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We all have strange rituals we do when we go about our daily activities. What are some of yours?

Me?

Well, when I shower, I like to turn the lights off and shower in the dark.

not much of a ritual, but i always seem to fall of curbs :mad:

crazy sonbitch. :p

Honestly, I don't think I really have one.

When I am nervous I rub my right shoulder with my left hand... only noticed it a few weeks ago lol

I have way too many to list, although one of my non-OCD rituals involves my animal crackers

I sort them, first by type of animal, then I can only eat the animals if there are an even number, preferably 2 pair, I won't eat broken ones, and if there are an odd number of them I can't eat them either.

once I have sorted them by acceptable animals I then eat them alphabetically (bears before elephants ect.) and in a certain order (head, then front legs, then back legs then torso, ect.)

I have way too many to list, although one of my non-OCD rituals involves my animal crackers

I sort them, first by type of animal, then I can only eat the animals if there are an even number, preferably 2 pair, I won't eat broken ones, and if there are an odd number of them I can't eat them either.

once I have sorted them by acceptable animals I then eat them alphabetically (bears before elephants ect.) and in a certain order (head, then front legs, then back legs then torso, ect.)
That rules! That's awesome! :D

Well, when I drink and skate at the same I often fall on my ass... And then get pissed and break my board. Not much of a ritual, but I've gone through seven skateboards since June :p

I then eat them in a certain order (head, then front legs, then back legs then torso, ect.)

omg! I eat them in the same order!!!!! wow.

Also, recently I have noticed that when I am walking and it's cold outside, I hold my left wrist with my right hand in front of me.

I have way too many to list, although one of my non-OCD rituals involves my animal crackers

I sort them, first by type of animal, then I can only eat the animals if there are an even number, preferably 2 pair, I won't eat broken ones, and if there are an odd number of them I can't eat them either.

once I have sorted them by acceptable animals I then eat them alphabetically (bears before elephants ect.) and in a certain order (head, then front legs, then back legs then torso, ect.)

How is that non-OCD? :p
If that's not, I'd hate to hear about the OCD ones!!! :p ;)

I have way too many to list, although one of my non-OCD rituals involves my animal crackers

I sort them, first by type of animal, then I can only eat the animals if there are an even number, preferably 2 pair, I won't eat broken ones, and if there are an odd number of them I can't eat them either.

once I have sorted them by acceptable animals I then eat them alphabetically (bears before elephants ect.) and in a certain order (head, then front legs, then back legs then torso, ect.)
Non-OCD my ass. :)

Oh, I guess I should have put one of my own up there.

I peel the labels off bottles after I finished drinking the contents, roll up the label, and put it in the bottle.
Every time.

I practice the ritual of "puff-puff-give" as often as possible.

Oh! I thought of another one.

Whenever someone is talking me for a long time, I need to chew on something like a pen or fiddle with something in my hands. It helps me pay attention.

i will not look people that i dont know in the eye unless i absolutly have to.

i can not live in a structured environment, and if i have to stay in my room so some reason and i dont want to i pace and fidget and basicaly almost lose it but it can shut my self in my room for hours on end and im fine, as soon as its someone elces"idea", i wigg out

I rub my eyes when I get nervous.

Oh! I thought of another one.

Whenever someone is talking me for a long time, I need to chew on something like a pen or fiddle with something in my hands. It helps me pay attention.
iam teh same way i. it drives my teachers mad but the more i fidget the more i pay attendtion. iam at my best for a lecture class when iam reading a book on a compleatly differnt topic; you should see some of my teachers go throught the roof about this one till they figure out that it actualy works :p

I have way too many to list, although one of my non-OCD rituals involves my animal crackers

I sort them, first by type of animal, then I can only eat the animals if there are an even number, preferably 2 pair, I won't eat broken ones, and if there are an odd number of them I can't eat them either.

once I have sorted them by acceptable animals I then eat them alphabetically (bears before elephants ect.) and in a certain order (head, then front legs, then back legs then torso, ect.)

