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The OCD Post

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is often misunderstood (and is different from Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.) From wikipedia: "OCD sufferers are aware that such thoughts and behavior are not rational, but feel bound to comply with them to fend off feelings of panic or dread. Because sufferers are consciously aware of this irrationality but feel helpless to push it away, untreated OCD is often regarded as one of the most vexing and frustrating of the major anxiety disorders."
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 12:19 PM on January 23, 2008 (65 comments)

Mizuko Kuyo

Mizuko Kuyo, meaning "water-child memorial service" is a memorial service held by or for those who have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion, and has become widespread in Japan since the 1970's. (Wikipedia definition). Peggy Orenstein relates her experience with miscarriage and this ritual in Mourning My Miscarriage - In Japan, I Find a Culture Willing to Acknowledge My Loss.
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 12:51 PM on December 4, 2007 (28 comments)

Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators

Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators These days, if Rian Romoli accidentally bumps into a child, he quickly raises his hands above his shoulders. "I don't want to give even the slightest indication that any inadvertent touching occurred," says Mr. Romoli, an economist in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. Previous article by same author.
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 10:40 AM on September 13, 2007 (268 comments)

Beaten woman denied divorce to her abuser

A Spokane woman trying to divorce her estranged husband two years after he was jailed for beating her has been told by a judge she can't get out of the marriage while she's pregnant. Is this another example at an attempt at "moral values?"
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 10:19 AM on January 3, 2005 (44 comments)

Speech isn't free if it's critical.

Poetry isn't free speech for these students. Bill Nevins, a New Mexico high school teacher was fired last year and classes in poetry and the poetry club at Rio Rancho High School were permanently terminated because he refused to censor a student's poetry that was "un-American."
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 8:00 AM on May 20, 2004 (39 comments)

Obituaries of those who died in Iraq.

Obituaries of those who died in Iraq.
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 11:07 AM on June 6, 2003 (19 comments)

Tunnel of Love, Indeed

Sex in an MRI scanner shows that in the missionary position, the penis looks like a boomerang.
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 8:20 PM on April 14, 2003 (19 comments)

Toad in a Tomb

Animals trapped in stone have been reported many times, but do you believe it? Why has there been so little investigation of these claims? It could be the key to re-animation...
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 11:00 AM on December 17, 2002 (36 comments)

Man, why can't my bank do this?...

Bank ATM gives extra cash Man, why can't my bank do this?
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 10:55 AM on August 13, 2002 (24 comments)

Mice sent to Mars, first all-rodent space crew. I...

Mice and Martians! Mice sent to Mars, first all-rodent space crew. I like the article's style: "The crew will have no exercise wheels, however. Their motion would interfere with the centrifugal force inside the spacecraft."
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 11:35 AM on August 6, 2002 (3 comments)

Do you think he's already been referenced in a rap...

Rapper Found with Human Remains in Stomach Do you think he's already been referenced in a rap song for this? Talk about street cred. Horrifying.
posted to MetaFilter by agregoli at 10:48 AM on August 2, 2002 (84 comments)