Weird habits/compulsions?

[Hunter S]

While reading the hand washing thread i began to wonder if anyone actualy has weird habits. Things that they just have to do or else the world may end, i for example have to sleep facing my bedroom door, or a murderer will sneak in and kill me in my sleep.. ahem

[Harry Bo]

I think i'd be afraid to tell ppl my weird habbits or compulsive thingys that i have!!

And lord I have a few!

:)

Ok, just one so...

I have to check my car door twice when ive locked it.. just incase the central locking suddenly gets the urge to let my car have a new owner, by the name of whacker the knacker! Its not one of these things that dominates my life.. and to be honest i only do it when i think of it...

So its just a little one... I'll save the bigger ones for later in the posting.. :)

[Swimmy]

Ok my secrets are going to be disclosed and nobody is EVER going to talk to me again..... [:-(]

1. Dust: I cannot stand dust, if dust gets on my skin I have to wash my hands at least twice in case I didn't get it all off....I feel itchy even thinking about it... [:-|]

2. Polished shoes: I have to have my shoes either clean or polished before I leave the house for the day.

3. Breakfast cereal: This is kinda related to point one but I always have to dump a box of breakfast cereal when there is a layer of cereal left over the dust at the bottom of the box. A terrible waste I know! [:'']

[ukoda]

I have to check my car door twice when ive locked it.. just incase the central locking suddenly gets the urge to let my car have a new owner, by the name of whacker the knacker! Its not one of these things that dominates my life.. and to be honest i only do it when i think of it...



Ha!

I do this also, i have remote central locking and people look at me funny cos* i get out of the car press the zapper thingy then check by pulling the door handle!

like whats the point of having remote central locking?? [:-?]

*forgive my text speak indiscretion [;-)]

[Homer Simpson]

I think i'd be afraid to tell ppl my weird habbits or compulsive thingys that i have!!

And lord I have a few!

:)

Ok, just one so...

I have to check my car door twice when ive locked it.. just incase the central locking suddenly gets the urge to let my car have a new owner, by the name of whacker the knacker! Its not one of these things that dominates my life.. and to be honest i only do it when i think of it...

So its just a little one... I'll save the bigger ones for later in the posting.. :)
Harry Bo, i do the very same thing with the car door and the house door aswell! [:''] Thankfully im not he only one with this habit - yippy! [:-))]

[Homer Simpson]

Its strange but i cant pee when there are people around me for some strange reason, so when i go into a toilet i have to go in to a cubicle as i cant pee up against those wall thingys! [:-?] Or even if i no there is somebody outside waiting to use the toilet either! [:''] I suppose i feel peeing is one of those things we should do in private!

[chatelaine]

Just before I go to sleep, no matter how tired I am, I always look at the clock to see what time it is and then work out how much time I have to sleep before the alarm is set to go off.

I'm hopeless when it comes to travelling. I'll need to be at the airport hours before we due to check in, have to be at the gate ages before we board, etc. I think it's because we once nearly missed a flight when I was a kid, and as a result I'm afraid I won't make the flight.

Socks and underwear have to have separate drawers. Like, always!

Paper money in my wallet is sorted in order of value. This developed when I lived in the States and their stupid green money used to confused me.

When I pray, it's in the same sequence all the time, starting with a Hail Mary, followed by an Our Father, and then an Act of Contrition.

[Swimmy]

1. Just before I go to sleep, no matter how tired I am, I always look at the clock to see what time it is and then work out how much time I have to sleep before the alarm is set to go off.

2. I'm hopeless when it comes to travelling. I'll need to be at the airport hours before we due to check in, have to be at the gate ages before we board, etc. I think it's because we once nearly missed a flight when I was a kid, and as a result I'm afraid I won't make the flight.

3. Socks and underwear have to have separate drawers. Like, always!




I do 1,2 & 3 also................oh God... [#-o]

[Harry Bo]

Ha!

I do this also, i have remote central locking and people look at me funny cos* i get out of the car press the zapper thingy then check by pulling the door handle!

like whats the point of having remote central locking?? [:-?]

*forgive my text speak indiscretion [;-)]

DEAR LORD I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!!!!!

I'm so happy! Somone hold me!

Ukoda... we need to start a self help group for sad fuckers like us!!

It would get scarey if we started trying other ppls locks.... NOW THAT WOULD BE FUN!!!

I wonder how many times u'd be arrested.........

RE: the peeing in public... I cant go against those urinal wall's... especially when its busy... i feel like a cow gettin milked!

[Harry Bo]

I do 1,2 & 3 also................oh God... [#-o]


Poor Swimmy... OCD canditate of the year 2005!