My ritual is with M&Ms. I sort them by color, then note which color has the most candies. I will then eat one candy of each color until I am down to one of each color. Then I eat them one at a time starting with the color I like least (brown) and ending with the color I like best (blue).

My ritual is with M&Ms. I sort them by color, then note which color has the most candies. I will then eat one candy of each color until I am down to one of each color. Then I eat them one at a time starting with the color I like least (brown) and ending with the color I like best (blue).
A lot of OCD people on the forums today.

SHAPERNING PENCILS. If it's the least bit dull, I sharpen it down to a freaking stub. That's why I constantly have to borrow them.... and sharpen them down to a stub again.

Oh, got one. Every time I go online, I have a coke and a bag of cheddar goldfish with me. If I don't have the goldfish, I usually don't even bother going online.... Yeah, Cheddar Goldfish is the shiznit.

i try not to step on the lines in pavements... Also, when leaving the house I check my key three or four times in a row to make sure its there, as I close the door

I put my Rosary in my right pocket, my wallet in my back right pocket my cell phone in my left front pocket and my car keys along with my Rosary. I also put my hankie in with my car keys.

Let's see.......... when I get in trouble the back of my legs itch. I crack my knuckles when they don't need it. I fiddle with my hands constantly. Uhhh, I really don't have anything else strange. Oh yes. When I scroll down I always put my mouse pointer in the blannk spot of a web page.

I click on the blank spots on webpages as I scoll down. It doesn't do anything at all, so I should probably stop, but I do it anyways. I'm not entirely sure why.

My ritual is with M&Ms. I sort them by color, then note which color has the most candies. I will then eat one candy of each color until I am down to one of each color. Then I eat them one at a time starting with the color I like least (brown) and ending with the color I like best (blue).
I also sort my M&M's by color, then by number (only eat the colors for which there is an even number of M&M's) and then by quality (the M must be complete) then by alphabetical order

If for example there were 16 blue M&M's that would be good, because 16 is a multiple of 4, however if one of them was imperfect I would have to toss it leaving me with 15 blues, which I can't bear to eat, so they go to the kids. ;)

I pluck out my eyelashes when I'm studying for exams.
-It really sucks

I pace up and down and walk around in circles a lot. If I'm eating dinner, I usually get up and walk around the table whilst chewing and I walk around when I listen to someone talk.

Since I have OCPD, I have way too many to list.

But, here's a little taster:

Whenever I sit down at my computer, I must rigorously readjust my monitor to ensure it is perfectly straight.

I pluck out my eyelashes when I'm studying for exams.
-It really sucks
I've done that... though, it was when I was worrying about exams. It hurts too...

I can't eat a meal without getting a drink and going to the toilet first.. same for going to bed.

I tend to sing and dance when there's no music. People look at me oddly, but that could just be because of the jockstrap on my head. :)

once I have sorted them by acceptable animals I then eat them alphabetically (bears before elephants ect.) and in a certain order (head, then front legs, then back legs then torso, ect.)I eat them the same way, head, legs then torso.

When I get nervous, I clean my ears.

when making big desicions, I talk to myself... sometimes even argue the pros and cons.

when I get Really bored, I rearrange the furniture in my apartment.

I nod and even bow when on the phone or hanging up.

When I eat kitkats I always eat the chocolate covering first, then I eat the waffers one by one.

When I eat snickers or granola bars, I have to squish it flat like a pancake..

When I eat peeps, I let them go stale, then I eat the tail part first.

When I'm laying in bed, I have to keep my feet covered with a blanket..

I don't know why..

I eat them the same way, head, legs then torso.

When I get nervous, I clean my ears.

when making big desicions, I talk to myself... sometimes even argue the pros and cons.

when I get Really bored, I rearrange the furniture in my apartment.

