What are you obsessive compulsive about? - Page 2

axotiger · #16 12-12-2002, 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by DWAlphaGam

... I can only write in my checkbook registry and my planner in black ink ...

Along those lines... I REFUSE to write in the registry in pen... just incase I screw up... and I like how a pencil is always the same color [duh!!] Also, my phonebook... all pencil.. hell people change phone numbers/ move all the time. And I had sorta a planner/diary/keep track of what I've been up to - book, that was in all black ink... in fact all with the same pen that has "Alpha Chi Omega" printed on it

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... I'm highlighting in a textbook, I have to use all the same color throughout the book. The only time I can use different colors of ink is if it's specifically color-coded ...

Same here... I think it's the whole neatness thing for me... oh well.

I like reading all of these, cause most of them I'm like, "wow, i do that too"...

xo_kathy · #17 12-12-2002, 11:31 AM

My major OCD habit comes out at this time of year. Christmas bulbs on the tree. I have a color scheme (jewel-toned red, blue, purple accented with gold). If any color is too close to another bulb of the same color, or shape, or design I have to move it. I continually get up off the couch from the day it's put up until the day I take it down moving ornaments.

agger_rob · #18 12-12-2002, 11:55 AM

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I have 2 main OCD things. The first is that all of my CD's have to be facing the right way in the case. The first thing I do when I get a new CD is open it up and spin it around so that it's right. I do it without even thinking about it.

That reminds me of another OCD I've got: my CD's have to be in alphabetical order and in their right spots on the rack. It drives me nuts when they're just laying around. And I've got around 200, so when I get a new CD that's by someone like Aerosmith, every CD after that has to get moved one spot down on the rack. I think I might have some sort of complex with this.

librasoul22 · #19 12-12-2002, 12:51 PM

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Originally posted by DWAlphaGam

...all of my CD's have to be facing the right way in the case. The first thing I do when I get a new CD is open it up and spin it around so that it's right. I do it without even thinking about it.

Yesssssss!!!

I do this too. I make sure that every CD in my CD books are facing the correct way as well as the CD's in their cases. I have TOOOOOOOOOO many CD's to count, but you'd better believe they are not turned all upside down!!

Um...I am one who doesn't like the food to touch as well.

I am also OC about my teeth. I don't drink coffee at all or drink dark sodas. I brush three times a day. My teeth are very white and I like to keep them that way.

I am sure I have more, but I will have to pay closer attention to my daily routines...

White_Chocolate · #20 12-12-2002, 02:06 PM

I am anal retentive about smells. I have a plug-in in every room of the house. I have carpet freshners, air freshners, candles, etc. I hate smells. I think it comes from living in a dorm. Ewwww!!!

AOX81 · #21 12-12-2002, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by librasoul22
Um...I am one who doesn't like the food to touch as well.

No, you are not the only one. For a long time I had a hard time eating at buffets!

Should we start a support group?

KillarneyRose · #22 12-12-2002, 02:12 PM

I cannot stand when someone dog-ears a book. You know, how some people fold the corner of a page down to keep their place?

I cannot stand clutter. As a result, things I should save often end up getting thrown out.

I cannot sleep in a bed that hasn't been made. If it is midnight and I am ready to go to sleep and the bed hasn't been made that day, I have to make it so I can unmake it and go to sleep.

amycat412 · #23 12-12-2002, 02:48 PM

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I cannot sleep in a bed that hasn't been made. If it is midnight and I am ready to go to sleep and the bed hasn't been made that day, I have to make it so I can unmake it and go to sleep.

OOOO me too! But --I can't leave the house without making the bed! I feel sleepy all day if the bed isn't made. Even on days when mr. amycat is sleeping in, i still have to tidy my siide of the bed before i go to work. and heaven help him if he gets up to use the bathroom before i leave for work, the bed will be made by the time he's done.

amycat412 · #24 12-12-2002, 02:49 PM

I can't leave my shoes just lying around. They come off my feet, they go back in their box, on their shelf in the closet. And I have one whole closet that is shelved floor to ceiiling and iis shoes and handbags only. They each have theiir place and they must be in it.

SoProud2BeAnAlphaXi · #25 12-12-2002, 02:56 PM

1. Grammar. I'm a compulsive editor. In particular, the incorrect use of "it's" makes me insane, and lack of subject-verb agreement (like the heading for the What Things Did You Accomplish this Year thread) just make me so edgy that it's all I can do not to correct people. But it's a good thing, in a way, because I've learned to suppress myself most of the time.

