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I have a few other things as well but what are those little annoying things that MUST be done a certain way in your day to day lives otherwise you just can't settle?  | |||
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"Oh goodness yes!!! Pegs. When hanging out the washing They have to be the same type and colour on the said item of clothing, no mixed pegs. My hubby things I'm nuts.... "*thinks   | |||
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"Oh goodness yes!!! Pegs. When hanging out the washing They have to be the same type and colour on the said item of clothing, no mixed pegs. My hubby things I'm nuts.... "Oh not just me then  | |||
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"After ironing a shirt, I have to have the top of the coat hanger pointing left as you look at it (so it looks like a question mark) and when I hang it in the wardrobe the 'buttoned' side of the shirt has to always face leftwards as you look at it too. If any are put in the other way around disturbing the order of them all then I literally HAVE to change it otherwise it will bug and frustrate me until I do!
I have a few other things as well but what are those little annoying things that MUST be done a certain way in your day to day lives otherwise you just can't settle? "My clothes hangers are all facing the same way also, my clothes are in colour order aswell | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do." Of course, to be clear I was intending to trivialise anyone with real OCD, and understand that this can be a real issue for many. Mods can you rename to 'Little quirks you have' if this does cause any unintended offence  | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do." What do you call it then? Definitely ocd | |||
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"As Topsy said through, they're behaviour traits and quirks, rather than true OCD, which is far more debilitating." Yes, wrong terminology I accept that. Hopefully most people will recognise that this isn't an attempt to demean anyone with OCD and that people won't be offended. | |||
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"As Topsy said through, they're behaviour traits and quirks, rather than true OCD, which is far more debilitating." What do you class as ocd then... | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do. Of course, to be clear I was intending to trivialise anyone with real OCD, and understand that this can be a real issue for many. Mods can you rename to 'Little quirks you have' if this does cause any unintended offence "I think most people know what you are on about, No matter what people type on the forums other people can/will find away for it to be offensive or read it in a different way | |||
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"After ironing a shirt, I have to have the top of the coat hanger pointing left as you look at it (so it looks like a question mark) and when I hang it in the wardrobe the 'buttoned' side of the shirt has to always face leftwards as you look at it too. If any are put in the other way around disturbing the order of them all then I literally HAVE to change it otherwise it will bug and frustrate me until I do!
I have a few other things as well but what are those little annoying things that MUST be done a certain way in your day to day lives otherwise you just can't settle? ". I also have to have shirts like this dan
My others are,
Polishing the door handles on every internal door and then repeat polishing throughout the day
Everything in the house has to be straight and equal distances from each other, eg, ornaments, pictures, dining room chairs and so forth, the house is fairly clutter free so it's not as mad as it sounds,
I plump cushions and straighten the sofa all day long, but more importantly I have to do it before i leave the house, everytime I go out
The usual near straight cupboard tins
An odd one is my morning and evening routine for myself, so everything has to be done in order and I do it twice a day, eg, shave legs then underarms then foof, then wash body, then face, then foof
I also brush my teeth as part of that except I also brush my teeth everytime I'm leaving the house
I was my hair once a day
Ok so I have others but I expect everyone's getting bored now 
Can I just add though, I may sound a little mad but I'm really honestly not, I am happy as I am, none of this drives me mad and it doesn't bother others around me, I do get anxious though if these things are not done
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do. Of course, to be clear I was intending to trivialise anyone with real OCD, and understand that this can be a real issue for many. Mods can you rename to 'Little quirks you have' if this does cause any unintended offence "Thanks Dan. I don't suffer but my mum did, and still does, but it didn't have a name in the 60's and 70's. She is an extremely damaged woman. | |||
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"As Topsy said through, they're behaviour traits and quirks, rather than true OCD, which is far more debilitating. Yes, wrong terminology I accept that. Hopefully most people will recognise that this isn't an attempt to demean anyone with OCD and that people won't be offended. " People will be offended if you arent offending them Dan
OCD doesnt have to be a serious condition or debilitating at all.
Theres different levels of OCD | |||
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"After ironing a shirt, I have to have the top of the coat hanger pointing left as you look at it (so it looks like a question mark) and when I hang it in the wardrobe the 'buttoned' side of the shirt has to always face leftwards as you look at it too. If any are put in the other way around disturbing the order of them all then I literally HAVE to change it otherwise it will bug and frustrate me until I do!
