I don’t think I ever had ODD growing up but now that I’m an adult, I believe I have a healthy case of it, if it’s possible to develop ODD as an adult. As DvlsAdv0c8 said, I have “an uncontrollable need to contradict, argue with or defy any person perceived as an authority figure who takes it upon themselves to try to control me in any way.” I get very angry whenever someone tries to control or correct me in any way. It’s not just efforts to control me by so-called “authority figures” that I find objectionable. I also don’t like to be around anyone who is being controlled in any way.
DvlsAdv0c8 and Scattybird mentioned noises by authority figures as means of correction. I had my own experience with that. My father was killed in an accident when I was two years old and my mother remarried when I was nine. When I was growing up, my stepfather would never tell me when he thought I did or said something wrong. His preferred method of communication in those instances was, instead, unnecessary throat clearing. Often, I didn’t think I had done anything objectionable for him to object to and any efforts to discuss these situations with him just led to more vociferous unnecessary throat clearing. As a result, I developed a real paranoia/anger around throat clearing, whether it’s necessary or not. Anyone think I need a therapist yet?
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