I'm obsessive compulsive!

[Raziaar]

I've come to the realization that I have an obsessive compulsive personality. It's kind of depressing. I have been looking back at some of my behavior, and some things really stand out, and make me go, "WTF!"

One of my most prevailent obsessive compulsive mannerisms, is that when i'm using the computer, i'll sometimes, oftentimes repeatedly type a single character, my most used one being g, and right click drag to the left to highlight it, and ctrl-copy it. After I do that, sometimes i'll do it again and again. I don't know why, but I do it and i've started to realized it. Well actually, i've realized it for a while now, but never thought too much of it, thought it was just a bad habit. But it's obviously obsessive compulsive.

Another one, is i'll always left click on the star menu, go up to recent documents, and if there's anything there, i'll right click on the taskbar, then go to the place to delete recent documents. Even if there is only one in there... and most always they're not anything bad. I mean, if I have some porn or something in there, I can imigine doing it... but without that? ****ed up.

Anybody else think they have some OCD mannerisms?

 

[OvA]

I do the first one constantly. I am diagnosed with OCD and take Zoloft for it. 8(

 

[nofx]

I think you need to see a psychiatrist/psychologist someone who can really assess your problem maybe its something and if you do have it just study more about it, its not safe to go around psuedoclincally evaluating yourself. you dont want to fool yourself into thinking you have it because chances are you will get it.
plus theyll probably put you on rx and stuff but its good if you do notice it now. im not sure about ocd but im sure if you can control it now it wont be such of a big problem later in your life (thats saying you have it )

 

[Raziaar]

I do the first one constantly. I am diagnosed with OCD and take Zoloft for it. 8(

Actually nowadays I don't even use the mouse... its just type g, shift-leftarrowkey, ctrl-copy, ctrl-copy, ctrl-copy, backspace.

<sighs>

I think you need to see a psychiatrist/psychologist someone who can really assess your problem maybe its something and if you do have it just study more about it, its not safe to go around psuedoclincally evaluating yourself. you dont want to fool yourself into thinking you have it because chances are you will get it.
plus theyll probably put you on rx and stuff but its good if you do notice it now. im not sure about ocd but im sure if you can control it now it wont be such of a big problem later in your life (thats saying you have it )

No, dude... this is like the definition of OCD, albeit mild, isn't it? I mean what I do is not NORMAL.

 

[OvA]

Drugs are good...goooddd.... especially anti-depressants

 

[Raziaar]

Drugs are good...goooddd....

I have trouble affording aspirin, much less prescription drugs

I'd rather spend the money for anti-depressant drugs, anyways.

 

[short recoil]

I only do odd things when i'm in a rage, otherwise i'm as steady as a mule.

Next time you do it, punish yourself.....

Drugs are good...goooddd.... especially anti-depressants

No, they are for tards.....they'll only make you feel worse in the long run.
There are very few drugs that short recoil likes.

 

[OvA]

I have trouble affording aspirin, much less prescription drugs

I'd rather spend the money for anti-depressant drugs, anyways.

funny, I just edited my post to say anti-depressants

 

[nofx]

No, dude... this is like the definition of OCD, albeit mild, isn't it? I mean what I do is not NORMAL.

Thats the thing i dont know much about OCD; but i can give you general advice that you probably already know. If you think you have it, it's not safe to just let it keep going on i say go get diagnosed/ tested for it so you wont be rueful later on for not acting sooner. oVa? probably knows more about it than I but goodluck

 

[Sainku]

I show some of the symptoms but I usually realize I am being unreasonable and can stop myself or at least joke about it if somone gives me a "WTF!" look while im doing it. It is always about little stuff. My dad does the same thing, he is a bit worse about than I am. Doesn't seem to be a big deal.


EDIT: I also seem to edit my posts 3 or 4 times in the few minutes after I post it even if I read through it beforehand.

 

[OvA]

Razziar, what you describe is very similar to what I experience all the time, every day. Those little ticks follow me everywhere I go, but the medicine allows me to ignore or limit most of them. Some minor OCD can be beneficial and promote diligence. However, at one point I would come close to having panic attacks if I couldn't wash my hands and I had rashes on my arms from washing my hands 100+ times a day. It's hardcore and it's real. **** Tom Cruise.

 

[CptStern]

I only do odd things when i'm in a rage, otherwise i'm as steady as a mule.

Next time you do it, punish yourself.....


No, they are for tards.....they'll only make you feel worse in the long run.
There are very few drugs that short recoil likes.

lay off the roids

 

[Murray_H]

lay off the roids

If a Jamaican guy asks for 'roids does he get a little robot man instead?

"Gimme de roids!"