I have a few other things as well but what are those little annoying things that MUST be done a certain way in your day to day lives otherwise you just can't settle? . I also have to have shirts like this dan
My others are,
Polishing the door handles on every internal door and then repeat polishing throughout the day
Everything in the house has to be straight and equal distances from each other, eg, ornaments, pictures, dining room chairs and so forth, the house is fairly clutter free so it's not as mad as it sounds,
I plump cushions and straighten the sofa all day long, but more importantly I have to do it before i leave the house, everytime I go out
The usual near straight cupboard tins
An odd one is my morning and evening routine for myself, so everything has to be done in order and I do it twice a day, eg, shave legs then underarms then foof, then wash body, then face, then foof
I also brush my teeth as part of that except I also brush my teeth everytime I'm leaving the house
I was my hair once a day
Ok so I have others but I expect everyone's getting bored now
Can I just add though, I may sound a little mad but I'm really honestly not, I am happy as I am, none of this drives me mad and it doesn't bother others around me, I do get anxious though if these things are not done
Mrs blue eyes "For those that don't understand, this is OCD. | |||
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"Oh goodness yes!!! Pegs. When hanging out the washing They have to be the same type and colour on the said item of clothing, no mixed pegs. My hubby things I'm nuts.... "He's right | |||
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"After ironing a shirt, I have to have the top of the coat hanger pointing left as you look at it (so it looks like a question mark) and when I hang it in the wardrobe the 'buttoned' side of the shirt has to always face leftwards as you look at it too. If any are put in the other way around disturbing the order of them all then I literally HAVE to change it otherwise it will bug and frustrate me until I do!
I have a few other things as well but what are those little annoying things that MUST be done a certain way in your day to day lives otherwise you just can't settle? "I do exactly the same thing with shirts too. When adjusting the tv volume it always has to be on an even number, WTF? I'm not mad, honest.  | |||
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"As Topsy said through, they're behaviour traits and quirks, rather than true OCD, which is far more debilitating. Yes, wrong terminology I accept that. Hopefully most people will recognise that this isn't an attempt to demean anyone with OCD and that people won't be offended. " Don't worry I'm sure most people will know that | |||
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"After ironing a shirt, I have to have the top of the coat hanger pointing left as you look at it (so it looks like a question mark) and when I hang it in the wardrobe the 'buttoned' side of the shirt has to always face leftwards as you look at it too. If any are put in the other way around disturbing the order of them all then I literally HAVE to change it otherwise it will bug and frustrate me until I do!
I have a few other things as well but what are those little annoying things that MUST be done a certain way in your day to day lives otherwise you just can't settle? . I also have to have shirts like this dan
My others are,
Polishing the door handles on every internal door and then repeat polishing throughout the day
Everything in the house has to be straight and equal distances from each other, eg, ornaments, pictures, dining room chairs and so forth, the house is fairly clutter free so it's not as mad as it sounds,
I plump cushions and straighten the sofa all day long, but more importantly I have to do it before i leave the house, everytime I go out
The usual near straight cupboard tins
An odd one is my morning and evening routine for myself, so everything has to be done in order and I do it twice a day, eg, shave legs then underarms then foof, then wash body, then face, then foof
I also brush my teeth as part of that except I also brush my teeth everytime I'm leaving the house
I was my hair once a day
Ok so I have others but I expect everyone's getting bored now
Can I just add though, I may sound a little mad but I'm really honestly not, I am happy as I am, none of this drives me mad and it doesn't bother others around me, I do get anxious though if these things are not done
Mrs blue eyes
For those that don't understand, this is OCD. "Unless you are an expert in this field that is a silly statement | |||
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"After ironing a shirt, I have to have the top of the coat hanger pointing left as you look at it (so it looks like a question mark) and when I hang it in the wardrobe the 'buttoned' side of the shirt has to always face leftwards as you look at it too. If any are put in the other way around disturbing the order of them all then I literally HAVE to change it otherwise it will bug and frustrate me until I do!
