Ya ever watch the show Monk? I realized this evening when I sat down in the restaurant tonight that I always take the silverware slide it over to the left then line it up on the napkin so it's all centered. What is your moment?
i figured out that the ice cream truck driver committed the murder, because there was not an appropriate amount of blood at the scene, leading me to believe the victim was already dead when stabbed. when i discovered that the victim was lactose intolerant and i noticed that the ice cream man's inventory was short one choco taco on the day of the murder, i put 2 and 2 together.
When I lived at home, my closet was organized by color, type of clothing, and by the frequency I wore them. My CDs used to be in alphabetical order by artist and chronological order by album release date, DVDs were arranged similarly. I count a lot, too. I also have to live with a routine, otherwise I freak the fuck out, I've been working on that, though. I have my bouts with OCD and sometimes it's really fucking insane and sometimes it's pretty calm. Since I've started smoking pot, it's a LOT calmer.
I love Monk. I ALWAYS have to make sure things are symmetrical, when I can help it. Also, when I put something on a table, like a pack of cigarettes or something, I always try to make sure it's parallel to the edge of the table; never crooked. I'm also super-obsessed with keeping my face clean. I never let anyone touch my face and I always wipe my face off with a washcloth or a tissue after I touch my face or after someone else touches my face. lol I'm strange:tongue:
If a fly lands on me, I have to scratch or rub the spot they landed on, no matter what. My skin crawls until I do.
Any time anyone writes in one of my notebooks that I use for creative writing, or a page gets ripped out, I can't used it anymore. I have to buy a new notebook.
i can't use the bathroom after someone that doesn't live with me uses it. someone that lives with me has to go in there and use it first... i will hold it...
the dangerous fork is mine.. no one but me is allowed to use it.. also i have a bowl i don't like anyone but me to use.
I always start flossing on the lower left, one tooth forward than go back one and start working forward again.
Haha, I usually try to wait a LONG time between when someone goes to the bathroom and when I do. Knowing someone's smells and bathroom habits is WAY too intimate for me.
i always have to make a "nest" out of toilet paper when using public toilets if they dont have one of those seat cover things, but even those dont cover the whole seat sometimes and if its an automatic toilet it flushes it down before i can even go to the bathroom. oh and i cant touch the door handles, i use a paper towel.
I help children (I genuinely hope I'm helping them) with ocd, manic depression/bi-polar, borderline personaility disorder, some that develop schizophrenia, odd, pdd, autism... All kinds of other behavioral, & mental issues either become productive members of society, or (some unfortunately) move on to become unproductive wards of the state and mental institution "lifers"... I go to work hoping that if I meet kids that will grow into characters like Monk and others.. Even with mild or moderate MR like Corky on the tv show Life Goes On... Fuck, I really hope I can help make a dent and a difference. We try like hell within the confines of the slightly broken system we work in. The problem with society (speaking very generally & not necessarily about everyone) is that they want these people and many senior citizens too to be in facilities where they don't have to deal with or look at them. Of course OCD can be very managable in many cases. http://www.health24.com/mind/Anxiety/1284-1295,33695.asp Hmmmmmmmm. I know I'm good for double checking that everything is off in my place... Have driven back to check the switch on the coffeemaker or dials on the oven.
Same. I love Monk. I rarely see it because it ain't shown over here but I watch it when I can. I'm nowt like him though, I don't generally put 2 and 2 together and I'm not ocd. The only thing I can think of is when I do a lot of algebra, then I write out the alphabet in the back of my book and go through all the letters so it's fair. Also, say I'm washing my hands, I need to make sure I'm being fair to each hand and giving them the same amount of soap and time.. haha.. I do this for the whole left and right sides of my body. I just have this thing sometimes where I need to be fair. Nowt else though, promise.
