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OCD Me!
June 27, 2006 at
09:59 PM
Time to 'fess up...
We all have strange habits/superstitions/compulsions. Give it up--let's hear yours.
Here are a couple of mine. I have a strange distaste for odd numbers. If I can control something and I have a choice between even or odd--for example, my home theater receiver volume displays in digits--I will always choose an even number.
I also "write" phrases with my finger on any surface (the arm of my chair, the car door, my thigh) that I hear on the television, radio, etc. I alternate between cursive and print, and sometimes I try to keep up with whomever I'm copying. For example, if the news is on and the anchor says "a shocking double murder in the District this evening," I will be scribbling this phrase on the couch cushion to my right.
I've also practiced wiping my butt with my left hand in case my right hand gets cut off or mangled in some horrible accident.
Your turn.
We all have strange habits/superstitions/compulsions. Give it up--let's hear yours.
Here are a couple of mine. I have a strange distaste for odd numbers. If I can control something and I have a choice between even or odd--for example, my home theater receiver volume displays in digits--I will always choose an even number.
I also "write" phrases with my finger on any surface (the arm of my chair, the car door, my thigh) that I hear on the television, radio, etc. I alternate between cursive and print, and sometimes I try to keep up with whomever I'm copying. For example, if the news is on and the anchor says "a shocking double murder in the District this evening," I will be scribbling this phrase on the couch cushion to my right.
I've also practiced wiping my butt with my left hand in case my right hand gets cut off or mangled in some horrible accident.
Your turn.
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The only exception is if it's at a place where it's first come first served on seating then I'll be there an hour early to get good seats.
First...I do share a few things with VQ
I don't like odd numbers.
Any coins dated 1977 I save. (My birth year)
I also count everytime I swallow (my drinks)
For instance...each drink I take I take approximately 10 swallows..but if it's milk..I'll go to twelve. I'll skip 13 and go to 14 if I have to.
I don't like it when people touch my bellybutton.
I'll only wash my face with seabreeze...and only the green kind (which they don't make anymore..akk...so now I'll go with the yellow one)
When I'm taking a bath I like to get my ears in the water so I can hear myself breathing.
I have to shave my legs and take a bath everyday. If I feel any stubble at all on my legs I hate it and have to shave it off.
I'll wait to turn on the dishwasher until right before my husband gets home because that way he'll know I did them, lol.
I won't eat ketchup on anything except for occasionally I'll put 3 dots in the shape of a triangle on my hamburger.
When I pay a bill...I always round the tip up so it ends in .00
When I see something I want to remember or feel something I want to remember...I'll always touch my heart like it's saving it there. I don't know why or when I started that...it really doesn't make much sense I guess, lol
When I see something I want to remember or feel something I want to remember...I'll always touch my heart like it's saving it there. I don't know why or when I started that...it really doesn't make much sense I guess, lol
Do you think it helps you preserve the memory by doing that vs. what you normally recall?
I may try this.
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All docs have to be named properly, all my mp3's have to have the same naming format and ID3 tags have to be correct...
I hate a disorganized computer...like my bosses which the desktop is so cluttered there is not one space for another icon...
Mine, on the other hand, has like 5 icons on it
The salt and pepper shakers have to be in a specific order (salt on left, pepper on right).
I, too, love to peel skin, pick scabs, etc.
There used to be so many more but I broke myself of them. I used to repeatedly say the name of the person(s) I'm speaking with in my head, directly followed by a one-word description of how I felt about them. That was annoying, I broke the habit. When talking among 5 or more people it was hard to follow the conversation while constantly narrating in my head.
Also, if I touched anything with my right hand I'd have to touch it with my left (and vice versa). I'm glad I ditched that one, made for some odd looks and awkward experiences.
Do you think it helps you preserve the memory by doing that vs. what you normally recall?
I may try this.
All docs have to be named properly, all my mp3's have to have the same naming format and ID3 tags have to be correct...
I hate a disorganized computer...like my bosses which the desktop is so cluttered there is not one space for another icon...
Mine, on the other hand, has like 5 icons on it
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I also count everytime I swallow (my drinks)
For instance...each drink I take I take approximately 10 swallows..but if it's milk..I'll go to twelve. I'll skip 13 and go to 14 if I have to.