I have a few other things as well but what are those little annoying things that MUST be done a certain way in your day to day lives otherwise you just can't settle? . I also have to have shirts like this dan
My others are,
Polishing the door handles on every internal door and then repeat polishing throughout the day
Everything in the house has to be straight and equal distances from each other, eg, ornaments, pictures, dining room chairs and so forth, the house is fairly clutter free so it's not as mad as it sounds,
I plump cushions and straighten the sofa all day long, but more importantly I have to do it before i leave the house, everytime I go out
The usual near straight cupboard tins
An odd one is my morning and evening routine for myself, so everything has to be done in order and I do it twice a day, eg, shave legs then underarms then foof, then wash body, then face, then foof
I also brush my teeth as part of that except I also brush my teeth everytime I'm leaving the house
I was my hair once a day
Ok so I have others but I expect everyone's getting bored now
Can I just add though, I may sound a little mad but I'm really honestly not, I am happy as I am, none of this drives me mad and it doesn't bother others around me, I do get anxious though if these things are not done
Mrs blue eyes
For those that don't understand, this is OCD. ". Your right topsy it is, I had a very specific trigger for how i am, although I'm sure this is not the case for everyone, from that trigger it has almost become something that helps me keep control, so whilst all these things and others are done i feel fine, if something should prevent me from doing them I do suffer from anxiety
I could have help I'm sure but I feel ok about how I am, I recognise it and I am not ashamed or embarrassed by it, it's a bit like love me, love my ocd, we laugh about it at home, if I truly believed it was affecting others around me then I would seek help Mrs blue eyes | |||
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"My youngest son suffers with OCD and I wasn't offended, I have my own quirks. All the bank notes in my purse have to face the same way and go from 5's at the front to 20's at the back. I'd put our DVD collection in alphabetical order but the kids mess them up so I try not to look at them otherwise I'd be spending everyday putting them right. Toilet rolls have to hang over not under. " Ah I do that banknote thing too! All in order, all facing the same way, and any folded corners unfolded first! | |||
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"My clothes in wardrobe are organised in colour from Dark too light . "I think most people do that for obvious ressons. Its also called being organised | |||
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"Oh goodness yes!!! Pegs. When hanging out the washing They have to be the same type and colour on the said item of clothing, no mixed pegs. My hubby things I'm nuts....
*thinks "I'm the same, but it's the neighbours who think I'm mad!! | |||
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"My youngest son suffers with OCD and I wasn't offended, I have my own quirks. All the bank notes in my purse have to face the same way and go from 5's at the front to 20's at the back. I'd put our DVD collection in alphabetical order but the kids mess them up so I try not to look at them otherwise I'd be spending everyday putting them right. Toilet rolls have to hang over not under. Ah I do that banknote thing too! All in order, all facing the same way, and any folded corners unfolded first! "I think thats pretty usual too . I dont know many people who go around with bank notes screwed up in their wallet or purse? If they do they are probably just scruffy bastards. Seems peoples quirks are more to do with just people being more tidy and organised than others. | |||
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"Light switches : I have a few around the house where I have two side by side, but some are dual control with another switch on the other side of the room. If they're both either on or off then they both must either be 'up' or 'down' - I can't have one switch up the other down in any 'side by side' pair. I have to go to the other side of the room to turn that one on or off so that the pair that are together have their own symmetry. (If that makes sense, I know what I mean at least but it's difficult to put into words! )"I have this too, even at work I'm trying to do this... | |||
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"My clothes in wardrobe are organised in colour from Dark too light .
I think most people do that for obvious ressons.
Its also called being organised " | |||
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"My clothes in wardrobe are organised in colour from Dark too light .
I think most people do that for obvious ressons.
Its also called being organised "Ohh I'm normal | |||
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"My clothes in wardrobe are organised in colour from Dark too light .
I think most people do that for obvious ressons.
Its also called being organised
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"Cans and bottles in my fringe must all face in the same direction. And I always have to use 5 x 2 folded sheets of toilet paper that's why you could eat your dinner of my bum it's always squeaky clean." Whats happens if five sheets doesnt clean your arse? Do you go around with a shitty arse ? | |||
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"My clothes in wardrobe are organised in colour from Dark too light .
I think most people do that for obvious ressons.
Its also called being organised
Unless your just a scruffy sod who cant see the point in tidy organised spaces "Or maybe my clothes are all the same shade negating the necessity to be ..... ...you know some folk really have a lot of time on their hands | |||
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"After ironing a shirt, I have to have the top of the coat hanger pointing left as you look at it (so it looks like a question mark) and when I hang it in the wardrobe the 'buttoned' side of the shirt has to always face leftwards as you look at it too. If any are put in the other way around disturbing the order of them all then I literally HAVE to change it otherwise it will bug and frustrate me until I do!
I have a few other things as well but what are those little annoying things that MUST be done a certain way in your day to day lives otherwise you just can't settle? "OMG i do that as well!! My sons think im mad lol | |||
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"My clothes in wardrobe are organised in colour from Dark too light .
I think most people do that for obvious ressons.
Its also called being organised
Unless your just a scruffy sod who cant see the point in tidy organised spaces
Or maybe my clothes are all the same shade negating the necessity to be .....
