Name your OCD

Everyone has one!
What is your OCD?
(OCD= Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
My OCD's
-I HAVE to have the television volume at an even number
-When I'm typing somthing on word, if I mispell a word, I have to fix it immedietly, that red line annoys the hell out of me
-I CANNOT eat and while television while theres a commercial on, when it comes on I stop eating to wait for my show to come back on
-You know those little annoying fringey edges on a peice of paper ripped from a book, I can NEVER write on one with those little edges. I have to tear them off first
-I HAVE to go to sleep with the television on.

-And of course, my OCD with the foods I eat! :D

I'm sure I have A LOT more

So, what are your OCDS? :D

LOL, my mom calls them ODCs.  haha. 

I guess I am OC about a few things.

Including counting my calories now.

Checking my cell phone, and always having it with me, turning off lights when i leave a room, recycling everything i can, a few other things too i'm sure.

I think I actually am less OCD than I used to be when I was younger.  I think it has a lot to do with being comfortable with who you are and not trying to control natural things.

I CANNOT sleep without some kind of background noise. Usually that means the tv is on.

I eat Twix and Kit Kats funny when I eat them (bite all the chocolate off, then eat them in layers)

I'm sure I have many more, just can't think of them at the moment :)

OCD....hmmm... I have to have the toilet paper unwinding over the top, not from underneath. And I have this weird thing about having a living room couch NOT being up against any given wall in said room. (which currently I'm annoyed with because I'm forced to have a "free standing" couch at the moment...and it seems to get MOVED all the time! GRRRRRRRRR

I have to fold towels in a tri-fold or it is just wrong....

It drives me crazy when my husband leaves cabinet doors open.

I always have to check the stove before I go to bed.

I eat my sandwiches in a symmetrical pattern...

 

Wow... I am quite the freak!

I have to check the front door to my house over and over again until I'm satisfied that it is closed and locked. I have to check the stove burners countless times and put my hands on all the burners until I am satisfied that they are all off & the same goes with hair appliances or the iron. I have to check them over and over until my mind is satisfied that they are unplugged and off. I dont know if it is OCD that I have an uncontrolable fear that the floor will buckle and collapse. I cant stay in a hotel unless I can stay on the bottom or first floor for this reason. Whenever I go to sporting events, If my seat is up high in the nose-bleed section, I will have a panic attack thinking about all the weight that is on the bleechers and that they will collapse. I seriously need help with this!!!

OMG I do the front door thing too!! We have two front doors.  Ok so now I don't feel like such a weirdo about the stuff I do heres a few:

I try not to step between cracks on tile floor

I have to have my closet doors closed.  If I pass by a mat at the gym I have to touch it with my foot.  I have to squeeze the toothpaste from the bottom up (I hate when my fiance squeezes it from the middle.)  I don't like to share my pens with customers at works (germs!!) Ok thats all I'm listing I don't want to sound like such a FREAK!! LOL

I'm neurotic about making sure the garage-door is closed. I have to say 'the garage-door is shut' or else I'll have to turn back and double check. I've actually called home & some neighbors to make sure it's shut.

I have to double check that I've locked the truck doors.

I have to double check that all the doors are locked (and the garage door is shut) at night before I go to bed.

Hmm i have lots of little OCD things... but the major one that my family always makes fun of me of is I have to have my hands clean. While im doing something that i accept is going to make my hands dirty, its fine (like making bread or pottery). But once its done, i hate touching anything that gets things on my hands (and im always using napkins or condensation from a glass to clean them off).

Yay I'm not the only freak out there! 

~I can't stand typos, I have to fix them and if I don't know how to spell something then I always have a word document open and type it in there.  I always change my mistakes or edit them later if I catch them.  I also read my posts at least twice before posting and usually multiple times after.  I hate comments because you can't edit if I missed a mistake.

~I hit the clear button on my calculator three times just to make sure my last number isn't lurking in there somewhere (I'm a math person so I do this millions of times a day).

~I will change my stride to not step on cracks if possible.

~I have to have things lined up or symmetrical, like lists and spreadsheets and posts, pictures and books and my tatoos.  (see I just did it, I had to sit here and think of a third object to post)

~If my right foot twitches, I twitch my left foot to match.

That's all I'll name for now so you don't think I'm strange!

Wow I thought I was the only one who needed the tv volume at a even number. My old roommate used to mess with me about that one "oh no its on 15, how will we survive"

Everything I do is in evens, groups of 4.

I count to 16 when I close the garage door, so its closed.

I kiss the cat in 4 groups of 4 (16) before I leave.

If I see a bad accident or a blown out tire I knock on wood 16 times, or bad stuff will happen.

