Plenty of us have ****ed up OCD things we do. Why not get together and share them? Here are mine :D

-have to stare at the numbers on my medicine the right way before i take it
-takes me forever to read because i have to perfectly comprehend each word before i move on
-when i was maybe 11 id cry trying to set my glasses down perfectly before I went to bed
-whenever i swear i have to mumble sorry under my breath
- have to stare at the vent where the chair is slightly over it for half a minute every night to make sure its okay and that nothing will catch on fire even though its summer and its ****ing cold air
-the classic light switch one, I don't do it as much as I did when I was little, but I still do every once in awhile...especially when there's water near it and I have to keep flicking it to make sure the water doesn't make it spark...makes a lot of sense lol
-i always have to check my dogs water bowl and if i dont fill it, even if theres still slightly some in there, i feel like i cant do anything
-when i eat something like popcorn i have to take two at once and put one on either side of my mouth
-i have to say goodnight to my dog the right way at night or i think shes going to die
-i have to push the off button on the oven even when its off, just in case
-sometimes if im in the same room with someone when im sleeping i have to see if theyre breathing by seeing if their stomach goes up in down, otherwise i cant sleep...
-I feel like I HAVE to have an at LEAST partially full water bottle near me before I sleep
-If I touch my feet or something I feel like I HAVE to wash my hands
-when I put the caps on pens, the clip part has to be on the writing
-this weird thing where I feel like I always have to touch the palm of my hand with my index finger, especially if I'm scared or something bad's happening...lately I've had to touch my knees together, too

that's mostly all current stuff. When I was little it was far worse.

this is kind of embarassing but i have to sleep with my toy light saber next to me before i go to bed or i get nervous

"sometimes if im in the same room with someone when im sleeping i have to see if theyre breathing but seeing if their stomach goes up in down, otherwise i cant sleep..."

omfg i do the same thing i sometimes nudge them to see if they make a noise!!!

if i wear one peice of jewelry one day i have to wear it everyday after that for good luck

this is kind of embarassing but i have to sleep with my toy light saber next to me before i go to bed or i get nervous

"sometimes if im in the same room with someone when im sleeping i have to see if theyre breathing but seeing if their stomach goes up in down, otherwise i cant sleep..."

omfg i do the same thing i sometimes nudge them to see if they make a noise!!!

if i wear one peice of jewelry one day i have to wear it everyday after that for good luck
Yeah, I once stopped wearing a necklace just because bad stuff kept happening wheneve I wore it. It was pretty, too -_-

Lets see...

I Wish my hands probably 30 times a day.

I Check the door about 4 times before going to bed to make sure its locked.

I Have to say goodnight to each of my animals at night seperately.

I Used to make weird noises, Cause I Didnt feel right If I Didnt.

I HAVE To go to the bathroom before going to bed. Even If I Don't have to go, I Force myself to go, Or I Won't be able to sleep.

I Check the door about 4 times before going to bed to make sure its locked.

I Used to make weird noises, Cause I Didnt feel right If I Didnt.

Yup, check those for me, too.

lol when i go to the bathroom i go back like 19 times to make sure i flushed the toilet or didnt get pee on the toilet seat

I have to touch my alarm clock over and over and over to make sure that it is on.

lol when i go to the bathroom i go back like 19 times to make sure i flushed the toilet or didnt get pee on the toilet seat
AHAHA YES. My sister calls me a scumbag for checking for pee lmao. I can't help it, I always tilt my head back to see if any liquid on the seat catches the light. Lmao OCD is a pain in the ass but it sounds freaking hilarious just talking about it. :lol:

AHAHA YES. My sister calls me a scumbag for checking for pee lmao. I can't help it, I always tilt my head back to see if any liquid on the seat catches the light. Lmao OCD is a pain in the ass but it sounds freaking hilarious just talking about it. :lol:

lol i know- sometimes you miss things the first 10 times you back to check and i like knowing that other people are kinda nuerotic like me :)

lol i know- sometimes you miss things the first 10 times you back to check and i like knowing that other people are kinda nuerotic like me :)
Yeah. Hell, the stuff doesn't seem weird to me anymore because it's such a part of my life. What a pain in the ass, though...

this is kind of embarassing but i have to sleep with my toy light saber next to me before i go to bed or i get nervousThis is embarassing for me because I'm almost 15, but I have to sleep with my stuffed bear or a blanket or something to hold during the night or I can't sleep. ;) Even during the day I have to hold onto something like when I'm watching tv or on the computer. I'm holding my bear right now! :D lol :lol: I just wanna cuddle. :)

OCD is a disease/disorder, you all are just listing bad or annoying habits. There is a difference.

