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The OCD Soapbox
gambollingsundae:
I only have a cople OCD-like tendencies:
1. When I make my bed, it has to be PERFECT. No wrinkles, even on both sides, hosptial corners....the whole nine yards. I can go days without making my bad, but making it and having it be off drives me batty.
2. If I have a stack of papers, they have to be perfectly straight. Having one paper off bothers me, and I have to tap them on all sides until they're straight again.
cTony:
I've a few little quirks; I'm sure everyone has a little of these kinds of things; though my family notices some of the things that i do, it doesnt interfere with anything.
I have to smell things before i'll let them touch any part of me other than my hands, which are used to pick them up so i can smell them >_>. THis is most important for towels. Ill go through an entire cupboard and find the towel that has the most non existant smell.
I wash dishes when i take them out the cupboard; This is more because no one in the universe knows how to wash a cup ... If i wash the dishes it takes hoursof serious inspection. I can't dry things with a towel because ..er.. towel fibres... I don't want towel fibres in my food or drink.
I used to save with Ctrl+S between 3 and six times, and user the menu as well, depending on the importance of the document. Now i just use the menu because i've gotten used to woking with C++ workspaces, where the IDE option to save everything doesnt have a shortcut key (though it may be customizable).
Things should be at right angles, especially paper. I don't always budge to move it, but if i look at a table, and its not orthagonal to the wall, it annoys me. If i do handle it for any reason, then as im already in the process of touching it, i'd make it orthagonal to the wall; The most common things subject to this are my mouse mat, books, and coasters (in which the cup has to be centered).
Im far too lazy and tired to ever develop anything serious though... Unless uoi can be Obsessively compulsed to do nothing, in which case i need immediate help :D (Im 18..so i think that explains it)
Steyr_Junkie:
I'm bad about the lock on my apartment door. I always end up getting out of bed 5 or 6 times to make sure its locked before I can fall asleep. The only other quirk I have is concerning the zipper on jackets. I either have it zipped all the way up, unzipped, or right to the solar plexus.
Serene Cataclysm:
Wow, I have OCD symptoms and never realized that they were OCD symptoms until I read this thread.
On number 1 - 9, I prefer odd numbers, because they always have a number in the middle. I envision dots in my head and for some reason connect the beginning, middle, and end dots in my head. I gives them a sense of...security? With numbers 10 and up, I prefer even numbers because they are easily divisible and fun to manipulate in my head. I like prime numbers, too. There's a sense of security that I don't have to worry about any other numbers being multiplied to equal the prime number except for the number times one. Prime numbers also have a bold feeling to me. Weird.
I rarely pay attention to cracks when walking, but when I do, I like the balance the sensations between my feet by alternating stepping on cracks with each foot, touching approximately the same spot on my foot.
I can never save a word/excel document just once. I save at least twice, usually three times, and sometimes five times. Once does not feel secure enough.
When I was a bit younger, there was a period of about 2 or 3 months where I would constantly sniff my nose as if I had sinus problems at least once a minute. It drove people INSANE. It went away on it's own, though.
None of these impact my day to day life in any perceivable manner. They just make me feel a wee bit quirky.
Oh, and Hannelore is my absolute favorite character. I am filled with glee everytime Jeph puts up a strip with Hanners in it. If there ever was a QC spinoff, I'd love to see a storyline with Hannelore as the main protaganist. I might have a seizure due to overwhelming levels of awesome, though.
cTony:
Apart from the number things, I share those things too Serene Cataclysm (Inc. Hannelore thing).
I was always told my nose would fall off if i didn't stop sniffling >_>.
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