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    Oddball behaviour/ OCD

    What are the oddball or OCD things that you just can’t help yourself from doing.


    For reasons I can’t explain I have to have any thing with a digital gauge reading an even number whether it’s the volume on the radio/tv or the temperature or even the speed on cruise control when I’m driving. If I see an odd number I’ll knock it up or down a notch.


    Other oddball things are I’ll never buy a tin in a supermarket if it’s dented.


    When I used to buy a daily newspaper or a magazine I’d never take the paper on the top of the pile I’d take the one behind.


    All a bit odd when you think about it.


    Have you got any unusual rituals or compulsions that you can’t explain?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Alfiembra View Post
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    What are the oddball or OCD things that you just can’t help yourself from doing.


    For reasons I can’t explain I have to have any thing with a digital gauge reading an even number whether it’s the volume on the radio/tv or the temperature or even the speed on cruise control when I’m driving. If I see an odd number I’ll knock it up or down a notch.


    Other oddball things are I’ll never buy a tin in a supermarket if it’s dented.


    When I used to buy a daily newspaper or a magazine I’d never take the paper on the top of the pile I’d take the one behind.


    All a bit odd when you think about it.


    Have you got any unusual rituals or compulsions that you can’t explain?
    Can't help you with the digital even number thing but


    Bashed tins could be compromised, punctured and bacteria can get in. Best avoided.

    The top newspaper or magazine is likely to have been handled multiple times, the one behind will be cleaner.

    I would seek help for your number obsession 😉
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    When I go swimming my locker number must be a multiple of 5.

    It's never happened, but if I couldn't find one I just wouldn't go in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smartie View Post
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    When I go swimming my locker number must be a multiple of 5.

    It's never happened, but if I couldn't find one I just wouldn't go in.
    Jesus, the lengths some people will go to.

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    Far too many to list here. Luckily all mild and only a bit annoying.
    This can absolutely ruin people's lives.

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    I like the double light switches in the house to facing the same direction

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    Everything has a place and has to be put back in that same place once it has been used.

    There is always at least one normally more of a back up stock of the following in the cupboard
    HP Sauce
    Colmans Mustard
    Malt vinegar
    Tomato Ketchup
    Coffee (at least 3 jars)
    Hand soap (at least six)
    Kitchen Roll (at least 6 rolls)
    Toilet Rolls (at least 24)
    Toothpaste (at least 3 tubes)
    Never let my car go below half a tank of petrol before refuelling

    Just to name a few!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4 View Post
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    I like the double light switches in the house to facing the same direction
    yep that’s another one of mine, jeez I’m a shambles.

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    Just a point, but OCD isn't really a laughing matter. Like someone said above, it can absolutely ruin people's lives. It seems to have been misappropriated as a catch all term for 'I like things to be in a row' type quirks, but it's so much more than that.

    Sorry, but it maddens me a bit when people describe themselves as 'a bit OCD' and the like.
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    Anyone else make a list on their phone what clothes they put in the washing machine before using the washing machine.
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    I can't sit in a bar or restaurant unless I have my back to a wall where nobody can sit behind me and I have a clear view of the door. I've no problem standing.

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    I can't sit in a bar or restaurant unless I have my back to a wall where nobody can sit behind me and I have a clear view of the door. I've no problem standing.
    I know a few guys like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Killiehibbie View Post
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    I know a few guys like that.
    I would think it's standard practive in your neck of the Hood.
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    I think it should be CDO so the letters are in the ‘right’ order alphabetically....

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    I have none and think you're all a bunch of freaks 😁

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    Things on oven numbers… check
    double light switches the same… check
    never below half a tank of fuel… check

    also will check house and car doors are locked, repeatedly. When I’m bad for it I can go and check the car 3 or 4 times before I come into the house, the house door gets checked every time I go passed it in the house.

    My dad refuses to park his car with the odometer ending in 13, he also got a mobile number changed a long time ago for the same reason.

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    I’ve got 13 stairs in my house, I always count them in fours as I climb and finish with 2 at once. I don’t do it on the way down.

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    Put my scarf on on the third set of steps up the west stand. Wont wear it before then.

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    Only sit facing forward on a train, will stand if I cant get a forward facing seat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee View Post
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    Everything has a place and has to be put back in that same place once it has been used.

    There is always at least one normally more of a back up stock of the following in the cupboard
    HP Sauce
    Colmans Mustard
    Malt vinegar
    Tomato Ketchup
    Coffee (at least 3 jars)
    Hand soap (at least six)
    Kitchen Roll (at least 6 rolls)
    Toilet Rolls (at least 24)
    Toothpaste (at least 3 tubes)
    Never let my car go below half a tank of petrol before refuelling

    Just to name a few!
    I was diagnosed with OCD young and this behaviour is very familiar. Patterns and routines are commonplace, the unfamiliar can be very stressful. Unconscious hairpulling is something I do when I'm particularly stressed. Medication and coping behaviours reduce the impact, but I can't deny anxiety has impacted my life and held me back at times.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveHFC View Post
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    Anyone else make a list on their phone what clothes they put in the washing machine before using the washing machine.
    Have you ever had a time it’s not all come back out?

    Because I’m convinced all mine doesn’t.

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    Mixer taps have to be bang in the middle when they’re turned off. I can’t believe people can turn it off any other way.

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    If I had a penny for everytime someone said I have OCD, then I'd have 1769 pence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg View Post
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    If I had a penny for everytime someone said I have OCD, then I'd have 1769 pence.
    Very good

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    Quote Originally Posted by calumhibee1 View Post
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    Have you ever had a time it’s not all come back out?

    Because I’m convinced all mine doesn’t.
    Indeed.
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    I'm not an expert but isn't OCD a symptom of aspergers syndrome or ASD?
    There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns View Post
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    I'm not an expert but isn't OCD a symptom of aspergers syndrome or ASD?
    I guess a lot of ASD folks are probably more susceptible to it, but it's a separate condition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alfiembra View Post
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    What are the oddball or OCD things that you just can’t help yourself from doing.


    For reasons I can’t explain I have to have any thing with a digital gauge reading an even number whether it’s the volume on the radio/tv or the temperature or even the speed on cruise control when I’m driving. If I see an odd number I’ll knock it up or down a notch.


    Other oddball things are I’ll never buy a tin in a supermarket if it’s dented.


    When I used to buy a daily newspaper or a magazine I’d never take the paper on the top of the pile I’d take the one behind.


    All a bit odd when you think about it.


    Have you got any unusual rituals or compulsions that you can’t explain?
    My girlfriend has a similar thing with the volume digits. It can only end in a 0, 2, 5 or 8. It is infuriating and if I put the volume up and leave it on, let’s say 27. She goes in a huff.

    She also has this thing where a hand towel must be exactly centred on a towel rail. She notices even if it is a millimetre out.

    My ex father in law would go around moving the angle of any open doors in a house - the door had to be ajar at a certain angle.

    Similar to your magazine one, I will never take the item at the front in a shop/supermarket

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    You all could do with a bit of hypnotherapy 😉

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