Lots of people have weird quirks that they practice, only if it gets to the point where it is so severe that it interferes with everyday life to the point where you cannot function as a normal person (without medicine and therapy) is it OCD. While I'm sure some other people here do have OCD, it's not fair for us that really do suffer from OCD to compare it to quirks and habits.

oh and another thing i always make sure i dont say things like "ill do this even if it kills me" or id rather die than..." im always afraid that if i say that it will happen

OCD is a disease/disorder, you all are just listing bad or annoying habits. There is a difference.

Lots of people have weird quirks that they practice, only if it gets to the point where it is so severe that it interferes with everyday life to the point where you cannot function as a normal person (without medicine and therapy) is it OCD. While I'm sure some other people here do have OCD, it's not fair for us that really do suffer from OCD to compare it to quirks and habits.
i know i don't have anything like what you've described before but i have had uncontrollable urges to do things like touch my alarm clock frequently when i know inside it's ridculous. it's not severe but it is obsessive-compulsive in my mind.

i know i don't have anything like what you've described before but i have had uncontrollable urges to do things like touch my alarm clock frequently when i know inside it's ridculous. it's not severe but it is obsessive-compulsive in my mind.

It is obsessive-compulsive but I wouldn't say it was obsessive-compulsive disorder, lots of habits and things people do for good luck or feel compelled to do are often obsessive-compulsive. But only when it becomes a huge problem and interferes with life is it the disorder. I think habit or quirk is a better way to describe things like that.

I hope I don't offend anyone with my post, but for people with severe OCD it's kind of offensive to see habits being compared to the actual disorder. Just don't want to come off as sounding like my problems are bigger than yours, it's not that at all. It's just the comparison of habits with mild obessive-compulsiveness (k i dont think thats a word lol) to the awful disorder has always kind of bothered me.

i'll just compile things i've said about my symptoms on here before. i started getting compulsions when i was about six and they've been getting worse and worse through the years.

thanks to OCD i can hardly use my computer. i can't even post some things on here because i can't figure out the "right" way to type it. which exact words to use, how many exclamation marks to put after a sentence, what and what not to capitalize, where to put smileys, which punctuation to use, etc. it has nothing to do with whether it's grammatically correct, it's just that my nerves irritate me when something doesn't look "right" or evened out. plus i always feel the need to hit certain keys. lately whenever i use the backspace key, i have to hit it exactly 8 times (or 16, or 24, it has to be divisible by 8), even if it's just one character i messed up on.

- whenever something touches or associates with a part of my body in any way, it has to be done to the other side or me, otherwise i get this nervously irritating feeling.

- if i click on one side of the screen on a computer, i usually have to click the other. same thing with video games, if the character walk to one side of the screen they have to walk to the other. my god it's annoying. you should just see how bad it is when i click on the smilies.

- how do i explain this.. for example, if someone flips me off with their right hand they have to do it with their left hand. meh

- when i touch something like a button with my index finger i have to touch it with my middle finger and vice versa. i have to click my mouse with both fingers because of it. it's terrible.

- when someone means to say something in plural form but they don't, i need for them to repeat what they said but say it in plural form.

- sometimes when i say something, i have to hum first until it feels right.

- i get weird thoughts like "if i don't sit cross legged i'm gonna die" or "if i'm not in my room by the next time the phone rings i'm gonna die"

- sometimes i'll start reading something like an advertisement or a price tag and look away from it and i'll think "if i don't finish reading that then i'll never know what it says and it will haunt me for the rest of my life."

- sometimes when i push buttons or turn on a light switch or something, i have to keep pushing it until it feels right.. yeah i probably look like a freak when i do it. it happens alot when i play video games. lol.

- i always feel the need to look up, grunt, nod my head, roll my eyes, make certain facial expressions etc. its usually one gesture at a time for a long time until it changes to another one, but its annoying especially when i'm in public.

