OCD - I have it, do you?
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NJQT, You sound like a collector. You can't throw stuff away. My whole family has that problem. Me to a lesser extent because I've worked on it for so long. Collecting is a form of OCD.
I have BDD (Body Dysmorpic Disorder) that is in the same family that OCD is in, the anxiety disorders. I'm obsessed with my appearance due to a perceived defect that I am not going to reveal to anyone on this site. No, it is not concerning my penis. I'm very happy with that.
I recommend Anxiety for Dummies. It is a good book and it helped me alot. The more you learn about your illness the better you can manage it. Good luck to you!
I have BDD (Body Dysmorpic Disorder) that is in the same family that OCD is in, the anxiety disorders. I'm obsessed with my appearance due to a perceived defect that I am not going to reveal to anyone on this site. No, it is not concerning my penis. I'm very happy with that.
I recommend Anxiety for Dummies. It is a good book and it helped me alot. The more you learn about your illness the better you can manage it. Good luck to you!
Wow, that was incredibly perceptive!I had to re-read my original post to see what I had said which tipped you off. You are right to a degree, though I have gotten rid of my antique shot glass collection and my pig figurines.
The biggest problem for me is books. I LOVE books! A good book becomes like a friend; and since I would never discard a person discarding a book is well nigh to impossible. Let me clarify this. I do not associate human traits with books. I know they aren't living things.
Also, I'm never quite sure how long to hold onto bank statements, and check stubs, stuff of that nature. I have a binder for my bank statements and another one for all those forms from my insurance company. so it's not like my place is a Collyer Brothers nightmare. :tongue: No one would ever mistake my home for Martha Stewart's in spite of my penchant for her products.
Hmm, I have done a lot of research on anxiety and depression; and after almost 10 years of therapy I like to think I have good coping mechanisms. But next time I'm at the mall I may pick that book up. Can't hurt right?
Oh snap! I am obsessed with books too. I don't think I have got rid of any of the books that I have bought since leaving home and over the years I have bought an awful lot of books. Like you, I see them as friends, to be visited over and over. The irony is I have managed to clear an awful lot of clutter from my life over the last three years (since I split from my ex). When I first divorced, I made dozens of visits to charity shops to get rid of 'stuff' (my ex wouldn't get rid of anything). I also threw an awful lot of stuff away. But the books are still here...
I am now trying to go the minimalist route with my apartment and the books are the only things that are preventing this so I going to go the eBay route to get rid of them. The way I look at it is I may as well make some money out of them when they go. I am not selling every single one but I am hoping to get myself down to one small bookcase of essential ones (I currently have six floor to ceiling bookcases that are overstuffed!).
Like you I do the bank and credit card statement thing too but I am not that worried about them because they don't take up that much space. I may prune out all but the statements for the last six years. I'll think about that.
I think I cling on to certain things because they become a substitute for other things that are missing in my life. For example, books became a retreat when I realised I had married the wrong man. I guess now that I am not married I don't feel the same compulsion to hold onto them. Who knows?
- Mem,
I never counted. Lately I've been rechecking things such as locks at my storage. (which is done with) I don't overdo it, I just do things without paying attention sometimes.
As far as germs go, I am not germ phobic. I get skeeved when I go to a stall and see drop of pee on the seat...then I wipe it off and think to myself...your mouth has been in worse places.:biggrin1:
As far as germs go, I am not germ phobic. I get skeeved when I go to a stall and see drop of pee on the seat...then I wipe it off and think to myself...your mouth has been in worse places.:biggrin1:
- b.c.,
Yes I'm increasingly ocd in several ways (bothered by things not straight or slightly off centered) and also a germaphobe, especially after a terrible bout with the flu that seemed like it was going to never end, several years ago.
I'll physically move away from people sneezing around me (sorry to hurt their feelings, but hey...) and when I use public restrooms, after I was my hands and dry them on the paper towels (I HATE the blowers), I use that same paper towel to grasp the handle and open the restroom door.
I'll physically move away from people sneezing around me (sorry to hurt their feelings, but hey...) and when I use public restrooms, after I was my hands and dry them on the paper towels (I HATE the blowers), I use that same paper towel to grasp the handle and open the restroom door.
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I've very similar experiences to yourself SR. As time passes by these things have faded into non existence for me. I become more and more laid back as each year passes.
D_Amyntas Lillydong
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i also check things over and over. such as job applications. emails. letters that i've written. and then i have to check the address on the envelope a bunch of times before i actually put the letter in and make sure that i didn't write it upside down. LOL. then check the address again before i seal it. and then again before i mail it off.
when i'm in a room, i have to look around for all the colors i can find. and then i have to put them in alphabetical order in my head. if for some reason i miss a color, i get flustered and i have to start all over.
i can't stand when things are off center (like picture frames on the wall). if i've got a window minimized on the computer, it has to be half the screen.
when i play cards, i can't stand when the deck isn't fixed neatly.
when i'm at work, my area has to be very neat, and organized a certain way. i often re-do it when i've got nothing to do, even if it's exactly how i like it. i clean at work A LOT. when i worked at the casino, i used to go through hand sanitizer very quickly.