I nod and even bow when on the phone or hanging up.
I do all that stuff too :eek: sometimes I rehearse conversations......both sides, before I call someone to talk about something. :p

I practice the ritual of "puff-puff-give" as often as possible.
With me, it's more like "puff-puff-puff-cough-puff-donut-puff-whoa-snore"

I rub my eyes when I get nervous.
I do that too. Hate it.

I do all that stuff too :eek: sometimes I rehearse conversations......both sides, before I call someone to talk about something. :p
haha...I do that too. All the time.

When I eat skittles, I sort them by color. Then, I eat them in this order: purple orange yellow green red

When I am nervous, I suck on my necklace

I brush my teeth while I shower

Nightly journal entries, filling out the pay sheet when I leave work, and uh...uh...uh...morning exercises.

You lot are all funny. When I eat skittles/M&Ms I just cram a random handful into my mouth.

I can't actually think of any strange rituals that I do, I'm just boring...:(

You lot are all funny. When I eat skittles/M&Ms I just cram a random handful into my mouth.

I can't actually think of any strange rituals that I do, I'm just boring...:(
It's the british in you :p

when i see someone cracking their knukles i cant stop myslef from cracking everything i can(back,knuckles,arms,wrist,neck,ankles,yada yada)

animal crackers....eat all the types of one animal then the otehr and i always eat their legs first then their head then everything else

constatnly clean out whats under my nails.and i mean CONSTANTLY!!! like im just sitting and... then grab a needle or sometign and start getting anything that might or might not be under there

and when im talking to someone im normaly moving around lol ir drives them crazy:headbang: :D
do i have OCD:( :confused:

I do all that stuff too :eek: sometimes I rehearse conversations......both sides, before I call someone to talk about something. :p
me too... at times, I end up talking to someone about something I "Discussed" with myself earlier.... and they're all like, WTF?

Oh, I guess I should have put one of my own up there.

I peel the labels off bottles after I finished drinking the contents, roll up the label, and put it in the bottle.
Every time.

you know that's supposed to be a sign of sexual frustration

I have a couple.

When ever I buy a caramel magnum, I always eat the outter layer of chocolate first, then lick all the caramel off, and then eat the rest.

When I'm nervous I bite my the skin at the sid of my thumbs

When I dust my cabinet I talk to the stuffed toy that sits on top of it like he's a person "Hi, How you doing today" ... *shrug*

I stay up past 2:30 AM most nights on the computer avoiding going to sleep...
And I yell at myself in my head whenever I think certain thoughts. But only sometimes.

Oh, and i bite the inside of my cheek when I'm really really tired, I'm doing it right now.

I have a couple.

When ever I buy a caramel magnum, I always eat the outter layer of chocolate first, then lick all the caramel off, and then eat the rest.

When I'm nervous I bite my the skin at the sid of my thumbs

When I dust my cabinet I talk to the stuffed toy that sits on top of it like he's a person "Hi, How you doing today" ... *shrug* I do the same with most candy wafies/layered candies.

I also deconstruct my sandwiches and eat each layer seperately after eating at least half of it normally.

What is OCD? My dictionary says "Office of Civil Defense".

What is OCD? My dictionary says "Office of Civil Defense".
lol

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

it's when you do certain things in a certain way ALL the time. I dont understand a lot about it, but I'm sure someone on here can give you a summary

lol

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

it's when you do certain things in a certain way ALL the time. I dont understand a lot about it, but I'm sure someone on here can give you a summary
That makes more sense. Thank you.

lol

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

it's when you do certain things in a certain way ALL the time. I dont understand a lot about it, but I'm sure someone on here can give you a summary
best example I can think of for OCD would be to watch the TV series MONK.

When i see my girlfriend, i always kiss her ring, left cheek, right cheek, forehead, nose, chin, and then her lips. and i never look her in the eye while i'm doing it. it makes her feel special

When I'm in a hallway and I see an empty room with the door open, I feel the need to close it. This is especially true for dark and/or bath rooms.