- alot of the time when i write a period at the end of a sentence, it has to be perfectly round. ugh i hate that

- if me or someone else scratches something like a sidewalk or chalkboard, they need to scratch something soft like an eraser or rubber immediately. or if someone rubs two hard surfaces together (like nails and a chalkboard, or glass and a sidewalk) and it makes a squeaky or scratchy noise, they need to do it again but without making the noise even though alot of the time it's not possible.

- everything needs to sound "smooth".. if someone is is a spinning chair and they spin and make a sqeaking noise like it needs to be oiled, they have to do it again but so it's not making any noise and it sounds smoother. and if someone rubs their hand across a balloon and speaks it, they have to do it again without making it squeak. one time some girl at school was spinning around in one of those chairs and squeaking it really loud and i was DYING. the more she did it, the more i literally got more into a fetal position. when she got up from it i ran over there and spun it around a few times without it making noise. omfg it felt so good.

- sometimes i think to myself "it's weird how i never realize when im blinking" and the i stop blinking... and when i blink again im like "well i noticed it that time" and it goes on for a long time.

- when i'm watching tv or listening to a song, i have to kind of lip-synch everything everyone is saying, otherwise i feel like i need to catch up. if it's something i've never heard, i have to follow their lead. and if i slow down, i have to say everything i missed really fast until i get caught up.

- i CANNOT be alone in the dark. and i literally scream bloody murder if i ever am. i just know that something supernatural is gonna come, and i'm also scared to talk about it in detail. even on the internet.

- all my cds HAVE to be in the order that i got them in.

- i have to check everything ALL the time. like if i put something in an envelope, i have to check like 10 times to make sure it's in there.

- i wash my hands ALL the time. i hate the thought of having germs on my hands or whatever... i wash them everytime i touch something that has been touched by alot of people, like money or a public keyboard & mouse.

- i'm always so scared my house is gonna catch on fire or something. i have a bag of my most valuable stuff to grab in case it does.

- i always think i'm doing something wrong... like every time i walk into a classroom, i have a feeling that i'm going to the wrong period. meh.

- i'm always scared of hurting people. im scared of making friends because i feel like im gonna do something to them. and im kind of scared to drive because i just know i'm gonna run over an animal or something.

- i'm always scared that i'm gonna do something that i avoid doing. sometimes i'll just be sitting somewhere in public and i get the feeling that i'm gonna uncontrollably do something like jump up and scream.

- i always collect useless garbage in case i need it for something, even thouhgh i know i wont... like in case i win a million dollars for having it. yeah im weird.

- im so friggan superstitious... i havent gone over a railroad track in a car without lifting my feet up in 4 years. and i avoid black cats and the number 13, hold my breath while passing the cemetary or going through a tunnel, etc... it's really bad. i just know that if i dont do everything like that something terrible is gonna happen.

- alot of misc behavior that i havent listed.

[in reference to the board changes in january]
my OCD will not settle down. i'm not demanding a change for my personal convinience but it's irritating the hell out of me where everything is now. there's several things i can't look at without having to go through one of my compulsion routines.

also my OCD symptoms are becoming too controlling and at this rate i probably won't be able to freaking move within the next few years. i always have to type certain things, use certain words/charatacters etc and click on certain things, play with the windows, move the cursor on certain things for a certain amount of time etc, do **** with the mouse, hit certain keys etc. using computers is probably the thing i enjoy most, i've been obsessed with them for years and now i can hardly use the damn thing. **** it all

i'm gonna just obey my OCD from now on when i post. if you see me posting weird stuff like "hhhhhhhdyyyyssj" or posting a bunch of smilies or something, frankly its not my fault.

Mainly because i have body spasms and i cant make it stop.. i always feel the need to roll my eyes, nod, squint, make weird noises etc and ive been like that for years. when i was 8 i always felt the need for my eyes to look to the side really fast and it got so bad i started to not even notice i was doing it. and i always have to make i even, like if i roll my eyes one way i have to do it the other way. same with touching... if i touch something with one hand i have to touch it with the other hand. when i use the mouse for my computer, i have to click with both my index and middle finger or else it bothers me. i also have all these weird thoughts, like if im reading a billboard and stop reading it in mid-sentence i'll be like "if i dont finish reading it, i'll be wondering what it said for the rest of my life and i'll never know" or if im writing something down and i put a period i'll think it's not round enough or something and try to get it perfectly round. its annoying.

