So... What's your OCD?

[Yegolev]

I wish it did anything for me to want to take it up.  Then I could participate in these discussions about wanting to take it up.

Same.  I don't do the pot because it does nothing for me.  It's not like I didn't try, believe me.  Last time I had a round with it, I decided it pretty much sucks.  Come to think of it, I should probably get rid of it.

[blueskyblue]

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[Signe]

You just have the one, then?

[Cyrrex]

If he/she only does it "now and then", then it's hardly a compulsion.

It was a helluva first post, otherwise.  I'm thinking of clcking on the linky in the sig pretty soon.

[Signe]

The website is strange.  It tells you that if you want to learn more about their dentists to stop by the office but it doesn't every say who or where these dentists are. 

[Cyrrex]

I was thinking it would be dental porn, but I don't even know what that is.

[Samwise]

I was thinking it would be dental porn, but I don't even know what that is.

Don't make me google it and post the results.  So help me I'll do it.

[Tarami]

I was thinking it would be dental porn, but I don't even know what that is.

Don't make me google it and post the results.  So help me I'll do it.

Well, it gave me this, which was pretty awesome in a sense.

[Signe]

Gee, Trippy, thanks a lot for making me seem odd!  You couldn't have left the person's text in when you guested him?

[Trippy]

I guess I could have...

[Signe]

You used to be such a sweet boy.   

[Cyrrex]

Yeah, now we look stupid...er.

[Trippy]

Well the dental link I wouldn't have left in cause that was the reason I deleted the account in the first place. But Signe's OCD comment would've at least still made sense.

[Cyrrex]

Now you're just playing favorites.  FINE.

[Signe]

Yeah, me and Cyrrex usually look stupid enough when we chat in the same thread.  We probably don't need much help in that regard. 

[Arnold]

We all have one, call it an OCD, call it a quirk but here are mine:

1. I always use a paper towel in the bathroom after I wash my hands to open the door out of a public bathroom. I do not have a phobia about doorknobs per se since I do not even think about it at home, but in public.../cringe

I do this too.  So many nasty people don't wash their hands and grab that door that their is no point in washing your own hands if you don't protect yourself.  I just use the towel that I dried my hands with to fling the door open and quickly throw it into the trash.

4. I am a toothbrush nazi...have to brush at work after lunch and do not think I have gone more than 12 hours ever without brushing as an adult. As a funny side note, I did not go to a dentist at anytime in my adult life until I was 35 (and then for just a cleaning) and the dentist did not believe me, so I must have been doing something right :)

I'd be a flossing nazi before I became a toothbrush nazi.  But I know where you are coming from - I once saw a dentist for the first time in 10 years and had no cavities.  He got all excited and started yelling, "See!  Tooth decay is 100% preventable!"

I felt bad and didn't tell the dude that I didn't floss and only brushed once a day for that period.  He was just way too happy to bring him down.  I figured it was either genetic or due to my diet (I don't eat much in the way of sugar).

Oh yeah, I also chew ice lalmost every day.  Not so much during the winter, but during the summer, I mow though that shit and have been doing so for almost 40 years.

[Draegan]

I never read this thread all the way through, but I can't have the volume of my TV or Radio on 13.

[Venkman]

My email inbox. My whole life is on email and the phone. If I've got more than four read emails though, I'm not organized enough and it drives me crazy. I've also got Tasks set to only display the stuff that needs doing that day.

I also do the lists thing. It's all lists.

[Cyrrex]

I never read this thread all the way through, but I can't have the volume of my TV or Radio on 13.

We've been over similar territory, but yours is pretty specific...I think several of us, me included, cannot have their tv or radio volume sitting on an odd number.  I don't even think about it anymore.

[FatuousTwat]

My volume has to be on a multiple of 5.

[Draegan]

I never read this thread all the way through, but I can't have the volume of my TV or Radio on 13.

We've been over similar territory, but yours is pretty specific...I think several of us, me included, cannot have their tv or radio volume sitting on an odd number.  I don't even think about it anymore.

Yeah I read the thread, but just until recently.  I'm fine with every number but 13.

[Pennilenko]

When I see anything with a recurring pattern I am forced to count how many times the pattern recurs, I cannot stop or be interupted. Ceiling tiles with the holes in them are torture for me.
I've seen it mentioned once, I have to check that I've locked my door several times, also, I do this with my car, I repeatedly push the lock button even though I know it was locked on the first attempt.
I clean my computers once a week, I am talking a thorough break down, and dusting with Q-tips and 100 percent rubbing alcohol. If I don't I visualize dust overheating and melting down my beloved machines.
All of my clothing gets folded and layed out in specific patterns.
I get random urges to touch things. Never people, just inanimate objects.
If something has a texture that is random, I must avoid it. I cannot go into rooms with flooring like this. Nothing is capable of making me over come this.
My food cannot be touching other food on plates. Potatoes cannot be touching steak, or veggies. I freak out and there is nothing I can do. I ask restaurants to give me my sides in separate dishes it is so bad.

There are  a lot more, some of them are really bad, and I am getting help.