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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 03:53 PM
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Come on then who on here has some weird and wonderful OCD type habbits?

Que Warren with the contects of Boots and the local Co-Op in the Kitchen just in case
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 03:58 PM
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I have to keep every item on my desk straight and either perpendicular or parrallel to the others, drives me nuts!!

Other than that - none, although when I was a kid I used to always step on the same number of coloured tiles when I was out shopping with my mum - used to drive her mad as she'd have hold of my hand and i'd be leaping all over the place!!

Oh and I used to devide words up somehow so that they either made equal letters of finished with the centre one - I've forgot how I used to do this and it's just made me think what a strange child I was

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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:01 PM
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i dont get you, examples please?!
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:09 PM
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erm can i have a straight jacket please???

All my tins have to have labels alligned.

Have to have full boxes of tins. Cant have half boxes on show

I used to have to line up all my toy cars etc in order. now its my lego models in a set order but they are still packed in boxes most of them.

Instead my rubber ducks by the bath are all lined up as are the model planes on my shelfs.
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:14 PM
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i like to keep my change pot organised

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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by alan12112
Oh and I used to devide words up somehow so that they either made equal letters of finished with the centre one - I've forgot how I used to do this and it's just made me think what a strange child I was
I used to do that.
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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I HAVE to have my handle bar of my WR resting on the EXACT same bit of concrete between the EXACT two bricks on my garage wall. Sometimes i can spend 15 minutes locking everything up, then get inside, and then think its not leant on the wall right, so have to unlock everything again and go and check. 100% of the time its as it 'should be', but i like to check because if its not, it could slip and knock into my other bike, and that could then fall onto my car, causing a spark and igniting a bit of fuel thats dripped out the overflow on the bike while its on its side, engulfing the whole garage in flames writing everything off.

Is that OCD????
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by gus
i like to keep my change pot organised

Change pot!!!! You have some very expensive change there

Well organised though mate.
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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Can't have any dust on the interior of my car. Mud on the mats is ok, because you can expect that...but the plastics have to be immaculate and mark free otherwise it does my head in. When I wipe down the dash etc there can't be so much as 1 bit of dust on it...same with the seats. Sometimes go over the same bit about 5 times if a bit of dust lands back on it.
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:20 PM
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I could do with someone with OCD to pop round mine for a few hours to clean up my house if they fancy it
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by gus
i like to keep my change pot organised
You got like Ł30 of change there your car is SOOO going to get broken into, just for the change that would fund the next hit for a smack head for 10 seconds work
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:20 PM
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I always have to have the volume on the TV, Stereo etc etc set on even numbers.
But I was always under the impression that was the Law!!
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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i have to have the radio on a even number lol if someone changes it and leaves it on a odd number i have to change it lol
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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Cant forget the concours guys and girls, they have with out a doubt got OCD they just havnt been diagnosed yet
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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when am in my work clothes i have to put the things i carry in my pockets in the same order every timelike phone in side pocket on leg keys in right pocket ipod left pocket and wallet in left leg pocket lol
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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loads of em..
trainers cant be touching
i have 4 new pairs just incase
have to unlock and lock my car twice before i lock it.
my mobile phone chargers have to be wrapped up a certain way
every plug has to be off,i have to check twice
all the windows have to be shut,ill get in bed and get out again to check
my cds have to be in alphabetical order
my wallet has to be shut straight i cant have the inside poking out if you know what i mean?
i keep the receipts for everything
i have to check my fave jacket and hoodys an cont them....the list goes on
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by pollocks
when am in my work clothes i have to put the things i carry in my pockets in the same order every timelike phone in side pocket on leg keys in right pocket ipod left pocket and wallet in left leg pocket lol

I do that, random. Lol.

More so if am going out on the piss, everything has to be in a certain pocket, phone, change, ID etc.
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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I do most of what you lot do
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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you lot are just plain FREAKS!!!!
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:38 PM
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You don`t even want to know how bad i am


I do everything listed so far and MUCH MUCH more

I`m on a par with Steven RW, he`s almost as cuckoo as me
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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The stereo/tv volume has to be an even number and NO WAY 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have to have all the queens faces pointed the same way when i have a pocket full of notes.

I stir my coffee/Tea with 5 turns clockwise then 5 turns anti-clockwise

I HAVE to look out the bedroom window before i get into bed at night

If i have a cheeseburger from Mcdonalds/Burger King ect i HAVE to open the wrapper out fully and make sure it is totally flat on the table.

NO ONE can touch the inside of the car windows......(Or is that just a pet hate)
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by pollocks
when am in my work clothes i have to put the things i carry in my pockets in the same order every timelike phone in side pocket on leg keys in right pocket ipod left pocket and wallet in left leg pocket lol

I wouldn't class that as OCD, more just being practical. I always keep my phone in my left trouser pocket and keys and change in my right. That way my phone doesn't get scratched and, being right handed, loose change and keys fall to hand easily.



