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Mine is thinking and looking, If I miss the corner of something and I have to go back and look at it or if something is slightly wrong I double take. I think alot about everything and make image maps in my head to complicate things, very annoying. Anyway what's yours? If you are unfortunate enough to have a form of OCD... :(

I arrange my textbooks by height. As for my other books, I arrange them by author and date of publication. :P

I count the segments that make up the numbers on a digital clock: 1 has two segments, 2 and 3 have five, 4 has four, 5 has five, 6 has six, 7 is three, 8 is seven, 9 and 0 are six. I count all the segments up and they have to be an even number, preferably 10 or 20. Alarm light indicators, AM/PM lights, and the hour/min separator ( : ) are fair game as well. If they add up to 17 (my most hated #), I have to keep watching without blinking until it switches (I don't know why, don't ask :P), then count and hopefully strike an even number. I also have a problem counting angles everywhere for some reason; they also must turn out even.

Theses compulsions are not that bad, but they do get irritating at some points.

I count the segments that make up the numbers on a digital clock: 1 has two segments, 2 and 3 have five, 4 has four, 5 has five, 6 has six, 7 is three, 8 is seven, 9 and 0 are six. I count all the segments up and they have to be an even number, preferably 10 or 20. Alarm light indicators, AM/PM lights, and the hour/min separator ( : ) are fair game as well. If they add up to 17 (my most hated #), I have to keep watching without blinking until it switches (I don't know why, don't ask :P), then count and hopefully strike an even number. I also have a problem counting angles everywhere for some reason; they also must turn out even.

Theses compulsions are not that bad, but they do get irritating at some points.

Rekunta

Mine is thinking and looking, If I miss the corner of something and I have to go back and look at it or if something is slightly wrong I double take. I think alot about everything and make image maps in my head to complicate things, very annoying. Anyway what's yours? If you are unfortunate enough to have a form of OCD... :(

fracot

I'm not tha obsessive compulsive but uhhh... I have to check I locked all the doors and stuff before I leave the house if I'm the only one in. The next one is a bit weirder - I have to scratch my thighs until they're red raw whenever I do a poo :?

I have to check I locked all the doors and stuff before I leave the house if I'm the only one in. The next one is a bit weirder - I have to scratch my thighs until they're red raw whenever I do a poo :?

manicfoot

When I lock my car with the remote, I have to hear it beep twice. I can't stand limited edition cases for games since it messes up the stack of games I have and looks out of place. I even had the Legendary Edition for Halo 3 and I couldn't stand the black case, so my friend that works at EB Games exchanged it for me and gave me a brand new normal copy.

I dont think I would qualify for having OCD, but I can be rather anal about some things sometimes.

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Mine is thinking and looking, If I miss the corner of something and I have to go back and look at it or if something is slightly wrong I double take. I think alot about everything and make image maps in my head to complicate things, very annoying. Anyway what's yours? If you are unfortunate enough to have a form of OCD... :(

quadraleap

I arrange my textbooks by height. As for my other books, I arrange them by author and date of publication. :P

kingdre

Use to have one about the number 8, always counted to it in my head like when typing or drinking, so like type 8 letters then keep counting till the next 8 and if it didn't count up to 8 then I would just add more words etc.

I don't have OCD actually but OCD like things I have are: I can't have anything near the edge of my plate while eating. During tests, my binder and papers nee to be perfectly aligned larger things on bottom and have them running parallel. Also while sitting I must have atleast one foot off the ground.

taking games out of my ps3 :cry:

When you drop your pants to your ancles and "step out of them", know how the pants remain on the ground?
When I go to bed and take off my pants I never want to leave my pants like it on the floor.
I shuffle them so that they just lie there randomly..

Also, On forums or other texting I hate to write I'll as ill because I think it will make ill. :?

What I mean is if I walk past something and look at it, and the corner is blocked by some other object, I have to back up and see that corner. I do the same thing as your g/f to remember things but in a slightly different way, I like to map everything in my head. When my OCD is bad I map my thinking patterns to images. It is very pointless and unnecessary thinking. For example If I am watching a film I may recap on a part to 'fully' understand it, I do this by mapping every scene and then 'flying' over them tracing the movements of the characters. Hope this explains it a bit better.fracot

Thats very much for explaining. I understand what you mean by corners now...and I almost do about images....but I cant quite bridge the gap on it. If my scanner was connected I'd show you what she drew, and perhaps you could relate to it and explain it in a way that I could understand. Maybe its just one of those things that one has to experience, or perhaps I do it in some manner and I just dont realise it. I really want to understand for myself and relating to her.

