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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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I never get out of my car with it in gear.
TP HAS to be facing outward, I don't like reaching under it to find a piece.
Consistency is KEY in everything.
I am consistently late.
I don't lay or sleep on my stomach, ever.
Volume is always either 5 or 0.
Am I crazy? There has to be other folks like this also.
tips are always rounded UP to make the bill a whole number
Toilet paper has to face out
I like even numbers or increments of 5
Closet doors ALWAYS have to stay closed (except when I need to get something out).
I love to peal sunburned skin
My desktop has a minimal number of icons on it (now it has about 10, need to reorganize, usually 3-4 is the limit)
All my books on the bookshelf are in height order
On my phone at work I always clear the incoming calls (so that there is no number on the phone, otherwise it has 01 or 02 or ... until 32).
there's more, A LOT more, just can't think of anything now...
- I have no icons on my desktop
- I check my alarm, at night, at least 3 times to make sure it is set.
- One time for the hour and minutes
- One time for the right time of day (AM or PM)
- One time to make sure it is turned on
- My silverware is all stacked neatly in the drawer (two piles of each and each pile is "single file"
- I must have the bathroom door open when I shower and the radio on
- The above also comes into play when I am dropping the kids off at the pool
- I reread my posts (on all forums) after I post them and before I go to another page
I have more but I can't think of them right now.I bet I could list @ least 25.
I am still in denial.
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Do you make sure the mound afterwards is no more than a 15 degree slope? symmetrical?
Let me tell you, this one time it took me over 2 hours to get it right. Damn Georgia red clay
I also count all stripes on the freeway.
I like the closet doors shut
I have to double check that the doors are locked
I can't stand to have a little "hang nail" or anything rough on my hands~
really I can't stand any scab, I will pick it as soon as it heals to make my skin smooth.
Oh yeah, I eat my poptarts upside down
Also I always count the stairs going up and down the basement - there are 12...
I can't have my hair tucked into my shirt...if that makes sense. If I put on a shirt/jacket/whatever I always have to pull it up and out of the neckhole.
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My OCD.... I go into VQ's OCD thread... even though he's just been here... but I make an edit so he thinks someone new has posted. :hehe:
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