Sometimes, I look behind my shoulder when I'm alone to check for ghosts and whatnot.

I can't fall asleep in complete darkness. My eyes stay open and alert. This may be because of my fear of the dark. Probably a survival thing. I guess, in the middle of nowhere, some people would be more alert in the dark. It would be easier to detect bears and lions and angry scientologists in the daytime, which would require less alertness. Why, the thought of an angry Tom Cruise coming to get you at night in the middle of an uncharted forest would drive you to the brink of madness and back. You'd get a little t-shirt that says "I was driven to the brink of insanity and back and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." That's why you would bring a Chicago Typewriter(Thompson, ak-47, tommy gun, insert other nickname here), anti-air craft guided missile system, Abrams tank, and garlic. Because there's nothing a crazed Scientologist hates more than a well-armed person carrying vampire repellent. Maybe nuclear technology, dc-10's, and volcanos. Just maybe.

I also get the urge to type way too much and not know it. Good thing I didn't do that today.

Sometimes, I look behind my shoulder when I'm alone to check for ghosts and whatnot.

I can't fall asleep in complete darkness. My eyes stay open and alert. This may be because of my fear of the dark. Probably a survival thing. I guess, in the middle of nowhere, some people would be more alert in the dark. It would be easier to detect bears and lions and angry scientologists in the daytime, which would require less alertness. Why, the thought of an angry Tom Cruise coming to get you at night in the middle of an uncharted forest would drive you to the brink of madness and back. You'd get a little t-shirt that says "I was driven to the brink of insanity and back and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." .
I totally hear you, man. been there done that.

I have to check that the back door is locked 4 times before I go to bed otherwise i can't sleep.

I have to check that my alarm is set twice and I must do it once before i hop into bed and then once again when i'm lying in bed.

I have to brush my hair at 3 hour intervals throughout the day otherwise i sit there fingercombing it for ages.

I talk to myself, rehearse conversations and discuss things with my dog.

The books in my bookshelf must be straight and completely in line otherwise i spend ages trying to fix them.

haha... no i'm not insane..

I totally hear you, man. been there done that.
You even got the t-shirt? The Abrams tank? The angry Tom Cruise?

You even got the t-shirt? The Abrams tank? The angry Tom Cruise?
actually the shirt I have is
"I was driven to insanity...


and it was a very short trip."

I've spent the whole day trying to see if I have any strange rituals, and I haven't noticed any yet.:(

I'm going to stalk one of you and try to pick up your strange rituals, now who is the strangest?

best example I can think of for OCD would be to watch the TV series MONK.

that show is pretty good actually...although it's not on english tele much, not that i've seen anyway

I always highlight text when reading it, I suppose it helps me keep my attention from straying to other text on a page:) (it also helps me see white writing);)

Every time I here an unknown noise I have to scan the room, and I mean the entire room. It's much worse when the noise is in another room, at which point I have to search the house. As a result I rarely get more than a couple hours of actual sleep:p

I have to do pushups in the morning, 3 sets with 20 second rests, started my freshman year of high school and haven't been able to stop since.

Whenever I'm in pain I crack my knuckles, then my neck.

I always eat my pizza from smallest to biggest slice.

I always brush my hands together before and after preparing food.

Faith is believing that witch cannot exist.


Its which, not witch[/grammar nazi]

Unless I'm missing some irony or something?*raise eyebrow*

Its which, not witch[/grammar nazi]

Unless I'm missing some irony or something?*raise eyebrow*
it's correct, That Witch cannot survive, but This Witch can. :p

it's correct, That Witch cannot survive, but This Witch can. :p


Oh noes:(

Oh noes:(
Do not be the worrying. I soldeded ny gramor scillz fr wator pistals. They be with the ak-47s and the witches and the oh noes. Let us be the shotededing the witches.

that show is pretty good actually...although it's not on english tele much, not that i've seen anyway

Wosh, I just went to your blog, I didn't knwo you're female.

