It stands for obsessive compulsive disorder. Have you got one? What might it be? I carry alcohol wipes and use them on phones that are not mine. That's as off the wall as *I* get !
my ex-girlfriend has OCD. man it drove me nuts. i mean, its cool to have things looking straight and neat all the time, but when you have to go back to turn the light switch off again, cause it didnt feel right, its just irritating. it was always fun to mess with her OCD though. drove her nuts.
cherryiceangel, I can't look at your sig or I might hurl. Good job. My younger son is starting to get a little weird, but hopefully he'll grow out of it. He has to have a wet cloth to wipe his face after every bite during a meal. He wipes up his tray (highchair) and he hates getting his hands sticky. Did I mention that he's only 2?
I've a little o.c.d. thing... I've that Purell hand sanitizer that I use whilst at work... I handle cash all day, it gets a little dirty. Even washing my hands at the end of my shift isn't enough sometimes, so I use that. But that's the extent of it... and I love how aloe-y it smells!
A few years ago I had this bad thing with feet. My feet couldn't touch other people or I couldn't be touched by other peoples feet. My feet never touched the floor without socks on. I had this thing with opening doors with my bare hands. All done and over with
I check light switches, oven knobs, the power on the vcr/dvd player, door locks count things wash my hands often unplug things that aren't in use (toaster, blender) I can't stand things being out of place (I use to organize my exs' things all the time. Drove him crazy)
Hmmm, I feel a need to walk in blocks of 8. I count every step until I reach 8 then I go back to 1. If I'm walking to the bus stop and I'm only on step 5 then I will do 3 small steps so that I add up to 8. I also have to look up words describing emotions in the dictionary. Once I've got the definition then I try and work out if thats how I feel. It's pretty impossible to do but I daren't say I feel that emotion unless I know what it means. I have to look up the word 'friend' all the time because I panic about using it incase the person isn't really my friend. It's pretty stupid because they are such simple words but I honestly don't know how i feel unless I look it up. I can't turn off a CD or the radio until either the person has finished the sentance or the song has finished. There are other things, but thats enough for now
Hideous isn't it? I have been trying to stop it for the past 4 years but I don't seem to be able too. According to my doctor it will go in time...but It doesn't seem to...
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i repeatedly check to make sure i have unplugged/turned off appliances. i count things, and prefer things to be in increments of 10. i freak out if i get a stain or hole in my clothes. if i spill something on my shirt, i can't stop looking at it all day. if i can't get rid of the stain in the wash, i get rid of the garmet. i organize and label things constantly. i'm sure there's more, i just can't think of it right now.
I use to re-arrange things in my exs room while he was at work. My OCD consists of: Frequent handwashing - more so when cooking Checking locks on doors and the faucets Cleaning re-arranging things - I cannot stand things crooked or out of place
my "oc" (not neccessarily "d") consists mostly of getting really annoyed at politicians not appearing to give a dam how much harm they cause and policies that attempt to impose less diversity and interestingness anyplace, including also anyplace where i happen to be. (this is what i don't like about cars being the primary means of transportation: all that damd monotonously flat pavement everywhere) i've learned to accept diversity as the nature of reality but i need to have places to sort kinds of things into to make them findable when i need them knowing i have something and not being able to find it when i have a use for it bothers me having to stumble over someone else's disorder, when it intrudes on my flow of meditative creativity is an offense both treasonous and tyrannical does it not then go without saying oh how much would love to be living alone odly enough i do love the convolutedness of nature though i will keep disinfecting when that is what it takes to prevent insect colonization in the house (there IS a 'magic' about doing things in ways and sequences that 'feel right' that is beyond and not always related to, the direct natural effects to the actions themselves.) =^^= .../\...