...you know some folk really have a lot of time on their hands "And some people are just too lazy | |||
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"I knew someone whose marriage almost broke up due to his ocd. He had to jump from the second to last stair on to a certain part of the hall carpet and if he didn't land on the exact spot repeated his actions until he did. He had to enter rooms, shut doors, turn off lights etc a specific number of times and if he was interrupted or lost count had to start again, not just with the light or door he was on but from the first in line. He washed his hands until they were raw. His wife died which made it ten times worse "So wife dying rather than OCD that put a spanner in the works and broke up the marriage..... | |||
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I'll include a few more,
I get up before everyone else everyday to clean, including wiping kitchen sides, polishing, hoovering, mopping, cleaning all of the bathroom etc, all of this including beds made gas to be done before I leave the house, on a weekday that's by 8.10 am, I can't leave the house without it done, but to add, I have to do these things in order and the same order everyday
I also have to wash and iron everyday but again in order as odd as it sounds I even hang the clothes on the clothes horse or line in the same order
When I open curtains they have to be exactly the same on both sides and only open to a certain distance on the curtain pole
There are so many things, it may seem they take up my whole life but truly honestly when you do the same thing at the same time in the same order everyday, it really doesn't take that long Mrs blue eyes | |||
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"Making sure doors and windows are looked before I leave work or home, multiple times. I now take a picture of them so when I'm half way down the road I no longer need to go back and check. "Thats a bit OCD | |||
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"Just a little insight to me and my ocd, I'm not sure about those of you with small traits, I wouldn't know if they are ocd or a need to be organised, my need is the need for feeling of calm, my routine is exactly the same everyday, I have a fear, ( I don't want to go into) about what could happen if I don't do these things
I'll include a few more,
I get up before everyone else everyday to clean, including wiping kitchen sides, polishing, hoovering, mopping, cleaning all of the bathroom etc, all of this including beds made gas to be done before I leave the house, on a weekday that's by 8.10 am, I can't leave the house without it done, but to add, I have to do these things in order and the same order everyday
I also have to wash and iron everyday but again in order as odd as it sounds I even hang the clothes on the clothes horse or line in the same order
When I open curtains they have to be exactly the same on both sides and only open to a certain distance on the curtain pole
There are so many things, it may seem they take up my whole life but truly honestly when you do the same thing at the same time in the same order everyday, it really doesn't take that long Mrs blue eyes ". I meant to add that, I will have done all my morning cleaning before I have gone to bed, so the rational part of me knows when I'm doing it again in the morning that it doesn't need doing but I feel happier if it's done | |||
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"We have a car park at work and I like to park in exactly the same spot every day. If I turn up and some bugger has already taken it, I get irrationally frustrated even though there's plenty of other spaces available! ". Ha, I do this at the supermarket and the petrol station, but wasn't sure if it's not just habit Mrs blue eyes | |||
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"We have a car park at work and I like to park in exactly the same spot every day. If I turn up and some bugger has already taken it, I get irrationally frustrated even though there's plenty of other spaces available! "Humans are creatures of habit | |||
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"I knew someone whose marriage almost broke up due to his ocd. He had to jump from the second to last stair on to a certain part of the hall carpet and if he didn't land on the exact spot repeated his actions until he did. He had to enter rooms, shut doors, turn off lights etc a specific number of times and if he was interrupted or lost count had to start again, not just with the light or door he was on but from the first in line. He washed his hands until they were raw. His wife died which made it ten times worse
So wife dying rather than OCD that put a spanner in the works and broke up the marriage.....
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"stupid as it sounds, my (male) ocd is time, i hate being late or people not turning up on time etc, if i ever am running late, i start off by breaking into a sweat and getting agitated, then my heart starts beating faster, and they all increase until i have done what i was trying to do or arrived at where i was going so being in a time critical job was not a good career choice lol" Anxiety issues do you suffer from stress ? If so thats your answer | |||
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"I knew someone whose marriage almost broke up due to his ocd. He had to jump from the second to last stair on to a certain part of the hall carpet and if he didn't land on the exact spot repeated his actions until he did. He had to enter rooms, shut doors, turn off lights etc a specific number of times and if he was interrupted or lost count had to start again, not just with the light or door he was on but from the first in line. He washed his hands until they were raw. His wife died which made it ten times worse "That must be really hard and frustrating to watch a loved one like that actually and completely tiring for them of course. | |||
