Man with OCD Recites Poem About his One True Love

(youtube) Neil Hilborn, performing during Individual Finals at the 2013 Rustbelt Regional Poetry Slam.
ChaosEnginesays...

I'm torn by this. It's a fantastic poem and an obviously heartfelt performance, but in many ways I think the girl was right when she said she shouldn't have let him get so attached to her.

Yeah, it's sad and he clearly loves her, but it's not fair on her either. He has loaded all these expectations about his life that only she can solve, and it's way too much pressure to put on someone. It's the very definition of an unhealthy relationship.

chingalerasays...

I am beginning to realize after being with someone suffering OCD as the result of imprints and abuse that perhaps the best chance of a satisfying relationship for those so-afflicted is for them to pair-up and take care of one another if they can't keep the shit in check. Alternatives include paying for mental health professional's Mercedes, penthouse apartments, and Whole Foods grocery bills, or driving the relatively sane into a life of crime and drunkenness...

Somebody get this man on match.com and find him an OCD girlfriend!

ChaosEnginesaid:

I'm torn by this. It's a fantastic poem and an obviously heartfelt performance, but in many ways I think the girl was right when she said she shouldn't have let him get so attached to her.

Yeah, it's sad and he clearly loves her, but it's not fair on her either. He has loaded all these expectations about his life that only she can solve, and it's way too much pressure to put on someone. It's the very definition of an unhealthy relationship.

albrite30says...

Have you ever tried to clean your house... and wound up organizing your cd collection by color and alphabet? Or stacking the forks of disparate silverware sets by length of the tines? Damn me.

shangsays...

did more research, this guy doesn't have OCD, he's just a slam poetry performer and actor. Watched several of his other poems and he uses a different persona for each poem's theme. From sitting smoking a pipe to dressing in drag for a comedy one, to stuttering performing a King "speech" poem to this OCD act he put on.

decent actor I guess. But after seeing his website and learning he didn't have ocd, it sorta changes it.

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