What a poor and incredibly geeky joke

 

[Que-Ever]

Oh, murray, you make me giggle like a little girl

I don't think I have any OCD... things. I'm kinda boring :/

 

[Qonfused]

I do stuff like that sometimes.

I'm sort of dyslexic, as well. I'll just be typing along and type something completely sdrawkcab. It's funny when it happens, and then it creeps me out. Also, my fingers type what they want to type and my brain doesn't have any control over it whatsoever. I've noticed this a lot lately. For example, I was talking to Shammy on Xfire and we were talking about Oblivion and how "hard" very hard lock were. I was going to type, "Yeah, but for me, of course, they're a piece of cake!" I ended up typing, "Yeah, but for me, of course, you're a piece of cake," and then cue all the homosexual jokes. It's really weird.

 

[dfc05]

I have OCD tendencies. I count my steps as I'm walking, in multiples of four because I have this strange obsession with the number 4. It started in elementary school. I'd be walking along the sidewalk and I'd try to get 4, or a multiple of 4, steps in between the cracks, and it really seriously annoyed me when they didn't come out in 4's. It got so bad that I would actually modify the length of my steps to force them into fours.

I still count now... and I'm in college. The sidewalk thing isn't that annoying anymore, although it still irritates me a little if I have an odd number of steps. Stairs can get kind of annoying though... when they don't have a multiple of 4 stair steps per flight. Odd number of steps is really bad. I think maybe when I was younger I used to think odd numbers of stair steps kinda made your legs do uneven work since one would be forced to take one more step than the other .

It got to the point where I did it so often that I thought it was normal. I only recently found out that nobody else counts their steps. What the heck do normal people do when they're walking around then?!

I think it may have come from my mom (if that's possible). She says that she used to count the number of words she was saying, as she was talking to people.

I'm also a paper hoarder. I don't have any more room in my bookshelf because I've filled it with old papers. I still have my schoolwork from 8 years ago.

Edit: Ahh dyslexia problems. I have that problem but with numbers. So when copying numbers down I'll reverse a few digits. I once subtracted two simple numbers wrong on a math test because I had reversed one of them.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I have a strange obsession with drawing cubes. I don't understand why. Everyday, I draw about 4-10 boxes a day on a piece of paper. Even papers I'm supposed to hand back to the teacher, there's like 3 boxes on the front and 2 big ones on the back. I think I might have dyslexia problems with numbers as well.

 

[Que-Ever]

wait, I lied. When I listen to music, I count out beats and/or syllables on my fingers. Also, I used to do this thing where I would clench my buttcheecks whenever I was in a car and it drove over a line.

 

[evil^milk]

I have OCD tendencies. I count my steps as I'm walking, in multiples of four because I have this strange obsession with the number 4. It started in elementary school. I'd be walking along the sidewalk and I'd try to get 4, or a multiple of 4, steps in between the cracks, and it really seriously annoyed me when they didn't come out in 4's. It got so bad that I would actually modify the length of my steps to force them into fours.

lol i had problems multiplying by any number, but not by fours. Fours represented an oddity in math to me.

btw i walk like a horse (the pieces from chess) when i see those floors that are divided by squares. riight...

 

[Sainku]

I have OCD tendencies. I count my steps as I'm walking, in multiples of four because I have this strange obsession with the number 4.

When I eat tic-tacs I have to have four. If you don't eat four there will be an unacceptable amount of leftover tic-tacs. You could eat two, but thats just not enough tic-tac. More than four would just be crazy, no...you must have 4.

 

[Quixoticism]

I clean out everything but text documents in my recent files. Keeps it nice and clean and limited to school stuff. I wouldn't consider it an OCD, but it was stated.

It used to be big with me(and only when I think of it now) but I stepped like a knight in chess moves when walking on tile.(not the 1"^2 stuff)
I also have to have all light switches off in the down position when there are mutliple switches. If they're up it drives me mad.
That's about it.

 

[Reaktor4]

I've come to the realization that I have an obsessive compulsive personality. It's kind of depressing. I have been looking back at some of my behavior, and some things really stand out, and make me go, "WTF!"

One of my most prevailent obsessive compulsive mannerisms, is that when i'm using the computer, i'll sometimes, oftentimes repeatedly type a single character, my most used one being g, and right click drag to the left to highlight it, and ctrl-copy it. After I do that, sometimes i'll do it again and again. I don't know why, but I do it and i've started to realized it. Well actually, i've realized it for a while now, but never thought too much of it, thought it was just a bad habit. But it's obviously obsessive compulsive.

Another one, is i'll always left click on the star menu, go up to recent documents, and if there's anything there, i'll right click on the taskbar, then go to the place to delete recent documents. Even if there is only one in there... and most always they're not anything bad. I mean, if I have some porn or something in there, I can imigine doing it... but without that? ****ed up.

