Irrational OCD

[Bigmallly]

What did people have before OCD became available ?

I would imagine the same as the did before SAD came along.

[VirginVegGrower]

symetry doesn't count, that's at least rational

Maybe that's the artist in me then. All animals/birds have to be fed and watered before I am - each morning without fail. Kids come in that category too.
Get up, let out chooks, wee wees for dog, come in feeders/drinkers for chooks, bowls for dogs, breakfast for kids, clean out fire, take it out, bring in coal and kindling, lay it all for later, have breakfast and coffee, Hoover, Roosty eats breakfast then, long walk for dog.

[bubblewrap]

In T*sco, I just can't pick up a basket with handles clad in clear plastic. I will only take the blue uns. I know it's not rational but then I guess someone who encourages tangentisation isn't rational anyway.

You could always change the supermarket you shop at.

[bearded bloke]

I would imagine the same as the did before SAD came along.

I just gurgled sad & the first result second line has me intrigued .......

becoming a member of the SAD Association has considerable benefits

[scarey55]

I wasn't particular about pegs until KK was hanging out the washing one day with matching pegs. I can't peg clothes out randomly now! I count slices when I'm chopping veg's and if it looks as if I'm going to end up with 13 cuts, I make and extra small slice to that it can be 14 and my shoes have to be the right way round before I put them on.

Oh, and it is CDO, (OCD in alphabetical order)

[Bigmallly]

I have a morning ritual before leaving for work, I tap my pockets.....wallet, specs, phone, keys........if I had a pair of spoons, I'd be able to play 'em........

[veggiechicken]

Just wait until you can clack your dentures like castanets.....

[Alison]

In T*sco, I just can't pick up a basket with handles clad in clear plastic. I will only take the blue uns. I know it's not rational but then I guess someone who encourages tangentisation isn't rational anyway.

I have an irrational dislike of T&sco - actually now I come to think of it, it's not irrational at all

[VirginVegGrower]

I have an irrational dislike of T&sco - actually now I come to think of it, it's not irrational at all

You are not alone - Include @sd@ in that too.

[Glutton4...]

I have to chew half on left hand side and half on right, walk with half right hand steps and half left; and if there are uneven numbers of stairs I have to take the last 2 at a time. Then, on the next uneven number of stairs, I have to take the 2 at a time with the other leg. And if I am eating, like a roasty dinner, I have to end with the same number of bits of things to make a mixed forkful - so if there are 3 bits of spuds, and 4 bits of parsnip then I'd have to cut the biggest potato in half. And the biggest potato bit goes with the biggest parsnip bit; and the smallest with the smallest.

It's a complicated world! And it needs evening out a little.

NUTTER! Jeeeez, I though I was bad!

Curtains must hang straight, and our lounge curtains are too small, so when drawn there is a length of rail showing. It must be equal length both sides. Mr.G now does it right, because he's fed up with me moaning about it!

Loo Roll must hang over towards the front, not the wall.

The bathroom door must be left ajar, but at the right place.

Now, this one annoys even me. If I get one hand wet, I have to rub them together, and dry them both! WTF!

OCD is NORMAL - I don't trust anyone that doesn't have it!

[out in the cold]

my shoes have to be the right way round before I put them on.

So do mines. I even have one that I wear on my left foot all the time and a different on on my right.

There is a special term for this notion.

It is called "a pair of shoes"

[julesapple]

I would imagine the same as the did before SAD came along.

No. I knew I had the thing that became SAD before it had a name. It wasn't invented, it was always there. Those of us who suffer from it are just relieved it is now a recognisable condition. I don't use it as an excuse not to get on with life, it frustrates the hell out of me,

[VirginVegGrower]

I have to chew half on left hand side and half on right, walk with half right hand steps and half left; and if there are uneven numbers of stairs I have to take the last 2 at a time. Then, on the next uneven number of stairs, I have to take the 2 at a time with the other leg. And if I am eating, like a roasty dinner, I have to end with the same number of bits of things to make a mixed forkful - so if there are 3 bits of spuds, and 4 bits of parsnip then I'd have to cut the biggest potato in half. And the biggest potato bit goes with the biggest parsnip bit; and the smallest with the smallest.

It's a complicated world! And it needs evening out a little.

Are you just fibbing now? I'm going to watch you next time! So why don't you swizzle Mr VVG's famous latte around? Drink from one side for half, turn it, then the other!

[VirginVegGrower]

So do mines. I even have one that I wear on my left foot all the time and a different on on my right.

There is a special term for this notion.

It is called "a pair of shoes"

Soup everywhere

[bearded bloke]

I knew I had the thing that became SAD before it had a name. It wasn't invented, it was always there.

Before the days of putting things in boxes with catchy acronyms it was generically known as .... The Winter Blues .. normally cured by lighting a nice fire & sitting around it with family/friends drinking & chatting about the summer holidays to come