Im gonna start wearing a badge with ur pic on it and Vote Swimmy OCD Your No. 1 vote!

Poor Poor Swimmy.......

[Swimmy]

Poor Swimmy... OCD canditate of the year 2005!

Im gonna start wearing a badge with ur pic on it and Vote Swimmy OCD Your No. 1 vote!

Poor Poor Swimmy.......

Thanks for the support! It certainly would look good on my CV [:-(]

[Hunter S]

I do 1,2 & 3 also................oh God... [#-o]

The knew the gay compulsive disorder would rear irs head on this thread!!! Most gay men i know are so pedantic its scary!!!

[Swimmy]

The knew the gay compulsive disorder would rear irs head on this thread!!! Most gay men i know are so pedantic its scary!!!


Seriously????? [:-O ] I never knew! At least it confirms once more my bias towards homosexual tendencies.... [:-))]

Are lesbians messy freaks then? [:-?] [:-P]

[Harry Bo]

Thanks for the support! It certainly would look good on my CV [:-(]


LOL! Anytime!

I dont think you would get the job tho.... mailing your cv 25 times ( to make sure it gets there ) tends to freak out potential employers....

Darn OCD!!!

[chatelaine]

Oh, and when I shave it's in a special order too. Starting from right to left, doing my locks first, then my cheeks, then my neck and undr my jawline, etc....

Don't know if this is a compulsion or just 'routine'. I'll have to try a different approach in the morning!

[Hunter S]

Seriously????? [:-O ] I never knew! At least it confirms once more my bias towards homosexual tendencies.... [:-))]

Are lesbians messy freaks then? [:-?] [:-P]


Lesbians are a scary bunch, let us never speak of them again.

[Swimmy]

Lesbians are a scary bunch, let us never speak of them again.

.......... [:-O ]

[ukoda]

DEAR LORD I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!!!!!

I'm so happy! Somone hold me!

Ukoda... we need to start a self help group for sad fuckers like us!!
!

Oh Oh!! Harry Bo

Can we call it the

Big Gay Centre for People who Check there Car Doors Twice Even Tho They Have Remote Central Locking Because They Is Freaks…………..LTD.

……………………………..well id like to see you come up with a better name!
[[-(]

[betelgeuse]

I went through a lengthy phase (at least two years) where I would send e-mail only if the number of minutes past the hour was an even number, or was divisible by five i.e. I would avoid sending them at xx:01, xx:03, xx:07 etc., preferring instead to do something else until it arrived at a time I liked.

Then I had a really busy few weeks at work which meant waiting for the clock to tick over was just impossible, and my little obsession was cured.

[007]

I'm a clean freak

[Slayer]

Lesbians are a scary bunch, let us never speak of them again.

.......... [:-O ]


she certainly has a point.

[Harry Bo]

Oh Oh!! Harry Bo

Can we call it the

Big Gay Centre for People who Check there Car Doors Twice Even Tho They Have Remote Central Locking Because They Is Freaks…………..LTD.

……………………………..well id like to see you come up with a better name!
[[-(]

I like it!!

But we have to have BGCFPWCTCDTETTHRCLBTIF LTD on our business cards.... Companies always sound bigger when u abreviate their names!

Like.. eh....Gay Community News... GCN

When im going to the Gay Mens Health Project for my screening (incase i get a fungus off of some random shagg) i always like to say im going to the GMHP! Makes me feel important! I think I'll wear a suit next time! :)

Or.... eh... DHHOAP... which is Dirty Harrys House of Anal Pleasure....

Oh Ukoda!!! We could have so much fun!

[Sugarcoma101]

i have to rub my feet together before i can get to sleep.

everyone i tell this to finds it extremely weird.

i also cant touch bathroom door handles after washing my hands.

[Hunter S]

Ive experienced the first one!!!! [:-P]

[Sugarcoma101]

so u have!! im a weirdo [:'']

[redbulljunkie]

The knew the gay compulsive disorder would rear irs head on this thread!!! Most gay men i know are so pedantic its scary!!!

May I correct your spelling, pretty please? [:-P]

Some posts in that hand washing thread were pretty scary alright. Remember, you do have immune systems people! [:-O ]

I'm very freaky when it comes to milk. I can only drink milk if it's surrounded by generous quantities of other milk. For example, I can't drink milk from a cereal bowl as there's not enough volume, too much milk in contact with bowl. Similarly, spilt milk freaks me out. Also I find leftover milk in a glass absolutely revolting. I'm the same way with egg yolk on a plate from fried eggs. The fried eggs themselves are fine, the sight of leftover yolk on a plate makes me want to vomit. Similarly with baked bean sauce.

