God, I feel so wonderfully, totally sane after reading these posts…
What’s the antithesis of being OCD’d? Is there a medical term for being a disorganised slob???
I am so with the over the top on the toilet paper. I’m a sock-shoe, sock-shoe type.
Books, movies, cds, records are all sorted by type then alphabetized. Cross stitch books and magazines are also sorted by “type.” All cat patterns in one folder, all ocean patterns in another, etc and so on.
Patterned paper for rubber stamping is sorted into document protector type books by colour.
I usually have to count down from five before I turn the water off on the shower. This is mainly because I want to stay in the hot water longer than I should (time restraints, etc.), so it’s a way of making sure that I have no other option than to turn off the water.
My cd’s are meticulously organized in alphabetical order, with the exception of Depeche Mode, which is organized into chronological order based upon release date (or show date in the case of live bootlegs).
If I sleep past eleven am on the weekends, I feel really really guilty and bad about myself for the rest of the day. Like I really fucked up. The same goes for when I sleep in someone else’s place. When I wake up, I just want to go home and take a shower.
That is all for now.
I cannot leave anything in my trash bin when I shut down my computer. I have to empty it first.
My CD collection is sorted in alphabetical order by artist, and multiple CD’s by the same artist are then sorted by release date. I must have a thousand discs in my collection, so some sort of organization is a necessity if I am to find anything. Curiosly, I have no organization system for my DVD collection.
I can’t leave a disc in the DVD player, PS2, or CD player, or a tape in the VCR (unless I have a timer set to record something, of course). Even if I was playing a game and I know I’ll be back playing the same game in ten minutes, I still must take the disk out and put it away.
I always have to leave my car’s radio station tuned to my default “home” station when I turn it off.
That’s all I can think of for now.
A lot of people write about putting their CD or DVD collections in some kind of order. I don’t see that as compulsiveness, just common sense. Otherwise it gets difficult to find anything.
EXACTLY, Walloon! But try telling that to all my family and friends. They think I’m anal.
Toilet paper goes over the top. But I don’t have cats…maybe if I did, I would be like Echo.
-counting banana slices while cutting them for your cereal
-counting stairs
-food must be chewed equal times on both sides of my mouth
-if there’s an irritation or some phsyical contact on a body part, physical contact must be made to the opposite, corresponding body part to ‘even it out’
-conversations with self -> although I work mostly alone, so it’s not easy to avoid
-knuckle-cracker
-etc.
Whenever I have a lot of loose money. ( I as a waitress have lots of ones) It all has to be facing the same direction. Like all the little heads pointing to the right , And they all have to be face up. Basiclly They way they would look if you put them in a vending machine. For some strange reason I must have the word " dude in every sentence i say ( I try to spare the SDMB from this )
And i crack everything, Knuckles, Toes, ankles, and back. Last but not least, If a candle is lit, 2 more have to be lit as well.
I forgot to add that i can simply stare at something and make sure its symetrical. If its not I have to change it. Like If i’m bored just stare at some random thing and be sure of its symetry. If its not , I sit there and change it with my mid to make it symetric
I’m not a neatness person. My own disorder is an astonishing lack of judgement at starting projects, which often have something to do with cars. Consider the following things I’ve tried:
- Buying a $900 K-car and then driving it from Atlanta to Cleveland two weeks later. (Had it overheat several times.)
- Attempting to rebuild the suspension on a Dodge Dart while home over Christmas break while in college. (Turned out that the car stayed disassembled for seven months before I could put it back together.)
- Later attempting to transplant a turbo from another K-car onto the previously mentioned Dodge Dart. (Still not through with that one!)
- Buying a derelict $100 Mercury with the intent of entering it in a low budget racing series, even though I had no job and no place to keep it. (The car wound up getting scrapped, but I haven’t given up on my plans to get into that series.)
Well, I actually do have mild OCD, but I have managed to downgrade it to:
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Checking exactly three times that the coffeepot, hairdryer, and iron is unplugged before I leave for work.
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Checking the door lock twice.
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When I get out of the car I must physically verify that my keys are in my purse two times. Looking doesn’t count.
I also twirl my hair and talk to myself.
I’ve never in my life noticed which way the toilet paper roll was hung.
But I’m sure I will now, you weird bastards.
You guys would probably fear the let me near your toilet paper from the looks of it, I can’t stand to have it hanging at all. If must sit on the back of the toilet so you can simply reach behind and have ample room to fold the sheets on top of each other for use.
Well a lot of people find my system to be incredibly anal. Did I also mention that all discs must be rotated in their holder so the label is positioned perfectly right-side up?
Lab2490, I sort my money too. All the money in my wallet must be facing the same direction, right-side up, and sorted in order of denomination.
Obviously there’s difference in right and left socks. If you get them switched they hurt your toes. Once you stretch them for the big and small toes they’re never the same again.
Toilet paper is made to roll from the top over the front. Next time, look at the T.paper w/ prints on them and see what I mean. See, they don’t look right if they’re put in backwards.
My books are my only OCD issue. But it’s a very serious issue indeed. I read all the time (2-4 books a week), and keep every book I read unless it was so horrible that I wouldn’t wish it on an enemy. I never noticed my OCD issues until my wife pointed them out.
They are organized by hardcover then paperback with the following subdivisions:
First non-fiction, alpha by author, fiction, alpha by author, books in foreign languages (French and Russian) by language, then alpha by author.
They are dusted on Wednesday and Saturday before all other chores. You may not touch my bookshelves without my permission. If you take one from my shelf to look at, I will:
- Dust it.
- Dust the rest of the shelf.
- Verify the order of the books for that shelf to ensure they’re still in proper alpha order.
If you want to borrow one, I will lend it to you, after filling out a form I created that tells date, time, and condition of book as it left my shelf. If you don’t bring it back in 10 days, I will hound you relentlessly until you do.
Oddly enough, I’ve only had a few people borrow more than one book from me. I’ve no idea why.
All of my paper money has to start with the highest denominations on the outsdie, moving in to the 10, and 5s, then 1’s (if I had any right now).
They also have to face the same direction.
Don’t you see? The toilet paper will just be a pile of paper on the floor if the kitties unroll it. They CAN’T unroll it if the end is against the wall. You’re ruining everything! Stop it!
can’t they make kitty-proof toilet paper?!!!
I think the closest thing for me is that all my hangers face the same way and the clothes are hanging the same way. It doesn’t bother me much, but since I hang my own clothes now I hang them the same way.