I havent been diagnosed with OCD but im about positive i have it.. i always have to make everything 'even', like if i touch something with one hand i have to touch it with the other or else i get irritated. and EVERYTHING i touch with my middle finger has to be touched with my index finger and vice versa, i have to use both fingers to click the mouse. ive been just dealing with it but its gotten so bad that i'm like that on the computer. like if i click on one side of the page, i have to click on the other. its annoying beyond belief.

Oh my god, i seriously thought i was the only one like that. i think the most ridiculous things like "if i dont sit cross legged, something bad will happen" or if im listening to a song i'll think "if i'm not in the kitchen by the time they sing the next line, something bad will happen" it's not as bad as it was a few years ago, but it still happens and i hate it.

And i get really, REALLY irritated by some things people do that have no effect on me or anything. i mean like if they scratch their nails against something like cement or chalk... uggggh. i just get this uncomfortable feeling in my stomach until they scratch something soft. the same thing goes for when i scratch a chalkboard or something, but i can see why because its just me wanting to sooth my nerves, but i have no idea why it bothers me when other people do it.

Yeah, a few years ago my mom saw me constantly nodding my head back and she asked why and i said i just kept getting the urge to. at least she took it seriously until like my dad who just made fun of me when i told him about why i think i have OCD... he was just laughing and saying "so if you put one hand in a fire, you'll want to put in the other one to?" *******.

[in reference to the previous chit chat logo]
i see the red guy's eyes are outlined in the second choice but it looks like he's looking up while the blue guy is looking down and it has my OCD throbbing.

that pretty much sums up all of them.

-takes me forever to read because i have to perfectly comprehend each word before i move on
-when i was maybe 11 id cry trying to set my glasses down perfectly before I went to bed
-i have to say goodnight to my dog the right way at night or i think shes going to die
-If I touch my feet or something I feel like I HAVE to wash my hands
-this weird thing where I feel like I always have to touch the palm of my hand with my index finger, especially if I'm scared or something bad's happening...lately I've had to touch my knees together, too
yeah, that's me. i know what you mean with comprehending everything you read. not only do i have to focus on and comprehend each word evenly, i have to sort of lip synch what it says with my mouth closed. EVERYTHING i read, i have to say it silently without actually speaking, my mouth has to be closed, and my tongue has to be stiff. and on top of that, i usually have to do this thing with my throat until it feels right before i begin. if not all of those apply, i get annoyed and feel like i have to catch up.

i always carry a pocket knife and a little can of pepper spray (it's on a keychain) with me when i go in public, and i have another can of pepper spray in a box by my bed. if i don't have anything with me for self-defense, i feel like i'm going to get assaulted and won't be able to get away.

i also have this thing with imitating a lot of things i see on tv. like if someone makes a facial expression, i have to do it too. it's not EVERYTHING thank god, but basically whenever i watch tv, i have to do it at least once or twice. the thing about mouthing everything i read applies to it too. it doesn't have to be everything either, just random quotes i need to repeat, usually ones that stand out. if i forget what i'm supposed to say, i have to try really hard to remember until i do remember, and then i have to repeat it to catch up or else it will annoy me for a while. the only difference between that and reading is that my mouth can be a little more loose, rather than closed up with muscles contracted.

my compulsions occur so much, in every little thing i do, that even though it annoys me, i don't always consciously realize it's happening. that's just how much it happens. i often imagine how free i would feel if i didn't have any urges like that. i don't even remember what it's like to be able to do anything i want without my nerves being irritated if i don't do pointless stupid things.

I Wish my hands probably 30 times a day.

I Check the door about 4 times before going to bed to make sure its locked.

