OCD-ish habits.........

failedpersephone

I have to brush my teeth 3 times and gargle between each time. I use 3 brushes too.

I poufy wash myself twice head to feet so that the imaginary dirt and boooogie gooos go down the drain faster.

When I drink water from a reusable sports bottle I have to hold the lid/handle thingy with my RIGHT hand and can't hold it with my left at all.

pillows must be removed from my bed in the same order they are placed on my bed. and it helps if they are stacked in the spare chair. (not the rocking chair)

also when chewing gum, I have to pop the gum 6 times on my right side RIGHT before I throw it away in the trash - or else I will swallow it.

yeah. I am pretty much a nutcase.

MattCameronKicksButt

So why do some people grow out of these things and others don't?

dunkman

dunkman wrote:

i'm just checking my 1st post is still on this thread... phew .. it is!!!!

i'm just checking this post is still there.

i just turned my lights on and off 147 times... i was checking for epilepsy

eyedclaar

failedpersephone wrote:

I have to brush my teeth 3 times and gargle between each time. I use 3 brushes too.

I poufy wash myself twice head to feet so that the imaginary dirt and boooogie gooos go down the drain faster.

When I drink water from a reusable sports bottle I have to hold the lid/handle thingy with my RIGHT hand and can't hold it with my left at all.

pillows must be removed from my bed in the same order they are placed on my bed. and it helps if they are stacked in the spare chair. (not the rocking chair)

also when chewing gum, I have to pop the gum 6 times on my right side RIGHT before I throw it away in the trash - or else I will swallow it.

yeah. I am pretty much a nutcase.

Actually, I was expecting something way more debaucherous and/or deranged. Are you sure you're telling us everything?

pjtradeking

I HAVE to untie my shoes before I take them off.....

I WILL NOT wear clothes more than once. Doesnt matter if I have had them on for 10 secs. Once they come off the must be washed...

My alarm clock is set 30 minutes ahead of every other clock in the house, but I still set the alarm as if it were the correct time...Have done this since I was a kid. If I wake in the middle of the night to use the restroom or get a beverage or whatever, I reset the alarm before I crawl back in bed.

I will only sleep on the left side of the bed...

I MUST make my bed the SECOND I wake up.

I get dressed the EXACT same way everyday. No exceptions.

I WILL NOT wear shoes without socks. NO EXCEPTIONS...Doesnt matter if it is slippers, tennis shoes, sandals, boots, WHATEVER.

Foxy Mop

Super Vedder wrote:

get em listed!!!!!!!

I suppose I'll give in and post some of mine since some of you are as kooky as I am. Some of my things.. but not all

- Every morning I have to follow the same exact routine. Socks/slippers on in the winter/flip flops in the summer, bra on, contacts on, bathroom. If I divert from this.. well I never do

- I count things like crazy, most of the time not realizing I do it. Stairs, items, cars in front of me to the stop light, etc.

- All of my cans/boxes/cartons in my kitchen and bathroom must be facing out and right side up and orderly.

- I try to make everything very symmetrical. Magnets, picture frames, vases, etc. I notice immediately if something has shifted. It also drives me crazy to go into people's houses where things aren't aligned "right".

- I check door locks and alarm clocks 3-5 or more times. Just in case I forget.

- I tend to do things in 3's

- All my light switches are in the down position for 'off'. They can't be up for 'off'. It freaks me out.

- At the grocery store I have a very specific way of going up and down the aisles. If I divert from the pattern it throws me off my grocery list and I forget stuff.

- I alphabetize and chronologicalize (? is that a word? LOL) everything.

- My dishwasher has to be filled exactly a certain way. I'll take stuff out other people put in, just to have it fit 'right'.

There's a bunch more, and some things I've been able to overcome. Mostly people just think I'm uber-organized

Drop The Leash 10

Foxy Mop wrote:

I suppose I'll give in and post some of mine since some of you are as kooky as I am. Some of my things.. but not all

- Every morning I have to follow the same exact routine. Socks/slippers on in the winter/flip flops in the summer, bra on, contacts on, bathroom. If I divert from this.. well I never do

- I count things like crazy, most of the time not realizing I do it. Stairs, items, cars in front of me to the stop light, etc.

