OCD rituals....

[ksupimp]

Every time I hit a large bump when driving (i.e. - unavoidable pothole, uneven pavement, etc... basically anything that makes a big noise and shakes the car) I have to look in the rear view mirror to make sure I haven't ran anybody over, even though I know I've just hit a bump. I have no idea what it would be like to run somebody over with a car, but that's what I think about. Completely irrational, I know. I had two girlfriends that constantly made fun of me after I told them. This would be why I never tell anyone I date about my odd compulsion.

 

[HiddenLacey]

ALL of my spices are alphabetized. (2 lazy susans full)

You would die if you saw my spice cabinet. I have so many spices and this itty bitty cabinet to put them in. It's divided into two spaces so A-L are on one self and M-Z are on another self, all facing out in alphabetical order. I can't see in there so I have to stand on a chair to reach them. I hate stuff being on the kitchen counter. I even put the toaster away. The only thing that gets to sit on the counter is my kitchen aide, if I had a lazy susan I would go nuts cleaning it. I always think everything in the kitchen and bathroom is dirty and I find myself cleaning these rooms like a crazy person.:redface:

I am also OCD about my clothes. I would rather if people did not ever venture into my closet space. I like all of my clothes lined up. Jackets, longsleeves, shortsleeves, tanks on one rack. Then dresses, jeans, capri's, skirts on another rack. If anything is out of place in my closet I notice it. My SO's cat goes in my closet and pulls my clothes down and lays on them It drives me nuts! But when I flick on the light and see her there I jut sigh and step over her. I have actually started leaving a pile of my old clothes in the corner for her. She will not sleep on anything but my clothes.

 

[TomCat84]

You would die if you saw my spice cabinet. I have so many spices and this itty bitty cabinet to put them in. It's divided into two spaces so A-L are on one self and M-Z are on another self, all facing out in alphabetical order. I can't see in there so I have to stand on a chair to reach them. I hate stuff being on the kitchen counter. I even put the toaster away. The only thing that gets to sit on the counter is my kitchen aide, if I had a lazy susan I would go nuts cleaning it. I always think everything in the kitchen and bathroom is dirty and I find myself cleaning these rooms like a crazy person.:redface:

I am also OCD about my clothes. I would rather if people did not ever venture into my closet space. I like all of my clothes lined up. Jackets, longsleeves, shortsleeves, tanks on one rack. Then dresses, jeans, capri's, skirts on another rack. If anything is out of place in my closet I notice it. My SO's cat goes in my closet and pulls my clothes down and lays on them It drives me nuts! But when I flick on the light and see her there I jut sigh and step over her. I have actually started leaving a pile of my old clothes in the corner for her. She will not sleep on anything but my clothes.

Awwww, my kitty kat used to get on my freshly laundered clothes, getting his long fur over everything :smile:

 

[HiddenLacey]

Awwww, my kitty kat used to get on my freshly laundered clothes, getting his long fur over everything :smile:

Lol, my kitty lays on the couch he's a fat budda:tongue:

 

[crescendo69]

Could I borrow some OCD from you so-called sufferers? I need some more order in my life.

 

[deleted3782]

I'm way too lazy to do any of this stuff.

I do make a routine of tasks...like changing my sheets once a week, washing dishes once a week. I have cereal certain mornings because I don't want to eat big breakfasts. I get my coffee from the same place because its on my way to work.

I dated someone who was a bit OCD. He made extra effort to make sure the side-by-side light switches in my bathroom were all pointed the same direction. It would annoy him greatly if one pointed up and one pointed down. Since he moved away, I keep them both pointed the same direction as a little way of remembering him.

 

[novice_btm]

Big surprise here... I had an issue for a 3-4 year stint, where no matter where I was supposed to be going, and no matter how late it was going to make me, no matter how important it was to be somewhere, I absolutely HAD to masturbate before leaving the house. Yeah, I know, it sounds fairly "normal" for a guy, but got me into trouble constantly, because it always made me late. I think I know why it stopped, but now it has translated itself into a lovely case of mild agoraphobia, but again, I think I at least understand why that sprung up ( http://www.lpsg.org/53029-robbed-at-gunpoint.html ).

 

[lurker37160]

I always make double certain that my asshole is thoroughly cleaned in the shower.

 

[shyguy1985]

Volume on TV/CD player etc - anything with numbers - has to be on a number divisible by 5.

CD/DVD/Books has been in order, the series in alphabetical order then chronilogical. For example. James Bond, all 22 films together but have to be Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights, License to Kill, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royle, Quamtum of Solace.

Food stacked in the fridge in best before date order.

Things on selfs (best example is pot noodles) have be in a symmetrical pattern (my mates had fun with this one on holiday, kept moving them see how long it would take me to notice)

When drinking from a can, once finished I have to pull the ring pull off, put it in my mouth and then put it in the can.

Check the alarm 3 times before I go to bed.

Left shoe first, then right shoe, then do up left shoe, then right shoe.

Although less OCD and more so hygiene. Have to have a shower before leaving the house if i've had wank.

