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8. I think that it might not work for me.

I would probably get so wrapped up in the process that it would keep me awake trying to think of more and more words.

Reminds me of my tonsillectomy preparation when I was 6 years old. The anesthetic was ether. A nurse asked if I could count to100. Indignantly, I said, "Yes, of course." So she said that I should reverse it and count backwards from 100.

When I got to around 93 and started feeling drowsy, I made a mistake. I was alert enough to know that what I said was wrong, so I started over at 100. The nurse said it was ok to make a mistake, but I caught myself again at about 96 the second time.

I remember hearing the nurse say to someone else (probably the anesthesiologist), "Oh, for God's sake. We can't do this all day. Give her more."

I have never been diagnosed with OCD, but I was apparently a perfectionist at age 6.