What's your OCD !

Dr.Silly

Mine is..... emm..wierd !
Everytime I place a cup of coffee or tea down on the table, the bottom of the cup has to hit the table evenly, if it doesn't, then I pick it up and do it again ... it can sometimes take up to 6 or 7 times to get it right...

odd, I know...:o ... so what's yours ?

**Timbuk2**

Things have to be exactly centered. If I place a book on a table, it has to be equidistant from the left and right sides, as well as top and bottom.

bonerm

I have to kill every 10th person.

Wazdakka

I don't have OCD!

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Karl Hungus

I have to check boards every day.

Caoimhín

Freaks.

Heroditas

Spelling out words in my head and removing any letters that appear more than once.
Then spelling out the word without the repeating letters.
Then doing this in multiples of 4.

Thankfully I've nearly managed to stop doing it.
Literally, it used to keep me awake at night.

walshb

Boards?

biko

I blow into a cup or glass before pouring anything into it.
Even of it's perfectly clean.
Not sure why, always did it. Maybe to make sure there's no dust.

Always the last person downstairs, to make sure doors and windows are locked.

kfallon

Doors locked and any switches off!

I also have a problem regarding shower gel, I keep buying it, must have about 50 bottles at home now ffs!!!

I'm slowly moving away from shower gel tho......to washing powder.....expensive habit :eek:

Dr.Silly

kfallon wrote: »

I also have a problem regarding shower gel, I keep buying it, must have about 50 bottles at home now ffs!!! :eek:

I fookin laughed out loud on this one !!!!!!!! :P

allanb49

If i see a movie and find out it has a sequel or prequel i have to watch it, not matter how bad it is.

Spinoffs or remakes dont count

SamB64

I have to finish thate bottle of wine before going to bed! :rolleyes:

kfallon

Dr.Silly wrote: »

I fookin laughed out loud on this one !!!!!!!! :P

The special offers kill me to be honest......
Damn recession busting shower gel......

Max Power1

I have to sleep on the left side of the bed. Otherwise the ocean would be on the wrong side

Zombienosh

i wear 2 t-shirts at a time, i have set pockets for items.

IT-Guy

Heroditas wrote: »

Spelling out words in my head and removing any letters that appear more than once.
Then spelling out the word without the repeating letters.
Then doing this in multiples of 4.

Thankfully I've nearly managed to stop doing it.
Literally, it used to keep me awake at night.

I have a game I play with words and sentences, I'll rearrange a sentence (usually only a few words long) in my head so it "balances" out with equal numbers of words and letters on either side. Then I swap letters from one side to another to try and create new words yet still keep it balanced! If it doesn't balance out I change some of the letters to create new words or just insert new ones altogether. It used scare me when I realized I was doing it without thinking but now I can control it, on the upside my spelling is superb as a result!

Joneser

There can't be any time left on the microwave, if there is then I have to clear it.

Dancor

I cant put on trousers or jeans without putting socks on first.

Dr.Silly

Dancor wrote: »

I cant put on trousers or jeans without putting socks on first.

some of these are hilarious

lilminx

.... but years ago - I had awful trouble with the thought I hadn't put the handbrake on the car. I'd have to check - repeatedly and I'd calm down for a bit, but then the panic would set in again. Did I really put it up? I'd have a crazy internal monologue and inevitably have to go check again. This would happen over and over again and eventually got to the stage where I was actually too worked up to check myself and would have to plead with someone else to do it (luckily I had a very patient and understanding boyfriend at the time) before I'd calm down.

As I said - I'm over it now. Fixed it myself by one day forcing myself to park the car on Patrick's Hill in Cork and getting out. I literally had a panic attack but after 20 minutes I got back into the car and drove off.

giggsy664

I count in letters -_-
I try to get 2 letters (ie: g+s) to add up to 26 (z), and then I try to find what these letters could stand for >.>
Also, I can't ever lose the game.

Heroditas

IT-Guy wrote: »

I have a game I play with words and sentences, I'll rearrange a sentence (usually only a few words long) in my head so it "balances" out with equal numbers of words and letters on either side. Then I swap letters from one side to another to try and create new words yet still keep it balanced! If it doesn't balance out I change some of the letters to create new words or just insert new ones altogether. It used scare me when I realized I was doing it without thinking but now I can control it, on the upside my spelling is superb as a result!

So I'm not the only person who did something similar to that! :eek:

I used to rearrange the sentences in patterns, e.g. the words in groups of 3s or 5s.
The sentences had to be balanced at all times.

What made it more "fun" was spelling out the words with the repetition letters missing, yet still conforming to the original patterns the words were spelt in.

It's not very good for concentrating in meetings because someone would sya something and I'd start spelling out the word and focussing completely on it. Next thing I know, I'd be asked my opinion and I'd be "errrrrrr yeah sure, sounds good"

Now that I've got it under control, I actually pay attention now!

stovelid

Double (and tripe)-checking if the baby is still alive/I've left the door unlocked/iron plugged in, etc.

Charlie3dan

I have set pockets for items but that's just good common sense

Biggest one for me is putting the correct CD/DVD into the correspoding box. If I knew my Paul Weller Cd was sitting in the Radiohead Cd box it would keep me awake at night

Heroditas

Dancor wrote: »

I cant put on trousers or jeans without putting socks on first.

I don't see anything wrong with that.
Makes perfect sense to me.



Good grief, I have issues

Scarinae

I have to end on my right foot at the top/bottom of a staircase

I can't stand when there are cupboard doors open, even if I'm facing away from it I have to go over and shut the damn door

drdeadlift

OCD is complete rubbish!