[+saidin+]

i might have a FEW compulsions, but mostly just in work.... [:'']

i freak out in the bar if someone moves a glass to a place where it's not supposed to be. as in i will go behind the counter and order them correctly. co-workers torture me by moving glasses in front of me [X-(]

i get exactly 7 buckets of ice per bag of ice at the start of work.

all slim jims must face with the logo facing outward and rows of them must form a triangular shape with no left over glasses.

i have to sleep facing the door of the room or a monster will eat me

i always like to know a schedule of events on a night out, or it'll bug me (organised fun is best [:-D] )

i'm just very pedantic and particular in general, i cant think of any more right now though

[+saidin+]

Just before I go to sleep, no matter how tired I am, I always look at the clock to see what time it is and then work out how much time I have to sleep before the alarm is set to go off.

I'm hopeless when it comes to travelling. I'll need to be at the airport hours before we due to check in, have to be at the gate ages before we board, etc. I think it's because we once nearly missed a flight when I was a kid, and as a result I'm afraid I won't make the flight.

Socks and underwear have to have separate drawers. Like, always!

Paper money in my wallet is sorted in order of value. This developed when I lived in the States and their stupid green money used to confused me.


oh right, i also do these. i didnt think i was being compulsive in it though. i figured everyone did those things out of common sense...... [:-|]

i also wont drink orange juice unless i was present when it was open, so i know exactly when it was open.

i leave my herbal tea sit for 15 minutes before i drink it so it's at the perfect temperature and it's very strong.

i never EVER wear the same socks on each foot (as in i always wear odd socks)

when i brush my teeth, i do it exactly the same way every time.

i'm so anal about teeth, i can and have (but restrain myself from doing, because it's rude) describe a person's teeth PERFECTLY. i freaked the shit out of a co-worker once when i told him about a very slight inperfection in his top furthest right incisor that no one else had ever noticed. and i did this on memory alone.

i'm the queen of OCD

[supertrip]

OK, one of my milder compulsions;
I have this odd/even pattern compulsion when walking-not all the time thank God, otherwise I'd be institutionalized long ago. For example if there is a line pattern on the floor, or even just some cracks on the pavement, each one will be a "checkpoint", and a different foot must be used to reach the next one, however a total number must be an even number. One left-right sequence, although made up from 2 steps is still just 1 sequence, so it's odd, and it annoys me and another one must follow. Since the cracks in the asphalt tend to appear in a more or less irregular fashion, this affects the way I walk when in this state of mind. Ok, I trained myself over the years to do this as discreetely as possible, but still it's sometimes hard to even keep a balance... Same thing with tiles in supermarkets, carpet patterns at work...etc, even the electric lines against the skyline when travelling by train. Not to mention the pillars and whatever else comes into the equation. A complete obsession with odd/even patterns that have to have an even ending. Than it just goes away for days, but it can last a whole day as well.

[+saidin+]

[#-o].... oh dear.... i do that too..... never occured to me that i do it sometimes. i never think about it.

[supertrip]

You probably don't think about it because there is no consequence connected to it. I feel as if something terrible would happen if this pattern was violated.

[lex]

mhhhh I don't know where to start - haha

well I'm sorte of a clean freak myself kitchen, bathroom I keep re arranging things or surfaces need to be spottless... and ohhh yeah I love taking showers 2x daily at least (mornings before work & after work) I love taking showers after having a "weird smoke" haha....

[Swimmy]

Some posts in that hand washing thread were pretty scary alright. Remember, you do have immune systems people! [:-O ]


In fairness though, you don't want to be challenging your immune system with random arse bugs from some filthy stranger! [:-P]

[Slayer]

I don't have any particular compulsions really...I will develop ones about random things I come across, like forks pointing a certain way or things on the floor, I always wonder if someone put it there as a test and if I pick it up will I pass the test or maybe the test is if you leave it there.

I have a certain trick to try and soothe my mind that nothing will happen to the people til I love til I next see them, but I'm not posting about it for fear I'll jinx it. It probably doesn't work, but my sanity needs it.

um...hmm...tomatoes freak me out.

I don't allow things to rule my life, like the things you've all mentioned. I just feel it's impractical, and I like practical.

[Slayer]

Ive experienced the first one!!!! [:-P]

Is that when my cat was trying to kill you both and I tried to jump on you crying about how "no one wants to share a bed with ME"

and the sugarcoma said she was gonna vomit onme so I went away.


yes, drink was a factor in this incident.

