It's the way I go about keeping things neat and tidy that I feel is the compulsion. I'm forever tweaking things that don't need tweaking. Maybe less OCD and more habitual tinkering.
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Anyone suffer from OCD here...
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It's the way I go about keeping things neat and tidy that I feel is the compulsion. I'm forever tweaking things that don't need tweaking. Maybe less OCD and more habitual tinkering.
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I can't take food from the front of the shelf in the supermarket, it has to be the second or third. If there was a single item left, I'd probably just leave it. That is not OCD, that is just a strong preference for goods which haven't been handled by grubby peasants.
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Life must be hard for you with all these grubby peasants around. I also take from the back as that's usually where the freshest items are.
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I clean my computer screen once a day.
Does that qualify as OCD ?
Does that qualify as OCD ?
I clean my computer screen once a day.
Does that qualify as OCD ?
Do you clean it by a strict number of wipes/circular motions and then repeat 5 times. That would be OCD to me.
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That bold H is in the wrong place!!!
That's mild OCD anyway. It should be:
aaaabbbccddeeeeeeeehhhiiiikllllnoooprrrssttttttuv
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Phew!
It's pretty hard, but I find a withering stare keeps most of them at bay.
I think most people suffer from a certain level of OCD, even if they don't realise it.
You should read the comedian Jon Richardson's book on his OCD life or should i say struggle ... it's a good read, funny and scary at the same time.
You should read the comedian Jon Richardson's book on his OCD life or should i say struggle ... it's a good read, funny and scary at the same time.
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I have a similar quirk with lights that have more than one switch. The switch that has turned on the light must be in the on position. If it isn't I have to turn it off with the other switch and back on with that one. Same thing with the light being off. All switches must be in the off position.
Thanks for all your replies 
Oh yeh i also forgot.. Since childhood I get ticks where I feel compelled to make strange noises in my throat and I feel like I can't stop doing at times , then I get anxious and it fuels the cycles ! I find I perform these ticks if I'm a but anxious but distraction definetly helps . I feel for all you OCD suffers !
I can relate to this..
I agree ..
Oh yeh i also forgot.. Since childhood I get ticks where I feel compelled to make strange noises in my throat and I feel like I can't stop doing at times , then I get anxious and it fuels the cycles ! I find I perform these ticks if I'm a but anxious but distraction definetly helps . I feel for all you OCD suffers !
I can relate to this..
I agree ..
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My partner suffers from OCD, she was diagnosed about 4 years ago. It's absolutely heart breaking to see the turmoil she used to go through on a daily basis. She's much better now but when the anxiety kicks in she really, really struggles.
We're both at a loss to understand why it appears to be OK for people to make light of the situation. Telling someone with OCD to 'just got on with it' is like telling someone with cancer to 'not have cancer'.
The population as a whole is largely ignorant when it comes to OCD and mental health issues in general. It's distressing for her have to deal with the idiot brigade that think they have OCD just because they like having their DVDs in alphabetical order. It makes light of what is a debilitating illness.
We're both at a loss to understand why it appears to be OK for people to make light of the situation. Telling someone with OCD to 'just got on with it' is like telling someone with cancer to 'not have cancer'.
The population as a whole is largely ignorant when it comes to OCD and mental health issues in general. It's distressing for her have to deal with the idiot brigade that think they have OCD just because they like having their DVDs in alphabetical order. It makes light of what is a debilitating illness.
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What if the shelf has only 1 item left, or 5, but they are all liked up side by side at the front.
Or
What if the item at the front of the shelf is the one that has the longest expiry date and the items at the back are all going to expire tomorrow?
(Some customer earlier must have taken one from the back, didn't want it and put it back at the front but you didn't know that)
What's your OCD going to do then?
If you are STILL going to get the ones from the back then yes, I would agree you have OCD, otherwise you don't, you merely want fresher produce.
If you stand there for 30mins, walking back and forth, struggles to decide then I would say you have OCD.
There is a difference being picky and there is a whole other matter when you can't function, sweating and can't move on to the next task because this simple gets in the way.
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What if the item at the front of the shelf is the one that has the longest expiry date and the items at the back are all going to expire tomorrow?
(Some customer earlier must have taken one from the back, didn't want it and put it back at the front but you didn't know that)
What's your OCD going to do then?
If you are STILL going to get the ones from the back then yes, I would agree you have OCD, otherwise you don't, you merely want fresher produce.
If you stand there for 30mins, walking back and forth, struggles to decide then I would say you have OCD.
There is a difference being picky and there is a whole other matter when you can't function, sweating and can't move on to the next task because this simple gets in the way.
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Got an uncle who keeps his work life and home life totally separate to the extent he won't wear clothes to work that he wears outside of work, nor will he spend any money that he took to work outside of work.
Even went as far as changing his accountant because someone he works with started using the same guy.
Rather weird. Drives my aunty nuts.
Even went as far as changing his accountant because someone he works with started using the same guy.
Rather weird. Drives my aunty nuts.
Looking back, I now realise I had some OCD tendencies as a child. I used to bounce my legs in a rhythm, and found it really difficult to stop, like if I didn't finish off the pattern I would feel really stressed about it, and I used to find it hard to actually find an suitable end to the pattern, they just wanted to on after the end. I also used to do a similar thing by tapping my teeth together.
I realised it was strange when I was about 8, and made a concious decision to stop doing it, and that pretty much worked I guess. Now, I just get fixated about putting ornaments on tables in an even manor and sometimes go a little OTT on cleaning things that dont really need to be cleaned lol, but it doesn't control me.
I realised it was strange when I was about 8, and made a concious decision to stop doing it, and that pretty much worked I guess. Now, I just get fixated about putting ornaments on tables in an even manor and sometimes go a little OTT on cleaning things that dont really need to be cleaned lol, but it doesn't control me.
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If I had a penny for every time someone asked if I had OCD I'd have £13.76.