I Used to make weird noises, Cause I Didnt feel right If I Didnt.
same here. i don't wash my hands THAT often, but pretty much whenever i touch anything that other people touch. i refuse to use a hand towel to dry my hands because other people in the house use it, i have to use a paper towel instead. when i touch door knobs or handles, i use as little part of the palm of my hand that i can. when i'm in public bathrooms or hotels i have to use a tissue or paper towel or something to touch everything other people put their hands on.

i always check to see if my door is locked too, sometimes three or four times. i sort of think, maybe i was just imagining that it was locked.

i have to make noises sometimes too, like grunting until it feels right. for the past several years the urge to do so has always seemed to apply for just a few weeks, go away, and come back several months later. i've been having to do it for the past week or so after maybe 6-8 months of not having to, it seems to be going away though.

It is obsessive-compulsive but I wouldn't say it was obsessive-compulsive disorder, lots of habits and things people do for good luck or feel compelled to do are often obsessive-compulsive. But only when it becomes a huge problem and interferes with life is it the disorder. I think habit or quirk is a better way to describe things like that.

I hope I don't offend anyone with my post, but for people with severe OCD it's kind of offensive to see habits being compared to the actual disorder. Just don't want to come off as sounding like my problems are bigger than yours, it's not that at all. It's just the comparison of habits with mild obessive-compulsiveness (k i dont think thats a word lol) to the awful disorder has always kind of bothered me.
i see where you're coming from and agree i don't have the disorder. but i consider the habit itself obsessive-compulsive.

I'm pretty sure I have the disorder. Like I said, it's not even as bad as it used to be. I'd sit crying and wish it would go away. I was just afraid something bad would happen if I didn't do something and the right way. I still feel like that, and even try to reverse it. I make myself feel if I do something OCD related, that something bad will happen. It's helped slightly. Nonetheless, I try to hide it all and whenever I'm caught doing something I feel like a complete ass. Sometimes I'll have to worry about dying in so and so days if I didn't do something right. I seriously feel like it's possible. It's like you can't just do things normally and care free like most people. I know other people have it worse than me, but from what experience I have with it, it's the biggest ****ing pain in the ass.

. Sometimes I'll have to worry about dying in so and so days if I didn't do something right. I seriously feel like it's possible. It's like you can't just do things normally and care free like most people. I know other people have it worse than me, but from what experience I have with it, it's the biggest ****ing pain in the ass.

we must be like the same person cause i feel the same way all the time lol i always feel like im the only person who has to worry about that kind of stuff

Hare my obsessive-compulsive habits (some already mentioned, some not):

I MUST use the bathroom before going to bed -- I will force myself if I have to!

I MUST drink a glass of water before going to bed.

Every time I pass by someone who is asleep, I HAVE to see if they are still alive and breathing, LOL.

It takes me forever to write essays for school because everything has to be PERFECT. I will re-read the same sentence for 30 minutes and not change a single thing. :o

My school binder CANNOT be out of order.

There's no such thing as a "cross out" -- just white out!

I MUST write letters with a Sharpie.

Math must be done on college-ruled paper.
English must be done on wide-ruled paper.

I cannot stand crooked lines... I must use a ruler for EVERYTHING.

Wrinkled papers will HAVE to be replaced.

I MUST browse the net in the following order:
Check mail, check journal #1, check journal #2, before I can do ANYTHING else.

..and some more, but now I'm tired. :p

-I just HAVE to have my car keys IN my hands when I am LOCKING my car door. Otherwise, I will not lock my door UNTIL I find them. I panick if I don't have my car keys in my hand because I fear locking my keys in my car or car trunk.

-I WILL go any route compulsively to AVOID any kind of potential accidents. I AM sooo fearful of seeing dead bodies or decapitated people whenever I drive and see a car accident. It's the whole visual image that will scar me and give me endless nightmares. If I see ambulances and cop cars, I just drive straight and avoid all the ruckus so I won't see anything I MIGHT fear. About two weeks ago, there was backup traffic, and as we got closer, I saw this car flipped over at a bus stop. I just kept looking straight, but I had this AWFUL pit in my stomach and almost had an anxiety attack filled with major panic. I didn't see any people, but I re-routed, so that is the reason. It was HORRIBLE!!

-I use paper towels to touch/open door knobs in public places. Otherwise, I freak out AND have to repeatedly wash my hands to take the "yuck" out. It'd feel inadequette to use my bare hands.

-I just HAVE to get online, at least, once a day. It's a habit just like eating or drinking or sleeping. When I get online, I MUST check my primary and secondary email accounts (there are only two total). After I do, I have to keep refreshing the browser of my primary account AND of forums I visit in order to see what is new. This is especially true if I am very bored or just waiting on responses to my posts/threads.

