Laughing with OCD

[Hens and Roos]

Speaking from personal experience I can tell you that a little (or more) OCD can be a marvelous thing when renovating a house. The contractor we use for some of the things I can't or don't want to do has been impressed that every time he makes a pile of rock from excavating or a pile of debris from contruction they are usually gone by the next time he comes for a job.

we can relate...both DH and I are very much into keeping the yard picked up and clean!

 

[Devonviolet]

There was a conversation on Mike CHS journal about being OCD
I thought other OCDers might like this!

Rather than rewrite the book, I will post my comment from Mike CHS's thread:
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Hahaha! That video hit all my pet peeves!!! As he came around the corner I SO wanted to put that R, on the word ENTER, where it belonged!

DH tells people I can walk into a room and tell that a picture frame is 1/16" low on the right side. I can't help myself. When I think no one is looking, I have to go straighten it!

I try to hide it, but sometimes it jumps out for the world to see.

I can totally identify with turning all the OSB so the writing all goes the right way! I think my perfectionism drives DH a bit looney when we are working on building projects.. He says he is a "Spatial" & I am a "Specific". But in the end it helps to keep buildings from looking like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

 

[samssimonsays]

I used to do the whole, 3 times to turn off the switch, three checks for doors being locked, I seem to do things in threes and if something is REALLY bothering me, I run my tongue over the fronts of my top teeth. If I am thinking and I catch myself like typing this comment I will rub my finger tip over the K key in a circle, three times... Totally just noticed that one. I like things straight and meticulous. I get ripped on at work all the time as my desk is usually very organized and every friday everything is picked up, put away or I have a difficult time over the weekend "knowing" what is waiting for me there. Colors and sizes, uses and shapes are all organized accordingly on my desk and my closet is color and sleeve length organized as well. My goats have helped me a TON in learning to let go but it is still there. Before I would be so stressed and overwhelmed from not enough time in a day to get everything like sweeping, moping, counters, dishes, vacuuming and sleep that I would get run down. I have gotten better to where I "can" leave dishes in the sink over night if I am too exhausted at the end of the day. But, I usually do them then let them air dry to be put away the next day lol. It is always a battle for sure.

 

[Latestarter]

spatial vs specific (or "special?" <snicker>) Good comparison!

 

[babsbag]

So if I am not OCD I am just not "normal" ? I guess on BYH being a little OCD is "normal"? Being married to the most non OCD person on the face of this planet has definitely squelched any possibility that I will ever be "normal"

That video was hilarious.

 

[Southern by choice]

@babsbag - no worries sweetie I KNOW YOU ARE NOT NORMAL!

 

[norseofcourse]

Well, first off - it should be CDO, so the letters are in the proper order...





No one looking at my house or yard would think I have OCD, but it appears here and there. I remember when I was little, I liked eating my foods one at a time - all the green beans, all the mashed potatoes, all the meat, etc... - then I noticed no one else did that and I thought I was getting funny looks, so I made myself switch around like they all did.

Sometimes when I'm shopping, I fix things that were put back in the wrong spot. I try not to... people give you strange looks, or they think you work there so they start asking where things are! lol. I always thought my dream (and nightmare) job would be that person who goes through the store putting merchandise back where it belongs.

And I like untangling yarn When I see someone knitting and they've got a big bunch of tangled yarn, my fingers almost itch! I recently discovered there's a whole group of people on Ravelry just like that

A friend of mine said she could identify with the OSB boards needing to have the words right side up. The Tyvek housewrap has to be the same way! And the slots in the screw heads on outlet and switchplate covers have to be exactly vertical. I'm not quite that bad, but I did change out a switch in this house because it was 'up' when off, and 'down' when on - and that's just not right!

 

[Latestarter]

Light switches in the wrong position would drive me bonkers! I wouldn't replace it though... just take off the switch plate and flip it right side up. Three way switches where you CAN'T get them all in the right place are a real nuisance! I don't know if any of you watch Big Bang Theory (hilarious!) where Sheldon and Amy got into an OCD fight. It was great!

 

[Baymule]

I feel real sorry for ya'll.....I am a happy, relaxed, clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy person. I am a stickler in the kitchen though. I have a certain place for everything and I want it put back in that same spot. And it must be clean. My DH will get a certain coffee cup out of the dishwasher and wash it himself. Never mind that there are plenty of coffee cups, his OCD is that I should have THAT cup!

Our DSIL is real OCD. I think even diagnosed OCD. The poor man married our daughter, the slob from an OCD nightmare. Her car barely had room for her to sit in it. He cleaned it up while she was at work. That should have scared him off, but he stuck around. She has had to step up her game, and he has had to loosen up a little. They have worked it out.

 

[Mike CHS]

I think Baymule just defined what "normal" really is and it appears from these threads that everyone has a touch of it. My bride and I are far from wanting perfection in ALL things but we both have CERTAIN things that have to be done in only one way.