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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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Now I'm wondering if I locked my car.
I check my zipper multiple times before leaving the bathroom - must've had a barn door experience when I was younger or something.
I follow the guy's rules of bathroom etiquette to a T.
Some of the aforementioned quirks I'll do occasionally, but not often enough to call them OCDish.
OK, I also need at least a sheet over me when I sleep, I like to be early to where ever I go, I wash my hands a lot, I used to do the "checking to see if I set my alarm clocked 3 times" but am over that one, I like my closet doors shut all the time, (having a dog walk in and shred an article of clothing helped enforce that one), I have to turn down the radio in the car or bus if I'm concentrating on finding an address, I don't like people to stop by unexpectedly, I have to have my house clean before anyone comes over, I always way over cook and over estimate how much food I need to prepare for company, I always need to have more than 20 dollars in my wallet ( usually closer to $100), My CD's and DVD's are alphabetised and in order in their stands. I'll think of more later I'm sure.
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One of my housemates back in college was ridiculous. After locking car doors, he'd always have to walk around the car and check the handle of all 4 doors to ensure they were all locked.
We'd leave our house, close the door and he'd suddenly say, "Oh wait, did we make sure all the ovens and stoves are off?!". Meanwhile, we haven't even used the damn oven or stove yet that day. He'd have to unlock the door, go back inside, do whatever to satisfy his brain, then come back out.
All of my songs in itunes have to be capitalized correctly.
I used to wipe down my PSP and ipod multiple times a day to make sure they had not one smudge or finger print on them.
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