Anyone for a little OCD?

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Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

There are so many emerging pathogens, so many infectious strains that are antibiotic-resistant... why not take whatever precautions you can? All my efforts only cost me a few Kleenexes here and there, and who knows what they may save me from?
I agree!
Whenever I'm out in public, I immediately wash my hands w/ baby-wipes, which I keep in the glove box compartment of the car. And after I get back home, I wash my hands thoroughly w/ anti-bacterial soap. If someone considers this compulsive, I don't care:
I'd rather be safe than sorry.
I used to work in the public, and I've seen what some of these nasty people do..


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I was diagnosed with OCD. I don't think I have it that bad. I do wash my hands alot...I hate dirty hands lol.
I check to make sure that the doors are locked and the oven is off a couple times before I go to bed or it will drive me crazy and I will have to get back up out of bed and check again....and to make sure the bird cage is locked too. But other than that its not that bad.
 

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Oh and reading another reply got me to think of another thing too.....

I have to check to make sure that there is nothing nasty on my food from a resturant. Say if its a double cheeseburger from McDonalds...I have to check under the bun, in between the cheeseburgers and then underneath the bottom one. I had a fly in my mashed potatoes at Bob Evans once so since then I have been paranoid about that.


My food must be clean
 

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Originally Posted by bnwalker2

I am slightly OCD. Especially about food, I will check expiration dates 20 times before I eat something. I also have to have a clean bed at all times. I'm trying to wash the bedding twice a week but usually end up doing it every other day.
I'm major OCD with food. I will smell milk everytime I use it even if it's within the same day. If anything looks funny, smells funny or tastes funny it won't eat it. Even if I know it's good, if it doesn't taste the way I think it should I just can't eat it. It's so frustrating because I hate having to waste food when it's ok but to me it isn't.
 

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Mine takes the form mostly of stuff related. All stuff has a spot where it must be, and things that I have more than one of must be in the right order as well. I prefer to think of myself as quirky, but things can get out of hand.

Not long after I moved in to my house... I bought a whole duplex with a friend and nearly lost my mind when it was suggested that I should live on the left and not the right... a friend came over and opened my kitchen drawer, he was amused that all of my cooking utensils were arranged in order and straight and on a paper towel. He moved them, I put them back then had to check them a few times a day for about a week before I was convinced they were where they should be.

I don't have any that I can think of purely mental obsessions, like counting or abc related things... all of mine have a physical component. like I need to sit on the right if there is more than one position etc.
 
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All these replies are great
I was a bit worried some people might get offended and not want to open up, but we've pretty much shared all our dramas and health issues and things here. It's nice to know i'm not as strange as i thought


To Lillekat

Well i said diagnosed or otherwise. The counting thing was triggered, but i dont know when or how exactly, i am guessing by the timing. It also doesn't have to be when i'm bored, i do try and stop it but it can also pop up when i'm trying to listen to someone in a conversation or what not, i start counting certain words they say lol. Also when i eat m&ms i have them in groups of 5,6 or 7. I don't eat them in groups though, i put them all in my mouth and one by one suck on them till they melt. If they're the crisp ones i eat the chocolate off each one ten the middles. I can't put one in my mouth at a time for some reason, i think having these little groups makes them last longer. Just sounds a little obsessive though
 

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I don't think I have OCD but in college before I could relax or buckle down for studying and paper writing I would HAVE to have everything cleaned and in its place or I just couldn't concentrate. Bed had to made, dishes/laundry done, papers in their place, dusted, etc.

Today, I am still a very clean person and like for all labels to be facing outwards, I check nightly. My husband is a clean person and likes to arrange his clothes according to color and then in groups from there (so I don't do his clothes, too much work!) I also wipe down the counters and the stove with antibacterial wipes several times per day since kitty paws like to go where they don't belong..
 

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I believe we all have a little OCD thing in us, as we all have a bit of ADHD - these disorders aren't anything but exaggerations of typical human behavior. Only when the behavior interferes with the "normal life" a person wants to be living does it become a problem. In "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing", one observation was that a person with compulsive behavior, like checking, seems to not be able to "know when they know" - hence the re-re-checking. Thus, anyone who has ever checked the same thing twice, even though they know they've checked it once already, "just to make sure", is exhibiting "OCD"...perfectly normal!
 

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I have some weird OCD traits that I rarely reveal.

