Napoleon's Official OCD Thread!

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Okay,

I've heard and read a lot in the past weeks about OCD and folks' strange habits, especially in iPhone forums! Strange...

Well, here's your chance to share some of those strange compulsions and obsessions with the whole world (well, EiC, anyway!). If you dare...

I'll start:

Every sandwich (made with regular slice-size bread) has to be eaten in sixteen bites.

[psylichon]

I tend to require at least one beer per evening, but I think that's a subject for another thread...

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I tend to require at least one beer per evening, but I think that's a subject for another thread...

We're talking OCD here, not natural inclinations. :dft010:smiling

[KabaModern]

I press the "lock" button on my car keyfob twice, every time. Pressing it once will lock everything completely, but I, for some reason, don't believe it will and feel much safer when I press it twice.

[psylichon]

You, sir, will use twice as many batteries in your life as I will. More, probably, as I often forget to press mine once :)

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I press the "lock" button on my car keyfob twice, every time. Pressing it once will lock everything completely, but I, for some reason, don't believe it will and feel much safer when I press it twice.

I do the same thing, all the time.


My God. :dft010:smiling

[coasts]

I tap my front two and left rear pockets easily 50 times a day.

[psylichon]

lol... ok, I do tap my front left and back right pockets and awful lot. Good one.

[KabaModern]

I tend to require at least one beer per evening, but I think that's a subject for another thread...

Haha, Dave those are the words of an alco.... *clears throat*

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Haha, Dave those are the words of an alco.... *clears throat*

Yeah - that's a different condition...:dft012:wink

[aggieman]

Haha, Dave those are the words of an alco.... *clears throat*

I prefer to be called a drunk, not an alcoholic. there is a fine line between the two :ok:ok

[mittenman]

I prefer to be called a drunk, not an alcoholic. there is a fine line between the two :ok:ok

Some of us can walk that line like a tightrope:dft010:smiling

I am also a pocket checker and a multiple key fob button pusher. I also seem to wake my iPhone almost every time I come to my toolbox at work, even though it's within earshot most time.

[Londonrockz568]

My biggest ocd is when ever i step out of the house, or car i always grab my left and right pocket to check that i have my wallet and phone.

Another HUGE ocd i have is whenever im walking and i pull something out of my pocket i always look behind me incase something has fallen out while trying to pull out my keys or wallet or phone.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

My biggest ocd is when ever i step out of the house, or car i always grab my left and right pocket to check that i have my wallet and phone.

Another HUGE ocd i have is whenever im walking and i pull something out of my pocket i always look behind me incase something has fallen out while trying to pull out my keys or wallet or phone.

At least those are sensible compulsions, London!

[Europa]

I have to keep checking the fridge to make sure the neighbors cat isn't in there and I have to do a 1-10 count loop every time I'm completeing a task, such as walking up stairs or locking a door. ;) JK, but I did see a Dateline program where real people had those severe OCD rituals. It made me feel better about mine. My rituals include having more than one alarm clock and not being able to go to sleep unless I check them at least 3 times and writing little reminder notes for myself. The iPhone and the notes and calander app have helped tremendously with the latter.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

There seem to be a lot if people out there with varying degrees of OCD. I think it's somewhat comforting to know that you're not the only one.

[ryfone]

I tap my front two and left rear pockets easily 50 times a day.

Same here...

[glsda]

I put my sock on my left foot then on the right then put my shoe on the left foot then the right and then tie the left shoe and then the right. Tired doing one foot completely before moving to the next and it nearly drove me crazy. It took maximum self discipline not to start all over and do it MY way. :dft011:wicked_smile

[MileHighRob]

I have to keep checking the fridge to make sure the neighbors cat isn't in there and I have to do a 1-10 count loop every time I'm completeing a task, such as walking up stairs or locking a door. ;) JK, but I did see a Dateline program where real people had those severe OCD rituals. It made me feel better about mine. My rituals include having more than one alarm clock and not being able to go to sleep unless I check them at least 3 times and writing little reminder notes for myself. The iPhone and the notes and calander app have helped tremendously with the latter.
Speaking of severe OCD rituals does anyone watch Obsessed on A&E?

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

After I close my bedroom window, I'll check it again two or three times to make sure it's closed.

[Londonrockz568]

Another OCD i have is when im in any type of high rise or skyscraper i have to look at a window and look down. I dont know why i do this but there are ALOT of high rises in hk so i cant really explain it.

