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auntie aubrey · 07-30-2007, 05:30 PM

i believe that every single one of us is afflicted with just a touch of ocd. everyone, in some way, has something that compels him/her to irrational action.

confess your obsessive compulsions.

i'll go first. i can't let objects touch each other when they're at rest. for example, when stacking glasses into the cupboard, i have to make sure there's at least a hair's width of space between each glass. the bottles in the pantry can't touch either. if i put items back in the pantry and a moment later realize that two of the bottles might be touching, i have to go back in and make sure they're not. i realized this over the weekend when the spouse and i were out to dinner and he pushed the steamed rice bowl up against the soy sauce bottle. i was compelled to reach out and separate them.

in what way are you touched with OCD? fess up.

brightpearl · 07-30-2007, 05:31 PM

This thread gives me hives.

auntie aubrey · 07-30-2007, 05:32 PM

*touches "reply" button 5 times*

brightpearl · 07-30-2007, 05:33 PM

When I eat, I make it a point to scrape the fork over my teeth when I take a bite.

SCRRAAAAAAAAAAPE.

T.I.P. · 07-30-2007, 05:37 PM

AAAHGGGGGGGGGGHHH !!!

brightpearl · 07-30-2007, 05:38 PM

Also, when I am eating an enchilada plate at my fave Mexican dive, I gleefully mix the beans and rice with reckless abandon.

T.I.P. · 07-30-2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by auntie aubrey

i'll go first. i can't let objects touch each other when they're at rest. for example, when stacking glasses into the cupboard, i have to make sure there's at least a hair's width of space between each glass. the bottles in the pantry can't touch either. if i put items back in the pantry and a moment later realize that two of the bottles might be touching, i have to go back in and make sure they're not. i realized this over the weekend when the spouse and i were out to dinner and he pushed the steamed rice bowl up against the soy sauce bottle. i was compelled to reach out and separate them.

i do exactly the same thing. If you let them touch each other THEY MIGHT MAKE A SCRATCHY NOISE

auntie aubrey · 07-30-2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by T.I.P.

i do exactly the same thing. If you let them touch each other THEY MIGHT MAKE A SCRATCHY NOISE

THAT'S EXACTLY IT!!!!!! if you let the glasses touch each other then the next time you walk through the kitchen they might make that buzzing rattling sound against each other!

Marcus Bales · 07-30-2007, 05:50 PM

Whenever I put Zero on a shelf, I make sure he's facing to my left, and I use my right hand, so I can pet him all down his neck and back and right to the tippy tip of his tail, so he's rubbed all the right way and can't complain. Every time. Every. Single. Time.

Marcus Bales · 08-01-2007, 08:56 AM

It hasn't been a compulsion, but I like to line things in my visual field up with each other -- so that if I'm looking at a bookcase, for example, and I can almost see one side of it straight on, without seeing any of the plane of the piece of wood that makes the side of the bookcase, I'll move my head so that I cannot see that plane at all; and then I'll line up the edge of the laptop screen casing with the vertical line of the bookshelf. It's satisfying to do that, but I don't notice it unless I'm distracted from something else, or thinking, or looking for distraction.

07-30-2007, 05:30 PM	#1
auntie aubrey excursions Join Date: May 2006 Location: beyond the call of duty Posts: 2,443	compulsion i believe that every single one of us is afflicted with just a touch of ocd. everyone, in some way, has something that compels him/her to irrational action. confess your obsessive compulsions. i'll go first. i can't let objects touch each other when they're at rest. for example, when stacking glasses into the cupboard, i have to make sure there's at least a hair's width of space between each glass. the bottles in the pantry can't touch either. if i put items back in the pantry and a moment later realize that two of the bottles might be touching, i have to go back in and make sure they're not. i realized this over the weekend when the spouse and i were out to dinner and he pushed the steamed rice bowl up against the soy sauce bottle. i was compelled to reach out and separate them. in what way are you touched with OCD? fess up. __________________ that dog won't hunt, monsignor

07-30-2007, 05:32 PM	#3
auntie aubrey excursions Join Date: May 2006 Location: beyond the call of duty Posts: 2,443	touches "reply" button 5 times __________________ that dog won't hunt, monsignor

07-30-2007, 05:50 PM	#9
Marcus Bales ________________ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a coign of the cliff between lowland and highland, at the sea-down's edge between windward and lee, walled round with rocks as an inland island, the ghost of a garden fronts the sea. Posts: 8,967	Whenever I put Zero on a shelf, I make sure he's facing to my left, and I use my right hand, so I can pet him all down his neck and back and right to the tippy tip of his tail, so he's rubbed all the right way and can't complain. Every time. Every. Single. Time. __________________ My strength is as the strength of eight -- My heart is nearly pure.

08-01-2007, 08:56 AM	#10
Marcus Bales ________________ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a coign of the cliff between lowland and highland, at the sea-down's edge between windward and lee, walled round with rocks as an inland island, the ghost of a garden fronts the sea. Posts: 8,967	It hasn't been a compulsion, but I like to line things in my visual field up with each other -- so that if I'm looking at a bookcase, for example, and I can almost see one side of it straight on, without seeing any of the plane of the piece of wood that makes the side of the bookcase, I'll move my head so that I cannot see that plane at all; and then I'll line up the edge of the laptop screen casing with the vertical line of the bookshelf. It's satisfying to do that, but I don't notice it unless I'm distracted from something else, or thinking, or looking for distraction. __________________ My strength is as the strength of eight -- My heart is nearly pure.

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brightpearl Rhinoceros fan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8,749	When I eat, I make it a point to scrape the fork over my teeth when I take a bite. SCRRAAAAAAAAAAPE.

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T.I.P. balancing actor Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: america Posts: 2,706	AAAHGGGGGGGGGGHHH !!!

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brightpearl Rhinoceros fan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8,749	Also, when I am eating an enchilada plate at my fave Mexican dive, I gleefully mix the beans and rice with reckless abandon.