i'm just checking." >> michael has ocd. it's a disorder that affects behavior. >> i think the best way to understand what it is is to relate to something that everyone kind of thinks of in their own life. so, "obsessive," in usual day-to-day language means "someone who thinks a lot or someone who's a worrier." when you think about "compulsive," typically when we're saying that in kind of a day-to-day way, we're meaning someone who's very particular. they're very neat. they're very organized. when you use "obsessive" and "compulsive" in "obsessive-compulsive disorder," though, it really refe anxiety disorder. and by "anxiety disorder," we mean that your anxiety system is kind of kicking on all the time and for, really, no good reason. >> in other words, when there's real danger, anxiety can be a good thing. it alerts us to the hazard. but people with ocd have anxiety even when theis no danger, and that affects how they relate to the world around them. >> what people do when they have ocd is they find that if they engage in s

a little bit ocd and i used to pack all of my school supplies still in the package in my pack badge. >> that's scary. scary fun. >> i cried all day. >> oh. >> good morning. starting off this morning we've got some showers just south and east of the metro area. those showers are passing from the southeast heading toward just up near cambridge. heavy downpours there over the central part of the bay. calvert county getting just a few sprinkles. temperatures in the region are in the 60s to near 70 degrees. right now it's in the mid 60s. shenandoah valley and out in the mountains. a fairfax, prince george's, 70 degrees. it is humid. we've got breaks in the clouds in the metro area. hour-by-hour forecast, few passing showers through the metro area. 6:00 a.m. temperature 70, by noon, low 80. upper 80s by mid afternoon. by late afternoon, isolated thunder showers popping up. danella is here now with your first 4 traffic. >>> good morning. welcome back to school and happy monday to you. don't forget as you make your way around our area, please be aware of children. especially around bus stops

my boyfriend said it's ocd i figure it doesn't cause any harm in my daily life activities, so it is okayright? >> normal or not? >> it is not okay. it's a little nuts. nuts. if you are putting on one shoe before the other and you have to have things set on odd numbers, that is an obsession and compulsion. >> like she said it's not harming any one, right? >> she says that give me five minutes with her, 2:22 p.m. it has to be fleekting in other parts of her life where she is obsessive compulsive. >> relax a little. >> this next one is interesting. my husband stays out drinking until 3:00 a.m. learned he texts waitresses from the bar. i told him this is cause ago rift in our marriage and must stop. he told me i have mental problems. >> he's as normal as he gets. he is trying to prey upon any lack of self-esteem to say you are crazy. you want me to abide by the promises i made you? he's hurtful. he wants to hurt you, too, not even hide it. take his stuff out when he is texting the waitress put it on the front lawn and leave it. >> then all your neighbors know. >> i talk to myself about mysel

. >> the research is saying maybe it's not ocd and not obsess sievely keeping things.ing things because you can't make a decision what to keep and not to keep. it's a decision-making problem and not an obsession. >> that's fascinating. >> it is. >> fascinating research. elizabeth cohen in atlanta, thank you very much. great to see you. for more on this story go to n cnnhealth.com. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. i'll give you money for gas. [ laughing ] not necessary. take the money. i'm not taking your money. besides i get great gas mileage. what's that? it's eassist. helps the engine run really efficiently. it captures energy that assists the engine... so i'm never guzzling gas. oh -- that's hippie talk. it's called technology dad... here take two dollars. take the money. [ male announcer ] the all new 37 mpg highway chevy malibu eco. from conserving fuel, to the technology th

that is, they see the world as an american stage and native factors and countries we have inva ocded orpy it or where in pakistan and somalia and yemen and we conduct what might be called the semi-war as so many players in an american drama. this is why in both iraq and afghanistan military commanders and top officials like secretary of defense robert gates or national security james jones continued to call so utterly unselfconsciously for putting an iraqi or afghan face on whichever world is being discussed. that is, to follow damage to its logical conclusion putting an iraqi or afghan mask over a face they recognize recognize however and conveniently or embarrassingly as american. >> you can watch this and other programs on line of booktv.org. during the republican and democratic conventions we are asking middle and high school students to send a message to the president as part of this year c-span studentcam video documentary competition. in a short video students will answer the question, what's the most important issue the president should consider in 2013? for a chance to wind

because before they would see hoarder as they have ocd, they are obsessive and kpulive, maybe they needy to help them through that. realizing the nature of the disease will help therapists counsel sell them. >> at what point do you know you're a hoarder? does it have to get that serious like the video we just saw. how do you know we're on the path to hoarding? >> when i saw this story, i looked at my own table with a pile of mail, oh, no. it's hard to define a hoarder, but one way, does it get in the way of your life. obviously someone living in a place like we're watching now, it's hard to function. when it makes it hard to function, you need help. elizabeth cohen, full of great information for us. thank you very much. >>> today's best advice from veteran tv journalist dan rather coming up. ♪ [ acoustic guitar: upbeat ] [ dog ] we found it together. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that...

. >> i know you're ocd on touching so you can't eat it. >> give it to me. >> i can touch it. >> absolutely we have your -- >> i never thought we were going to -- >> all i want to know if you come on huff post live would you bring us some come on huff live will you also bring some cheese? >> i'll bring a couple choices for you. >> when is the first time you met ariana? >> i think it was 1972, i was there as a guest at the convention and i was having a great time. because you know when you're in college and you go to conventions and you have such a great time. we want you to come back to the republican side. >> ariana has been moving around and she's where a lot of people are right now, don't let me speak for you if i'm wrong, but ariana is very frustrated with both parties. >> let me explain where i am right now and there's another area where joe and i agree. why isn't afghanistan an issue in this campaign. we have spent $3 trillion, we have lost so many servicemen. why isn't this an important issue to discuss? >> i think the candidates are going to get there, we're in a hyp hyperbolic news

i'm a geeky, neurotic, kind of terrified of everything guy, a very ocd. i like to describe my writing style or myself as a mix of hunter s. thompson andwoodly allen. -- woody allen. that's what i would be like because i want to be like hunter s. thompson, but i'm much more like woody allen. so when i go into these stories, it allows me to live that life that i don't really live. and so, you know, hanging out with sean parker from the facebook story who justin timberlake played in the movie. i mean, this is one of the coolest guys out there. he's worth billions, he's a genius, he's running around like a rock star, and i get to follow him around for a month. how you beat that? or, you know, the "bringing down the house," i'm going to vegas every weekend. but in real life i'm terrified of everything. but when i'm there, i can kind of become a part of it. i went through the airport with a quarter million dollars. and it's an intense adrenaline rush, but at the same time i can just jump back out of it into my normal life in boston. so, yeah. there's a lot of s

. -- we suffer from ocd. we invite our readers to add to it. it has photography, etc., etc. story is ongoing. the big stories of our time, unemployment, foreclosure -- >> the question is -- we talked about the revolution and the revolution really is that coming in the old days, the news came to you. the paper came to you. there were the gatekeepers who said you need to know this one and this one and this one go on the front page. now you go to it. but the question is do you go to that which makes you uncomfortable are unfamiliar or do go primarily to your hardison story is? >> 18 years as a print syndicated columnist, i don't know whether we got 100,000 readers are 20 readers, but we were doing something we thought was important. today, there is an incentive and there are blogs that pays the journalists by the click, by the view. it is not an incentive to wrecie the most important stories in the world, but just to get the view. you're absolutely right. there is a big danger of people who do what people used to do in print you used open the paper at the business section or th