[Mabbit]

I have this odd/even pattern compulsion when walking-not all the time thank God, otherwise I'd be institutionalized long ago. For example if there is a line pattern on the floor, or even just some cracks on the pavement, each one will be a "checkpoint", and a different foot must be used to reach the next one, however a total number must be an even number. One left-right sequence, although made up from 2 steps is still just 1 sequence, so it's odd, and it annoys me and another one must follow. Since the cracks in the asphalt tend to appear in a more or less irregular fashion, this affects the way I walk when in this state of mind. Ok, I trained myself over the years to do this as discreetely as possible, but still it's sometimes hard to even keep a balance... Same thing with tiles in supermarkets, carpet patterns at work...etc, even the electric lines against the skyline when travelling by train. Not to mention the pillars and whatever else comes into the equation. A complete obsession with odd/even patterns that have to have an even ending. Than it just goes away for days, but it can last a whole day as well.

I have something similar but its more that I work out the sequence of events in a pattern. Curtains with flowers on them drive me insane. I can't sleep well if they're in the room, I spend the night trying to work out how many times the red flower occurs after the blue flower and when does the blue flower occur. Sometimes I wouldn't notice at all but certain days it would upset me greatly. Granny carpets are also a source of great mental anguish.

Thats only one of my crazies. I won't go into detail on the rest. One other main one is that I have to have a cup of tea when I return from somewhere. I think that might come under the heading of addictions rather than habits though...

[joeohara]

*takes deep breath*

My shoes HAVE to face in a north east direction and also by colour and size.

I have to eat my food in an anti-clockwise direction, if i forget and eat in a clockwise direction then i have to bin the food.

I count my ciggies constantly and i cannot go to sleep if i have an odd number of ciggies in the pack.

My Cds and Dvds are colour co-ordinated and also by price.

My action figures have to be at least 2 feet from the floor and dusted twice a day.

I always read the end of the book first in case i die and never finish it.

My posters have to have at least a 5cm gap between top bottom and sides.

there are many many MANY more but i will wait till somebody else posts before i hog the thread with my insane antics.

[spiller]

okay my habits are always being 5 minutes early for everything!! im sure im gonna be early for my own funeral!! i also bite my nails and people (especially my nan) kill me over it! i also bless myself everytime an ambulance or fire engine pass or when i pass a church or when i go into the sea for the first time that day. i also have to face asleep facing a wall for some reason! i think its from spending so many days in tents where the space is smaller but u feel warmer!

[joeohara]

i can only go on flights that leave on a day of the week with an even number of letters in it.

[redbulljunkie]

Now I think you're making this stuff up ...

[petitchouchou]

i'm big on things to do with eating and table manners:
i freak out if any different kinds of food touch on the plate
i have to eat every type of food seperately and in threes
i freak out if anyone eats off their knife/chews loudly/ has elbows on the table/ chews with their mouth open etc etc

i always switch all the lights on in the house when im there alone
i always check every door of the car three times before i know its locked
i shave from left to right starting with my sideburns
i have to sleep on the side of the bed closest the door so i can get out without waking the other person in the morning or a monster gets me
if i make a single spelling mistake or anything while writting something i start over again from the start
.....
thats all i can remember right now but theres more
[:'']

[ianmcg]

I refuse to abbreviate when texting and it annoys me when other people do

I always have to go to a cubicle toilet also

[Hunter S]

I i i im just so sorry i asked that question!!! You guys are mental....carry on im having such an interesting time reading how hard you make your own lives....

On another note sleeping with back facing a certain direction is very common!!!

[Sugarcoma101]

Is that when my cat was trying to kill you both and I tried to jump on you crying about how "no one wants to share a bed with ME"

and the sugarcoma said she was gonna vomit onme so I went away.


yes, drink was a factor in this incident.

yes that would be the exact night!

[petitchouchou]

oh everything i own is organised by size and colour which is a great source of annoyance to my family because if they borrow a dvd or something and dont put it back in its exact place i freak out. i cant step on cracks in the street. ive to have a number of fags in the box which is a multiple of three before i go to sleep. if ive any teddys or anything theyve to be put away before i go to bed so if they come to life they cant walk around.
i know the last one is nuts but ive been doing it since i was a kid.

[+saidin+]

i will only sit on the left hand side in a car. i will NEVER sit in the middle.

i wont touch a place where a spider was, and after seeing it, i go and wash my hands.

after a shower, when my face is soaking wet, i will ALWAYS dry my mouth first, then my eyes.

[Menorah]

OCD has to be the funniest debilitating psychiatric conditon going.

