[valkyrie]

Ha! I thought I didn't have any of these "issues" until I sat here and read everyone else's, and I realized that I --

must put in my left earring before the right

must have the sheet and blanket tucked in at the foot of the bed

cannot stand food touching, although I have chilled out about this one a little (I can't stand it when people used to make fun of me and say that it all touches in your stomach -- well, duh, I can't taste it when it's there!)

can't eat the butt end of a pickle

retie my shoes until they feel equally tight or loose

I also have serious claustrophobia issues, so I prefer doors to be OPEN. I won't close the bathroom door at all if I'm home alone.

Edited to add: OMG, I forgot about the thing I obsess over *every* night -- my alarm clock. I set three alarms every night: my regular clock/radio, a battery operated alarm and a watch alarm. They are all set for different times. I check each alarm repeatedly before I can go to sleep, and I stress out about it every time. The clock/radio is the worst -- I check am/pm a million times, and I turn the radio on at least three times, to make sure the volume is MAD CRAZY LOUD. I am always terribly afraid of oversleeping, because when I was younger I overslept all the time. I used to have to locate alarm clocks throughout my room so I'd have to get up and find them to shut them off, but I would still oversleep. I'm better now, but I can still hit the snooze button for *hours* without even being aware that I'm doing it. But I am totally obsessed with my alarms. For real, if one of them didn't go off I would probably oversleep and miss work. That would be awful, and it's super important that I not oversleep because it takes me FOREVER to get ready in the morning (I am also one who doesn't like to leave home without makeup/hair/clothes reasonably perfect).