Obsessions! List your Obsessions here.

[No way out.]

Okay, so I wasn't exactly sure which forum to post this on, so I went with this one, since, I guess what i'm about to say relates with phobias.. I s'pose.

Anyways, I'm sure, that majority of us here are obsessed with our bodies and mirrors, and what not.. But do you guys have any other obsessions on top?

If you want, you can list your obsessions.
Here are some of mine, some of the ones I can think of right now, and if some more come up.. I'll list them :)

1) Cannot sleep facing the mirror
2) There can be no holes when I shut the curtains, or I can't sleep; even if I'm extremely comfortable in bed, but see that the curtains aren't shut properly there's a peep, I get up and do it again!
3) The light switches all have to be the same! 1st and 2nd floor both switches down and ground floor both switches up accept for the one near the front door, that has to be down!
4) There canot be a single red or green squiggly line on Microsoft Word, and if i'm not typing and a friends is, I am bothered to have an argument to just FIX IT UP (has happened, as sad as it may be, apparently, I kill her track of thought)

Aah, well, I'll list more when I can think of it..

What are yours?

Love and Peace..
x

[raven37]

towels need to be evenly hung lol! I go ape when they're not. :P

[No way out.]

towels need to be evenly hung lol! I go ape when they're not. :P

Wow, lol, reminds me of Monica from Friends :)

[Lori]

My biggest one is that I mentally narrate everything going on in third person. Not sure if that's from being a writer or some kind of OCD :P

I also don't like my feet hanging over the edge of the bed or being out from under the covers at night (even though my bed is directly on the floor so I know there's no monsters down there, lol) and I check the shower every time I go into the bathroom. I think those two are pretty common though xD

[Lichen]

1) Cannot sleep facing the mirror

You're not supposed to, so your soul isn't scared by its reflection when leaving your body at night.

...or something.


As for my obsessions, I always rearrange the glasses my family leaves in the dishwasher. And I'm pretty thorough with weeding/clipping suckers off tree roots/various yardwork tasks, like the great biographical line about artist Piet Mondrian hating "the green untidiness of nature."

[No way out.]

You're not supposed to, so your soul isn't scared by its reflection when leaving your body at night.

...or something.
"

Well, i'm not sure about that. My reason is that, basically, I keep fearing something will come out and kill me! It's basically IMPOSSIBLE, but I've never managed to get out of that mindset all these years!

[perfucktion]

I know its stupid, but I hate looking into a mirror in the dark. If I have to pee in the middle of the night, I keep my eyes closed in the bathroom until I get the light turned on(its on the wall opposite the door). I'm 23 btw... lmao! Also I have to have all of the clean towels folded in the exact same way, and will unfold them and do it "my way" if someone else folded them or somehow made the pile look untidy.

[artist16]

I'm all about order. When I'm writing anything, if I don't like my handwriting, I start over. Everything has to be alligned, which is why I like to write on Microsoft Word or something. If I wrote something (like a list) it all has to be in my handwriting. If someone adds to it, I rewrite the entire thing. Just a little thing I do. I don't like people sleeping with my blankets. Whenever I see it, I am freaking out on the inside. (Is that an obession?) I am starting to seperate my foods when I eat them. *Anyone read "Kissing Doorknobs" it's about OCD and the girl does it in that book.

Folders on my computer. I have them organized perfectly and it bothers me if there is anything out of order. Like, for example, I am tracking my weight loss on my ABC diet. I have a folder called "Daily Loss" which leads to "December" "January" and "February" Each one opens up to more folders for each week in the month. Each week folder opens up to a folder for each day. It's crazy but will drive me nuts if it's not that way.

My bookshelf is the absolute worse. I literally cried because I couldn't find a way to perfectly categorize each book on each shelf. In the end, I got mad and threw the books.

[Xgx]

I'm not sure those things we're listing are obsessions :D It's more of just weird tendencies... Anyway, not judging :] Peace !
1)
There canot be a single red or green squiggly line on Microsoft Word - I always turn it off before typing a single letter :D It somehow bothers me.
2)
I mentally narrate everything going on (but not necessarily in the third person). I just kind of... speak to myself, narrate or explain every movement, thought and feeling either in my mind or just... to the outside (actually SPEAKING to no one but the empty room, like, I imagine there's someone here listening to me).
3)
I also don't like my feet ... being out from under the covers at night - Oh, I HATE that one. It's so annoying ! Even then it's completely hot in the room, I cover ALL my body parts up to my nose ! I just can't overcome this ! Even though I am not affraid of darkness, I even enjoy it, though, I feel some kind of... panic about these *nude in the open area* body parts of mine.
4) I have to spit (not literally :D) three times over my left shoulder everytime I think about something negative & bad that could happen to my beloved ones. Maybe it's just a habit, but it really controls and.. twitches me.
5) I have a strange phobia to be late or not-punctual. I always start to sweat, run, jump, panic, even there's still some time to reach the destination or to finish a certain task.
...well, cannot think of any others at the moment.. :) And it's good to know, how pretty much the same we all are.. ;]]

[ShowStopper]

As for my obsessions, I always rearrange the glasses my family leaves in the dishwasher. And I'm pretty thorough with weeding/clipping suckers off tree roots/various yardwork tasks, like the great biographical line about artist Piet Mondrian hating "the green untidiness of nature."

