OCD Confessions

[SilverFox]

If a staple bends when putting into paper I will carefully remove and re staple in the existing holes. I will repeat until it is not bent. If I miss the existing holes I will reprint the entire document and try again.

If someone writes on a finished report of mine, I will throw it out and reprint a new one.

If you touch my computer screen while you are looking at something on my system I will stop and clean it right on the spot.

The windshield in the car must be clean on the inside no haze spots etc if there is I stop and clean the entire windshield ( I always keep glass wipes in the car)

I am sure there are more but those are the ones that were top of mind

[lenguamor]

I have a thing about the volume on the TV or stereo; it must be on an odd number, never even.

Don't know why, and it's the only such quirk I have.

[lenguamor]

Originally Posted by kgraybill

If underwear has a "condition", it may mave served it's purpose.

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[tobii3]

You guys are lightweights.

Try almost 20 years in the Army.

OCD is a way of life.

Underwear, shirts, uniforms, boots, shoes....all must be lined up, rolled up, folded up, dress right dress.

They are all rolled at 6" lengths....if not right, they are folded again and again until they are.

Wife doesn't even TOUCH my clothes drawers - took a picture and sent it to her Mom.....yes, THAT bad

[mugwump]

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Have to have a fan running while I sleep.

I started doing that in college to drown out the noise and now I can't sleep without one either. I even bring along a small fan when I travel otherwise I can't fall asleep in a hotel room.

[gvarsity]

Originally Posted by mander153

-- Shirts have to be hung facing left, grouped according to type (e.g. golf shirts, tshirts, dress shirts), and freshly laundered shirts must be placed on the far right within their group.

-- Money must be sorted by denomination, faced and ranked within denomination according to the condition of the bill (so that the most "weathered" bills are spent first).

-- Objects with straight edges must be lined up on flat surfaces.

-- Underwear must be sorted according to condition.

I think those are the biggies, but I'm sure as this thread grows I'll think of more.

I don't actually sort mine by "weathered" conditions but I spend them in that order as best I can.

[DragonMan]

Man where do I begin!! Let me save some time by saying all of the above and:

- I only eat one thing on my plate at a time. ie: If we're eating steak, vegetables and potatoes. I'll eat the steak first then finish the vegetables then the potatoes. Not always in that order but only one thing at a time.

- Toothpaste has to be squeezed from the bottom.

- If I see a picture hanging on a wall crooked I have to straighten it.

theirs more but I'm too tired to remember them all.

[md4958]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

The windshield in the car must be clean on the inside no haze spots etc if there is I stop and clean the entire windshield ( I always keep glass wipes in the car)

Inside and outside. I use the windshield washer every time I get into my car, or any car Im driving. I go through a bottle of washer fluid in about 3 weeks.

[Puffin Fresh]

Originally Posted by Nabinger16

I don't think I really have any OCD habbits. Now CMD... that's a differant story.

[SIZE=1](I wonder how many people will actually get that joke)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1] ((Or is it a joke...))[/SIZE]

I got it. The joke that is. Must not be many SOA fans in here.

BTW, the only one I can think of right now is the aformentioned light switch thing.

[PolarGar]

Originally Posted by DragonMan

- I only eat one thing on my plate at a time. ie: If we're eating steak, vegetables and potatoes. I'll eat the steak first then finish the vegetables then the potatoes. Not always in that order but only one thing at a time.

- Toothpaste has to be squeezed from the bottom.

- If I see a picture hanging on a wall crooked I have to straighten it.

theirs more but I'm too tired to remember them all.

Ummmm - ditto! I can't believe people make fun of me for eating one thing at a time?! And if you are not going to squeeze from the bottom of the tube like you are supposed to why don't you just leave the top off? (I cannot handle that!)

Anyone see the All in the Family episode when Archie shows Meathead how to properly put on socks and shoes?

[Cigary]

Too damn funny to read all of the posts here. I thought I was in the minority but after reading all of these I find I am in good company as I have probably 90% tendancy for these compulsions. If I didn't have this I'd be the laziest man on earth with nothing to do. I lauged too hard over the toilet paper comment and stopped using T-paper along time ago ( relax boys, I use the cottonelle so I don't have to worry about the T-paper breakdown and subsequent paper balls in my a$$crack. Sorry, TMI! )

[dennis569]

Originally Posted by Nabinger16

I don't think I really have any OCD habbits. Now CMD... that's a differant story.

[SIZE=1](I wonder how many people will actually get that joke)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1] ((Or is it a joke...))[/SIZE]

Referance to S.O.A.?
I don't watch a lot of tv but do like that one.
Besides that, reading all this wierd shit you guys do makes me a bit nervous

[kgraybill]

Originally Posted by PolarGar

Ummmm - ditto! I can't believe people make fun of me for eating one thing at a time?! And if you are not going to squeeze from the bottom of the tube like you are supposed to why don't you just leave the top off? (I cannot handle that!)

Anyone see the All in the Family episode when Archie shows Meathead how to properly put on socks and shoes?

I work with a guy that eats one thing at a time but to top it off the food cant touch the other food on his plate.
Can you guys eat pizza?

[kgraybill]

I cant pass a microwave that has remaining cook time on it until I have cleared it.

When I park my motorcycle, the front wheel must be turned to the right.

[yourchoice]

Speaking of toilet paper, the paper has to roll over the top so to speak. If TP in my house is coming from underneath, it's getting reversed.