-I am quite good about compulsively obsessing OVER people I care about or want to befriend. I feel like if I don't try my hardest, I WILL lose them. Because of this, I have possessed a clingy feeling towards them. Like, some people say they are very fearful of getting close to people because they are afraid of becoming friends? Well, I am the TOTAL opposite. I CAN become such a total leech and such a pain! I've been soooo lucky to come across ONE friend who is sooo understanding about this flaw of mine, and he's even helped me. Wow....that's guts! He has been helping me a bit.

-I am paranoid about my paranoia. I am also neurotic about my neuroticism.

All of this is stuff I DO or THINK about on a DAILY basis, sadly...

I kinda have a lot

-I have to flush the toilet every time I go in the bathroom even if I didn't go because it makes me feel gross if I dont.
-My fan in my room has to be in the exact some spot or positison every night
-When I had glasses when I was younger they HAD to be PERFECTLY clean or else I'd refuse to wear them
-I can't have my watch in my room at night because it beeps at ever hour and makes me feel like I can't sleep
-When I was little I would always get freaked out when I went to stores at night cause I was afraid of getting locked in
-I used to sleep with like 15 stuffed animals when I was little and I couldn't sleep if I didn't
-My food has to look and taste exactly the way I'm used to or I can't eat it
-I get nervous around lighters and matches because im afraid that a fire will start
-I always have to call my parent's names every once in a while because if I don't hear from them from a while Im afraid that they are hurt
-I'm afraid to flush public toielts cause I'm afraid that they'll overflow. I'm trying to overcome that one
-When I was little I had to tell my mom not to lift her weights while I was asleep because I was afraid she would drop them on her face
-I have to say goodnight to everyone in my family or else I can't sleep
-95% of the posts I make on here I edit because I don't like the way they sound
-I get nervous a lot when my parents aren't around

That was embarrising.

More to add....

-I HAVE to have ALL lights off in order for me to sleep, yet I fear the dark itself. Weird!! If they're on, I MAKE myself stay up until they are off. Worse thing is I sleep in the livingroom because I refuse to sleep in the same room as my sister.

-I have such a phobia of lighting candles that I avoid them at ALL costs. I either have someone else do it or make up some excuse.

-If I listen to music, I HAVE to be in a certain mood to listen to certain songs; otherwise, I have to repeat it or stop it until I AM in that mood. Same with watching funny scenes happening on certain sitcoms.

-I HAVE to organize all my clothes in my closet in accordance to tops and bottoms, AND they have to be color-coordinated like the flowing colors of a rainbow - from oranges to reds to maroons to purples to blues, etc, etc.

-When I am instant messaging or surfing online, I fear others are monitoring me, so I look through my peripheral vision just to make sure they aren't. My sister has even told me she can see my eyes creepily turn towards her without even turning my head! I know I am NOT doing anything wrong, but I still do it.

-I can't stop getting the thought of people hating me or stop talking to me for no apparent reason. I can't help but to drive myself crazy in thinking of ways they would stop liking me. I do it nearly daily!! I am getting better at this, but still... it's still lingering...

-I obsess about what I eat WILL give me bad health consequences later on but still don't do anything about it. Hmmm...

-If I am about to go somewhere important OR meet up with someone important, I obsessive use the restroom to rid of nerves and make myself go if I don't feel like it. I'd panick and fear I will need to badly use the restroom WHILE I am talking with an important person and will miss my opportunity.

Some things people have said also apply to me so I'm gonna quote them

-i have to say goodnight to my dog the right way at night or i think shes going to die Yep, that also applies with my family for me

i can't even post some things on here because i can't figure out the "right" way to type it. which exact words to use, how many exclamation marks to put after a sentence, what and what not to capitalize, where to put smileys, which punctuation to use, etc. it has nothing to do with whether it's grammatically correct, it's just that my nerves irritate me when something doesn't look "right" or evened out. plus i always feel the need to hit certain keys.