For instance, I have looping thought patterns and while they're looping I'll type them out on my fingers. So all that happens is my fingers twitch to the letters.

It happens when I watch tv and movies too. I have NO idea why and I don't ever notice I'm doing it until DH asks "what are you thinking about, you're typing a lot".

I also have to have all volumes set on even numbers, they CANNOT be on odd numbers.

I also rub the same spot on my face in a weird way and I never notice it.

DH is always noticing weird OCD things about me that he finds fascinating.
 

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I used to have it terribly, until I found out I had post trumatic stress disorder. I went to a counselor and since then I'm WAY better.

Here were my weird things:

Hated even numbers, volume, tv channels,

I had to buy or eat three of everything (if I could have more than one)



I still have to go through the house and make sure everything that could catch fire is unplugged at night.... Our house is 63 because I'm worried the furnace will catch fire
 

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I developed it in 4th grade. I had to do my papers over and over. The teacher had said, if it's messy I will give it back to redo. I have had it off and on ever since. I am in my 40's. My aunt 78, has had it all her life, she washes. My daughter has it a little. It started in college. Counting calories, running. I know it sounds like eating disorder, but it wasn't. I have a weird type. I have to ask my better half questions. Stupid things. Phone calls, who put something where, why couldn't I find him outside, when did he go to McDonalds. It is crazy, but I can't stop. I wake up with the question. It makes him nuts some days and some days he understands.
 

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Originally Posted by cococat

I don't think I have OCD but in college before I could relax or buckle down for studying and paper writing I would HAVE to have everything cleaned and in its place or I just couldn't concentrate. Bed had to made, dishes/laundry done, papers in their place, dusted, etc.


I'm that way, too: I have to have all my chores done, and everything organized, before I can relax or concentrate. I drive myself nuts over this!
I also will "re-do" something (like paperwork, or hanging pics on the wall) if I don't think it looks nice & neat.

Geez, after reading this thread again and the newest replies, I realize I'm more obsessed than I thought!


I also have a thing about food: if it doesn't look right or if it smells the least bit funny, I won't eat it. I hate wasting food, but I'd rather not take a chance of getting sick or food poisoning. It drives my s/o nuts...

Numbers all have to be even - like the volume on the remote. I like the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, & 8, but I don't like the numbers 1, 6, 9, or 0. I don't like our current phone number, b/c it has 5 sixes in it (not b/c I think sixes are the devil's number or anything like that - I just don't like the number.
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The closet & dresser drawers all have to be arranged neat & organized - not by color scheme, but by seasons: i.e., winter stuff, summer stuff, etc.

I'll re-check things, too, to make sure nothing's left plugged in or whatever (such as the coffee pot). I used to have this habit of putting out a cigarette under running water, and then just throwing it in the trash. On more than one occasion, I'd be over halfway to work, and I'd think I forgot to put out the cigarette w/ water and just threw it in the trash. Then I'd get all paranoid, and have to go back home to double-check: I was afraid that I'd burn the house down, w/ my furbabies trapped inside.
So I quit putting out my cigarettes that way, and would just crush them to death to make sure they were out. I won't empty ashtrays for at least an hour after putting out a cigarette. Since they came out w/ those little cigarette snuffers, I now have one in every ashtray: but I still sometimes get paranoid, and have to double-check..


Maybe our OCD has something to do w/ why some of us love cats so much.
Cats are "fussy" too: maybe that's why we can relate to them and understand them!


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Originally Posted by maree

I have to ask my better half questions. Stupid things. Phone calls, who put something where, why couldn't I find him outside, when did he go to McDonalds. It is crazy, but I can't stop. I wake up with the question. It makes him nuts some days and some days he understands.
I do the same thing with DH. I'm always asking what he's doing or talking to or getting out of the fridge. He cannot stand it. I always thought I was just being nosy. I think most OCDs are all about control.
 

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I count my steps when I walk sometimes, in increments of 8, like in dance. If I see something disorganized or crooked, I would straighten it out, even if it's not my own. I guess I'm a tad OCD but not extreme. I am a clean-a-holic, though, thanks to my step-mom, my husband hates it though.
 
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I have some minor OCD tendencies, nothing really bothersome... just things like being picky about what I will eat and washing my hands more often that makes my family roll their eyes at me. But I do have obsessions in the form of unwanted, intrusive thoughts that can drive me nuts some days...
 
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