It's so fun to make the mentally fragile repeat stuff over and over when you mess up their sequence. If some one with ocd is wrecking your head go straight for the alphabetized Cds and books and start playing your fave shuffling game.

[joeohara]

so your idea of fun is too tease people with mental problems????????

while i realise you may have just been taking the piss with your post and i am not slagging you off but if you actually had any idea (maybe you do) what it is like to suffer from a mental illness regardless of what it is then i am sure you would not be so quick to make fun of people who do go through it on a daily basis.

[joeohara]

Now I think you're making this stuff up ...


i swear to god i am not making any of what i said up, i am actually on medication for it.

[chatelaine]

i also bless myself everytime an ambulance or fire engine pass or when i pass a church or when i go into the sea for the first time that day.

Oh my God! I do all of this too. I bless myself when I pass a Church, hear fire engine or ambulance sirens, stand and bow my head when a hearse passes, and always always bless myself with the salt water when I go swimming for the first time in a given day.

I thought I was alone in these quirks!

[spiller]

Oh my God! I do all of this too. I bless myself when I pass a Church, hear fire engine or ambulance sirens, stand and bow my head when a hearse passes, and always always bless myself with the salt water when I go swimming for the first time in a given day.

I thought I was alone in these quirks!

its all thanks to my nan and mother that i have those quirks like!!

[chatelaine]

its all thanks to my nan and mother that i have those quirks like!!

I hear ya! Even things like scalding the tea pot before wetting a pot of tea...I owe it all to Mama Chatelaine.

[LittleTimmy]

I have the door locking syndrome aswell. I check the doors of the house up to ten times in the 20 minutes before I go to bed. If I get the feeling while in bed that I haven't locked them though I know I've checked 12 times I feel I have to get up to check them, or drive to office on way from a night out to make sure I locked that too.

I also check if I have my keys, my phone, and my wallet on me at all times. Cheking basically every few minutes if I am walking.

Worst thing though is that I can't physically function if I don't have a watch on.

I'm also compulsive about being late, I simply can't be, and have wasted many thousands of hours being early unnecessarily.
Can't have socks and underwear in same drawer either. Also there must be club orange in the fridge at all times or else I start to fret.

Also I'm a hoarder and can't part with stuff no matter how useless. This I think is slightly compulsive too.

Can't walk on marble floors at all.

Can't be touched near the belly button or the that notch (super sternum thingy) just underneath my adams apple.
Toes cannot be touched by anyone without me having to spend some time alone (to recover from the ordeal).

If I see flour I have to do something that involves getting something wet - doesn't matter what.

Doors always have to be closed when I am around. It's not ok to walk through one and leave it open. Even if it was open before hand.

I'm now quite worried that this list is so fecking long.[:-O ]

[Slayer]

you're all fecking fruit loops.

[Swimmy]

you're all fecking fruit loops.

You mean you have only realised that now........... [:-P]

[joeohara]

i was thinking of getting a badge that said "hello i'm a mental please dont make any sudden movements"

[amnesiac]

I don't have OCD.

[Uranus]

Amnesiac is in denial?

[lex]

I have the door locking syndrome aswell. I check the doors of the house up to ten times in the 20 minutes before I go to bed. If I get the feeling while in bed that I haven't locked them though I know I've checked 12 times I feel I have to get up to check them, or drive to office on way from a night out to make sure I locked that too.

I also check if I have my keys, my phone, and my wallet on me at all times. Cheking basically every few minutes if I am walking.

Worst thing though is that I can't physically function if I don't have a watch on.

I'm also compulsive about being late, I simply can't be, and have wasted many thousands of hours being early unnecessarily.
Can't have socks and underwear in same drawer either. Also there must be club orange in the fridge at all times or else I start to fret.

Also I'm a hoarder and can't part with stuff no matter how useless. This I think is slightly compulsive too.

Can't walk on marble floors at all.

Can't be touched near the belly button or the that notch (super sternum thingy) just underneath my adams apple.
Toes cannot be touched by anyone without me having to spend some time alone (to recover from the ordeal).

If I see flour I have to do something that involves getting something wet - doesn't matter what.

Doors always have to be closed when I am around. It's not ok to walk through one and leave it open. Even if it was open before hand.

I'm now quite worried that this list is so fecking long.[:-O ]


now you have me worried I though I was half normal till now until I read ur lines... [:-?] jaaaaaasus.

Doors: if I'm on my own in the family home (wexford) or here in cork in the apartment I leave all doors unlocked & open wide love loads of space or feeling that all is open planned - don't ask me why!

