The human brain is the powerhouse of the body and controls emotion and function. When
someone gets into a rut and develops a pattern it causes discomfort and stress and accompanied
by a mental illness such as OCD, it creates turmoil when things go a-rye. In his “OCD” Poem,
Neil Hilborn shows his audience how his disorder intertwined for better and for worse. Hilborn
perfectly describes the roller coaster one would get if they let themselves become obsessed over
a person, giving them new quirks and ticks in order to keep them safe and happy. On the other
side of the spectrum of OCD, Shawn Cross’s drawing “OCD” depicts a visual representation of
the mind of someone who suffers from the disorder. Staring a black, lanky figure scratching
away at itself, it delves deeper into
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He was touching
something he genuinely thought in his mind was pure perfection that he didn’t believe she had
Jesse Qualls
Poe COMP II 1302 513
2/21/2017
germs or feel uncomfortable if he didn’t wash himself right afterwards. He wants to be around
her as much as possible and do all the little things that make her smile and happy, hence why he
has the obsession over her. With that obsession he can consciously ignore the things that make
him uncomfortable with her as the exception to his mind’s rules. Hilborn then explains how
devastated he became as time went by, wanting her to come back immediately. He says “I want
her back so bad... I leave the door unlocked. I leave the lights on.” ( lines 54-56). While the
happiness his girlfriend gave him cause him to ignore his ticks, so does the depression that he felt
when she left. Hilborn always locks the door and turns the lights off multiple times as one of his
ticks, and to not do that takes a lot of effort. He still is in love with her and the intense feeling of
regret allows him to leave the doors unlocked and lights on as a comfort zone, hoping she