I have to kiss my hubby 4 times before he or I leave. 

I eat my carrots, grapes, candy... or anything is evens 

It's been a long time scene I told anyone that. 

Oh!  I thought of another one!  I seperate all my candy in colors and always eat my least favorite first and save the best colors for last. 

M&M's: first = brown, ick, yellow, orange

Then I eat however many it takes to have an even number of red/green/blue and eat them in that order until they're gone (red, green, blue, red, green, blue...). 

Skittles is yellow, green, orange, and then alternate purple/red!

I also eat the outside crusts of my sandwiches/burgers first and save the middle/best bite for last.  I eat my Subway sub backwards because the middle is always the best.

1- when adding calories on paper, all the numbers have to line up properly and go in the order from most to least. If there's a three digit numer under a two digit number, my brain shuts off and I can add.

2- i have to slice the butter in very thin pats and set it on the side of my plate side by side while the bread is toasting. 2 thin pats per slice.

3- i have to have a cup of coffee on the train and take my hydroxy cut on a certain stop on the train when going to the gym in the morning.

4- i have to cover up the display on all cardio equipment.

5- i have to have a book on the train coming home-  if i don't i get very anxious-  even if I'm too tired to reac!

6-  i always have to close my door to my office but cannot start eating until i pull up cbs.com to read up on my soaps.

7-  Pumpkin pie (the only pie I eat) I have to eat the actual pie filling first, scraping it off the crust, and then eating the crust.  I got that from my dad!!

OK-  I'm sounding VERY strange to myself!!!  yikes!

I have several :)

1) I have to fall asleep to the TV (preferably NBC - the news or Jay Leno), and wake up to NBC (Local morning news)... meaning I also have to at least catch PART of the local news twice a day.

2) My showers. Must always be HOT (like very steamy mirrors) for the first 3/4, and cold for the last 1/4. Haha.

3) My shower routine. Must always go like this: Turn water to HOT - wash/rinse hair - put conditioner in - turn water a little cooler - cleanse body (bottom to top!) - turn water to COLD - rinse conditioner - wash face - get out :)

4) I always have to be at least 10 minutes early to somewhere if it's my first time going there.

5) I have to write in blue ink.

6) Calorie counting and measuring :)

7) My hair straightener must always be set on the same heat level -- level 9.

8) I check my clock at least 5 times before going to bed, just to make sure the alarm is set for the right time.

I think I'll stop now before I realize how pathetic this is. Hahah :o)

does having to go to the gym everyday count?

other than that, i dont really have ocd

I check my front and back door every night a gazillion times. I check my alarm clock at least 3 times to make sure it is set.  I have to have my kids clothes sat out the night before and lunches made or I freak out when I wake up.

I have other little quirks also...........yep I am a sick puppy

I am OC about several things.

- I have to eat all the edges off a sandwich before eating into the center.

- I prefer to step over cracks in concrete with my right foot (fortunately my legs are long enough the I can take each section in most sidewalks in two strides)

- I can't stand crooked pictures or posters

- I always have to be fidgeting with something, bouncing my leg, clicking a pen, playing with my earphone cord.

- I try to put all my colored candy (IE M&M's and Skittles) into a pattern and eat them in that pattern. All except lemon skittles, I can't eat them.

- Before going to bed I have to read or have a book on tape playing.

- My shirts and jeans must be folded in a certain way.

- I too like to have the television volume on evens (if not even then a prime number; like 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, or 29.)

- If there is a row of things lined up I either have to have them lined up with tallest on the left and shortest on the right or have the tallest in the middle, next tallest to the left, next tallest to the right and keep alternating sides.

- When eating a candy bar I must eat the chocolate on the outside first (easier said then done).

There are several more things but I can't think of them at the moment. They are all so ingrained that I probably don't realize I'm doing them. Thankfully, most of my compulsions aren't so obvious that people notice them.

I really only have a couple that im really OC about

1. My bed has to be made a certain way and if my pillow is slightly out of place or a sheet isnt tight enough on the bed I mess with it until it is i cant climb into bed until its perfect.

2. My coffee maker has to be spotless I clean it out everytime I make coffee no matter how many times I use it in a day i scrub it each and every single time.

I've got a few

1. When logging into computer systems at work everything must be opened up in the correct order. If for any reason one program crashes I will close everything down so can reopen them in the correct order.

2. Checking have housekeys when leave the house. It is impossible to lock my door without them so it's not as if I need to worry about locking myself out.

3. Squeezing the toothpaste from the bottom. DH squeezes from top so I buy separate toothpastes.

4. Using different mugs for different drinks ie will have tea in my Garfield mug, coffee in my Taz Devil cup