- sometimes i'll start reading something like an advertisement or a price tag and look away from it and i'll think "if i don't finish reading that then i'll never know what it says and it will haunt me for the rest of my life."
- sometimes i think to myself "it's weird how i never realize when im blinking" and the i stop blinking... and when i blink again im like "well i noticed it that time" and it goes on for a long time. I do that with breathing too

- i'm always so scared my house is gonna catch on fire or something.

- i CANNOT be alone in the dark. Me neither, I have to sleep with a little light in my room. *hides*

- i always think i'm doing something wrong... like every time i walk into a classroom, i have a feeling that i'm going to the wrong period. meh.

Hare my obsessive-compulsive habits (some already mentioned, some not):



Every time I pass by someone who is asleep, I HAVE to see if they are still alive and breathing, LOL.



Me too

Okay, I am nit-picking at EVERYTHING I repeatedly do, but I think my BIGGEST OCD-like problem is this:

over-analyzing

Oh, my gosh! I am sooooo terrible at this! I cannot break out of this habit that it can be so draining on people I care about. I analyze this and that and HOW it was said and WHY was it said and WHERE did it come from, etc, etc.... I have even saved some instant messages from certain special people in my life and WILL sit there and just re-read it over and over and try to read between the lines. I spend TOO much energy and time on it that I sometimes bring up something *I* didn't get to that person which can be so draining. I can just sulk there for HOURS just taking something under a microscope and just dissecting it. Wow... It's funny how I am sooo aware of this, yet I can't break out of this cycle.

Me neither, I have to sleep with a little light in my room. *hides*
me too. i am so scared of the dark. sometimes when i sit on the counter in the bathroom to clip my toenails or whatever, i accidently hit the light switch and turn it off and FRANTICALLY feel around for it and turn it on. i even pant a little. i always imagine how scared i'd be if i were in the shower and the power went out. oh. my. god... I WOULD FREAK.

last winter i started taking a medication for OCD and it seemed to help that a lot. i remember going outside to take out the trash one night without immediately running like hell back inside. yes, quite a miracle there. however, i had to stop taking the medication because it was unbelievably powerful. it made me get really dizzy every time i stood up after sitting down for a long time. i've always been getting dizzy every time i stand up while on my anti-depressant medications, but with this pill, the the dizziness was so immense that it made me lose my balance even when i could see straight, black out, partially lose my hearing, see everything in saturated color, breathe heavily, yell out random noises, shake, etc. those things never lasted for more than maybe 15 seconds, but i just couldn't live with it. it's like i was on crack.

me too. i am so scared of the dark. sometimes when i sit on the counter in the bathroom to clip my toenails or whatever, i accidently hit the light switch and turn it off and FRANTICALLY feel around for it and turn it on. i even pant a little. i always imagine how scared i'd be if i were in the shower and the power went out. oh. my. god... I WOULD FREAK.


Me too. I also hate waking up in the middle of the night and having to go to the bathroom and I windup turning out every light I could.

i have to sleep with my tv or a radio on b/c i dont like complete darkness or silence it scares the hell outta me

i have to sleep with my tv or a radio on b/c i dont like complete darkness or silence it scares the hell outta me
Me neither, but I can't sleep with the TV on so I have to sleep with a light.

I'm all about things being even. Like if I crack my knuckles/wrist on one side, I have to do it on the other. When I'm sleeping, i grind my teeth and I have to sleep on my back because my teeth move when I'm on my side and when I'm on my back, my bite is pretty much evened out.

When I'm eating, I have to chew evenly on both sides of my mouth. And I can't use one type of silverware (we have a few different styles, but there's one certain one that I cannot use.). Certain foods, though, I have to use plastic forks/spoons because...well I dont know why. I can't drink water through a straw.

You know how your lips can be like dry or moist or whatever? I'm doing this right now actually...My lips all have to be the same. Like I'll lick them and then wipe them with my fingers until its even. That doesnt make sense but whatever.

I constantly pull the backs off of my earrings just far enough so they dont come off...I do all of them on the right and then all of them on the left and push them all back on. I guess that could be considered a bad habit, but I do it all the time and I do it over and over until I get it right.

When I walk down the sidewalk, I count the number of steps I take in each square and don't step on the cracks separating each one. Sometimes I have to take like huge/really small steps in order to get to the next square.

If part of my hand gets wet, I have to spread it out evenly as much as I can.