BTW, nice post count:p

I think it's safe to say that I have to many rituals to write down here *has OCD*

When I'm alone after a conversation, I tend to replay the conversation by saying it aloud to myself. Of course, I usually don't remember the whole thing. I have no idea why I do that.

Everyone has OCD these days, gosh, I wanna have it too, that means I'll be cool!:D /:rolleyes:

Everyone has OCD these days, gosh, I wanna have it too, that means I'll be cool!:D /:rolleyes:

Please have mine, it ruins your life....

Everyone has OCD these days, gosh, I wanna have it too, that means I'll be cool!:D /:rolleyes:
I want to be cool as well, that's why I'm stalking JuNii to try to copy all his OCDs. :cool:

*Starts talking to myself while picking my food apart*

I've thought of more...

When I am asked difficult questions I rub my nose

When I am trying to get to sleep and a mosquito is flying around I have to catch it and put it outside

At uni I ritualistically check my pockets for keys

When eating I always save the best till last

If I see magpies I always whisper the rhyme " one for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told". pissed me off when I saw eight at once...

when people say 'stop spaming' ... i cant.. i'm telling you its an illness people

when i see someone cracking their knukles i cant stop myslef from cracking everything i can(back,knuckles,arms,wrist,neck,ankles,yada yada)

animal crackers....eat all the types of one animal then the otehr and i always eat their legs first then their head then everything else

constatnly clean out whats under my nails.and i mean CONSTANTLY!!! like im just sitting and... then grab a needle or sometign and start getting anything that might or might not be under there

and when im talking to someone im normaly moving around lol ir drives them crazy:headbang: :D
do i have OCD:( :confused:
no, you are just strange. ;) don't worry it's also incurable and a good excuse, you just don't get the pretty pills

lol

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

it's when you do certain things in a certain way ALL the time. I dont understand a lot about it, but I'm sure someone on here can give you a summary
I have OCD, I have compulsions to do things that don't make sense to other people, my animal cracker and M&M sorting is non-OCD because it's not a compulsion but more "something weird I do", an example of one of my compulsions is that I am unable to walk up an odd numbered flight of stairs, I have to walk up, back down, up again, back down again, up a third time, then back down again, in different patterns until I figure out a pattern where my steps up and down equal a multiple of 4.

I can't drive on the highway, the ebb and flow, merging and such really messes up the idea in my head of the pattern of traffic, I end up getting distracted with what car "should be" where, and I change lanes to try to "even things out" in my head I can't realize that it's dangerous, pointless, or even a waste of time (as I often miss my exit) it's a compulsion. I am only able to control it right now, by not driving on the highway, and when riding with someone else driving on the highway I have to distract myself or I have panic attacks.

It's not a fun disorder, it annoys me when people claim it because they do strange things.


Apachah


I have to check that the back door is locked 4 times before I go to bed otherwise i can't sleep.

I have to check that my alarm is set twice and I must do it once before i hop into bed and then once again when i'm lying in bed.

I have to brush my hair at 3 hour intervals throughout the day otherwise i sit there fingercombing it for ages.

I talk to myself, rehearse conversations and discuss things with my dog.

The books in my bookshelf must be straight and completely in line otherwise i spend ages trying to fix them.

haha... no i'm not insane..
you are not insane, I assure you. However, you might want to see a doctor about OCD or OCPD, it's possible that you are like me :eek: :D don't worry, it's not a bad thing, people like me ;)

I tend to sing and dance when there's no music. People look at me oddly, but that could just be because of the jockstrap on my head. :)

I sometimes start headbanging to some random sound in the street that starts to make sense. People then start thinking im a retard.

There's a very fine line between habits and "Rituals." :)

Oh yes. When I scroll down I always put my mouse pointer in the blannk spot of a web page.

exactly what i do!!!

exactly what i do!!!