Marble Floors: love them so much when I walk into a building with those kinda sparkling bolished marble floors I feel like a KING, LORD - looooooool maybe I was something like that in the past....god only knows. Even if I hat people calling me SIR in this day in age (just cos I'm a gent) it makes me feel shit... so like my bosses in work say "Hi Alex how are u SIR" [:-O ] weird

Belly Button: my mum get's that terrible sick feeling when she sees a belly button or someone touchn it (something from the child hood which she explained to me & I understand don't think is funny) ... my brother use to make hear nearly throw up when he was a small brat or a [):)] he use to stick his finger in his BB & make sure she would see it.... naughty boy. She also can't look at woman wearing a small top where u can see a piersed BB she would crinche.....

[Menorah]

so your idea of fun is too tease people with mental problems????????

while i realise you may have just been taking the piss with your post and i am not slagging you off but if you actually had any idea (maybe you do) what it is like to suffer from a mental illness regardless of what it is then i am sure you would not be so quick to make fun of people who do go through it on a daily basis.

Slight tinge of sarcasm there alright. You have to admit that some of the manifestations of OCD are hilarious. debilitating but sometimes funny too.

[joeohara]

Slight tinge of sarcasm there alright. You have to admit that some of the manifestations of OCD are hilarious. debilitating but sometimes funny too.

yes i quite agree with you there, my friend bill in san francisco finds it hillarious that i sometimes have the urge to shout POO TITTY WANK FART for no apparent reason whatsoever.

i will never fully understand my illness just when i think i have it clocked something else pops up.

i dont wallow in self pity though as i think that is the worst thing anyone who suffers from a mental illness can do.

oh jesus i hope this does not put people off talking to me at the next meetup.

[spiller]

ill talk to ya joe dont worry!

[ukoda]

Ill acknowledge your presence joe – for every random profanity you throw at me ill throw one right back at ya!

[joeohara]

awwwwwww spiller and ukoda bless your hearts

and no i have not been at the wine, but i do appreciate what you said thank you.

[bo_selecta]

If I am in a restaurant/coffee shop, I will always re-arrange the sachets of sugar/salt/pepper so that they are all facing the one way. The bf always takes great pleasure in undoing my good work. This stresses me.

I am always early for meetings, appointments, etc. It annoys me greatly when others do not turn up on time.

I always have to clean the pots/pans/utensils that i used for coooking before i sit down to eat my dinner.

If i have had a stressful day at work, I come home and clean like a mad yolk.

I hate ironing.

[redbulljunkie]

If I am in a restaurant/coffee shop, I will always re-arrange the sachets of sugar/salt/pepper so that they are all facing the one way. The bf always takes great pleasure in undoing my good work. This stresses me.

The same boyfriend who disappeared last year? What did you do to him? [:-P].


I am always early for meetings, appointments, etc. It annoys me greatly when others do not turn up on time.


Same here, but that's just polite behaviour. Some people are habitually late. If they know they're going to be late, then they should set a later meeting time to begin with. I'm convinced some people do it out of "better you waiting than me waiting" mentality.

[bo_selecta]

The same boyfriend who disappeared last year? What did you do to him? [:-P].

He is actually buried in my back garden!

That'll teach him to mess up my sugar sachet arrangement and slag me after last years All Ireland Hurling Final. [8-X]


Same here, but that's just polite behaviour. Some people are habitually late. If they know they're going to be late, then they should set a later meeting time to begin with. I'm convinced some people do it out of "better you waiting than me waiting" mentality.

That seriously drives me insane. I can feel my blood pressure rising every minute that i have to wait for someone to turn up or when work meetings do not start on time.

[ukoda]

Same here, but that's just polite behaviour. Some people are habitually late. If they know they're going to be late, then they should set a later meeting time to begin with. I'm convinced some people do it out of "better you waiting than me waiting" mentality.

hmmm, i must admit that i have a touch of the "better you waiting than me" mentality [:'']

But i hate waiting for people!! so if im late i dont have to wait?? see theres logic there! [:-P]

[bo_selecta]

Ukoda you are evil and you are going straight to hell. The End.

