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Six-Of-Hearts posted:

Air Traffic Controller.

serious answer: http://jobs.lovetoknow.com/careers-people-ocd

This is helpful... but I'm having a hard time discerning "job with repition" from a normal job

# ? May 9, 2015 22:30

landy.

blinking beacon nose posted:

this

or garbage man

e: garbage quality control?

that probably wouldn't be any less suited to somebody with ocd than any other job would be

# ? May 10, 2015 00:44

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# ? May 10, 2015 02:50

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Chef probably

# ? May 10, 2015 22:39

ulvir

architect, accountant, or even better forensic accountant, auditor

# ? May 10, 2015 22:45

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What about managing a Kosher or Halal deli, or running an autoclave or other specific lab work tasks, like dunking a batch of something into a batch of other somethings and recording it like you see in genetic testing videos

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# ? May 10, 2015 23:50

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The jobs are all so good, how can they decide between one of them?

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# ? May 10, 2015 23:56

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landy. posted:

that probably wouldn't be any less suited to somebody with ocd than any other job would be

point taken, nods

maybe cleaning? Everyone's all like oh man I'm SO OCD about cleaning!! I like things clean!!

It might work.

# ? May 11, 2015 01:27

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Qwerinty posted:

The jobs are all so good, how can they decide between one of them?

very very detailed excel spreadsheet containing pros and cons and weighted utility functions and poo poo

# ? May 11, 2015 01:29

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# ? May 11, 2015 10:57

Grandmother of Five: I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

employer: i undertsnad u want to work in my cleaning company
ocd man: I_brush_my _teeth 200_times a_day, which_has_ruined_them and_made_them_look really_fucked_up
employer. do u think that instead of cleaning one tiny room exceptionally well in six hours that you could clean +50 rooms to an acceptable standard?
ocd man: no

# ? May 11, 2015 11:56

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ulvir posted:

architect, accountant, or even better forensic accountant, auditor

A forensic accountant sounds like the coolest type of accountant, outside of maybe spaceshuttle accountant or wizard accountant. Not sure what any of those do thougg.

blinking beacon nose posted:

point taken, nods

maybe cleaning? Everyone's all like oh man I'm SO OCD about cleaning!! I like things clean!!

It might work.

I find that is a largely pop culture portrayal.

# ? May 11, 2015 17:39

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gently caress. marry. t-rex posted:

A forensic accountant sounds like the coolest type of accountant, outside of maybe spaceshuttle accountant or wizard accountant. Not sure what any of those do thougg.

Forensic accountant follows the money trail, spaceshuttle account balances the books in zero g (mostly rotational liquidity) and wizard accountant is a type of mathemagician.

"Pick a ledger, any ledger. Now don't show it to me..."

# ? May 11, 2015 17:49

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A lot of wizard books are ensorcelled so of course you need a wizard auditor to get to the bottom of it.

You haven't known cooked books until your checking columns on a Fire Tome.

# ? May 11, 2015 17:53

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There's also Minoletta's Manuscript of Minute Margins to worry about.

# ? May 11, 2015 21:00

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ulillillia is making a go of game design you could try that

# ? May 11, 2015 21:10

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pharmacy technician is really good, you count and double count pills all day, make sure that everything is where it belongs and not expired, file paper prescriptions, and fix tiny errors in data entry to make insurances work. bonus points if you do cash handling.

as long as your compulsions aren't tied to stealing or eating pills or w/e, it's a fantastic job

# ? May 11, 2015 23:29

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