I clearly suffer from mild OCD...

I clearly suffer from mild OCD. I find it very hard to leave the house without worrying that everything has either been turned off or unplugged. I sometimes have to go back and check even on more than one occasion. Sometimes, I worry about something been on when Im out and about trying to relax. Am I alone on this or are others the same? What do you do to help you be calm about it?

i'm like that, but it's not because i'm OCD, it's because i'm absent-minded and often forget to do things like lock doors and switch things off.

I worry about leaving my flat iron plugged in. Even if I clearly remember plugging it in,it bothers me.

I drove home on my lunch break once to check. Of course it was unplugged.

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ThreadCula said:

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My iron turns itself off after a time if you don't use it. So if you leave it plugged in it's no big deal.

You should get yourself an iron like that.

CarrieMpls said:

My iron turns itself off after a time if you don't use it. So if you leave it plugged in it's no big deal.

You should get yourself an iron like that.

JDInteractive said:

CarrieMpls said:

My iron turns itself off after a time if you don't use it. So if you leave it plugged in it's no big deal.

You should get yourself an iron like that.

I don't iron my clothes.

I'm sure we're all neurotic in varying degrees. I'd love to meet that "normal" person who was the baseline.

On second though, no I wouldn't.

CarrieMpls said:

JDInteractive said:

I don't iron my clothes.

Then you should get other instruments and implements like that.

OMG, I was on transatlantic flight last year and fuck me running, I had left my passport and other paperwork in the carry on luggage stowed in the upper compartment. I have a bad habbit of needing to check my documents like ever 10 to 15 minutes when traveling to make sure they're on me, even when I know for sure they're where I placed them.
But I was in the window seat and had just returned from the toilet, and the woman and her husband who sat int he seats beside me were old and rather large, and I didn't want to ask them to get up yet again so I could check my passport and put it in my pocket so I could check it convieniently. So I decided to wait until they themselves needed to go to the toilet. THEY. NEVER. WENT.

I was a nervous wreck the entire time. I mean, I desperately needed to check my documents!!!!



Also, if a floor is checker patterned I habitually try to step on only one of the colors.


Oh shit, if I wake up at any time that ends in :33 like 06:33 am, I have to with until it turns 34 or else I refuse to get out of bed.

THERE IS NOTHING BUT THE VOID

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ZombieKitten said:

JDInteractive said:

I do that kind of thing. It really pisses me off.

what exactly IS it you are ironing then if it isn't clothes?

JDInteractive said:

CarrieMpls said:

Then you should get other instruments and implements like that.

I have a keypad lock now.

JDInteractive said:

ZombieKitten said:

what exactly IS it you are ironing then if it isn't clothes?

I made no reference to the iron. I meant appliances in general.

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ZombieKitten said:

JDInteractive said:

I made no reference to the iron. I meant appliances in general.

you're no fun

I'm like that, as well. I check the alarm clock to make sure it's programmed well like ten times - I'm not kidding - before actually turning the lights off.

You left your alarm clock on.

Alej said:

I'm like that, as well. I check the alarm clock to make sure it's programmed well like ten times - I'm not kidding - before actually turning the lights off.

hokie said:

Alej said:

I'm like that, as well. I check the alarm clock to make sure it's programmed well like ten times - I'm not kidding - before actually turning the lights off.

I just checked my alarm clock.

Alej said:

hokie said:

I just checked my alarm clock.

Do you also get off the truck after you start the engine to go check if you closed the door correctly?

JDInteractive said:

missmad said:[quote]

JDInteractive said:

It's always good to check. Better safe than sorry.

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"hush nubbits" !

I am too. Many of the appliances have an automatic Shut-off (but not nearly enough of what I worry about do) and even then I don't fully trust them or myself (did I turn it off?)

Coffee Pot Timer
Iron Timer
Curling Iron Timer

I need a automatic candle light extinguisher... lately I have fallen asleep with my candles still lit. Not good.

I also could use an automatic key finder...

hokie said:

Alej said:

Do you also get off the truck after you start the engine to go check if you closed the door correctly?

No, but I open the lock to wind the key to see if the refrigerator is cooling accurately.

I don't have OCD, I have CDO. It's practically the same thing but all the letters are in alphabetical order like they should be.

Bring back

I just passed by your street. There was a firetruck there

The owner of the 1234 5678 9012 3456 credit card is gonna get real mad on the Lotus Flower renewal day