Anybody else think they have some OCD mannerisms?

You have made a lot of posts about your mental health.. i think it would be a good idea to get checked out.

 

[Raziaar]

You have made a lot of posts about your mental health.. i think it would be a good idea to get checked out.

If I knew a place to do it, that wouldn't bankrupt me, i'd do it.

Maybe i'm a hypochondriac.

 

[dfc05]

If I knew a place to do it, that wouldn't bankrupt me, i'd do it.

Maybe i'm a hypochondriac.

I hear that my university offers free counseling services... from grad students. You could look for something like that.

 

[Reaktor4]

If I knew a place to do it, that wouldn't bankrupt me, i'd do it.

Maybe i'm a hypochondriac.

Your mental health is crucial. If you dont have it, you dont have anything. If i was you, that would be my #1 priority.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

I only do odd things when i'm in a rage, otherwise i'm as steady as a mule.

Next time you do it, punish yourself.....


No, they are for tards.....they'll only make you feel worse in the long run.
There are very few drugs that short recoil likes.

lay off the roids

i suppose somebody had to say it huh?

 

[ComradeBadger]

I procrastinate.

 

[Sulkdodds]

^ lol

I used to count my steps a lot.
I get this weird sense of my hands being unclean if I haven't washed them (even if I haven't done anything dirty or handled any chemicals or anything). I can give myself this weird sense just by thinking about it!
I also often must touch a surface and run my fingers over it when I see it.

 

[ComradeBadger]

Don't laugh Sulk, I'm procrastinating RIGHT NOW..

When I should be writing about Hitler.. retarded Research report.

HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO ANALYSE THE RESEARCH PROCESS IF ALL OF IT CONSISTS OF IS LIBRARY WORK.

Grrrr go die History factulty.. one of my seminar tutors said he thought it was bizarre we had to do a report, as he didn't even have to do that for his PhD :|

 

[Sparta]

I procrastinate.

Yeah me too. I'd do it more often but i'm just too lazy
zing

But i too find that i organise every single thing into a neat pile when i'm agitated. If somethings bugging me or if a room is a mess i'll organise it all so the mess stacks ontop of each other, or so it fits together, almost like Tetris.
Odd that.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Oh, believe me, the laughter is hollow.

Guess what I'm doing right now?

 

[ComradeBadger]

Masturbating?

Sorry, just had to lower the tone

 

[15357]

I have a strange obsession with drawing cubes. I don't understand why. Everyday, I draw about 4-10 boxes a day on a piece of paper. Even papers I'm supposed to hand back to the teacher, there's like 3 boxes on the front and 2 big ones on the back. I think I might have dyslexia problems with numbers as well.

Why you have problem with me?







Ok, sorry.

Anyway, I used to count my steps too, but now I just calculate the steps needed to get to Point A and the meters of distance it has. :/

 

[Phantim]

Then there is "Pseudo Obsessive Compulsive Disorder." People with Attention Deficit Disorder (like me) often develop routines in order to avoid forgeting things. Sometimes the habit of "routines" gets a little out of hand and we do things that mimic O.C.D. symptoms but it's not real O.C.D. I was told to just catch myself and remind myself to be aware of it.

Everyone does little little things that could look like O.C.D. but it's just your brain playing a game with itself, especially if your bored.
like right now I'm wondering why I typed "little" twice.

The Phantim is not a doctor, just a smarta$$.

 

[ZeeM]

Holy shit every single hl2net user has some kind of psychological deficiency

/runs away


fakeedit: the sidewalk thing, i had that too when i was a kid Very mild though, i would just count my steps

 

[Raziaar]

To whoever said procrastination... I'm an especially bad procrastinator.

 

[Phantim]

I was going to mention procrastination too, but I kept putting it off.

 

[TheDan]

Oh god.. procrastination. I hate the fact that I cant start working at home.. I mean, once I GET going, then I can usually happily carry on working until I hit a problem I cant work out, then I run out of momentum and stop playing... and never start again. Today I'm supposed to do my ICT coursework. I've got quite a large database in MS Access to create, and I've only got another 2-3 weeks to complete it, along with the report =( I was going to do some yesterday, but ended up doing other stuff such as playing CSS etc.. Hell, even when I'm sitting here doing NOTHING I still dont do work... It really annoys me, and then annoys me more because I cant seem to do anything about it! D:

 

[AntiAnto]

I think I am.

When I'm inside a car and not driving, I constantly blink my eyes or grind my teeth every time the car moves by something repetitive or predominant in my view, it's often highway route markers or lampposts.

There is many other obsessive things I do, but I can't recall them for now.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Guess what my OCD problem is!

-Angry Lawyer