Oh, I understand.

I'm obsessed with everything being clean and tidy..

[coco.]

i feel like such a weirdo
i cant drink out of glasses or anything see through because finger prints on the glass freaks me out
when i drink orange juice or coke i cant drink the whole of it have to leave about an inch in the bottom of the cup
i cant do the washing up - it sounds stupid but tiny bits of food floating in the water makes me want to throw up
if any drinks have any bits or dust or anything not of the liquid in it i cant drink it.

just realised mine all have to do with liquid :S

[Peeb]

i cant do the washing up - it sounds stupid but tiny bits of food floating in the water makes me want to throw up

Ooh, lawd! Me too.

Also, parallels. I adore parallels.

[No way out.]

I'm not sure those things we're listing are obsessions :D It's more of just weird tendencies... Anyway, not judging :] Peace !
]

Ooh, I see where your coming from. Like you would call an obsession when someone is obsessed with collecting a specific item or something?
I could add "Weird Tendencies" on the title, if only I knew how to?

[Fallenflower]

I'm obsessed with straws. Whenever I have the option to drink something with a straw I will jump on it. I like all kinds of straws too.

[Styria]

No one is allowed to touch me.

I'm not scared of germs or anything like that.. it's just, you know the really find hair on your arms and hands and everywhere..? If I feel it's sitting the wrong direction. I go insane. Boyfriend thinks it's funny to push all my hair to the wrong side because I freak out over it. :< Poor me. :'3

[moon_light]

I have so many obsessions, oh boy...

Sometimes I have to touch things. They aren't the same things, they just NEED to be touched. And I have to touch them specifically. If the touch doesn't feel right, I keep doing it until it is.

I have a specific sleeping routine. It's long so I won't write it down, but it consists of various games, noises, etc.

I have to shut drawers twice or until they make a satisfying sound.

I check my bag/jeans/purse/etc for items every fifteen minutes or so. Even if it's a backpack I haven't even opened, I will check for a certain paper. If I don't I get very paranoid... like very paranoid.

I stop doing things in five minute/half hour intervals.

Things that look like large germs freak me out, like rain drops or gravel.

I'm very touchy about being punctual. If I'm more than five minutes late to something or something takes longer than expected, I can very easily enter a full blown panic attack.

Randomly I can't be touched. If I am, I get irrationally angry and overwhelmed and usually will hyperventilate.

There's more but whatever hahahaha.

[fromtheashes]

i cant do the washing up - it sounds stupid but tiny bits of food floating in the water makes me want to throw up
if any drinks have any bits or dust or anything not of the liquid in it i cant drink it.

i do both of those too.

I like all the doors to be closed in the house at bedtime (that way I know if someone's been wandering around the house at night).
I like everything to be clean and tidy, though I'm having to lower my standards because the pregnancy is making it hard to keep up with it all!

[be_noticed]

I am obssesed with tea lately. i have around 10 a day and i buy different types of teas too. C:

[StrangeBeauty]

I am not sure if these are considered "obsessions" but here is a list of my “weird” habits.

I need to wash dishes every time I go into the kitchen, even if it just a cup or bowl in the sink... If there isn't any dishes in the sink, I look at the clean plates, bowls to see if there's any dust on them. I also need to arrange silverware.

I have a routine each day and everything needs to go according to it.

For Example, wake up at 6am, shower, eat at 7am, check e-mail at 7:30am etc.

if something goes wrong, I feel my whole day is ruined and become emotional.

I also need to plan my meals one day ahead so I don't overeat or each too much carbs or sugar.

Before bed, I need to set out my clothes for the next day, if I don't, it bothers me and I can't fall asleep.

[mel_92]

i cant do the washing up - it sounds stupid but tiny bits of food floating in the water makes me want to throw up


Omg same!

Also:
I cannot eat off normal plates because I worry about germs, or that a bit of food will not have been wiped off properly. I eat off paper plates, and clean all cutlery with kitchen towel beforehand.

If the ball of my foot presses down too hard, I have to do the same with the other foot. I do the same with my hands etc, it drives me mad if I don't do it.

Got loads of strange little things I do but I can't think of them all atm LOL.

[Arcadia]

If I want to have a taste of something I’ve cooked for myself, I can’t put the cutlery I’ve used in it again with my saliva on. Even though I’m gonna eat it by myself. I’ve read somewhere that the enzyme in saliva dissociates the food’s fatty acids and protein chains and it ends up in layers....