Mr Freeze

Volume controls have to be in multiples of 5 or even numbers.

Leaving it on an odd number would bug me and i'd have to change to the next even number. Oddly enough odd multiples of 5 are fine and are preferable to even numbers on my home cinema system.

allandanyways

At home: Leaving my laptop dead centre in the middle of my desk, making sure the tv and Sky remotes are always together on the couch

At work: Post its stuck to my monitor have to be the same colour, and have to be stuck on straight.

WesternNight

I have to eat my toast a certain way. The slice has to be upside down, and I start with the left corner, then the right corner, then centre. After that it doesn't really matter but if I do it differently at the start I feel like I've done it wrong.

I also fold my bus tickets the same way every time. Often I don't even notice I've done it until it's all folded up.

kfallon

Fook me we have some issues between us

Nulty

I tend to rearrange words or try and make a single word from two words...its not OCD though I don't think...

I do it with names especially....say for example -

Simon Hughes

Himon Sughes

Hymen Sues

horseplay

surprise butt seks :eek:

Pyr0

I've none. I'm not a weirdo y'see.

IT-Guy

Heroditas wrote: »

So I'm not the only person who did something similar to that! :eek:

I used to rearrange the sentences in patterns, e.g. the words in groups of 3s or 5s.
The sentences had to be balanced at all times.

What made it more "fun" was spelling out the words with the repetition letters missing, yet still conforming to the original patterns the words were spelt in.

It's not very good for concentrating in meetings because someone would sya something and I'd start spelling out the word and focussing completely on it. Next thing I know, I'd be asked my opinion and I'd be "errrrrrr yeah sure, sounds good"

Now that I've got it under control, I actually pay attention now!

Sob...my long lost OCD'd brother...lol. I have a variation of this word equation game where I take 2 words with 5 letters, divide the first into 3 and 2 letters, the second into 1 and 4 letters and interchange the letters on both sides keeping the format of 3+2 and 1+4. Then I'll change the format to 1+4 and 3+2, once the second number of letters on the left is greater than the first number of letters on the right, I'm happy. It's bizarre but I get great satisfaction when I find 2 words that yield up lots of combinations!

enniscorthy

BACK TO THE FUTURE

IT-Guy

drdeadlift wrote: »

OCD is complete rubbish!

Shut up you normal freak

AnonoBoy

Light switch on and off 3 times every night before bed or else my whole family will die.

Dr.Silly

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Light switch on and off 3 times every night before bed or else my whole family will die.

what happens if the bulb dies ?!!!

IT-Guy

Nulty wrote: »

I tend to rearrange words or try and make a single word from two words...its not OCD though I don't think...

I do it with names especially....say for example -

Simon Hughes

Himon Sughes

Hymen Sues

Yep I do that one as well though you're right, it's less OCD and more a play on words kinda like cockney rhyming slang. Still fun though!

AnonoBoy

Dr.Silly wrote: »

what happens if the bulb dies ?!!!

:eek:

Dr.Silly

AnonoBoy wrote: »

:eek:

hahahaha

anniehoo

Socks and shoes have to go on "right foot first" or else the day is goin to be crap

Even though i know the iron is plugged out i have to go back and check.Ive gotten to the stage where i literally have to say it out loud "IRON IS OUT" for my brain to cop on.

Cant fall asleep if i dont put my hair over my ears. My feckin Dad thought it was hilarious to tell us earwigs do actually crawl in your ear when we were 5. Ive tried to not do it but it gets me everytime.:p

Anthony Walsh

I thought my only OCD before reading this was to do with opening wrappers on anything has to open prefectly, including gift wrapped presents and the likes. But then iI realised i always have the multiples of 5 thing when it comes to volume control and the bus ticket folding always the same. The more I think about it the more I will realise I have.

Dr.Silly

perhaps I should have started this thread in the Personal Issues section

ectoraige

Heroditas wrote: »

Spelling out words in my head and removing any letters that appear more than once.
Then spelling out the word without the repeating letters.
Then doing this in multiples of 4.

Thankfully I've nearly managed to stop doing it.
Literally, it used to keep me awake at night.

Would it just be everyday words, or would you challenge yourself with words like "supercalifragalisticexpealidocious" or "interfenestration"?

My biggest would be counting the number of buttons on a remote control, factorising the total, and then counting in groups based on the factors. My TV remote has 41 buttons but that doesn't stop me trying.

When I'm hanging out the laundry the clothes has to be grouped by who owns it, followed by where on the body it goes.

Brendog

When I'm turning up the volume on the TV I always have to have it at a multiple of 5. Its just uncomfortable if its left at 22 or 37.

Also when I'm folding a sheet of paper in half it HAS to be perfectly corner to corner.

Brendog

also whenever I finish a Cabri-sun carton I have to blow it up with air

Hugo Drax

ectoraige wrote: »

Would it just be everyday words, or would you challenge yourself with words like "supercalifragalisticexpealidocious" or "interfenestration"?

My biggest would be counting the number of buttons on a remote control, factorising the total, and then counting in groups based on the factors. My TV remote has 41 buttons but that doesn't stop me trying.

When I'm hanging out the laundry the clothes has to be grouped by who owns it, followed by where on the body it goes.

I have to say every sentance with the words in alphabetical order.

So instead of "Hi, how are you?"

I'll say "Are hi how you?

Not everyone understands...

Also when I'm talking to someone and they don't alphabetise their sentance, I have to stand on one leg and scream whilst slapping my face repeatedly...

Tough at the top.

Superbus

Alphabetising.

All the books I own. All the CDs I own. All the DVDs I own. All the video games I own.

They are all alphabetised, and organised in neat piles on a shelf.