Borderline OCD

[heatmeiser]

Does anyone else have weird little OCD-lite things that you can't help but do?

I've just taken the dog out for a [Poor language removed] and realised for the first time that I don't allow myself back into the house until the song on my MP3 player has finished. Which can be a right ballache in this weather if it's Mogwai or someone.

I also never, ever walk over triple grids (those concrete bastards), but if for some reason I can't avoid it (narrow pavement, inner ear problems, being pushed along in a shopping trolley, etc) then I can offset the effect by muttering 'mushrooms' out loud. Not sure what the 'effect' I'm offsetting would actually be though...

Also, back to poo, whenever I go for a mandump I alway have to obey the triple check.

Check #1 - Lift the toilet seat, checking for potential dangers - venomous spiders, scorpions, poison darts.

Check #2 - Lower seat, surreptitiously checking for hidden razor blades as I do.

Check #3 - Just as evacuation commences quickly rise up and glance down to ensure there are no skeletal hands reaching up from the bowl to grab my nads and drag me down into the shitty bowels of their sewer dwelling.

I wish I was joking.

 

[RFUS]

Yeah, kinda.

Everything always has to be in order. DVDs on a shelf, folders on a computer. By that I mean everything must be in alphabetical order, or chronological, etc.

In addition everything has to be symmetrical. The way my icons line up on the desktop, the positioning of things on a shelf, everything has to abide to my compulsive need for symmetry. That's why I hate those Alpha Romeos, with the license plates on one side.




Oh and another weird one is that I never stop listening to a song without it finishing first. If I'm in a rush, I will literally fast forward to the last 3 seconds and let it end itself. Can't explain that one.

 

[chrissyjack]

I don't really care for order in my house. I like a house to look " lived-in ". Mind you, Mine atm looks " slept-in "

 

[Sharpys top lip]

Everything must be at a right angle

 

[heatmeiser]

Everything must be at a right angle

That sounds quite painful.

 

[Nordecke]

Does anyone else have weird little OCD-lite things that you can't help but do?

I've just taken the dog out for a [Poor language removed] and realised for the first time that I don't allow myself back into the house until the song on my MP3 player has finished. Which can be a right ballache in this weather if it's Mogwai or someone.

I also never, ever walk over triple grids (those concrete bastards), but if for some reason I can't avoid it (narrow pavement, inner ear problems, being pushed along in a shopping trolley, etc) then I can offset the effect by muttering 'mushrooms' out loud. Not sure what the 'effect' I'm offsetting would actually be though...

Also, back to poo, whenever I go for a mandump I alway have to obey the triple check.

Check #1 - Lift the toilet seat, checking for potential dangers - venomous spiders, scorpions, poison darts.

Check #2 - Lower seat, surreptitiously checking for hidden razor blades as I do.

Check #3 - Just as evacuation commences quickly rise up and glance down to ensure there are no skeletal hands reaching up from the bowl to grab my nads and drag me down into the shitty bowels of their sewer dwelling.

I wish I was joking.

I propped my feet on the toilet seat and squatted in a crouched position, while looking down the toilet until I was 10 or so.. The movie critters F-ed me up as a child..

 

[chicoazul]

Let me think, in the mean time I'd like to share that I had a [Poor language removed] in the bog in the gym yesterday for the first time ever but left my gym gloves on so was a nightmare trying to wipe without polluting the gloves. Mad.

 

[Alio]

Never walk on 3 drains

Salute magpies

I have a thing about Writing Every Other Word In Capitals, But I'm Trying To Cut Down On It Now......(I think iTunes made me do it, check song titles) Talking of iTunes, I actually do get raged if I have songs without a picture, or album name. I know people who have track 1 by an unknown artist!! Grrrrrrrr

I never leave anything on a plate when I'm eating....why do people leave like 3 chips? I just can't do it

And just for fun, has anyone ever tried putting on a pair of trousers with the wrong leg first? Try it now, feels weird. I know that's not OCD'ish, but feels weird to do, ha

 

[RFUS]

Never walk on 3 drains

Salute magpies

I have a thing about Writing Every Other Word In Capitals, But I'm Trying To Cut Down On It Now......(I think iTunes made me do it, check song titles) Talking of iTunes, I actually do get raged if I have songs without a picture, or album name. I know people who have track 1 by an unknown artist!! Grrrrrrrr

I never leave anything on a plate when I'm eating....why do people leave like 3 chips? I just can't do it

And just for fun, has anyone ever tried putting on a pair of trousers with the wrong leg first? Try it now, feels weird. I know that's not OCD'ish, but feels weird to do, ha

Ah yes, my neatness fetish comes into play in iTunes all the time.

I must have spent a good 20+ hours over the years going over all my songs, to ensure they all have the correct years, album art and so on, and that all the names of the bands and albums are grammatically correct.

 

[Nordecke]

I also used to get mad when people would walk on the fresh lines that a vacuum made on the carpet.. I would have to re-vacuum the room in this instance..

 

[Alio]

Ah yes, my neatness fetish comes into play in iTunes all the time.

I must have spent a good 20+ hours over the years going over all my songs, to ensure they all have the correct years, album art and so on, and that all the names of the bands and albums are grammatically correct.

Honestly, I reckon a good year of my life has been spent on mine and others, sadly ! Ha

 

[heatmeiser]

Never walk on 3 drains

Salute magpies

I have a thing about Writing Every Other Word In Capitals, But I'm Trying To Cut Down On It Now......(I think iTunes made me do it, check song titles) Talking of iTunes, I actually do get raged if I have songs without a picture, or album name. I know people who have track 1 by an unknown artist!! Grrrrrrrr

I never leave anything on a plate when I'm eating....why do people leave like 3 chips? I just can't do it

And just for fun, has anyone ever tried putting on a pair of trousers with the wrong leg first? Try it now, feels weird. I know that's not OCD'ish, but feels weird to do, ha

I employ the Chuck Norris both-legs-at-once technique. Like a small boy. Or a ninja.

 

[RFUS]

Honestly, I reckon a good year of my life has been spent on mine and others, sadly ! Ha

It's annoying.


I see other peoples' ipods and music libraries, and see random songs by random artists... with the wrong names and such. I cringe. I can't have just a few songs by an artist as well, I need full albums. And if said albums have bonus tracks, I have to have them all. I'm a completionist, I guess, too.


I'm well odd.

 

[Alio]

It's annoying.


I see other peoples' ipods and music libraries, and see random songs by random artists... with the wrong names and such. I cringe. I can't have just a few songs by an artist as well, I need full albums. And if said albums have bonus tracks, I have to have them all. I'm a completionist, I guess, too.


I'm well odd.

No, I am totally with you on that too. I'm like the iTunes Police

 

[Nordecke]

It's annoying.


I see other peoples' ipods and music libraries, and see random songs by random artists... with the wrong names and such. I cringe. I can't have just a few songs by an artist as well, I need full albums. And if said albums have bonus tracks, I have to have them all. I'm a completionist, I guess, too.


I'm well odd.

You'll get no argument here..