Yeah, I do it too.

I also always lift my mouse slightly off the table when I scroll using the wheel.

I have to make mine a cross-hair in the middle of what I'm reading.

Also... if I see any light, I can't sleep. I have to turn off ALL lights and pull my curtains tight then bury my face into my pillows.

My glasses can't have any dust or the like on it. I can't stand it when they're messy and I can't just clean it with anything. It has to be kleenex and Windex... and I can't wear them until they're streak-free...

Of course, this gets worse if someone sitting across from me has filthy glasses, I get an urge to say, "give me your glasses, I'll clean them for you."

Yet... I'm such a messy packrat.

I always highlight text when reading it, I suppose it helps me keep my attention from straying to other text on a page:) (it also helps me see white writing);)
I do that too

Hmmm...I've been accused of being OCD from time to time, but I don't really think it's the case. People I know have plenty of reason to believe otherwise. My fiancee thinks my eating habits are the funniest thing ever...I don't really understand it. What she can't get over is that I will eat all of one item before starting on another. If I have mashed potatoes, corn, and chicken on my plate, most people will dabble between each item; I will finish my corn before starting on my potatoes, and then I will finish my potatoes before starting on my chicken. Frankly, the idea of switching constantly seems just weird to me. Not that my fiancee's any better; I've never seen her take more than two consecutive bites of anything if she has more than one thing in front of her.

I have a lot of nervous habits, like twirling my hair, grinding my teeth, and cracking my knuckles (not all at the same time, usually), but I don't really consider those rituals. My ritual for morningtime goes like this:

- wake up, take dog out to pee
- shower, get dressed
- breakfast time: bowl of cereal, glass of water, Style section of the newspaper (with the comics in it)...if I don't have my cereal or my newspaper, things are NOT RIGHT
- put dog in sister's room, go to work

...and before bed, my dog has to say goodnight to everybody in the family.

We all have strange rituals we do when we go about our daily activities. What are some of yours?

Me?

Well, when I shower, I like to turn the lights off and shower in the dark.


I thought I was the only one. I feel I dont need the light-I know where everything is already. My wife loves to tell her friends she finds me showering with no lights on.
On the subject,I also turn the water off while I lather up- I hate to waste water OR electricity.

Oh my, I think I'd be too nervous to shower with no lights.

I have way too many to list, although one of my non-OCD rituals involves my animal crackers

I sort them, first by type of animal, then I can only eat the animals if there are an even number, preferably 2 pair, I won't eat broken ones, and if there are an odd number of them I can't eat them either.

once I have sorted them by acceptable animals I then eat them alphabetically (bears before elephants ect.) and in a certain order (head, then front legs, then back legs then torso, ect.)

And this isn't OCD?

I confess, as far as I know it isn't, since my entire knowledge of OCD comes from Monk...

I sometimes start headbanging to some random sound in the street that starts to make sense. People then start thinking im a retard.

That will lead them to underestimate you. ;)

i have a few, some i do without thinking much about and sometimes people question it.

my whole morning routine is a ritual in itself

When I'm drinking from water bottles, I work the little plastic ring off from around the top with my teeth and then chew on it. I also organise my skittles into groups of five, one of each colour, and then group the extras into groups of four, then three... down to singles. Then I eat them working my way up; singles, groups of two, groups of three... etc. I also... check behind the shower curtain if it's drawn shut when I walk into a bathroom. Just in case there was a murderer waiting or something. :p You never know.

I have OCD. How many should I name?

I had to think about it for a while, but I do have one strangeness: CDs. They can't be exposed to open air (i.e. not in the case or not in the player) for more than 15 seconds, can't touch them anywhere except the middle or the edges, and when I put them back in the case, they have to be rotated so the printing on the label is straight across. If I go to someone's house and they have a CD just lying out in the open, I wince.