The OCD Thread

Eggy Baby!

Just a place where fellow OCD types can post their pet peeves.

I'll start: if one of my hands is wet (like if I was drying up or something) then I have to wet the other hand too or else I'll feel awkward and incomplete.

I have to round everything off to five or ten or some other similar multiple of 5 (for example, if I was out, I might drink 5 pints where 4 or 6 might suffice).

I also try to round everything off to three.

Kilgore__Trout

Eggy Baby! wrote: »

I have to round everything off to five or ten or some other similar multiple of 5 (for example, if I was out, I might drink 5 pints where 4 or 6 might suffice).

I also try to round everything off to three.

So you have 15 pints on the average night out?

Gran Hermano

I once had a postman with OCD and dyslexia.
He insisted all customs charges on international parcels were strictly COD.

xabi

Always in this order - left sock, right sock, left shoe, right shoe.

Duggy747

Shoe lace is loose.

Tie shoe.

Now other shoe feel loose

Sir Arthur Daley

I have to keep the level of the ketchup, mayo, garlic mayo, bbq sauce, sweet chilli bottles all the same height.

bop1977

No I'm normal and don't have to do any of this crap.

GenieOz

ITT: Things people think are OCD but are really just irks.

anncoates

Anybody here with a house cleaning compulsion need to work through their compulsion in an unpaid capacity?

Thud

i like threads to have even numbers of posts

iDave

Thud wrote: »

i like threads to have even numbers of posts

I don't

rob316

Locked doors, I have to ****ing swing off the door practically to make sure its locked. Broke the door in work because of it

Thud

iDave wrote: »

I don't

sorry about that, it's a bit odd

The Backwards Man

I have to change the bedsheets on my bed, the magic trees in my cars, and the mats in my bathroom every Sunday. If I'm away I have to get somebody to come round and do it.

Hazys

The O.C.D. Thread. :mad:

WilyCoyote

xabi wrote: »

Always in this order - left sock, right sock, left shoe, right shoe.

I suppose there's no chance of a quick hokey cokey while you're at it?

eviltimeban

I used to do this but not anymore: When heading out I'd lock the door then get in the car but then I would have to go back to the door to check I actually locked it, and of course I always had.

To counter this, when I locking the door going forward I would say a particular word, or sing a line of a song, so when I was thinking back on it, I would remember I did actually lock the door because of this other action.

But then I'd be sitting in the car thinking "did I actually sing the line or did I imagine it?" and of course I'd have to get out and check the door was locked...

...and it always was.

cat_dog

I used to have OCD about blinking. The amount of time the person blinks means yes or no. Then I'd ask myself questions like will my mum die of cancer etc...

WilyCoyote

eviltimeban wrote: »

I used to do this but not anymore: When heading out I'd lock the door then get in the car but then I would have to go back to the door to check I actually locked it, and of course I always had.

To counter this, when I locking the door going forward I would say a particular word, or sing a line of a song, so when I was thinking back on it, I would remember I did actually lock the door because of this other action.

But then I'd be sitting in the car thinking "did I actually sing the line or did I imagine it?" and of course I'd have to get out and check the door was locked...

...and it always was.

Why not get a small tape recorder and you can check to see if you sang the song or not. But don't forget to press the record button in the first place

mrcheez

Idiot-checking... always with the idiot-checking

Not a bad thing I guess, I haven't lost anything in several years

('cept my mind)

ZiabR

Even though I know I checked the back door is locked I still have to check it again before I am happy. Same can be said for light switches!

WilyCoyote

I thought everyone else suffered from OCD - 'til I realised I was just a slob

jjdub1

Before leaving the house I have to check that every socket is switched off even in rooms that I haven't been in since i last checked. I lock the door (2 locks) check it's locked by the handle and then stick the keys in again and turn just to make sure and then try handle again.

If I've used the iron I have to make sure to place it on the dining table after I've used it so that I can see it at a glance while I'm checking the room and know that I unplugged it as there are no sockets near the table.

I find it impossible to dry one wet hand also so have to wet the other to even things up.

Banjo String

Don't laugh, but I have a habit of shaking my willy vigorously after peeing before I put it back in my jocks.

Rothko

I have to take an even amount of steps when walking down a street or just simply walking from one place to another.

I always have to eat my food in an even amount of bites.

I always have to sit in the same place everytime when I'm somewhere like a bus, restaurant, pub or waiting room.

If I'm listening to music or watching a video and have to pause it, I have to pause it twice.