[MrMike6by9]

I press the "lock" button on my car keyfob twice, every time. Pressing it once will lock everything completely, but I, for some reason, don't believe it will and feel much safer when I press it twice.
At least I have an excuse for that one ... the first press locks the car and the second one arms the security system.

YMMV

[MrMike6by9]

I prefer to be called a drunk, not an alcoholic. there is a fine line between the two :ok:ok
"I'm not an alcoholic. I'm a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings."
- Capt. Hawkeye Pierce

[Londonrockz568]

Theres some college saying about drinking and its the water of knowledge or whatever that i wana post but i cant find it lol.

[TarekElsakka]

I do almost the same thing as KabaModern, except when I get out of the car, I press the lock key once then unlock then lock again and trying opening the door to make sure it's locked.

I also keep opening every door inside the car to make sure I didn't forget anything inside.

I put my left leg in first when wearing pants or shorts, I don't know why.

I brush my hair to the front first then to the back.

I leave the silver paper in a cigarette pack because I used to do that when traveling to the coast where humidity is very high.

Are those things normal?

[JWiPhone]

I kiss my new iPhone 3GS twice before going to bed everynight; once in the on position and once in the off position

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I kiss my new iPhone 3GS twice before going to bed. Once in the on position and once in the off position

That's not OCD - that's proper protocol!

[Hondamaker]

I clear my throat constantly, whether it needs it or not.

[psylichon]

I sniff. Allergies.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

When I was about five and living in England, I used to spin in different directions at the end of the day in order to counteract the turns I'd made during the day.

If anyone has read Andre Norton's "The Revolving Boy," it was much like that.

[aknightstale41]

When i was 6 if i touched someting with my right hand my mind would have to even things out and touch it again with my left hand, that lasted 4 years and then i was cured of it (not sure how). Then i got married and acquired a whole new set of neurotic compulsions lol.
btw i google that book "The Relvoling Boy" because it looks like an interesting read but it dosent come up anywhere....it must be a really old book.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

When i was 6 if i touched someting with my right hand my mind would have to even things out and touch it again with my left hand, that lasted 4 years and then i was cured of it (not sure how). Then i got married and acquired a whole new set of neurotic compulsions lol.
btw i google that book "The Relvoling Boy" because it looks like an interesting read but it dosent come up anywhere....it must be a really old book.

I Googled under "revolving boy" and the book was all over the first page. Andre Norton was a pseudonym for Gertrude Friedberg.

[cindra]

When i was 6 if i touched someting with my right hand my mind would have to even things out and touch it again with my left hand, that lasted 4 years and then i was cured of it (not sure how). Then i got married and acquired a whole new set of neurotic compulsions lol.
btw i google that book "The Relvoling Boy" because it looks like an interesting read but it dosent come up anywhere....it must be a really old book.

Maybe the sci-fi book by Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg-The Revolving Boy (1966).

That's all I can find by that title. :032:unsure

[Tinman]

When heading out, like with my wife, and leaving the house empty, I always drive around the block and then return home, just to check if someone was "waiting for us to leave." I do this even when people are at home if there is ANYONE remotely close my house when I leave. Like the mailman. Four houses away.



--
Mike

[psylichon]

At work, I hit Apple-S quite often, even though there is an effective auto-save feature in the software I use.

[seanwes]

At work, I hit Apple-S quite often, even though there is an effective auto-save feature in the software I use.

Along those lines, sometimes I do the shortcut for "Save As..." instead of just Save, because I get that visual confirmation that it actually saved.

[TarekElsakka]

When i was 6 if i touched someting with my right hand my mind would have to even things out and touch it again with my left hand, that lasted 4 years and then i was cured of it (not sure how). Then i got married and acquired a whole new set of neurotic compulsions lol.
btw i google that book "The Relvoling Boy" because it looks like an interesting read but it dosent come up anywhere....it must be a really old book.

WOW, that actually happens to me, too. I thought I was the only one who does that. It's like if I accidentally touch something with my left hand, for instance, I have to touch it again with my right. It's really weird! I think that means we're really fair? Lol.

[aknightstale41]

That's an interesting connection about fairness Tarek, that maybe so. I never really understood the physchology of the mind or why we think what we think, and do what we do, until later in life I read a book called "Be as you are" by Ramana Maharshi. That filled in the blanks for me.

[iCafe]

I have to post at least one epic thread per week, If it has under 1,000 replies I am unsatisfied. Also every night I tell my son, "I love you, Mommy loves you and Jesus loves you too." and then I double check the front door lock and make sure the stove/oven is off. every night.

