OCD

Noogynoogs
Noogynoogs Posts: 1,028 Member
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Anyone with OCD. I have to check plug sockets are switched off 2 times

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  • surfinbird_1981
    surfinbird_1981 Posts: 946 Member
    Me...

    I don't touch any doors handles/doors etc with my hands.
    I check my phone's wake up alarm 10 consecutive times before going to bed.
    Everything must be equal (food/weights/measures).
    I colour code the cleaning sponges/cloths for particular parts of the kitchen.
    Everything has to be symmetrical (I'm pretty gutted that I have a mole next to my mouth, weird eh).
  • DBoone85
    DBoone85 Posts: 916 Member
    I keep checking back to see if anyone else has posted to this thread.

    Does that count?
  • PinkyFett
    PinkyFett Posts: 842 Member
    I have a "locking my doors" kind of fetish. I have to lock the doors all the time. I check them several times and sometimes 3 or 4 times before I go to bed. I've become a little paranoid having a daughter.

    Don't forget the windows!
  • Noogynoogs
    Noogynoogs Posts: 1,028 Member
    That counts - defo OCD tendencies. Lol
  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    OMG!!! THE STOVE WE FOR GOT TO CHECK THE STOVE THE THIRD TIME!!!
  • BreeJaxon
    BreeJaxon Posts: 128
    Yea BAD! I have therapist (s) and meds!!
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Nothing debilitating to my life.
  • ashdawg8790
    ashdawg8790 Posts: 819 Member
    Me...

    I don't touch any doors handles/doors etc with my hands.
    I check my phone's wake up alarm 10 consecutive times before going to bed.
    Everything must be equal (food/weights/measures).
    I colour code the cleaning sponges/cloths for particular parts of the kitchen.
    Everything has to be symmetrical (I'm pretty gutted that I have a mole next to my mouth, weird eh).

    Oh my gosh the cleaning sponge thing is genuis! :)
  • chelstakencharge
    chelstakencharge Posts: 1,021 Member
    ...raising my hand....yep, I am and no, its really not a bad thing
  • kburns0709
    kburns0709 Posts: 297 Member
    My OCD is pure O so it's all in my head. I tend to be really afraid that I'm going to start doing something embarrassing, like start screaming in a meeting or things like that. More on the intrusive thoughts side of it, so no rituals or anything.

    ETA - While I don't have rituals, I do feel comforted by symmetry and cleanliness so I keep everything very clean and organized at my office and home.
  • _crafty_
    _crafty_ Posts: 1,682 Member
    *raises hand*

    thanks for reminding me to take my meds :laugh:
  • laurie04427
    laurie04427 Posts: 421 Member
    My OCD is pure O so it's all in my head. I tend to be really afraid that I'm going to start doing something embarrassing, like start screaming in a meeting or things like that. More on the intrusive thoughts side of it, so no rituals or anything.
    Heh I thought I was the only one. Sometimes I'm actually tempted to DO IT (start going nuts in a meeting) just to get it out of my system and over with once and for all lol. I always just chaulked it up to being naturally inpatient and fidgety.
  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
    The volume to the radio in the car has to be on an even number and the volume to the TV has to be in increments of 5 only.
  • DBoone85
    DBoone85 Posts: 916 Member
    *raises hand*

    thanks for reminding me to take my meds :laugh:

    Are you sure you did not already take them? Better count whats left. Then count again to be sure....
  • becky10rp
    becky10rp Posts: 573 Member
    Hi, Friend!

    Lots of 'rituals' -

    - must check alarm before I got to bed about 10 times to make sure it's set properly
    - must work out for at least an hour every day
    - when I drive to work, I have to park in the same spot in my parking garage (if that spot is taken - it's a sad day........)!
    - when I go to the mall I park in the same location
    - when I eat a meal I have to have one bite of everything remaining at the end of the meal
    - I am an habitually 'early' person - if I'm EVER late for something - I get panicky
    There's more, but I don't want to bore you..........................!
    Your Friend/Freak - Becky!
  • Noogynoogs
    Noogynoogs Posts: 1,028 Member
    Feeling better, it's not just me!
  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    The volume to the radio in the car has to be on an even number and the volume to the TV has to be in increments of 5 only.

    ^^^ This too!!! Well actually everything has to be divisible by 2, and to many others to begin listing.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    The plates in my gym have to be "set" right before I work out or I'll keep staring at them. So I rearrange the racks (all of them) to create uniformity (all racks have the equal number of denomination of plate on them). Too many plates stacked wrong bugs the **** out of me.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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  • surfinbird_1981
    surfinbird_1981 Posts: 946 Member




    - must check alarm before I got to bed about 10 times to make sure it's set properly

    Hey twin!!
  • Grumpsandwich
    Grumpsandwich Posts: 368 Member
    compulsive hand washer, have to check my purse 3 times before locking car doors, or after locking the house. I have ocd clutter issues. Cannot handle clutter at all like really bad to the point my sons cow of a ex GF used to torment me with it. My son was in outpatient surgery and she was in the waiting room with us. She kept taking the childrens books and messing them up on the table over n over just because she thought it was HYSTERICAL that I kept putting them back into neat piles. When I got home ( they beat us as we stopped at the store to get sons pain meds) She had stolen one of the childrens books from the table, wrote my name on it and left it on my coffee table. ( THANK GOD HE DUMPED HER! )
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    It's not just certain things for me....I sadly think other people should do things a certain way or it kills me.
    I working on my patience.....
  • Ilikelamps
    Ilikelamps Posts: 482 Member
    Can't leave my house without my bed being made...aaaand certain things need to be in certain places in my room and my workout room or I'll go nuts
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I have to be early for everything. If someone starts to come earlier than me than I get extra agitated. It really gets to be that I am constrained in the mornings by what time I have to drop the kids off for school.
    Wall hangings have to be symmetrical on the wall. My husband keeps trying to make designs and it drives me nuts.
    I also have an issue with needing to be able to flip through different things on my computer like FB, MFP, certain files, etc., even if I don't even look at what is on the screen.
  • Noogynoogs
    Noogynoogs Posts: 1,028 Member
    I have to get to places half hour earlier.

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