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#22
02-22-2007, 08:07 PM
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Re: The OCD in all of us
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as a kid I had this thing - whatever I read or heard I tried to break it down into multiples of 5 syllables - so instead of The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog, I'd bust it down to 10 syllables - o'er the lazy dog, for example - (find a work I could slur down to one syllable) and this always after I heard it - I'd repeat it in my head that way - did that for months as a kid. [/ QUOTE ] Impressive. [ QUOTE ] Everyone has the thing where they can't step on the seam separating the concrete blocks on the sidewalk, right? [/ QUOTE ] I do this, too, but I consider it more of a superstition than a compulsive ritual. Although, upon further thought, I suppose it's more OCD than refusing to pick up pennies that land on tails and throwing spilled salt over my left shoulder with my right hand (both of which I do). 
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#23
02-22-2007, 09:31 PM
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Re: The OCD in all of us
My only OCD quirk (but it is a big one) is reading the ingredients on everything, every single time I eat at home. I have a severe peanut allergy, so reading the ingredients on everything is normal, or at least smart and reasonable. But I will read the ingredients every time I take something out, even if I have eaten it ten times before. I always want to check, just in case I missed something ten times and miraculously I've avoided an attack. It does not make sense, but I do it. It's probably more paranoia than OCD, because I'm incredibly afraid of anaphylaxis (closing of the throat).
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#25
02-22-2007, 10:42 PM
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Re: The OCD in all of us
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The only thing I do is whenever I have money, I make it all face the same way. Probably pretty standard. [/ QUOTE ] I do this too and I always sit facing the door in any place, except my apartment.
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#26
02-22-2007, 10:43 PM
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Re: The OCD in all of us
Everyone has this ID card at my school for getting into the dorms at night, paying for food, laundry machines, vending machines, y'know. I keep it in my wallet. Every time I use it, it goes right back in there, having been taken out for twenty seconds at most. At least two or three times a day I get the compulsion to check and make sure it's still there, even though it always is and always has been, and I can't go on with whatever I'm doing unless I open the wallet and look. It's annoying. Also the volume thing.
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#27
02-22-2007, 11:42 PM
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Re: The OCD in all of us
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[ QUOTE ] The only thing I do is whenever I have money, I make it all face the same way. Probably pretty standard. [/ QUOTE ] I do this too and I always sit facing the door in any place, except my apartment. [/ QUOTE ] This has a lot to do with Feng Shui and the "Chi". With your back to a door or uncurtained window, your positive energy flows out of the room. The Chi also hates sitting in a chair in which people walk behind you a lot. This is why a lot of people are picky about where they sit at a restaurant.
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#28
02-22-2007, 11:47 PM
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Re: The OCD in all of us
not really OCD but kinda funny. If one of my hands is wet but the other is dry I have to get the other one wet before I can dry them both. Oh, and I tap my back pocket every few minutes to make sure my wallet is still there.
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#29
02-22-2007, 11:48 PM
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Re: The OCD in all of us
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I tap my back pocket every few minutes to make sure my wallet is still there. [/ QUOTE ] I do this one too. Also obsessively check my front pockets to make sure my cell phone/keys are still there.
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#30
02-23-2007, 12:16 AM
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Re: The OCD in all of us
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This has a lot to do with Feng Shui and the "Chi". With your back to a door or uncurtained window, your positive energy flows out of the room. The Chi also hates sitting in a chair in which people walk behind you a lot. This is why a lot of people are picky about where they sit at a restaurant. [/ QUOTE ] Damn you for putting that in my head.
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