Odd Rituals and Superstitions, who else?

[adairable]

if I am using a restroom...whether for the business or showering or brushing my teeth, I have to figure out the pattern of the tiles on the floor, ceiling or wall. I like to compare the proportions and everytime I go into the same bathroom I figure out something new to look at or I compare different sections of the space....I do this in restuarants too or whenever I am bored

 

[m0nk]

I'm one of those obsessive hand-washers; have to wash hands after touching everything. I always have to use soap too. It's a bit irritating if it's not anti-bacterial soap, but somehow I seem to survive when it's regular...
Not sure if that's a ritual, but it certainly is a bit of OCD there.
Oh, I also have to check to make sure my front door is locked twice before I can walk to the car.

 

[teen]

yea, some of my things were more of an OCD as well.

 

[jennythebugg]

does anyone else find themselves looking in ditches while they drive/ride , i'm always afraid theres going to be a dead body in there one day

 

[fedukeford]

If i have anything valuable in my pocket (phone, ipod, money, etc.) i check its still there at least once a minute, im like paranoid i lost something.
on my ipod the only way i find a song i want to listen to is by going into artists and finding the song, i never go into playlists or albums or any of those.

 

[lazypinoy]

Originally Posted by jennythebugg
does anyone else find themselves looking in ditches while they drive/ride , i'm always afraid theres going to be a dead body in there one day
youll be the dead body down there if you dont keep your eyes on the road!

 

[shrimpi]

Ok, Im pretty bad, here it goes.

I think its clinical OCD.
I wont go to bed unless Ive completely straightened the sheets. I cant roll out of bed, then back in the same night with the sheets all mangled. It doesnt matter if its 3am, I have to fix the sheets.

On the same token, the sheets have to stay straight and if they get wrinkled I can sleep till I get up and straighten them again.

I cant sleep on the side of the bed nearest to the bedroom door. If someone breaks in, they have to go through my Bf first.

I wont leave the house unless I know where each of my two cats are. And I ALWAYS check the dryer at least twice to make sure they didnt jump in. Even if we are late and a cat is hiding, I wont leave until I know where he is.

Wont leave the house without the cellphone. Period. I have to have a way for people to get ahold of me. What if theres an emergency and I couldnt answer the phone cause I left it somewhere? OH ,THE THOUGHT OF IT !?!?!

Counters in the kitchen have to been wiped clean. Even if the dishes are a mile high, the counters have to be cleaned... and with something with bleach- I hate germs.
Even if ive been home all day doing nothing, I still take at least 2 showers a day, I think its that germ thing again. (Microbiology in college screwed me up lol)
I cut up all my food like a little kid before I eat it. My dad used to get pissed because I would cut up the entire Filet before I would eat and then have to microwave it cause it got cold. I even chop spaghetti up into little peices like its for a toddler.

I like the house freezing cold, and I wear a big-

robe to keep me warm. The air has to feel 'crisp' and 'clean'.
Ill try and think of some more weird things I do. My mom was a compulsive cleaner and 'fixer' our house looked like no one even lived in it. I think this scarred me for life.

 

[cowfishrule]

i always listen to enya on days that i play.
i usually hit the stage with my ipod still on me.
i also always finish my starches and veggies before i finish my meat.

 

[happyvac]

I listen to Car Talk (podcast) on my iPod before going to bed. Aaah, Car Talk.

 

[jovial]

I like symetery and alignment. If something is crooked it bugs the heck out of me to look at it. Wonder what that means?

 

[mimzy]

Originally Posted by Adairable
if I am using a restroom...whether for the business or showering or brushing my teeth, I have to figure out the pattern of the tiles on the floor, ceiling or wall. I like to compare the proportions and everytime I go into the same bathroom I figure out something new to look at or I compare different sections of the space....I do this in restuarants too or whenever I am bored
WOW, I thought I was the only one to do this!
Also like to count the edges of geometrical things...over and over again, first in evens then in odds, and when I'm nervous I count my fingers too
I MUST have the covers tightly around my feet when I sleep, and for some reason my mouth has to be under the blankets too.
I will not walk into a room if it's dark. I'll either reach in with my arm to turn the light on keeping my body out, or I'll ask someone to turn the light on b4 I go in.
wow....cataloging my weirdnesses feels....weird.

