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(Long pause.) These attitudes may be reflected in rather simple compulsive actions: the woman who cleans the house endlessly, whether it needs it or not; the man who will follow certain precise, defined routes of activity — driving down certain streets only to work; washing his hands much more frequently than other people; the person who constantly buttons and unbuttons a sweater or vest. Many such simple actions show a stereotyped kind of behavior that results from a desperate need to gain control over oneself and the environment.
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(3:52. Jane had coffee and a smoke. It was getting cloudy; I told her I hoped Frank Longwell was at the house, planting the red maple while the young fellow from school was mowing the grass. Resume at 4:00.)
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(4:26 p.m. Jane had done well, I told her. She’d had a slightly better day, and ate well. As I drove up the road to the hill house, I held my breath — then saw that the grass had indeed been cut; it looked great. As I pulled into the driveway in back, I saw that Frank had planted the red maple. Not only that, he’d brought his tiller back, and had once again plowed up the back yard, preparatory to sowing the wildflower seeds.)
