I make little humming noises to make sure my voice is still there. Not noticeable unless there is dead silence, which bugged the hell out of people when there is a test going on. Also, and I can't figure out why I do this, I tend to shake my head violently back and forth a few times a day. Eh, whatta you gonna do?
You know how when you pet a cat on the back by their tail, their butt goes way up in the air? I just tap on their back with my fingers in a rhythmic patter and they LOVE it.
Let's see, some of the ones I do include (don't know if all of these can fall into OCD): - I go up stairs two at a time but always go down stairs one at a time (I started doing that as a way of building my leg muscles and just got in the habit) - I try to avoid stepping on cracks - When I played baseball and softball, I would deliberately step over the foul lines when I ran out onto the field. When I would come in from the field and I was playing outfield, I would have to touch second base (but that was if we were on the 3rd base dugout side and I was playing right field or right center fieldor or if I was playing on the left side and we were on the first base dugout side) - If I am using a public bathroom urinal, I ABSOLUTELY have to flush the urinal if the assclown before me hasn't!!! Nothing makes me sicker than to look at some other jackass's urine!! I have an idea why people do this - they either are lazy as **** or they are anal retentive about touching the handle, but still for the love of God, is that any reason to punish the person who goes after you?? Geez...same thing goes for turds - if I walk into a stall and I see just a fragment of a turd, I go to another stall. I will only flush if it is the only stall available and I have to go that bad. - A lot of things when I am driving but I think that is more due to me being an aggressive driver than OCD. For example, if I have to pass someone on the interstate, using the right lane, I will ALWAYS immediately get back in the left lane right in front of their ass after passing them. Half the time when I do this, they immediately get over in the right lane.
ditto. I also do this weird thing where I like stupid little things I do to be in multiples of 5 for some reason. Also sometimes I say something I will whisper it again under my breath, I never realized i did it until a friend pointed it out.
What is it with everyone worrying about stepping on cracks? I do it all the time. It doesn't hurt anyone. I mean, sure, my mother's been in a wheelchair for 13 years, but that was from a stairway incident. Not from stepping on cracks! Get over it.
Most of mine fall in this area too. I have a number of strange driving things. I whistle the last song I heard on the radio almost unconsciously. Drives my wife nuts, but the baby likes it. Nothing like whistling Jet or Hoobastank.
I always divide M&M's and Skittles up by colors - I eat a full set of colors at a time, and when there's different numbers, I work out some mathematical pattern to eat them. I constantly rub my hands together and rub the dead skin off of them. I always twirl my pen between my fingers when I'm not writing with it. I always draw a 5-petal flower at the top left corner of my notes - but only in the classes that I enjoy. If I read a newspaper on the bus, I never read the middle pages - I only read what's on the front and back of each section. And I try not to step on cracks in the sidewalk.
I forgot one. I am constantly smelling everything that I encounter. Like I smell a candle, or the hairspray, or cologne....even if I'm not using these products. I just have to hold them up to my nose and make sure I can smell them. This started because a few years ago had a bad headcold and couldn't smell/taste anything for about a month. It was a scary feeling and I'm always afraid I will lose those senses again.
Oh, I forgot another one: If I am eating french fries and a hamburger: I normally will eat all the fries first and then eat the hamburger. But this one guy I work with made such a big deal about me doing this that I now try to eat some fries and then some burger, etc - LOL.
When I am eating, always finish eating one thing before I start on the next (like I will eat all of my mashed potatoes before I start on my meatloaf, or all of my fries before I start my burger). My cousin noticed this and has since kept a running commentary when we eat together, which can get a little annoying in meals with a lot of variety (eg. chinese food). EDIT: I notice that Manny does this too (or at least used to with fries). Cool. Whenever I log on to clutchfans, I always open tabs for the forums in the order: GARM, NBA dish, Hangout, Hangout D&D, ACT, feedback, even if I am not going to read or post in some of them. Whenever I have a can of soda, I wipe off the top using my shirt before I open it. Every time I hire a hooker I hit her in the head 37 times with a hammer, then throw her body in the river. If there are people at the river when I get there, I will take out my fishing pole and go fishing until they leave and then toss the body.