- All of my cans/boxes/cartons in my kitchen and bathroom must be facing out and right side up and orderly.

- I try to make everything very symmetrical. Magnets, picture frames, vases, etc. I notice immediately if something has shifted. It also drives me crazy to go into people's houses where things aren't aligned "right".

- I check door locks and alarm clocks 3-5 or more times. Just in case I forget.

- I tend to do things in 3's

- All my light switches are in the down position for 'off'. They can't be up for 'off'. It freaks me out.

- At the grocery store I have a very specific way of going up and down the aisles. If I divert from the pattern it throws me off my grocery list and I forget stuff.

- I alphabetize and chronologicalize (? is that a word? LOL) everything.

- My dishwasher has to be filled exactly a certain way. I'll take stuff out other people put in, just to have it fit 'right'.

There's a bunch more, and some things I've been able to overcome. Mostly people just think I'm uber-organized

yikes! you would drive me up a wall.

Foxy Mop

Drop The Leash 10 wrote:

yikes! you would drive me up a wall.

LOL I've heard that before. In retaliation My friends/family like to F with me by messing around with stuff around my house. Drives me crazy.

I'm never on time for anything either. Ever.

Heineken Helen

I was watching snooker last night and thinking how therapeutic it must be for OCD sufferers. I find it comforting how they clear the table... especially if all the colours are on their spots once all the reds have been potted . I prefer if they pick off the ones from the side first though and leave the tidy ones where they are

I bet the game was invented by someone with OCD

Super Vedder

what the shitting hell is this doing on page 4?????? 4 i say!!!!! christ, this just wont do.........go on, back to page 1 ya go!!!

is it OCD-ish to check all the threads you have started? or is that just normal curiosity?

* oops it wasnt on page 4 on the AET as it happens, it was just page 4 on the thread, errrr never mind

Super Vedder

Heineken Helen wrote:

I was watching snooker last night and thinking how therapeutic it must be for OCD sufferers. I find it comforting how they clear the table... especially if all the colours are on their spots once all the reds have been potted . I prefer if they pick off the ones from the side first though and leave the tidy ones where they are

I bet the game was invented by someone with OCD

I kind of agree with your point, but surely if it WAS invented by someone with OCD then the game would never have started really would it?

Imagine the horror of seeing all those reds being broken up and moved from their ever so neat positions on the table :eek:

MattCameronKicksButt

Heineken Helen wrote:

I was watching snooker last night and thinking how therapeutic it must be for OCD sufferers. I find it comforting how they clear the table... especially if all the colours are on their spots once all the reds have been potted . I prefer if they pick off the ones from the side first though and leave the tidy ones where they are

I bet the game was invented by someone with OCD

I keep talking about curling but I think that may have been started by someone that has OCD. Have you seen the way they buff that floor?

Clean it! clean it! Scrub that floor!

allforcarrie

I am all about routines!

rarghrargh-brownstar

good lord where do i start?

V V

rarghrargh-brownstar wrote:

good lord where do i start?

hahahaha awwww booby ju are perfect XX

what is the oposite to OCD ? cos thats me

rarghrargh-brownstar

V V wrote:

what is the oposite to OCD ? cos thats me

purrfect. that ju alright!

Heineken Helen

Super Vedder wrote:

I kind of agree with your point, but surely if it WAS invented by someone with OCD then the game would never have started really would it?

Imagine the horror of seeing all those reds being broken up and moved from their ever so neat positions on the table :eek:

yep, horror, quickly followed by the orgasmic pleasure of clearing them off one by one until the climactic ending beginning with pocketing the yellow




Hmmm... oh dear, I really must stop watching snooker

V V

Heineken Helen wrote:

yep, horror, quickly followed by the orgasmic pleasure of clearing them off one by one until the climactic ending beginning with pocketing the yellow

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Heineken Helen

V V wrote:

:eek: :eek: :eek:

is it wrong that snooker turns me on? :eek:

Super Vedder

Heineken Helen wrote:

is it wrong that snooker turns me on? :eek:

not so much wrong.....................well err yeah actually it is wrong!!

mind you the way those players control that man with the gloves on to buff their balls at their pleasure is somewhat alluring