Irrational things we do....

dollybird09

everyone does some irrational things... what strange things have you done?

I slipped one day and thought I broke my ankle... I crawled, sobbing from my bathroom to my bedroom and painted my toenails cos the polish was chipped and I didn't want the potential Dr McDreamy in A&E thinking I was a skank... it hurt so badly... :eek:

Oh and I've just built a fort around my bedroom door cos I'm home alone and creeped out about house being burgled... I've kitchen table against back door and my bedroom door locked and my study desk in front of the bedroom door so nobody can kick it in.... (lets hope there isnt a fire)

YES I am mad... how mad are you....

I don't let my feet hang out from the bed in the dark, because I'm afraid a disembodied pair of hands will grab and tickle them and never stop.

Redpunto

put on fake tan before going in to have a baby - no people who have had bikini waxes!!

galwayrush

I would get locked up in a padded room if i told .;)

galwayrush

Redpunto wrote: »

put on fake tan before going in to have a baby - no people who have had bikini waxes!!

Seriously, if you have a few people looking up your **** you might as well look your best.;)

m83

Starting threads like this.

Armin_Tamzarian

People ducking as they drive into underground car parks, under low barriers, etc...

dollybird09

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

People ducking as they drive into underground car parks, under low barriers, etc...

ha i do that too!! and when im driving on a narrow road and a lorry is coming towards me - i breath in!!!!!!

445279.ie

I drove from Limerick to Cork a few years ago with a broken foot, cos I knew if I went to hospital in Limerick and they put me in a cast it'd be very difficult to get me and my car home to Cork

Armin_Tamzarian

445279.ie wrote: »

I drove from Limerick to Cork a few years ago with a broken foot, cos I knew if I went to hospital in Limerick and they put me in a cast it'd be very difficult to get me and my car home to Cork

That's the opposite of irrational.

Senna

I always have to check that i turned off the Iron even though i know and remember turning it off. Checking doors are locked also.

Every time i go on holidays i check the car is locked in the car park, but once i'm in departures i'll doubt myself.

Tech3

445279.ie wrote: »

I drove from Limerick to Cork a few years ago with a broken foot, cos I knew if I went to hospital in Limerick and they put me in a cast it'd be very difficult to get me and my car home to Cork

I did this also with a fractured left wrist, changing gears was a painful experience.

One of the most irratating things that gets me is people in cinemas. One night this lad was munching away on his popcorn with his mouth wide open while coughing out garbage to his mates "n da hoodz". Couldnt get into the film for 30 mins because of those tools. So I think people eating with their mouths open is the most irratating.

Heckler

Senna wrote: »

I always have to check that i turned off the Iron even though i know and remember turning it off. Checking doors are locked also.

Every time i go on holidays i check the car is locked in the car park, but once i'm in departures i'll doubt myself.

Thats mild OCD. I'm the same.

ejmaztec

dollybird09 wrote: »

everyone does some irrational things... what strange things have you done?

I slipped one day and thought I broke my ankle... I crawled, sobbing from my bathroom to my bedroom and painted my toenails cos the polish was chipped and I didn't want the potential Dr McDreamy in A&E thinking I was a skank... it hurt so badly... :eek:

Oh and I've just built a fort around my bedroom door cos I'm home alone and creeped out about house being burgled... I've kitchen table against back door and my bedroom door locked and my study desk in front of the bedroom door so nobody can kick it in.... (lets hope there isnt a fire)

YES I am mad... how mad are you....

Let's hope they don't cut their way through the ceiling - or the floor - or the wall. :eek:

Duck's hoop

Heckler wrote: »

Thats mild OCD. I'm the same.

No yer not.

GreenHell

Moonbaby wrote: »

I don't let my feet hang out from the bed in the dark, because I'm afraid a disembodied pair of hands will grab and tickle them and never stop.

Ha! I do that as well. But cause of a film I saw as a kid, that scared the bejesus outa me.

XxXciaraxXx

I lift my feet up off of the car floor when driving over railway tracks!:o

brow_601

Moonbaby wrote: »

I don't let my feet hang out from the bed in the dark, because I'm afraid a disembodied pair of hands will grab and tickle them and never stop.

I thought I was the only one...