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"Cans and bottles in my fringe must all face in the same direction. And I always have to use 5 x 2 folded sheets of toilet paper that's why you could eat your dinner of my bum it's always squeaky clean." But is it the right shape? don't want to spill the gravey | |||
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"Oh goodness yes!!! Pegs. When hanging out the washing They have to be the same type and colour on the said item of clothing, no mixed pegs. My hubby things I'm nuts.... "I thought I was the only that did this | |||
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"Washing my hands before and after food or after touching pets. Using good manners, being polite. I feel like an outcast at times suffering from these rare traits. "That's plain weird!! | |||
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"We have a car park at work and I like to park in exactly the same spot every day. If I turn up and some bugger has already taken it, I get irrationally frustrated even though there's plenty of other spaces available! . Ha, I do this at the supermarket and the petrol station, but wasn't sure if it's not just habit Mrs blue eyes "Do you get anxious if you're at somebody else's home and things aren't as symmetrical as you'd like for example or is it just in your own home? | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do." Nothing wring with ocd | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do." We all display some symptoms of what could be termed a mental illnesses, OCD, Asbergers, Depression, even Sociopath. The difference between mentally healthy and unhealthy is what is in control most of the time. Using the traits to keep your life on track is healthy, if those same traits take over and cause a train wreck of your life it's unhealthy. It can be far more than a quirk, and even unstoppable, but it does not always mean it's wrong. | |||
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"Hangers have to face the same direction. Different colour hangers for each clothes type. Items packed in the grocery cupboard equally spaced labels facing forward. Systematically packed grocery trolley in the supermarket. Unpack said trolley by category. Needed a 7 year old bank statement the other day. Found it in under 30 seconds. Now thats just sad." Thats good in my book | |||
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"Hangers have to face the same direction. Different colour hangers for each clothes type. Items packed in the grocery cupboard equally spaced labels facing forward. Systematically packed grocery trolley in the supermarket. Unpack said trolley by category. Needed a 7 year old bank statement the other day. Found it in under 30 seconds. Now thats just sad. Thats good in my book "Ah but we've already established you have an obsessive tidiness quirk! You just haven't necessarily linked that this is your own minor degree of obsessiveness yet!  | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do. We all display some symptoms of what could be termed a mental illnesses, OCD, Asbergers, Depression, even Sociopath. The difference between mentally healthy and unhealthy is what is in control most of the time. Using the traits to keep your life on track is healthy, if those same traits take over and cause a train wreck of your life it's unhealthy. It can be far more than a quirk, and even unstoppable, but it does not always mean it's wrong. " I agree with this completely, when I first went to my doc n was diagnosed with anxiety my doc said if your "issue" is effecting your life negatively and stopping you from living then it's a problem that needs attention. Now I always think of that when my anxiety hits me and it helps me put my anxiety into prospective. Xx | |||
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"Hangers have to face the same direction. Different colour hangers for each clothes type. Items packed in the grocery cupboard equally spaced labels facing forward. Systematically packed grocery trolley in the supermarket. Unpack said trolley by category. Needed a 7 year old bank statement the other day. Found it in under 30 seconds. Now thats just sad. Thats good in my book
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"When putting plates and bowls away the largest set has to go on the bottom with the smaller set on top, in sets. All cupboard doors and draws must remain closed when not being used. Before we got a dishwasher all dishes had to be stacked neatley. We can do mixed recycling but I have to make sure each bag is card or plastic or foil. Mixes make my eyes burn! I know I have loads more but I don't remember them until I have to act because of them haha. " Before ypu got a dishwasher all plates had to be put away neatly? So what do you do now ? Just leave them in the dishwasher until you need a plate ? | |||
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"When putting plates and bowls away the largest set has to go on the bottom with the smaller set on top, in sets. All cupboard doors and draws must remain closed when not being used. Before we got a dishwasher all dishes had to be stacked neatley. We can do mixed recycling but I have to make sure each bag is card or plastic or foil. Mixes make my eyes burn! I know I have loads more but I don't remember them until I have to act because of them haha. Before ypu got a dishwasher all plates had to be put away neatly? So what do you do now ? Just leave them in the dishwasher until you need a plate ? "I rarely put plates away in the cupboard. They're just left on the draining board after being washed up. But cupboard doors do have to be shut when not in use, cutlery has to be the same way round in the drawer and tins have to be the right way round in the cupboard. Clothes I'm not fussed how they go in my wardrobe. | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do." my friends wife has it so badly it's cost them countless items of furniture she's ruined with cleaning product, she follows him round the house disinfecting every surface he touches from the front door handle to the bathroom (he has to go right to the shower after work, no exceptions) when he gets in of a night. they had lansdscapers round recently, they were