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, I have OCD about a lot of things (:

- Calorie counting!

- I HAVE to have the tele volume on a multiple of five. e.g 0, 5 10

- It annoys the hell out of me when peoples labels on their clothing are sticking out. I have to ask them nicely to tuck it in. lol!

- I have to have the doors shut in my room to be able to sleep, same with being on the PC.

- I always have to correct typos immediately.

hehe, there's more but I cant think of them.

 edited: I thought of another OCD (:

 Hey Plume  I'm a Math major, so yes I think having a Mathematical mind does make you a bit OCD.  Yes, I agree about the symmetry thing and everything being even, it just makes you feel good when stuff is even.  I posted some of my OCD's on the first page.  (You don't want to list them all and seem like a big weirdo!!)  I think most Mathematical people are a bit OCD oh wait I mean "quirky"

Original Post by suz0411:

Hey Plume I'm a Math major, so yes I think having a Mathematical mind does make you a bit OCD. Yes, I agree about the symmetry thing and everything being even, it just makes you feel good when stuff is even. I posted some of my OCD's on the first page. (You don't want to list them all and seem like a big weirdo!!) I think most Mathematical people are a bit OCD oh wait I mean "quirky"

 Mathematical people are just more structured than others

If i wash my hands and then brush them with something that i consider to be dirty i have to wash them again, or even when their clean i just look at em and have to wash them. Oh yh and i  have to have door shut i go mental if someone comes in or goes out of the room and leaves it open. It just annoys me.

I wear my glasses to sleep, if I can't see the clock in the middle of the night I get panicky.

I have to sleep closest to the door.  At home, in a hotel, staying with friends, doesn't matter, I MUST be closest to that door.  DH noticed that one a couple of years ago, and he was convinced I was completely mad.  (we moved and our bed wound up orientated differently in our new bedroom, we had to switch sides of the bed-he was not thrilled- but he's fine now)

All my towels get folded in 1/2 then in thirds.  I have been known to re-fold a whole basket of towels when someone tried to "help" me with the laundry.

If I must use a public bathroom, I flush with my foot. 


At the Mall/grocery store/work/school I open doors with my sleeve pulled over my hand if it's a pull to open door, and push with an elbow if it's a push to open door.  Even better if someone holds that door open for me and I don't have to touch it at all.

Oh this list is getting long....  I think I'll stop now=)

My main OCD would be with calories, I refuse to eat anymore than my goal.

But my others include;
Things plugged in. If it is not being used then it should be switched off and taken out.

Even numbers or numbers in 5's. Like 6 - 12 - 20 - 25 and such. Everything has to be set to those kids of numbers or I will change it.

Books. Pages should never be folded. I either use a bookmark or record the page number else where.

And the last one I can remember would be coppers. I hate carrying 1 & 2 pences. I will just throw them away.

•  I cannot get off the treadmill (or any cardio machine for that matter) if the number of cals doesnt end in 0 or 5
• My feet cannot be under the covers as I fall asleep - no matter how cold it is
• I cannot sleep without my fan on (when forced to, like at others, I never sleep well or throughout the night) 
• I have to eat the toppings on my pizza first, then the crust
• I always count the number of steps to myself as Im going up them

Thats all I can think of for now...

I'm very obsessively compulsive about how I eat certain things.  I'd describe in detail, but that would take way too long.

I can't have odd numbers, but I love them at the same time.  If the volume on the car stereo or television is odd, I switch it up or down to an even number, yet I have to have something odd within my presence.  I usually keep three candles near my TV, or three sticks of incense in the car.

The glass has to touch the left and the right corners of my mouth.  If it doesn't, I end up chewing on them throughout the day.

In my previous job, I could not for the life of me make an odd number of pizzas on the table.  If the box of crusts would've left an odd amount in there, I'd make up one pizza, immediately switch it out with an empty crust and stash it in the cooler, and continue my work.

I can never put my left shoe on first.  If I do, I swear I trip, my shoe breaks, or something horrible happens.

And Alex has to kiss my penguin good night when he kisses me good night, otherwise I have bad dreams. =)

After reading all these, I now feel sorry for odd numbers and yellow candy.

ha, i just remembered another weird thing...when I used to eat Lucky Charms cereal, I couldnt eat the cereal and the marshmallows together. I would eat the cereal first, then all the marshamllows. :S

Cars

Street Racing

Eating

Building Armor Models for Contests

all in remission for the moment...

Haha Kerry!  I used to do the same thing!  I'd eat all the cereal first so it wouldn't get soggy and then all the marshmallows!

If I'm the last person to leave work I have to double check the back door that it is locked at least a few times. And as I'm leaving the front- and locking it- I have to say out loud- "locking door"- otherwise when I get to my car I will wonder if I locked the door. I've been known to get out of my car and walk back to make sure that the door is locked. And when I turn the alarm on I repeat what the voice says- then I know I turned the alarm on- and I have to check at least a few times that the answering machine is turned on- I would probably check more but I close with another co-worker and I don't want them to think I'm that crazy.  I have also been known to drive almost all the way back to work to make sure that the door was locked and that I did turn the alarm on! Luckily- I only live 10 minutes from work....