Heckler

? I do much the same as poster so ergo I'm the same. Whats with the "no yer not" ?

Senna

Heckler wrote: »

Thats mild OCD. I'm the same.

in the same way that the Flu is mild AIDS:pac:

Duck's hoop

Heckler wrote: »

? I do much the same as poster so ergo I'm the same. Whats with the "no yer not" ?

No yer not OCD. Expedience. Probably. ODD though.

thermo66

Ha ha i do this too !!! If i'm on my own in the house at night i lock my bedroom door ! Too many weirdo's around !!! Can be sore when i get up into the middle of night for the loo or somethin, forget and walk into it !! But it helps me sleep better so hey !!

JessieJames

Moonbaby wrote: »

I don't let my feet hang out from the bed in the dark, because I'm afraid a disembodied pair of hands will grab and tickle them and never stop.

LOL i always have to do that too, i also have to sleep facing a wall because im afraid ill wake up and there will be someone lying beside me looking at me.... CRAZY STUFF!!

Local-womanizer

JessieJames wrote: »

LOL i always have to do that too, i also have to sleep facing a wall because im afraid ill wake up and there will be someone lying beside me looking at me.... CRAZY STUFF!!

I always sleep with my back facing the wall in case someone sees an opportunity and acts upon it:(

JessieJames

Senna wrote: »

I always have to check that i turned off the Iron even though i know and remember turning it off. Checking doors are locked also.

Every time i go on holidays i check the car is locked in the car park, but once i'm in departures i'll doubt myself.

I am forever doing things like this, especially with the car and hair straightener.. i will lock the car door then tug on the handle 4 times and say its locked then when im walking away i will forget that i have locked it and go back and check LOL it gets annoying if im ever going out to get food

Kold

I wash my hands a good 20 times or so a day. I hate having charcoal in my hands even though I use it pretty often. After a painting session I'll be cleaning them for a good 10 mins. I also wash them when I know I'm going to be getting them just as mucky in 2 mins. I also avoid anything to do with fish as much as I can.

MIN2511

1.My clothes are folded and facing a particular direction. My clothes hanging in my wardrobe are in this order shirts, dresses, jackets and coats... Why because i have to balance the length! Plus they are arranged by by colours too, if anyone touches anything in my wardrobe even after a week i always notice(my house mate hates this, cause i always know when she's taken something from my room)

2. I fold my underwear

3. I have a ritual, i always make my bed every morning, sometimes i end up being late for work but i have to make my bed!

limericklady87

yep i have also stayed and done my nails after breaking a bone in my foot...but the doctor was a hottie! i hate to say it but if i was going in to have a baby i probably would do the tan too..there would be lots of photos taken afterwards after all!

MIN2511

If and if i ever have children(childbirth freaks the **** outta me) i promise to get my bikini waxed, toes painted and manicure done!

Riddle101

I always look things over 3 times to make sure i know it off by heart. It's more of a compulsive disorder tbh but it's pretty irational to me even though i might check something withhin a minute of checking it before but When I was doing my Junior Cert a couple of years ago I had a Geography exam one day, and I thought the exam started at 2:00pm like most of my exams in the afternoon did, but it actually started at 1:30pm. Needless to say i didn't look the timetable over that day and just when it turned 1:20pm I actually decided to look at it just to make sure. I almost killed myself getting to the school, and i managed to get there in time(Although I failed the exam anyway)

Also if I hurt myself and someone near I always make sure to get away from them before I deal with the pain. I know it sounds stupid but the last thing I want is for someone coming over to me to help me when i'm in pain. i blame my dad for that because he's supposed to be a tough guy and if i show my weakness to anyone i keep thinking of him inside my head and how i've let him down. I think i've said too much:o

fonpokno

Moonbaby wrote: »

I don't let my feet hang out from the bed in the dark, because I'm afraid a disembodied pair of hands will grab and tickle them and never stop.

I do that. But only cos if anything touches my feet during the night that I'm not expecting it frightens the life out of me. Always have to cover the back of my neck with my duvet so no-one can attack me in the dead of night.


I also have to have my wardrobe doors closed or something will crawl out of it and kill me.

Stupid terrifying wardrobes...

Blitzkrieger

Local-womanizer wrote: »

I always sleep with my back facing the wall in case someone sees an opportunity and acts upon it:(

lol - you're asleep! How much more of an opportunity would someone need?