 

[triga22]

I dont like it when people ring the door bell 5 times, you hear it the first. People that call fish Nemo Dory Bloat Bubbles.. I sleep on my side, never on my back or stomach. I eat chips out of a bowl. I always put shoes on from right to left but socks from left to right. I wear my livestrong bracelt ALWAYs (Since june 05), its also on my left hand. I always sleep with covers no matter how hot, feels safe. Everything is shut when I sleep accept the vanity door.

 

[happyvac]

Am I the only one that sleeps with all of my doors WIDE open?

 

[windmill]

I dilute nearly every single thing I drink with water.
If I have a soda, it has to be in a GLASS glass with ice and usually an inch of water. I even do this with tea.
I also recycle my glasses. If I have left over ice from my last drink, and don't want another, I'll put my cup in the freezer to save my ice for my next drink.
I don't do this with plastic though.

 

[teen]

Originally Posted by HappyVac
Am I the only one that sleeps with all of my doors WIDE open?
nope. keep my door open and usually the windows too if its warm enough outside.

 

[breineach1]

Originally Posted by jennythebugg
does anyone else find themselves looking in ditches while they drive/ride , i'm always afraid theres going to be a dead body in there one day
OMG Jenny- my Honey found a body laying in the emergency lane on the interstate on his way home from work one night!!! The 911 operator initially told him to leave it for the clean up crews in the morning (!), but when he explained it was a dead HUMAN body- then she wanted him "make sure it's not alive"... He just yelled at it- he wasn't about to touch it! (He is really squeamish- it's so cute!)
So this isn't a hijack, I have to have things in even numbers. Always. Doesn't matter what it is... books on a shelf, art on a wall, soap/shampoo bottles in the shower, hairbrush/comb. Mmmmm, pairs!

 

[exile415]

Originally Posted by earlybird
I wake up 30 minutes early to watch sports center every day does that count?
Same, even though it's exactly the same thing I watched last night.

 

[adairable]

Originally Posted by Mimzy
WOW, I thought I was the only one to do this!
Also like to count the edges of geometrical things...over and over again, first in evens then in odds, and when I'm nervous I count my fingers too
we should start a club

 

[cowfishrule]

Originally Posted by Mimzy
and for some reason my mouth has to be under the blankets too.

OMG
ME TOO!!!
i would pull the covers up to my eyes, but i dont just in case i start rippin it up during the nite, so below the nose they stay.

 

[f14peter]

While I enjoy a salad, and a cheeseburger, and sometimes a salad with my cheeseburger, I won't put salad-type ingredients such as lettuce, tomato, etc on my burger. Only exception to the "No rabbit food" on the ground-up-dead-cow rule are onions.
All my shirts in the closet must hang the same direction (front of shirt to the left, back to the right).
Like Jovial, I like symetry ... I'll spend twice as long on projects making extra measurements, formulating a symetrical approach, etc. A row of pictues on the wall, if intended to be in a straight line, must be exactly even. If I'm hanging two or more pictures on a wall, I'll measure the wall, measure the width of the pictures (And subract from the wall measurement), and then divide the remainder by the number of spaces between pictures so that the distance between pictures are exactly the same.
Before popping open an aluminum can, I'll tap the top. Probably started in my youth when I heard that can reduce the carbonation pressure (ALthough I don't think it does), but I still do it.
I'm strangely wary of cars with power door locks, thinking they might spontaneously lock while I'm out of the car while it's running (This has only gotten worse as everybody and their brother has a remote control key fob now). If I start up my vehicle with PLs and I need to get out, I'll roll the window down enough so that I can stick my arm in and reach the lock switch ... even if it's raining.
With eye/sun glasses, I always fold the earpieces left side down first, then right side down.
When I park my car at work (or anywhere else for an extended period of time), I always park facing the east. Actually, this has a practical purpose as in winter the storms are predominately from the south so I don't have to open the door into it ... and in summer the sun is on the back of the vehicle in the afternoon instead of the front windshield.
I almost never close a CD/DVD tray by pushing it in. No matter what contorsions I have to go through, I'll use the open/close button. The only exception is one of my home computers that has a flap over the front of the burner and I can't reach the button.
Even under threat of death, I will not wear socks with sandals ... it's just too wierd. Really, think about it ... if it's cold/cool enough to wear socks, then you shouldn't wear sandals and if it's warm enough to wear sandals, then you shouldn't be wearing socks.