1. I have to bath 3-5 or more times a day.

I only have minor OCDs, luckily. I have to listen to music at 20, 25, 50, 75 or 100 volume, else I go nuts...Deihjan

I also have to keep my CDs and video games in order. CDs go alphabetically by artist then chronologically by release date. Video games go by order of Metacritic score from highest to lowest.

I once had an afternoon to myself and I went to Best Buy. I was wondering around in the music section looking for nothing in particular and saw that the section for Metallica was extremely disordered. I rearranged it with earliest on the bottom available shelf (and St. Anger hidden away behind less objectionable material). I then realized that the sections for many of my other preferred bands may be disordered as well, so I started wandering around "fixing" them as well. After I got around to Megadeth, a manager came by, asked me what on earth I was doing, then asked me to leave. I still don't understand why...

I also feel compelled to square any two digit number I see in my head.

I can't focus on the task in front of me if I know there is something very important that needs my attention that I need to get done and off my chest.

And all kinds of other stuff as well.

i arrange all my familys shoes by Size Sister last (size:7 age 13) My Mom (size:10 Age 45) Dad (Size 10.5 age 43) Me (Size 11 age 14 and 5 months) i have some problems?

1. I always organize my cds no matter what.

2. I tend to keep a stack of books level with each other.

3. If I spilled something, I tend to make a huge deal out of it and usually I rush to the kitchen to wipe my mess.

4. I organize the chairs so that its level with the wall.

Pointing out why I don't want England to be like America. This happens everytime see the news, no joke.

Paintings, must be straight.

Pencils, must be left on the desk in uniform and perfect order.

Toast, must not be burnt

I lock the door to my apartment, take about five steps & then ask myself if I actually locked the door to my apartment.... This makes it necessary for me to turn around and check it. It happens almost every day, sometimes twice

[QUOTE="fracot"] What I mean is if I walk past something and look at it, and the corner is blocked by some other object, I have to back up and see that corner. I do the same thing as your g/f to remember things but in a slightly different way, I like to map everything in my head. When my OCD is bad I map my thinking patterns to images. It is very pointless and unnecessary thinking. For example If I am watching a film I may recap on a part to 'fully' understand it, I do this by mapping every scene and then 'flying' over them tracing the movements of the characters. Hope this explains it a bit better.quadraleap

Thats very much for explaining. I understand what you mean by corners now...and I almost do about images....but I cant quite bridge the gap on it. If my scanner was connected I'd show you what she drew, and perhaps you could relate to it and explain it in a way that I could understand. Maybe its just one of those things that one has to experience, or perhaps I do it in some manner and I just dont realise it. I really want to understand for myself and relating to her.

I only have minor OCDs, luckily. I have to listen to music at 20, 25, 50, 75 or 100 volume, else I go nuts...Deihjan

god im glad i don't have ocd :) XD4NTESINF3RNOX

For years I'd have to chew evenly. If I had 8 chicken nuggets in front of me, I'd have to chew 4 on the left side and 4 on the right, or else my mouth would get tense. Fortunately, I weaned myself out of that. :P

Now I keep waking up until about 20 minutes before I fall asleep to make sure that the alarm is on. Plus there's usually one clock in my place I refuse to switch, since I hate Daylight Savings. :roll:

I keep all my books and movies in alphabetical order. Whenever I get a new book, I have to move stuff around on the bookshelves to make sure it gets placed in the correct alphabetical order (by author last name, then first name, then book title).

This probably doesn't count, but whenever I save in video games, I save like three times just to be safe.Cantius

Yeah, whenever I turn off a video game, even if I just reached an autosave point, I quicksave and then create a save file...

This probably doesn't count, but whenever I save in video games, I save like three times just to be safe.Cantius

Every time I get less than a B on anything I obsess over it to the point where I lose sleep.

I also have to have my books in perfect order; if I have a series of books, their covers need to all be either paperback or hardcover, and they all need to have been designed by the same artist, or I can't even bring myself to buy them.

If I had a scanner I would. Though I don't know what you'd be expecting... It looks just like I described it.homegirl2180