2. I have an annoying (to me, and surely to others) compulsion to clip my fingernails everytime someone comes into my office for casual conversation. It's not like my fingernails are in great shape -- they're not. And I don't even realize I'm doing it...I'll be having a great conversation with someone, and then I'll look down and notice that I've gotten my clippers out of my drawer and am clipping away while I talk. Gross, huh?

3. My kids' toys. There is a place for all of them. When I find a Thomas the Tank Engine part in the Lego drawer, I start going through them all one-by-one to be sure that nothing's intermixed. Books are segregated by size. And I set up the little Sesame Street blocks in Rainbow Order -- nothing else will do. It's a sea of compulsion in an otherwise fairly messy house.

Steeltrap · #26 12-12-2002, 03:00 PM

My gasoline purchases must end with 0 or 5. If I get, say $17.83 in gas, I will top it off to $17.85.

The1calledTKE · #27 12-12-2002, 03:14 PM

I can't stand messes needless to say I clean alot.

angelic1 · #28 12-12-2002, 03:14 PM

while none of these things are really oc (trust me i know what it is like to live with someone who has ocd) .. i do have my little tifs like everyone else...

the whole door thing thats me.. i cant stand to have a door open at anytime ecsp sleeping.. then also i dont like to ever have my back to a door.. i dont like how someone could come up behind you..

then i am really picky about wrinkles in my clothes and bed.. so much that i iron things always before i wear them (i have gotten better about this though.. dryer works good now) and i dont let people sit on my bed bc it will wrinkle... and everything must be tucked in perfectly...

AchtungBaby80 · #29 12-12-2002, 03:29 PM

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My gasoline purchases must end with 0 or 5. If I get, say $17.83 in gas, I will top it off to $17.85.

I do that too! Only I have to always end mine with a 0, like $10.30 or $15.70--no odd numbers allowed.

Also, when I parallel park (which I do several times a week as I have to leave my truck on the street when I'm staying on campus), my truck's tires have to be very close to, but not touching, the curb. I don't want to scuff my tires by rubbing them against the curb, but at the same time, I have nightmares about a speeding car flying by and taking my mirror off. My truck's bumpers must also be far enough away from the car in front and in back of it so that if the other person leaves, they can get out easily and not hit my truck in the process. I guess I can thank my dad for this...he refuses to leave his truck anywhere near a stray buggy at Wal-Mart, and gets very upset if you accidentally move his floor mats so that they are crooked.

FAB*SpiceySpice · #30 12-12-2002, 03:30 PM

I have majjjjjjor OCD so I have a lot of these weird habits....a few are:

*My room MUST BE CLEAN AT ALL times!!! If there is ANYTHING, I mean a tiny shred of paper, and I'll get like short of breath until it's thrown away.
*All my DVD's are alphabetized as well as my CD's
*My bed MUST be made before I sleep in it, if it isn't made when I'm going to bed, I'll make it and then unmake it to sleep in it.
*When I am playing cards and the cards don't have to be in any order, I have to put them in order, from lowest to highest. And all the red cards must be first, black cards second. And I order them from hearts, spades, diamonds, and then clubs.
*All my lightswitches in my parents house MUST BE TURNED THE SAME WAY!!! We have some rooms where you can turn the lights on and off with more than one switch, uggghh that drives me nuts!!!
*My closet is organized by color and style of clothing, I freak out if it's not the right wasy. My tshirts must also be folded in the exact same way everytime or else it really bothers me.
*I will NEVER leave my house without makeup, just won't ever happen.
*I can not eat my food unless it is all mixed up together, I don't like to eat any of my foods separate, I mush everything in to a big mess, or else I can't eat it. my parents hate this!
*My handwriting must always be in all print or all cursive....if I switch in the middle of the page, I'll throw that page away and start over.
*When I set my alarm the time I wake up always has to end with a 3....like 12:03, 12:13, 12:23, 12:33, etc. you know? Otherwise it reallllllly bothers me!

I am a huge perfectionist, so all this stuff which might seem stupid to other people, really drives me crazy if it isn't the way I need it to be. Hahah, needless to say I am constantly cleaning and I annoy a lot of people with these weird habits. These are just a few of mine, I know I have lots lots more!