I also count stairs when I'm walking up and down them- but usually in my head.   And if I'm waiting for an appointment in a doctor office- I will look up at the ceiling and count either ceiling tiles or the little holes.   But I was never that good in math so I don't know why I have a little obsession with counting things...or if there are different colors in a room I will go back and forth and say the different colors in my head- like, brown, green, red, brown, green, red...

I don't need an alarm clock though- I can just mentally tell myself before bed what time I want to wake up and I usually wake up at that exact time or a little earlier.  I know that isn't ocd but I think it is a great power.

I will sometimes double check the door to my apartment to make sure it's locked.  I've been known to turn around and come back home after driving off a short distance if I don't remember locking the door.  I've never accidently left it open but sometimes I just have to check.  Fortunately I only do it once and I'm satisfied.

When I was in 4th grade they had a sign for Halloween on the wall that the kindergartners put up.  Every day for the entire year as I walked out past the kindergarten classrooms I'd have to repeat that sign in my head "circle + triangle = witch"  I think one time I didn't repeat it in my head and my mom was late picking me up. I thus became supersticious that if I didn't repeat it in my head then my mom would be late getting me. 

I think my biggest one is when I get a drink at a fast food restaurant I have to punch in all the little bubbles on the lid that indicate what drink you have.  That's actually come in useful a few times when there are a bunch of drinks on the table and no one can remember who owns what drink.

Edit:  Another one I though of.. when filling up my gas tank the last digit in the price of the gas must be a 0 for example if I stop at 40.01 I will have to squirt a few more cents into the tank to make it 40.10, if I go over and hit 40.11 I will have to repeat the process until it is 0.  I guess that comes from when I paid with cash I didn't want pennies back in change.  Of course now I always just pay with a card at the pump since all the pumps are pre-pay or pay at the pump.

I have some weird ones according to my friend

• I won't share toothpaste unless i am not there to see it being used
• I won't use blankets that have been used by other people even if they are washed(if it been over a year then maybe)
• i don't like library books
• i hate sweat pants
• i won't go downstairs in pajamas
• i won't let people use my pillow
• i have to look behind the shower curtain before i use the bathroom
• I won't sleep with any of my limbs of the bed(monsters will eat them)
• I have to put my foot under the water when it is dripping out after a shower(down that since i was5 or 6)
• i count to 30 before i get out of the shower
• I have to say good bye to my pets but no t family before i leave
• i have to saw good night and i love you to my pets before i go to bed
• i only allow people to give me hugs if i have known them for awhile( never rude about. I can suck it up and take a hug)
• i won't eat at parties.I think people are watching me.

I love my ocds and not at all embarrassed

I like to have the blinds all closed the same way on windows in a room: slats all up or slats all down.

Hate using the overhead ceiling light in my bedroom, gotta have the lamp on instead, and would love everyone in the house to do the same!

Need to do the dishes every morning while the coffee is brewing.

There are probably heaps of others that I don't really notice, but family members do. During the warmer months. I'm pretty OCD about opening the windows at night and closing them in the morning. I'm OCD about putting my computer to bed every night to give it a total rest, I mean a full shut down...

• counting calories
• i hate when my foods touch eachother
• i can't eat apples unless they are cut up
• i pour my milk first and then pour in the cereal a liitle bit at a time (I HATE soggy cereal)

I'm sure there are more but i can't think of them right now...

i hate when people make my coffee for me.

i must put in the sweet n low, they must not.

if i'm close to home, i'll get the coffee black and take it home and put milk and sweet n low there.

i've got many others.

 

My OCDs:

1. My alarm clock needs to be set at a number with 1. For example, 6:01, 6:31, 7:41.
2. (This happened primarily in high school, but still does now.) If I write a paper or turn in anything school related, it has to be in perfect shape. If there is a bend in the paper or any smudges, I have to completely redo it. Yes, this includes rewriting an entire essay!
3. When I get a glass to drink out of, it needs to be in perfect shape. I cannot have any spots, marks, or smudges anywhere. This includes the smudges my lip gloss makes. I'll drink until there is not a spot on the glass, then I have to replace the glass.
4. I cannot mix foods together. Some people can eat their turkey and stuffing together. I can't! They cannot touch. I don't even care if they mix up inside anyway. I can bear the tastes together.
5. I sleep with a blanket covering my neck as well as my feet. I can't sleep unless both areas are covered.
6. When it comes to eating ANYTHING, I eat the outside edges first. After the edges are gone, I eat the toppings (the chocolate on a Reeses, the toppings on a pizza, etc). After the edges and toppings are gone, I eat the rest.
7. I'm a big pain in the butt when it comes to bad grammar. If someone has bad grammar, or uses a word that by English language standards does not fit in the sentence ("What it do?" or "What's poppin'"), I get angry and say something. It's bad, lol.

Yeah. I'm pretty anal about things, hehe.

I pull out all my split ends. I cant stop until i reached the number 8,16,24,48 and so on.