Quazzie

dollybird09 wrote: »

ha i do that too!! and when im driving on a narrow road and a lorry is coming towards me - i breath in!!!!!!

I know a girl who closes her eyes just as she meets a lorry, and her reasoning is that she might panic if she sees how close she is :eek:

yay_for_summer

fonpokno wrote: »

I do that. But only cos if anything touches my feet during the night that I'm not expecting it frightens the life out of me. Always have to cover the back of my neck with my duvet so no-one can attack me in the dead of night.


I also have to have my wardrobe doors closed or something will crawl out of it and kill me.

Stupid terrifying wardrobes...

Me too. And I tuck the blanket in all round me so nothing can reach in and get me.:o

stovelid

Before I started driving to work, I used to get the Dart every morning. The odd time - half asleep - I would put out my hand to hail it, like a bus, as it approached the platform.

Also my car has remote, central locking, but I still have to check that the doors are locked before I walk away.

LeahBaby

My tv/radio ALWAYS has to be on an even number volume.

I also hate when light switches in the hall and upstairs are pressed in the wrong direction ie upstairs light being on when the switch upstairs is off!

I have to sleep with the door locked beside the window incase I've to make an escape!

I also have to memorize any phone numbers I hear. For for of loosing me smarties!

stovelid

fonpokno wrote: »

I also have to have my wardrobe doors closed or something will crawl out of it and kill me.

Stupid terrifying wardrobes...

Monsters are statistically more likely to emerge from under your bed. You're less likely to see them coming that way.

Smart Bug

LeahBaby wrote: »

My tv/radio ALWAYS has to be on an even number volume.

I also hate when light switches in the hall and upstairs are pressed in the wrong direction ie upstairs light being on when the switch upstairs is off!

I'm the bloody same. Tis OCD I afear.

Professey Chin

Am I the only one gettin a massive sense of deja vu between this and the "thinks you thought you didnt think others do" thread??

Ive tonnes btw. Main one would be kicking goalposts when playing soccer,football (anything im a keeper in really) and putting my phone on silent incase I hear it (defeats the purpose I know)

Turd Ferguson

I always have to lock the bathroom door, even if I'm home alone and know that nobody will be back for hours.

Also when I kill someone I need to stab/shoot them by a number that is divisivble by 3.

Latchy

I know i have switched the heating and lights off, locked front and back door but sometimes just after getting into a warm bed I have to pop back down stairs to check again , just in case .I think it's more another family member's ocd than mine ,they insist I do it

TheDriver

waking up from an operation as they were wheeling me from the theatre into recovery and getting a massive panic attack about being late for work and screaming at the top of my voice to get out of my way as I hopped off the trolley to run, needless to say with various tubes and needles trying to comes with me. Lots of nurses held me down apparently before serious sedation........................

TheDriver

latchyco wrote: »

I know i have switched the heating and lights off, locked front and back door but sometimes just after getting into a warm bed I have to pop back down stairs to check again , just in case .I think it's more another family member's ocd than mine ,they insist I do it

I nearly have to check is the toilet plugged out........... Seriously, I turn the car back to check is the door locked even though I have checked it 20 times before I left. Even starting the car and going back to check the door in the knowledge that the keys are not in my hand and hence I couldn't have subconsciously opened the door in the process of checking it as the car was running......
Worse again, ringing my house phone from the car to make sure I hung up before leaving the house!
The OCD list goes on!!!

Latchy

TheDriver wrote: »

The OCD list goes on!!!

It's this 21rst century stress thing ,like nature palying a cruel trick with our minds or murphys law in reverse

Femelade

When trying to avoid someone, (or play hard to get), i put my phone on silent hoping i'd miss a call from them or that a txt would come through ages before i see it, but i end up checking it every few mins, even through the night, i have a sleepless night checking the damn phone.

A friend of mine went into labour, her waters had just broke and she went to the bathroom and shaved her legs before ringing her boyfriend.

I bought tickets for a concert thats on in june a few months ago..i put them in a box in my bedroom and i check the box every few days to make sure they are still there.

I hate to get rid of things that i might need in time to come, so i have a bulging folder full of cr*p , like bank statements from 2001!..