[ukoda]

Ukoda you are evil and you are going straight to hell. The End.

well if im going straight to hell - i guess ill be the one waiting down there for you to arrive, dont be late!! [:-P] (i jest)

[admin]

well if im going straight to hell - i guess ill be the one waiting down there for you to arrive, dont be late!! [:-P] (i jest)

Well, we are gay and have sex; hence we will ALL end up in [):)] hell [):)]

[ukoda]

Well, we are gay and have sex; hence we will ALL end up in [):)] hell [):)]

hmmmm, ALL the gay boys in a hot and sweaty dungeon......... sounds like heaven to me! [:-D]

[bo_selecta]

Speak for yourself! I am just curious! LOL

[admin]

Speak for yourself! I am just curious! LOL

Okies its limbo* for you then [0:-)]

* Where the RC Church said unbaptized babies used to go, except they say now it doesn't exist any more [;-)]

[joeohara]

hmmmm, ALL the gay boys in a hot and sweaty dungeon......... sounds like heaven to me! [:-D]


well in that case i am bringing my anti perspirant with me, i knew i would end up in the fiery pits of hell but i did not realise that they meant some sweaty queens armpits VOMIT

[lex]

hmmmm, ALL the gay boys in a hot and sweaty dungeon......... sounds like heaven to me! [:-D]

hehe - yeah sound to hot & to good to be true.... hot sexy parties for eternity..... [():)] yeeeeha here I come [):)]

[Swimmy]

hehe - yeah sound to hot & to good to be true.... hot sexy parties for eternity..... [():)] yeeeeha here I come [):)]


I agree with Joe. The musty smell of some Twinks armpit does nothing for me...... [[-(]

[ukoda]

I agree with Joe. The musty smell of some Twinks armpit does nothing for me...... [[-(]


Hello!! closet straight boy!! [:-D]

[Swimmy]

[:-O ] ..........what the hell! I like them clean and mean...... [:-))]

[wally]

I just got round to reading this thread today and found it very interesting.

I also suffer from checking the locked door syndrome and having just moved have discovered I'm a hoarder. I seem to keep everything-just in case!

I'm also a bit of a clean freak too, cant think of any others at the min [:-?]

[Boston]

Not if you're a teenage girl, otherwise it's just sad.

[Hunter S]

**sniggers**

[apollo]

Rep for Boston...alas it seems I cannot.

[joeohara]

Rep for Boston...alas it seems I cannot.


consider it done. [:-D]

[Hunter S]

After doing away with an ememy i like to play doctors and nurses with the corpse, its a little weird i know, at least ive gotten over the whole teddy bear picnic thing.

[bo_selecta]

I just remembered another one.

If i am listening to the radio or a CD, the volume control has to be on an even number. The only odd number the volume can be at is 15.

[joeohara]

I just remembered another one.

If i am listening to the radio or a CD, the volume control has to be on an even number. The only odd number the volume can be at is 15.


Oh my god i do the exact same thing [:-O ]

I also have to have an even number of ciggies in my pack before i go to bed otherwise it will just bug me all night.

hello my name is joe and i am a mental.

[Popeye]

ok so here is my list of freaky things i have. I do have ocd in a major way. People have actually moved away from me in the past when i was very bad but now i have calmed down a bit but i still think of all these things now when something freaks me out.

ORDER
I am actually a freak when it comes to this, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE IN ORDER, alphabet first, then colour, then size, then genre/type. I freak when i go into someplace like HMV or Virgin and find DVDs in the wrong place, especially when they have that title plaque clearly showing that "Charlie's Angels" is here and yet someone has put Charlie Chaplin in that section. That doesnt go there, the world doesnt function like that, why would someone do that???

At work I am just as bad, we have a bookshelf thats takes up the entire length of a wall, every morning i start at the corner sorting them alphabetically. I feel all agitated and nervous until they are done. Then whenever someone goes over to the bookshelf I watch them closely to make sure they dont mess it up, which they do on purpose to annoy me. Bastards.

On a nite out I am always rearranging peoples drinks and beermats making sure that they are facing the right way with the correct distance from the edge of the table. Even if i dont know you that well I still need to do it.

HAND TAPPING
This is definitely one of my worst habits. If for some reason i tap my hand off something my other hand has to do the exact same tap. And if i tap a rhythm my other hand will have to copy it afterwards. Even as i type this now I am doing it!!

TEDDY BEARS
Teddy bears will be the death of me, i have a large collection here in Cork and at home. I arrange them according to teddy bear strength and how independent they are. If its a big teddy bear it is able to be at the back against the wall, then for a smaller more vulnerable one i would put it near the big one so that it feels safe and that the big bear would protect from an harm. They also have to be "comfortable", they cant have their arms bent backwards or flopping to a side. God i hope my teddy bears at home are ok....

[joeohara]

Popeye would you like to join my mental club i am even setting up a helpline.

If you suffer from OCD then press 1 repeatedly.

If you are manic depressive don't bother pressing anything nobody cares.

