I have several rather odd OCD-like habits, I'm sure most of us do, but lately I've noticed that they are getting worse and also that I've begun developing new ones. It doesn't worry me, but it made me start to wonder about other people's strange obsessive behaviors. But instead of searching the web and reading about some guy I'll probably never meet, I figured I'd ask the MR crowd about theirs.
So, what kind of strange OCD-like behaviors or habits do you have? I'm not necessarily talking about serious ones, but I am definitely not talking about those of you who have to wash your hands everytime you use the bathroom.
I'll start:
1. When drinking from a clear glass, after taking each sip, I can't help but wipe off the tiny bit of moisture that is left on the rim of the glass itself with my thumb. From there, I wipe my thumb off on my clothes (usually my thigh) and repeat each time I take a sip. I don't know why the glass matters, but it does. This isn't something I think about either, I've just had it pointed out to me numerous times before and apparently, I always do it.
2. This is the one that is more serious and getting worse quickly. It's hard to explain but here goes! Things such a light switches, power buttons, volume knobs, doors, windows, locks.. anything that can be set to one position or another (on/off, open/close, etc), I can't help but give in to the overwhelming feeling that each time I adjust something, press something, turn something, I didn't do it all the way. Like, when I walk out of my bedroom and shut the light off, I walk a few steps and turn around, walk back, and press the light switch down harder to make sure it isn't stuck in some odd-ball inbetween point. I often find myself saying "just leave it, think about something else" and eventually I do, but usually I have to go back and do it over, which usually doesn't make me feel much better.
Another example is with buttons. For instance, the power buttons on my monitors. Whenever I shut them off, I feel like I didn't push the button all the way down before releasing it, and have to do it again.
These things don't really bother me or upset me, just things that I do that I wish I didn't because... well, wtf?
I have more, but I want to hear some others first! Oh, and forum-related ones would be especially interesting!
BTW, sorry if this has been posted already, I searched and found nothing.
So, what kind of strange OCD-like behaviors or habits do you have? I'm not necessarily talking about serious ones, but I am definitely not talking about those of you who have to wash your hands everytime you use the bathroom.
I'll start:
1. When drinking from a clear glass, after taking each sip, I can't help but wipe off the tiny bit of moisture that is left on the rim of the glass itself with my thumb. From there, I wipe my thumb off on my clothes (usually my thigh) and repeat each time I take a sip. I don't know why the glass matters, but it does. This isn't something I think about either, I've just had it pointed out to me numerous times before and apparently, I always do it.
2. This is the one that is more serious and getting worse quickly. It's hard to explain but here goes! Things such a light switches, power buttons, volume knobs, doors, windows, locks.. anything that can be set to one position or another (on/off, open/close, etc), I can't help but give in to the overwhelming feeling that each time I adjust something, press something, turn something, I didn't do it all the way. Like, when I walk out of my bedroom and shut the light off, I walk a few steps and turn around, walk back, and press the light switch down harder to make sure it isn't stuck in some odd-ball inbetween point. I often find myself saying "just leave it, think about something else" and eventually I do, but usually I have to go back and do it over, which usually doesn't make me feel much better.
Another example is with buttons. For instance, the power buttons on my monitors. Whenever I shut them off, I feel like I didn't push the button all the way down before releasing it, and have to do it again.
These things don't really bother me or upset me, just things that I do that I wish I didn't because... well, wtf?
I have more, but I want to hear some others first! Oh, and forum-related ones would be especially interesting!
BTW, sorry if this has been posted already, I searched and found nothing.