I did used to have a 'habit' when I was younger, I would always check my shoes every few steps. Probably because I was always standing in dog shit.
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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Making sure the house is locked, even though i know it is.
When i go food shopping, i have to put all the stuff on the conveyor belt in order and in straight lines. Does my girlfriends head in.
When i see people just chuck stuff on, it drives me mad!!!!
When a silver cars been re painted and the colours dont match....
When i fill the car with petrol, it has to finish on an eve number

Smudge

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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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theres a guy at work and he is obsessed with recycling. He scours every bin, every office, every skip and sorts all the rubbish out in the correct containers. Then he takes EVERYONES newspapers and plastic drinks cartons home to put out for recycle. He is that obsessed that if he is driving along a road and spots rubbish he stops, picks it up and puts it in his boot while cursing the air blue about how people should recycle. He has also been known to THREATEN VIOLENCE to people if he spots them littering.
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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I was alright before I read all that


For me it's how I'm spoken to, I hate people who just blow hot air and exist for small talk absolutely does my nut, but hate being the bloke who's correcting and dictating. Just try and avoid the usual suspects just so I don't come off cocky or condescending, but just like substance over bullshit day to day

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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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Various things for me at home and at work - things just have to be right, in the right place in the right order, if its not right, it annoys the shit out of me untill it is right
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by The Diva
You don`t even want to know how bad i am


I do everything listed so far and MUCH MUCH more

I`m on a par with Steven RW, he`s almost as cuckoo as me
Did you lock the door?

Best go check



Alternatively, next time you own a cosworth i'll lean the injector multiplugs away from the HT leads, i remember you going spare in Germany the last time i did that
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This is ace.You lot are weirdos and so am I.My missis messes the tins in the cupboards up on purpose because I have to have everything in its right place and labels on show but thats just common sense and in the fridge.Always moving stuff so its level or in its place ie,cushions on sofa,floormats by the front and back door,car mats,washing hands a million times a day, I could sit here all night listing stuff.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:33 AM
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i have to have tins in cupboard facing the front so u can see wot there are.i also have to open crisp packets the correct way up.never ever done it the wrong way lol
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shit a brick at all you lot
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:45 AM
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you lot are all odd.... i'm a relaxed person and have none of these 'oddities'

only OCD in my house is my housemate, she insists on ironing everything, pants towels, bed sheets, tea towels etc.

works for me though as she does my ironing too

caught her ironing a glove (singular) yesterday, she had borrowed it and didnt want to return it 'scruffy' as she reffered to it.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:47 AM
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Girls have to have big tits. that is my only ocd type way
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Sonic Boom
I always have to have the volume on the TV, Stereo etc etc set on even numbers.
But I was always under the impression that was the Law!!
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how do you turn it right up to 11?
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:14 AM
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I do the same thing with the volume on the surround sound and also in the car, it has to be on an even number.

We have coloured mugs and they have to be stacked in the cupboard with matching colours on top of eachother. All my cutlery has to be stacked properly in the drawer, we have 3 different cutlery sets and the forks from each set have to be stacked separately on top of eachother, all the knives have to be facing the right way and the different spoons all have to be stacked in matching sets.

Scott has the thing about notes all facing the right way (all queens heads facing the same way), he also lines up the dining table so the gap inbetween the two chairs lines up with the Sony label on the TV on the wall in the dining room.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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I also know a song about OCD

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cef_DG_G9vU



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i have to have notes facing the same way.

cannot have the volume on no 13.

and the worst of all is when driving i have to open the window - but then i have to have BOTH front windows and they have to be open exactly the same amount
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My missus would have a field day if she saw this thread!

Mine is tidyness and arrangement

And she moans about it...

everyday


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Originally Posted by Smit
My missus would have a field day if she saw this thread!

Mine is tidyness and arrangement

And she moans about it...

everyday


OCD bear

I can vouch for this, he is a tidy freak!!!
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I have to close internal doors twice. Regardless of it having been closed in the first place.

I always press the end call button on my phone 3 times.

If I am drinking, I have to drink from the same point on the glass each time I sip.

The hood on my hoodies has to be folded outwards not inwards.

My socks are arranged in my drawer and folded with one another so they are all the same size.

When I press the power button my my remote I press it 3 times for on and 5 times for off.

When I'm engaging in sexual intercourse with a sheep I can't pull out until it baa's 3 times in a row in a pleasurable tone.

But apart from that I'm well normal!
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Originally Posted by Smit
My missus would have a field day if she saw this thread!

Mine is tidyness and arrangement

And she moans about it...

everyday


Snap. My wife says i have OCD and usually because i like things being tidy. I cant stand fucking mess! As far as i am concerned its not normal to have a fucking mess everywhere! I dont class that as ocd either! However some of the traits above are DEFFO ocd!

Even in our wedding speech by the minister he mentioned my ocd. However he managed to "miss" my response that it was betetr than her having cjd!!
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