made cups of tea but she wouldn't take the cups back in the house when they'd finished, he ended up taking them to work rather than throw them out...the list is endless, it's crippling to families is ocd, more than just a need to have your bean cans all facing the same way or whatever horrible affliction | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do. my friends wife has it so badly it's cost them countless items of furniture she's ruined with cleaning product, she follows him round the house disinfecting every surface he touches from the front door handle to the bathroom (he has to go right to the shower after work, no exceptions) when he gets in of a night. they had lansdscapers round recently, they were made cups of tea but she wouldn't take the cups back in the house when they'd finished, he ended up taking them to work rather than throw them out...the list is endless, it's crippling to families is ocd, more than just a need to have your bean cans all facing the same way or whatever horrible affliction" xxx | |||
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"All the y-fronts I steal from meets have to be lined up in order of date when I shagged them. I used to line them up in order of how good a shag they were but that was just fucking weird. " Do you still sniff the gussets ? | |||
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"We have a car park at work and I like to park in exactly the same spot every day. If I turn up and some bugger has already taken it, I get irrationally frustrated even though there's plenty of other spaces available! . Ha, I do this at the supermarket and the petrol station, but wasn't sure if it's not just habit Mrs blue eyes
Do you get anxious if you're at somebody else's home and things aren't as symmetrical as you'd like for example or is it just in your own home?". Nope not just my own home, it's everywhere I go, but I'm not rude I do keep myself in check, sometimes I may nudge the odd thing without anyone noticing my sister usually says' do what you need to' when I go to her house Mrs blue eyes | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do. my friends wife has it so badly it's cost them countless items of furniture she's ruined with cleaning product, she follows him round the house disinfecting every surface he touches from the front door handle to the bathroom (he has to go right to the shower after work, no exceptions) when he gets in of a night. they had lansdscapers round recently, they were made cups of tea but she wouldn't take the cups back in the house when they'd finished, he ended up taking them to work rather than throw them out...the list is endless, it's crippling to families is ocd, more than just a need to have your bean cans all facing the same way or whatever horrible affliction
xxx". Mr also has to take his work clothes off and go straight to the shower, I will also go around and disinfect handles if someone other than ourselves have been I the house,it's just accepted in our house as that's how I am, no biggie, if mr was bothered then perhaps I would have to change, I do feel for you're friends though, it must be super tough when it makes everyone unhappy Mrs blue eyesxxxx | |||
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"My tins all have to be in order and face the same way I have to have the t.v/radio on an even number xx" You could have an outstanding career, as a supermarket shelf stacker | |||
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"Weights in the gym... Why people can stomach not putting them on the racks in symmetry or in size order I'll never know!!! Nothing worse then getting a 20kg plate from one side, walking around to find out there isn't one on the other! And why on earth would I want to use a 5, then a 20, then a 2.5, then a 10kg plate? Why would I ever want to pick up a 40kg and a 25kg dumbell at the same time? Just put them in order damn it, that way I dont need to have a workout sorting them before my workout.. And while I'm at it, don't put the kettle bells away so you cant see the weight written on them, don't leave your attachments on the cables, don't leave the benches at an untidy angle, coil the rope neatly in a clockwise direction, put the TRX straps back in a even position, roll you Matt up properly, and whatever you do... At no time ever... I mean ever.... Wear odd socks or ill start rearranging you as well!! Not that I have any issues.. "I share your pain! It grits my shit too, when they do that! | |||
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"My tins all have to be in order and face the same way I have to have the t.v/radio on an even number xx You could have an outstanding career, as a supermarket shelf stacker " haha xx | |||
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"Weights in the gym... Why people can stomach not putting them on the racks in symmetry or in size order I'll never know!!! Nothing worse then getting a 20kg plate from one side, walking around to find out there isn't one on the other! And why on earth would I want to use a 5, then a 20, then a 2.5, then a 10kg plate? Why would I ever want to pick up a 40kg and a 25kg dumbell at the same time? Just put them in order damn it, that way I dont need to have a workout sorting them before my workout.. And while I'm at it, don't put the kettle bells away so you cant see the weight written on them, don't leave your attachments on the cables, don't leave the benches at an untidy angle, coil the rope neatly in a clockwise direction, put the TRX straps back in a even position, roll you Matt up properly, and whatever you do... At no time ever... I mean ever.... Wear odd socks or ill start rearranging you as well!! Not that I have any issues..
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It grits my shit too, when they do that! "I literally can't not sort them out, otherwise it'll annoy the hell out of me! | |||
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"Oh goodness yes!!! Pegs. When hanging out the washing They have to be the same type and colour on the said item of clothing, no mixed pegs. My hubby things I'm nuts....