All items in the wardrobe hung facing the same way.

Can only sleep on my side, facing out the bed at night.

Probably a few more hidden somewhere.

Oh, and when I mentioned the James Bond films and the word order - I have to type them all out in order - Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights, License to Kill, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royle, Quamtum of Solace

 

[nudeyorker]

Oh I just thought of another one. I have to sleep with my head facing east because....While sleeping, head should face which direction ? Which direction you sleep? Do you know the consequences? - Yahoo! Answers India

 

[freshmeat1984]

I always have to turn the volume up or/down to an even number level... or numbers that can be divided by 5 or 11...

that sniffing food thingy is kinda common... also for me... I even smell sealed food although I know I won't smell anything through the foil...

Well, seems I'm just the normal freak from your neighbourhood...^^ as any other around here...

 

[Enid]

I have a counting thing, and sometimes I get hooked up on counting the words people say and for every word drawing one line of a star. A star takes 5 lines, and I like it when conversations amount to any number of whole stars. It kinda drives me batty.

 

[Sergeant_Torpedo]

I used to smell fresh bread until I picked up a very hot loaf at the bakery and burnt the tip of my nose. Throw a pinch of spilt salt over left shoulder (apparently it blinds the Devil) and a few other eccentricities.

 

[B_talltpaguy]

^You're supposed to smell it, not wipe your boogers way with it!

 

[Northland]

When sweeping, I pass the broom over the same area dozens and dozens of times, I have been known to spend an hour sweeping a closet floor. Something about the broom just feels so nice, almost as nice as strands of pork or beef getting stuck between the teeth and tickling the gums, which is absolute heaven! Maybe it's that nice hard piece of wood or the sound of the broom bristles agitating against the floor. Whatever it is, I can't stop.

 

[Krusader]

run thru random, disparate facts over and over and over in my head

 

[pain4anangel]

I have a tweezing compulsion. It's actually called trichotillomania (obsessive hair pulling). I hate hair and will tweeze every day. Sometimes I will do it for over an hour. I find it very satisfying and it is productive as well. However, I can get carried away with it sometimes. I won't go into details. Anything I can't tweeze, I will shave and then start again as it grows in. This includes legs, armpits, pubes, and eyebrows. Often people with trichotillomania pull the hair on their head but I have yet to do that. I prefer coarser hairs.

Funny thing is that it has also become a fetish for me. I love tweezing men's pubic hair and get such a rush out of it! Of course they have to consent, but I can sit there for hours and give them the best looking crotch they've ever seen.

 

[Mickactual]

I have severe OCD, and it's probably pathetic. I say "probably" because most of it seems normal to me, but friends do double takes at some of my shet. Some I can think of:

• Nitpicky alphabetizing of my CD's, LP's, DVD's, BluRay's, etc.
• Money all the same way and by denomination in wallet.
• I have to vacuum my pillowcase & linens every morning before I make my bed.
• THIS ONE FREAKS MOST OF MY FRIENDS OUT: I type everything...from checks to sticky notes to shopping lists (if You saw my handwriting, You'd understand why).

 

[demon_rider]

Lol. Well this should be interesting. I have a number of things.

I won't touch a kitchen sponge unless it's sitting in a little dish that has soapy water in it. I mean why wipe a counter thats loaded with bacteria, then have the sponge sit around so that shit can have it as a home?

I have a strange view that some things can be to "clean" to. I.e. things that are toxic like a lot of cleaning agents. So I make sure that everything is rinsed really well when I'm cleaning almost anything. When I mop the floor I plan to do it in a way where I can do the whole floor walking backwards so I don't step anywhere the cleaner was. I then rinse going in the opposite direction, and finish off by mopping up any footprints I left behind until it dries. Now the problem comes in with pets or other people walking through. It drives me nuts because the way I see it their spreading cleaner around to areas I had not mopped yet so I'll chase them around and rinse the bottom of shoes and pets feet and get anywhere they stepped to.

I take a long time in the shower trying to get that base feeling of the soap off me. This can lead to very long showers when someone buys a brand of soap with moisturizer and I don't know. We also have a water softener which doesn't help. I do the same thing with washing my hands.

 

[demon_rider]

Thats weird it posted on it's own midway through typing. Lol.

Continuing one, I do the same thing with money that was mentioned earlier, I also do the same thing with volume. Numbers always divisible by 5 or even numbers. My ex also had the volume thing with the exact same numbers.

Laundry I also have issues with about rinsing, but thats not that bad since I can just put it on for a second rinse cycle and never need to touch it.

I rinse the hell out of dishes when I wash them to. General rule of thumb for me is if they smell like soap, then there's soap there. I've gotten a mouthful of soap flavored food far to many times because I didn't go along with this one.

I also have a minor thing with corners. I try not to stand or generally be in a position where a corner of anything is pointing at me. Corners of tables, chairs, computer monitors, couches, anything. Though this one isn't to major. Only once in a while do I make a mental note of where I'm standing in proportion to a table and move over a couple inches so I'm not in a direct line of that corner. Idk it's weird. Lol