Re: OT: Obsessive compulsive behaviour - Repeated toilet flushing - (was butter)

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I'm not really sure. It seems to me to be compulsive, at least. Once he gets

going, yeah, he doesn't stop. In any case, it's a behavior that interferes with

his life, so I'm mostly interested in extinguishing it, whatever it is. He

really is more of a perserverator in general...Once he starts drawing the letter

A, it's As all over the place, with some effort to change what he draws.

Link wrote: I like the solution to that

problem, but my question is this. Is repeated

toilet flushing obsessive/compulsive behavior or perseverating? The reason

I'm asking is that has taken to quite deliberately touching the

ground every time he gets out of the car. (kind of like how the Pope kisses

the ground every time he gets off a plane!) I would consider this(

behavior, not the Pope's!) obsessive/compulsive behavior and the incessant

toilet flushing to be perseverating.

Pat

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