[Popeye]

Popeye would you like to join my mental club i am even setting up a helpline.

If you suffer from OCD then press 1 repeatedly.

If you are manic depressive don't bother pressing anything nobody cares.

if i pressed 1 repeatedly id have to alternate every second one between the 1 below F1 and the 1 on the keypad so that its even

[thoth]

If i get pen on my hands or arms, i have to wash it off straight away. It turns my stomach for some reason. It completely turns me off people as well, seeing it on someone else is like seeing them with snot hangin out their nose or something, it's just wrong.

[LovePuppy]

I HAVE to have a quick look in the mirror before I leave the house. If i didn't i'd be checking my reflection in every car and shop window. I'm not vain...just have to make sure i look ok.

[joeohara]

never invite me to your house if you are the kind of person that tends to have those carpets with the fringe type stuff on them, as i will spend hours trying to get them all to match up and even.

[polbelfast]

Its strange but i cant pee when there are people around me for some strange reason, so when i go into a toilet i have to go in to a cubicle as i cant pee up against those wall thingys! [:-?] Or even if i no there is somebody outside waiting to use the toilet either! [:''] I suppose i feel peeing is one of those things we should do in private!

Homer I so know what you mean... I cant pee anywhere where people might see or hear me do it! not even when I'm pissed...[(~~) ] [:-O ] [(~~) ]

[kevSaMo]

oh come on now Pol!?

It can't be THAT small??!!

[;-)]

[Rogue]

Ok i have a huge list of weird things i do, well i dont think they are weird, other people just look at me funny...[:-P]

If i get the words of a song wrong when im singing it, i have to start the song again until i get it right. Thats annoying because by the time i learn the song i freaking hate it.

When im taking notes in college i cannot have a messy page, my tipex is on hand at all times, if i scribble or spell something wrong i go mental. My page needs to be neat!

Im always early, no matter what, being late is so rude, so im very compulsive about time keeping.

I bless myself everynight going to bed, dont know why, habit but ill do it 3 or 4 times to make sure i did it.

Certain words really turn my stomach, i cant even write them down because ill get the shivers, but if someone says them...i wanna vomit. Dont ask me why im afraid of some words.


Oh one more thing, turning up the TV has to end on an even number!

[Harry Bo]

Homer I so know what you mean... I cant pee anywhere where people might see or hear me do it! not even when I'm pissed...[(~~) ] [:-O ] [(~~) ]


Its amazing how dopey we all are!!

I cant pee against the wall at those 'urinals' coz

a) they are manky and stink!

b) Old men look at ur willy...

c) I feel like a cow getting milked...

ooh and d) I was once peeing at a urinal, (cause the Q was HUGE! and i needed to go BAD) and a little splash from the man next to me hit me!!!!! EWWWWW Not on the willy..... but the hand.. I ran to the sink and scrubbed.. until my hands were RAW!!! UGH!!!

Now i have a total fear of them... with their manky piss smell!

[joeohara]

Now i have a total fear of them... with their manky piss smell!


Harry Bo and the chamber of piss pots the new book from Jk Rowling [:-))]

I am not sure if this counts as a weird habbit or compulsion but i FUCKING HATE people bumming smokes off me. it just really really pisses me off that they are too cheap to buy their own but its when i get the classic "sure i only smoke when i go out" FUCK OFF CIGGIE NICKIN SCUM.

[X-(] [X-(] [X-(] [X-(]

[ukoda]

I have the same peeing at urinals problem, although not to the same extremities as some of you!

If I don’t think about it im fine, so if my mind is racing and I’ve lots to be thinking about ill just walk straight in pee and go, wont give it a second thought.

BUT

If I have nothing on my mind expect “I’m now going to the toilet” then I start to over think it. – I hope there’s no one in there- what if there is? Then ill just go to the cubical – what if the cubical is full? Oh wait there’s no one in here, phew I can pee at the urinal, Then if someone walks in before I start to pee, I panic! Its like – I hope he goes to the cubical, damn he’s standing right beside me, ahh now he’s peeing, I was here first and he’s already peeing, I wonder if he notices I’m not peeing? Maybe he thinks I’m just finished and I could zip up and walk out – but what if he saw me going in? then he’d know I couldn’t have pee’d that fast – OMG too much time has passed do something for the love of god just do something!!

I’ve said too much….[:'']

[cats_whisker]

On “Harry Bo” comment on “peeing at the urinal”, I have noticed that a lot of gay men do not pee at the urinal, I was wondering why is this? Is it because of an inability to perform, fear of others seeing his manhood or is there others? Personally I don’t have a problem.


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