[Youngbinks]

I used to have very severe OCDs.

I would have to do everything in sets of 5. Turning on/off light switches, washing my hands, steps would be in fives, etc. If I "messed up" one of the fives, I would have to restart.

I was also quite mysophobic. I would wash my hands hundreds of times a day. It was sickening.

I still do a lot of things in sets of 5 but I've gotten much, much better.

[TarekElsakka]

Washing your hands a lot is not a bad thing.

[The Apple]

On a daily basis I have to drive to a random neighborhood and hide in bushes close to a sidewalk. When a bicycle comes rolling by, I have to put a stick in the spokes of their wheel so they go flying. After they go flying by I run away and laugh like Nelson from the Simpsons. That was sarcasm Tarek.

On a serious note, any time I have any minor pain or ailment, I always think that i have something that could end up being terminal. For instance......if I have a headache, I will start thinking things like, "am I having a stroke or something?". Another example would be if I have a muscle pain I might think, "Is that a tumor causing that pain?" Most recently I had a fever and was sick. I thought it was probably the swine flu because I had a few relatives just returning from Mexico. Even though I realize that the issue is minor I always have those issues in the back of my mind.

[MileHighRob]

On a daily basis I have to drive to a random neighborhood and hide in bushes close to a sidewalk. When a bicycle comes rolling by, I have to put a stick in the spokes of their wheel so they go flying. After they go flying by I run away and laugh like Nelson from the Simpsons. That was sarcasm Tarek.

On a serious note, any time I have any minor pain or ailment, I always think that i have something that could end up being terminal. For instance......if I have a headache, I will start thinking things like, "am I having a stroke or something?". Another example would be if I have a muscle pain I might think, "Is that a tumor causing that pain?" Most recently I had a fever and was sick. I thought it was probably the swine flu because I had a few relatives just returning from Mexico. Even though I realize that the issue is minor I always have those issues in the back of my mind.
Although the issues you mention may appear to be minor they are without a doubt symptoms of OCD.

Anyone that hasn't seen Obsessed yet on A&E should set their TIVOs and check it out. You'll be amazed at some of the ways OCD manifests itself. They use CBT (cognitive behavioral theraphy) as the the form of treatment which is rather scary itself IMO. Apparently it works, however I'd rather continue with some of my rituals than face the demons head on they way the treatment forces you to.

[Europa]

Washing your hands a lot is not a bad thing.
It is when you wash them hundreds of times a day and to the point that the skin is impaired and bleeding.

[Ramesh]

I always check for keys, phone and wallet by tapping each pocket. Left front, right front, back right. Every single time.

[Youngbinks]

I always check for keys, phone and wallet by tapping each pocket. Left front, right front, back right. Every single time.

I do the same except front right, front left, and back right. I do it seriously do it all day long.

[iCafe]

It is when you wash them hundreds of times a day and to the point that the skin is impaired and bleeding.

Hey Europa i bet you and i wash our hands more than anyone on this forum. Between purell and soap in the hospital

[acosmichippo]

i have OCHD.

i often feel compelled to do weird sh*t, but when i do, the quality is amazing.

[psylichon]

Hehe... you earn one thanks for that stupid little joke. Spend it wisely.

[aknightstale41]

Hey Europa i bet you and i wash our hands more than anyone on this forum. Between purell and soap in the hospital

If we are washiing hands excessively with this soap, than our problem is beyond OCD....
Upl0ad posted this pick in another thread and i thought it was
pretty funny and deserved an encore.
:dft002:amazed

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[up10ad]

I'm not sure that Hoff Soap deserved the first posting. And sorry but I can't think of any personal OCD tendencies, but I'm sure I have other mental disorders that make up for it.

[MrMike6by9]

Well, I do have an OCD to confess to. When I was working, we had to use our security badges to gain access to the facility and to have access to a PC. (It was a 25 mile commute to work and the PC locked you out if idle for 10 minutes.) Being an IT Coordinator, I had access to just about everyone's machine too. I carried my badge in a badge necklace that allowed me to slip the badge into my dress shirt pocket when not in use. I've been retired 14 months now but whenever I'm wearing a dress shirt, I'm constantly patting my shirt pocket to check to see if I have my badge on me. And, while I'm at it, I'll confess to always checking my left rear pocket whenever I get in/out of the car and when walking around a store, etc. So, there ... I feel better already ... :ok:ok