# Do I have OCD?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-ocd/845241>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 22, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-ocd/845241 "2019-12-22T16:55:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-ocd/845241/41 "2020-01-01T03:03:24Z")

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Actual person with OCD checking in. No, from what you describe, probably not. Be grateful. 😉

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-ocd/845241/42 "2020-01-01T21:34:37Z")

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> [@dolphinboy](#):
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> And perhaps her best example is that I like to arrange my paper money in my wallet in order of denomination and all facing the same direction. As fas as I know, I have always done this because it makes it easier to retrieve money without unnecessary fumbling to find the right bills. So while I habitually do all of these things, I don’t think any of them mean I am OCD.

Ivylad does this. It’s not a big deal. As for me I hardly every carry cash so whatever I have is just stuffed into my wallet. AIUI it would be a problem if you repeatedly rearranged the money and couldn’t stop. Or if you had to arrange it a certain number of times.

I’d be a bit more concerned that the wife is gossiping about you to her friends. It could be she was just throwing the term around as she vents about your “control issues” but it doesn’t seem very nice to me.

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**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-ocd/845241/43 "2020-01-01T23:17:11Z")

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I’ll check the stove a dozen times, and I will recheck the dials several times just in case I somehow turned them part-way on when I checked them.

Or check the light a half-dozen time when I turn them for the night–just in case I accidentally left it in the “middle” position (ie. stuck between on and off). And I will flick then on and off just be sure.

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