my clothes have to be folded just right and placed in my dresser very neatly. if it's not, i get mad and i just throw everything out (literally) and start over again. sometimes it even gets me so mad that i cry and i just want to throw stuff around/hit stuff. i absolutely hate doing laundry for that reason. folding clothes and putting them away is frustrating for me. it takes me a while. when i get frustrated, my mom helps me fold them. i wish i could fold like her. it takes me forever to get motivated to do laundry. i wait til i wear my last item of clothing and then i finally do it. it would bother me if i waited til my basket was full of dirty clothes and then washed it. wouldn't "feel right." usually there's a huge pile of clothes in my room that needs to be washed that's taller than my bed (my entire wardrobe). like right now.
when i'm in a room, i have to look around for all the colors i can find. and then i have to put them in alphabetical order in my head. if for some reason i miss a color, i get flustered and i have to start all over.
i can't stand when things are off center (like picture frames on the wall). if i've got a window minimized on the computer, it has to be half the screen.
when i play cards, i can't stand when the deck isn't fixed neatly.
when i'm at work, my area has to be very neat, and organized a certain way. i often re-do it when i've got nothing to do, even if it's exactly how i like it. i clean at work A LOT. when i worked at the casino, i used to go through hand sanitizer very quickly.
my clothes have to be folded just right and placed in my dresser very neatly. if it's not, i get mad and i just throw everything out (literally) and start over again. sometimes it even gets me so mad that i cry and i just want to throw stuff around/hit stuff. i absolutely hate doing laundry for that reason. folding clothes and putting them away is frustrating for me. it takes me a while. when i get frustrated, my mom helps me fold them. i wish i could fold like her. it takes me forever to get motivated to do laundry. i wait til i wear my last item of clothing and then i finally do it. it would bother me if i waited til my basket was full of dirty clothes and then washed it. wouldn't "feel right." usually there's a huge pile of clothes in my room that needs to be washed that's taller than my bed (my entire wardrobe). like right now.
That's easy, I'm not dirty. :biggrin1: I am fastidious in my personal hygiene and I insist my partners be as well. As for sweat and cum I can handle that because it's just a part of it. What I can't handle is getting splashed with mud or dirty water as a truck goes by and I am on the sidewalk.
D_Gunther Snotpole
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Right, man.
And what if I type the word sesquipedalianism?
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I can't believe you would laugh at my pain. :tongue: It happend a few times when I worked and went to school in the city. Hmm, maybe thats why I prefer country living to city living. No, thats not it. Cities are just to loud for me.
One thing that drives my parents nuts is the fact I walk barefoot in the house and yard. I know you would think I wouldn't be able to do that but I've always been one of those people that goes barefoot. It helps that my mom has always been OCD about house cleaning so it's not like I'm ever gonna step in anything.
wow. YOU go barefoot!? :wink::biggrin1: going barefoot rocks. esp if it's muddy! i really miss the grass in iowa. it's very soft. it's the total opposite down south!
if i got splashed by a car i'd probably crack up!! :biggrin1: i'm trying to picture you getting splashed by a car, and your reaction. would be an awesome prank. [feels evil]
B_Think_Kink
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Ordering clothing in colours and then alphabetical order and the lawn. Clothes absolutely have to be in the right order by colour. Black to white. The lawn hass to be cut in perfect diagonals.
I count in 7's. Steps, buttons, lines, people, how many times i touch something, everything! I'm also a gyrmaphobe, not a huge one but it anoys my family. I can not go into see my sister at work she works at a hair and nail shop. The thought of breathing in other peoples dead skin cells off there feet makes me wake to die! :dead1: I to step away from people who are caughing or sneezing. Thats just nappy. I took up gardening to help with the gyrm thing. You have to get dirty and coverd with stuff to do it. The one thing that gets me really bad is shaking peoples hands, I have saw so many guys walk out of a restroom without washing there hands and go hold there 3 year old sons hand! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! To me thats like putting "it" in the kids hand! I carry a little bottle of Purell ( a godsend!) with me at all times and if I shake someones hand I rub some in before i do anything else. Yeah you get odd looks but i dont care.
Yeah ok Nj.
Here let me help you out with this I have the cure!
Here it is :smashfreakB: :1zhelp:!
Nj, you know I'm kidding but shouldn't you be seeing someone?
I used to count to 11 before I would do a routine in gymnastics but I continued counting and flexing my arms maniacally until I was 15 or so.
Thank God it stopped with a little thought!
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Yeah ok Nj.
I once mentioned to a shrink that I was concerned my OCD was getting worse. He pulled off his glasses looked me dead in the eye and said, "I think you have enough other issues to work on. OCD is the least of of your worrys"
I used to count to 11 before I would do a routine in gymnastics but I continued counting a flexing my arms maniacally until I was 15 or so. Thank God it stopped with a little thought! cigarbabe:saevil:[/quote]
You could step in a dust bunnies poop! one your mom missed.
:lmao: As if my mom would let a dust bunny live in her house. :rofl: If she didn't give birth to it and it's not paying the mortgage, it's not allowed to live under her roof.:tongue:
