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[Tobbe]

I've noticed a lot of people do feel proud in saying "I have OCD, I'm a perfectionist"

Like that's a positive thing.

[Rayman3DS]

WOW IGN gave Uncharted 3 a 10/10!

Well, they'll be sad, 'cause I'm pretty sure this is the ending of the Uncharted series

[iambored2006]

^

[Adsolution]

I've noticed a lot of people do feel proud in saying "I have OCD, I'm a perfectionist"

Like that's a positive thing.

I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not. It better be.

@Xenon:
I find it to be incredibly annoying. When I told my friends ithat the reason I do some weird things is becayse of OCD they ALL, every single one of the three I told, said "oh I have OCD." So I asked them to name some of their ticks, and one said they're obsessed with hand washing. I know that for a fact to be a lie because 1) that's's the excuse most people make up, 2) he lived at my house for two months and he only showered once a week, let alone washed his hands, plus his skin is in great condition (if you wash too much it flakes and peels). The other friend sat there and didn't respond.

[iambored2006]

Can you give an example of an obsession you have?
I think I may be an obsessive hand-washer. I only shower about twice a year when I don't have to, but every bit that gets on my hands my be washed off. I wash my hands maybe 30-50 times a day. However, my skin's in good condition. It's not flaky or too moist.

[iHeckler9]

Can you give an example of an obsession you have?
I think I may be an obsessive hand-washer. I only shower about twice a year when I don't have to, but every bit that gets on my hands my be washed off. I wash my hands maybe 30-50 times a day. However, my skin's in good condition. It's not flaky or too moist.

Do you wash your soap after you've finished?

I think my most obsessive feature is that I can't stand when a plug socket is on and there's nothing in it. I simply have to turn it off.

[Tobbe]

I've noticed a lot of people do feel proud in saying "I have OCD, I'm a perfectionist"

Like that's a positive thing.

I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not. It better be.

Of course it wasn't. Obsessive perfectionism is extremely unhealthy.

I only shower about twice a year when I don't have to

How often do you have to? Please tell me it's significantly more often than twice a year.

[iambored2006]

Actually, I don't use soap... Maybe that's why my skin's in good form.

I only shower about twice a year when I don't have to

How often do you have to? Please tell me it's significantly more often than twice a year.

Well, my mom makes me shower at least every 3 months . Why do I need to listen to her?! It's not fair!!!

[iHeckler9]

Actually, I don't use soap... Maybe that's why my skin's in good form.

I only shower about twice a year when I don't have to

How often do you have to? Please tell me it's significantly more often than twice a year.

Well, my mom makes me shower at least every 3 months . Why do I need to listen to her?! It's not fair!!!

And you don't use soap? Why?

[iambored2006]

I'm kidding! I shower every day. I don't use soap to wash my hands because I hate that kind of soap. Always takes a millennia to wash it off.

[Tobbe]

I'm kidding!

Good one.

And if you're not using soap while washing your hands there's really no point in washing. A much faster and more hygienic solution if you don't wanna use soap is to rub your hands with disinfectant alcohol instead of washing.

[iambored2006]

I'm kidding!

Good one.

I have a strange sense of humour. You should know by now. spiral can tell you firsthand!

[Tobbe]

You've also got a strange comprehension of personal hygiene if you don't use soap when you wash your hands.

[spiraldoor]

I'm kidding!

Good one.

I have a strange sense of humour. You should know by now. spiral can tell you firsthand!

Not really. I don’t memorise such things.

[iambored2006]

You've also got a strange comprehension of personal hygiene if you don't use soap when you wash your hands.

I'll give you that. Though I must say, I can wash my hands if I want to. And believe me, I want to!

Not really. I don’t memorise such things.

Then I'm in the clear. For a second there, I was worried I'd relight our argument where I was horsing around about something and you said my humour's weird.

[Adsolution]

Fucking Blackberry. I just typed a long post with a list of a few of my obsessions and it decides to log me out just as I post it, sending me to the index page without my post being there. Time to retype...

@iambored:
Here is a list of some of my obsessions:

- When on a sidewalk I must only put one foot down per square which causes my strides to be the same length no matter how fast I'm moving. On Hastings Street where I take my music lessons all the cement tiles are only half as long, causing my strides to be half as long. If I screw up and slightly step on a crack, I need to get to my destination as fast as possible and I feel as if a knife-wielding murderer were chasing me at top speed. Once I arrive I "scrape off the crack I stepped on" from my shoe.

- I feel compassion for all living and non-living things. I handle objects as if they were as fragile as small living beings. If I do anything that "injures" one, I will apologize and put it in a "safe comfortable place" such as the dusting napkin on my desk. I even care for liquids and foods. If I drink or eat something, I always leave a portion (the size depends on what I feel they are telling me) behind for the "inhabitants" of the food or drink so they I don't completely destroy their home and they have something to rebuild on. I feel as if I'm connected to both living things I can't linguistically understand and non-living things, as if they have spirits and I can sense where they are. Sometimes they even annoy me or give me advice and help, but I mentally converse with them until they recede or are satisfied.

- if I approve of or like something that passes across my vision, no matter how insignificant, I suck a little bit of air in through the side of my mouth. If I however disapprove of something, no matter how insignificant, I I blow a little bit of air out the side of my mouth. Sometimes if I've seen too many negative things in a row I frantically search for enough positives to balance it out and vise versa. I think the "sucking in" might be related to kissing and the "blowing out" might be related to spitting. This is my most frequent obsession, and I do it many times a minute, sometimes many per second.

- I never touch anything with my middle finger unless I have two or more other fingers touching the spot at the same time. The reason for this is that fingering things is disrespectful and the middle finger being the largest finger, one other finger won't do, I need two. If I accidentally touch something with my middle finger, even if I just brush it, I apologize thoroughly to the object or surface and make sure to "brush off the middle finger contact" from what I touched.

- When I'm typing, playing piano or doing anything that involves a repeated hitting of something I might feel the sudden urge to pound down on a key that hasn't been touched in a while, even if the key doesn't need to be pressed.

Those are some I can think of off the top of my head.

[Xenon]

Those are weird and interesting compulsions, RayFan. Especially the one about inanimate objects.

[Adsolution]

Those are weird and interesting compulsions, RayFan. Especially the one about inanimate objects.

Hm, I'm interested to hear people's thoughts on them, as it's the first time I've actually described them in detail.

[ikke471]

So..... You can talk with animals?
But... I don't have OCD bur it seems like a curse.. Is it THAT bad?

[Adsolution]

Fucking Blackberry. I just typed a long post with a list of a few of my obsessions and it decides to log me out just as I post it, sending me to the index page without my post being there. Time to retype...

@iambored:
Here is a list of some of my obsessions:

- When on a sidewalk I must only put one foot down per square which causes my strides to be the same length no matter how fast I'm moving. On Hastings Street where I take my music lessons all the cement tiles are only half as long, causing my strides to be half as long. If I screw up and slightly step on a crack, I need to get to my destination as fast as possible and I feel as if a knife-wielding murderer were chasing me at top speed. Once I arrive I "scrape off the crack I stepped on" from my shoe.

- I feel compassion for all living and non-living things. I handle objects as if they were as fragile as small living beings. If I do anything that "injures" one, I will apologize and put it in a "safe comfortable place" such as the dusting napkin on my desk. I even care for liquids and foods. If I drink or eat something, I always leave a portion (the size depends on what I feel they are telling me) behind for the "inhabitants" of the food or drink so they I don't completely destroy their home and they have something to rebuild on. I feel as if I'm connected to both living things I can't linguistically understand and non-living things, as if they have spirits and I can sense where they are. Sometimes they even annoy me or give me advice and help, but I mentally converse with them until they recede or are satisfied.

- if I approve of or like something that passes across my vision, no matter how insignificant, I suck a little bit of air in through the side of my mouth. If I however disapprove of something, no matter how insignificant, I I blow a little bit of air out the side of my mouth. Sometimes if I've seen too many negative things in a row I frantically search for enough positives to balance it out and vise versa. I think the "sucking in" might be related to kissing and the "blowing out" might be related to spitting. This is my most frequent obsession, and I do it many times a minute, sometimes many per second.

- I never touch anything with my middle finger unless I have two or more other fingers touching the spot at the same time. The reason for this is that fingering things is disrespectful and the middle finger being the largest finger, one other finger won't do, I need two. If I accidentally touch something with my middle finger, even if I just brush it, I apologize thoroughly to the object or surface and make sure to "brush off the middle finger contact" from what I touched.

- When I'm typing, playing piano or doing anything that involves a repeated hitting of something I might feel the sudden urge to pound down on a key that hasn't been touched in a while, even if the key doesn't need to be pressed.

Those are some I can think of off the top of my head.

So..... You can talk with animals?
But... I don't have OCD bur it seems like a curse.. Is it THAT bad?

Well I don't actually talk with them, I just feel as if there's some weird energy coming from them that I mentally feel able to communicate with. Sometimes it actually makes me think like the animal I'm mentally conversing with and I have a much easier time interacting with them.

I wouldn't consider it a totally bad thing as it's all I've ever known. I think life for me would seem more boring without it.