If I'm listening to music when traveling then I have to listen to an even amount of songs during the journey.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Banjo String wrote: »

Don't laugh, but I have a habit of shaking my willy vigorously after peeing before I put it back in my jocks.

nothing to laugh at there, nothing worse than *piddle piddle piddle, thats all finished, mickey back in jocks, small drop that must have been caught in a kink of the pipe comes out and wets jocks :mad:

I get dressed from the bottom up, undressed from the top down.
Both halves/top half naked, fine.
Top half clothed and bottom half naked has to be avoided.

Feels wrong. Very wrong.

mrcheez

I keep coming back to boards.ie to check for updates on OCD threads

quickbeam

Books, DVDs, CDs etc have to be ordered properly.
I can't not finish a book or film, even if I'm hating it.
Notes in my wallet all have to be facing the same way.
Light switches have to be set correctly. You can't turn on a light on one switch and off on another as then both switches will appear on but the light will be off.
Knives, forks and spoons have to be in the drawer in their proper slots
Grammar and spelling mistakes (even more so when they're my own)

mrcheez

quickbeam wrote: »

Knives, forks and spoons have to be in the drawer in their proper slots

That ain't OCD, that's just organised, like a lot of things mentioned on this thread

michellie

OCD should be in alphabetical order.








Im not CDO, I promise:)

quickbeam

mrcheez wrote: »

That ain't OCD, that's just organised, like a lot of things mentioned on this thread

Maybe but it still drives me mad when people don't stick to the rules of cutlery drawers.

IvaBigWun

xabi wrote: »

Always in this order - left sock, right sock, left shoe, right shoe.

I would imagine if thats whats regarded as OCD then 90% of the population have it

Sir Osis of Liver.

Is your house in a fcukin mess?

Hold an OCD party.

Eggy Baby!

I'm a stickler for paragraphs. If I see a wall of text, I just shut down....get some backspace up in here!

ArtyM

WikiHow wrote: »

I have to keep the level of the ketchup, mayo, garlic mayo, bbq sauce, sweet chilli bottles all the same height.

That sounds like a lot of work.

le la rat

if I let one sweet fall I will have to throw away another

solomafioso

Well...

No.

FudgeBrownie

Wash my hands when I think they've touched something even the tiniest bit dirty. Used to do it all the time but nowadays it's not as bad.
Check plates and cutlery down to a T to make sure they're clean before using them.
Close the front door, get into the car and once I reach the corner I think 'fook', turn back and check if the door is closed. It's always closed.
That thing where if I tie one shoe lace, the other feels weird and I have to re-tie it.

Not sure if these are OCD tendencies, but they're a pain in the b0llocks.

Sir Arthur Daley

ArtyM wrote: »

That sounds like a lot of work.

Not really, just a load of waste really.

Karl Stein

You can't wash away the feeling of shame.

Chorcai

Inbox has to be 0 unread messages

Hard to explain mine, Under the armpits or behind the knees, you can sort of move a muscle or ligament, one either side.
So under my pits say, I have to move the one at he front, once, then the one at the back twice, then the one at the front again.
Always four times, for each armpit and knee.

In fairness I can hide this well!!!

Also if I do something with the right hand side of my body, I have to do the same on the left, like, scratch the right side of my face with my right hand, I have to do it with my left hand. Then I have to do it on the left side of my face, with both hands!

dmc17

I like to have the air vents on my car all pointing the same direction

dmc17

Chorcai wrote: »

Inbox has to be 0 unread messages

I see a lot of people with 1000's of unread mails :mad:

retro:electro

Just the constant checking and rechecking of things and repeated rituals because if I don't all my family will die from some incurable disease...
You know, the usual.

mr.anonymous

Eggy Baby! wrote: »

I'll start: if one of my hands is wet (like if I was drying up or something) then I have to wet the other hand too or else I'll feel awkward and incomplete.

Thought I was the only one!

I die a little inside when I see "your/you're" mixed up or ",,," instead of "..."

dmc17

If I drink a pint, I always have to drink at least another one or it wouldn't feel right :pac:

pickarooney

GenieOz wrote: »

ITT: Things people think are OCD but are really just irks.

I feel a compulsion to point out that irk is not a noun.

Steve F

I have to have all time pieces set to EXACTLY the correct time.To achieve this I have one of those radio controlled clocks that gets a signal from the atomic clock.You know the one,it's accurate to within 1 second over 10 gazillion years.If a see 2 clocks showing different times I go mental

dmc17

Steve F wrote: »

I have to have all time pieces set to EXACTLY the correct time.To achieve this I have one of those radio controlled clocks that gets a signal from the atomic clock.You know the one,it's accurate to within 1 second over 10 gazillion years.If a see 2 clocks showing different times I go mental

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