Oh not just me then "Nope, that is definitely the only correct way to hang them... | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do." What topsy said.... Being neat and tidy or liking things just so is not OCD... OCD is a debilitating mental illness that for sufferers gets in the way of them living their lives... People wouldn't ask a similar question about cancer or heart disease or other physical illness. Sorry to be a party pooper. | |||
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"BTW Dan (OP) not having a go, I realise you didn't mean it that way... I'm just trying to practice mental health awareness " yep - noted and already apologised and asked Admin (in the thread) to change the title
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do. What topsy said.... Being neat and tidy or liking things just so is not OCD... OCD is a debilitating mental illness that for sufferers gets in the way of them living their lives... People wouldn't ask a similar question about cancer or heart disease or other physical illness. Sorry to be a party pooper." "After a particularly harrowing dose of chemo, do you prefer to vomit standing up over the toilet bowl, or for someone to pass you a kidney dish?" I think that would get a fairly jaunty response... | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do. my friends wife has it so badly it's cost them countless items of furniture she's ruined with cleaning product, she follows him round the house disinfecting every surface he touches from the front door handle to the bathroom (he has to go right to the shower after work, no exceptions) when he gets in of a night. they had lansdscapers round recently, they were made cups of tea but she wouldn't take the cups back in the house when they'd finished, he ended up taking them to work rather than throw them out...the list is endless, it's crippling to families is ocd, more than just a need to have your bean cans all facing the same way or whatever horrible affliction
xxx. Mr also has to take his work clothes off and go straight to the shower, I will also go around and disinfect handles if someone other than ourselves have been I the house,it's just accepted in our house as that's how I am, no biggie, if mr was bothered then perhaps I would have to change, I do feel for you're friends though, it must be super tough when it makes everyone unhappy Mrs blue eyesxxxx"it's more common than you'd think seemingly. if you can make it fit into or around your life then more power to you but i think in my friends case it's spilled over to the point that life has to fit around it, nobody really goes round any more, you can see the anxiety she has when there are people there, a few christmas's ago she had a breakdown because he was making the dinner and she spotted a drip of meat juice on the floor..that ended in tears as she wanted a full kitchen disinfect, the children walk on eggshells a bit, they don't like bringing friends in, stuff they fetch from school is given a spray, even the shopping gets a disinfect before going away, and then the counters where the bags were sat will get a disinfect, bags will be binned and never kept. he owns a takeaway and spends considerably more on cleaning products at home than at work! telephones is another one, she keeps breaking them spraying disinfectant on them...they've spent low thousands on therapy and such but it doesn't seem to have helped a great deal yet. it's become a real runaway issue for them. | |||
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"Not really OCD,but I have a certain way of doing household chores that just makes things that little bit easier...... I'll give the dishes a wee rinse as soon as I've finished using them,just so there's no dried up n congealed sauce/fat etc on them when I wash them properly. Also before I hang up my laundry I'll give each item a good shake to get the worst of the creases out.....I very rarely iron anything,the odd shirt n pair of trousers if I'm going out that's about it,so this makes thing so much easier. This actually caused an argument with my ex when she offered to hang my washing up! Because she's used to ironing all her clothes she just chucked them on the clothes horse without giving them a shake or even making sure stuff wasn't folded over itself stopping it from drying out properly! While I appreciated her offering to help,after seeing how she was chucking stuff on the clothes horse I just had to intervene n try to tactfully show her the right way to do it.....which she wasn't happy about one bit! Probably one of the many reasons I'm single now! How hard is it though to hang up some clothes without it looking like you've literally thrown them on the clothes horse n just walked away? Fucking dozy bint! "Thats why its best to do it yourself | |||
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"Please don't trivialise OCD with these examples, unless it affects your life in a negative way, it's just a quirk, something most of us do. my friends wife has it so badly it's cost them countless items of furniture she's ruined with cleaning product, she follows him round the house disinfecting every surface he touches from the front door handle to the bathroom (he has to go right to the shower after work, no exceptions) when he gets in of a night. they had lansdscapers round recently, they were made cups of tea but she wouldn't take the cups back in the house when they'd finished, he ended up taking them to work rather than throw them out...the list is endless, it's crippling to families is ocd, more than just a need to have your bean cans all facing the same way or whatever horrible affliction
xxx. Mr also has to take his work clothes off and go straight to the shower, I will also go around and disinfect handles if someone other than ourselves have been I the house,it's just accepted in our house as that's how I am, no biggie, if mr was bothered then perhaps I would have to change, I do feel for you're friends though, it must be super tough when it makes everyone unhappy Mrs blue eyesxxxx
