My ocd

KTRIC

I have an ex that accused me of having OCD because I'm a tidy person. Not obsessively clean or tidy but within reason.

Its a word thats thrown around too often and the syndrome is scary enough without trivialising it.

I have a colleague that definitely has it. He taps the desk after every call, mild but maybe a touch OCD.

Ormus

KTRIC wrote: »

I have an ex that accused me of having OCD because I'm a tidy person. Not obsessively clean or tidy but within reason.

Its a word thats thrown around too often and the syndrome is scary enough without trivialising it.

I have a colleague that definitely has it. He taps the desk after every call, mild but maybe a touch OCD.

Yeah it's the fancy modern term for "habit".

Just like people talk about getting "depressed" like it's something that can come and go in the space of 5 minutes, rather than a serious mental condition.

Sindri

I actually do have OCD.

The worst is my intolerances. I get extremely angry and have been for the better part of my life. Most of my day is taken over by it. I rate fairly highly on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive scale (32-40) and medication has always made things worse and since I have other mental illnesses I would be against taking medication. My life has actually fallen a part from. I am probably entitled to a disability payment.

Katgurl

I don't think I have OCD but a mild obsession with counting that I find bizarrely soothing.

Everytime I glance at any signs or posters I will automatically count all the letters and figure out the factors and then if I don't like the way they are distributed I'll move all the words around until I do. When I'm reading or speaking I'll start counting letters in sentences and if I don't like the number I will work out ways to achieve a number I do like through word substitution or punctuation without changing the meaning of the sentence. Then I have to figure out factors and distribution etc

Sadly I used embrace this 'skill' until I discovered a few years ago it's a form of OCD and not proof of superior intelligence. It is only a distraction and stops me absorbing what's actually going on. I have to really work hard to resist urge, it's like having an annoying twitch.

Somebody told me I'd be able to figure out why I started if I really thought about it. Lo and behold I eventually remembered; prior to my parents separation we used to go on lots of boring driving holidays around England, they were unbearable, sitting in back of car while my parents fought relentlessly in the front. I'd stare out the window and read the road signs, soon enough the counting began...

It's really hard to stop but worth it to try I think.

Homer

I have CDO.

It's like OCD but all the letters are in the alphabetical order as they should be.

joseph brand

I think I'm alone on this one.

If someone says a long word to me, I can tell them how many letters are in it, pretty quick. They have to check back, counting on their fingers, which takes a LOT longer.

Also, with small sentences, (4- 5 words), I HAVE to break it down into vowels and consonants. I try to split in half, with the same amount of vowels and consonants on each side.

e.g: 'I got some beer'. 12 letters Simple example
(I got so) (me beer) or (I got me) (so beer)
3v 3c 3v 3c 3v 3c 3v 3c

The I might try an anagram: 'I got mee sober'
Change the 'I' to 'You', (14 letters), if my brain forces me, and start over.

All this time someone could be talking to me, but I haven't heard a word they said. But I'm happy that the words worked out nicely. WTF is wrong with me? I'm at this since I was about 14, . .14, . . .fourteen (four) and (teen), same amount of vowels and consanants in each, . . .ah ffs.

joseph brand

Katgurl wrote: »

I don't think I have OCD but a mild obsession with counting that I find bizarrely soothing.

Everytime I glance at any signs or posters I will automatically count all the letters and figure out the factors and then if I don't like the way they are distributed I'll move all the words around until I do. When I'm reading or speaking I'll start counting letters in sentences and if I don't like the number I will work out ways to achieve a number I do like through word substitution or punctuation without changing the meaning of the sentence. Then I have to figure out factors and distribution etc

Sadly I used embrace this 'skill' until I discovered a few years ago it's a form of OCD and not proof of superior intelligence. It is only a distraction and stops me absorbing what's actually going on. I have to really work hard to resist urge, it's like having an annoying twitch.

Somebody told me I'd be able to figure out why I started if I really thought about it. Lo and behold I eventually remembered; prior to my parents separation we used to go on lots of boring driving holidays around England, they were unbearable, sitting in back of car while my parents fought relentlessly in the front. I'd stare out the window and read the road signs, soon enough the counting began...

It's really hard to stop but worth it to try I think.

Sounds similar to what I do. Could you provide a simple example of what exactly you do?

IvySlayer

If there are coins on the table, I have to sort them out. All stacked neatly together, all the same side facing up, highest to lowest. All notes in my wallet have to be aligned in the same way too.

Also when I hear a word I have to say it backwards for some reason :P

garysully1986

Does anyone else have to have the tv or stereo on an even level? Like 31 is just uncomfortable but 30 or 32 is fine, also multiples of 5 are grand and for some reason the number 7

BaconZombie

WHY did you not but OCD in caps?!?!?!?!?

And no I don't have OCD :pac:

Tapes wrote: »

I have a kind of ocd, sometimes i wonder does everybody have it, when im talking to somebody that i like i think what if i spat on them why would i do that i like this person? Then i think did i spit on them? Am i sure i didnt? Does anybody here have this kind of ocd?

Big Nasty

garysully1986 wrote: »

Does anyone else have to have the tv or stereo on an even level? Like 31 is just uncomfortable but 30 or 32 is fine, also multiples of 5 are grand and for some reason the number 7

Yes! Yes I do! Exactly like that!

EDIT: Not the 7 bit but 18; 20; 22; 24; 25; 26; 28; 30.

castletownman

I won't work in an office that has already been worked in before

YoureSoVain

Ariella Skinny Yo-yo wrote: »

I have one which comes and goes. If I hear a word that is kind of long I spell the word out on my fingers. Then I continue to spell it along my fingers until it ends on a multiple of 10.

I do this too. Plus I also spell out what I'm saying in sign language with my hands down by my sides so no one sees it.

Chuck Stone

Johro wrote: »

I remember standing up in class and asking the teacher could he please please wipe the blackboard properly coz those bits he missed annoyed the hell out of me.

In tears laughing at this ^^.

Sorry dude.

Johro

I'm happy to have been a source of entertainment for you. :cool:

Johro

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Nightmare...

Davidson2k9

I have a habit of not finishing stories. Like this one time when I was

Johro

Davidson2k9 wrote: »

I have a habit of not finishing stories. Like this one time when I was

...tired and I couldn't remember exactly how it went. *wipes brow* Phew.