it's more common than you'd think seemingly. if you can make it fit into or around your life then more power to you but i think in my friends case it's spilled over to the point that life has to fit around it, nobody really goes round any more, you can see the anxiety she has when there are people there, a few christmas's ago she had a breakdown because he was making the dinner and she spotted a drip of meat juice on the floor..that ended in tears as she wanted a full kitchen disinfect, the children walk on eggshells a bit, they don't like bringing friends in, stuff they fetch from school is given a spray, even the shopping gets a disinfect before going away, and then the counters where the bags were sat will get a disinfect, bags will be binned and never kept. he owns a takeaway and spends considerably more on cleaning products at home than at work! telephones is another one, she keeps breaking them spraying disinfectant on them...they've spent low thousands on therapy and such but it doesn't seem to have helped a great deal yet. it's become a real runaway issue for them. ". Aww bless her so much, I actually do also do a lot of those things, we also don't get many visitors( we love the ones we do get all the more ) I have had the tears and the meltdowns, the not wanting to invite people round, the kids I suppose have learnt to live with mum being a bit odd I have managed to teach myself to stop a lot of what I do, but I still am doing all the above things, I guess for me it was accepting that I am who I am, and hoping others will accept me too, and so far it's working, I do start a lot of my sentences with, 'OK I have ocd......' We really do just laugh about now though, my heart goes out to her, it really does, I have no answers, I just hope she finds peace at some point, because that's what she needsxxxxxxx Mrs blue eyes | |||
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"Not really OCD,but I have a certain way of doing household chores that just makes things that little bit easier...... I'll give the dishes a wee rinse as soon as I've finished using them,just so there's no dried up n congealed sauce/fat etc on them when I wash them properly. Also before I hang up my laundry I'll give each item a good shake to get the worst of the creases out.....I very rarely iron anything,the odd shirt n pair of trousers if I'm going out that's about it,so this makes thing so much easier. This actually caused an argument with my ex when she offered to hang my washing up! Because she's used to ironing all her clothes she just chucked them on the clothes horse without giving them a shake or even making sure stuff wasn't folded over itself stopping it from drying out properly! While I appreciated her offering to help,after seeing how she was chucking stuff on the clothes horse I just had to intervene n try to tactfully show her the right way to do it.....which she wasn't happy about one bit! Probably one of the many reasons I'm single now! How hard is it though to hang up some clothes without it looking like you've literally thrown them on the clothes horse n just walked away? Fucking dozy bint!
Thats why its best to do it yourself "Lol,aye if you want something done right.......would've saved a lot of hassle n prevented a hissy fit n her giving it "OMG! Right them mr perfect....OCD or what...tsk!" | |||
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"Not really OCD,but I have a certain way of doing household chores that just makes things that little bit easier...... I'll give the dishes a wee rinse as soon as I've finished using them,just so there's no dried up n congealed sauce/fat etc on them when I wash them properly. Also before I hang up my laundry I'll give each item a good shake to get the worst of the creases out.....I very rarely iron anything,the odd shirt n pair of trousers if I'm going out that's about it,so this makes thing so much easier. This actually caused an argument with my ex when she offered to hang my washing up! Because she's used to ironing all her clothes she just chucked them on the clothes horse without giving them a shake or even making sure stuff wasn't folded over itself stopping it from drying out properly! While I appreciated her offering to help,after seeing how she was chucking stuff on the clothes horse I just had to intervene n try to tactfully show her the right way to do it.....which she wasn't happy about one bit! Probably one of the many reasons I'm single now! How hard is it though to hang up some clothes without it looking like you've literally thrown them on the clothes horse n just walked away? Fucking dozy bint!
Thats why its best to do it yourself
Lol,aye if you want something done right.......would've saved a lot of hassle n prevented a hissy fit n her giving it "OMG! Right them mr perfect....OCD or what...tsk!" " They are only good for shagging | |||
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"I knew someone whose marriage almost broke up due to his ocd. He had to jump from the second to last stair on to a certain part of the hall carpet and if he didn't land on the exact spot repeated his actions until he did. He had to enter rooms, shut doors, turn off lights etc a specific number of times and if he was interrupted or lost count had to start again, not just with the light or door he was on but from the first in line. He washed his hands until they were raw. His wife died which made it ten times worse "This sounds more like someone on the autistic spectrum ..... | |||
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"Not really OCD,but I have a certain way of doing household chores that just makes things that little bit easier...... I'll give the dishes a wee rinse as soon as I've finished using them,just so there's no dried up n congealed sauce/fat etc on them when I wash them properly. Also before I hang up my laundry I'll give each item a good shake to get the worst of the creases out.....I very rarely iron anything,the odd shirt n pair of trousers if I'm going out that's about it,so this makes thing so much easier. This actually caused an argument with my ex when she offered to hang my washing up! Because she's used to ironing all her clothes she just chucked them on the clothes horse without giving them a shake or even making sure stuff wasn't folded over itself stopping it from drying out properly! While I appreciated her offering to help,after seeing how she was chucking stuff on the clothes horse I just had to intervene n try to tactfully show her the right way to do it.....which she wasn't happy about one bit! Probably one of the many reasons I'm single now! How hard is it though to hang up some clothes without it looking like you've literally thrown them on the clothes horse n just walked away? Fucking dozy bint!
Thats why its best to do it yourself
Lol,aye if you want something done right.......would've saved a lot of hassle n prevented a hissy fit n her giving it "OMG! Right them mr perfect....OCD or what...tsk!"
They are only good for shagging "Lol She was good for a lot more things than that......though hanging laundry up wasn't one of those things! | |||
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