[thinspiration]

Hmm I'm obsessed with strews, i can't drink anything without one! Even water bottles! & they HAVE to be colorful, i sometimes spend like 15 minutes standing there picking out the right color. i have to pick up each strews until one FEELS right.

I don't know its weird, but if someone touches me, i have to use my hand and wipe it off. Same with kisses, like on the cheek or whatever. I'll keep wiping it off with my hand until i feel it's alright again.

Oh & cupboards, draws, and doors all need to be shut at ALL times.

[fatballerina522]

I count everything. When its silent or I'm alone I see how high o can count to until I'm interrupted. And I have to end on an even number divisible by 2 before I can speak to whoever interrupted me. I also count how many words my teacher says in a lecture or how many secobds it takes for her to complete a lecture then converted that tome to minutes. It's weird that I hate math so much yet its one of the thibgs that most controls my life. Haha.

[iwanttobehappyagain]

I'm obsessed with keeping everything clean and tidy ..even myself :P
When I get home from school I immediately clean my room and wash my makeup off my face . I always have to shower 2x a day because I also discovered my addiction for exercising. To me it's like cutting .. I love the pain that I feel in my chest when i am pushing myself too far.I see it as a punishment for binging and i HAVE to do it at least 1 hour a day ( 2-3 hours at weekends because i have more time).. which means to me 1 hour of sweating hardly . warming up doesnt count.I brush my teeth mostly 3x a day . I get weird thoughts at night, for example that something creepy hides under my bed

[Shannonn]

Every night before I go to bed,I have to have everything ready for school, even my breakfast and lunch, i make them every evening and i find if i haven't yet done so i can't concentrate on anything else.. i'm strange i guess, :3
also i like things to be the same, my weekly schedule has to revolve around patterns, if something changes this i tend to get very anxious :3

[LinnyPig]

I am 100% the same with my curtains when I go to bed. I also refuse to have sort of mess / clutter / ANYTHING that isn't placed correctly or doesn't belong in my room. Otherwise I can't sleep. :l

I don't like lying on pillows too much cause they go all flat and.. well, flat... o_O I know that's just ridiculous.

If I don't like my handwriting, I start again...

[carved-heartache]

I'm terrified of many strange things. It's an obsession that I always look around me at all times to make sure everything is proper.

Not the actual procedure of showering, but I'm scared that there's someone on the other side of the curtain watching me, waiting for me to get out and rape me or something. I always have to take a peek outside of the curtains, to make sure everything is alright. When I have shampoo in my eyes or something and I can't check, I have a panic attack and sometimes I start to cry.

I'm scared of being alone in my room, thus I have to keep my TV on at all times.

I'm scared of people staring at me for too long, maybe it's because of my self-conscious issues, but I'm not sure.

There's lots of other things that terrify me, usually it's about the unknown, or the unseen, but it's just something that makes me unique I guess.

Stay lovely! ♥
xo

[bmi10]

I have this odd fixation on visualizing bad thing happening to me--like I'll be running down the stairs to catch the train and I'll see myself falling and smashing my face, or I'll be cooking and see myself lighting my hair on fire.

It's weird because I actually do a lot of legitimately risky things, and those don't give me any anxiety. It's the mundane, totally safe things that freak me out.

Also, I hate riding shotgun because it's statistically the most dangerous, and I have a phobia of somehow getting scars or injuries that make my face ugly.

[apple(a)day]

Weird Tendencies:

-My sheets cannot be tucked into the bed, if they are I don't feel "free" enough and I have to pull them out with my feet, even if im not in my own bed.
-I always open my mouth when I put my contacts in.
-I am super weirrddd about my silverware: forks can't be too big or too small and they have to feel "right" in my left hand, spoons the same as forks and I balance the spoon on my left hand (specific fingers) until it feels "right", butter knifes.. have to appeal to me in some way.. if they are shiny, have a nice sharp curve, or design at bottom. Cutting knifes: absolutley does not matter b/c they are all the same in my house.
-I eat super fast when I'm with my family, moderate speed with friends and very slowly when I'm alone.
-When a flocks of bird, especially crows fly over me I cringe and imagine them pecking my brains out, even im in my car.
-If something nasty touches me, I feel like w/e part it touched is infected and i wipe it off many times until i feel its gone.
-Lastly, I don't like it when people touch my hands, neck, sides, or shoulders... it creeps me out. but hugs are bearable.

[apple(a)day]

- Also I like to center things, like words on a page, or objects on a counter.. things are neat and tidy at least to my low expectations when they are centered and aligned perfectly.

[fadeaway]

2) (but not necessarily in the third person). I just kind of... speak to myself, narrate or explain every movement, thought and feeling either in my mind or just... to the outside (actually SPEAKING to no one but the empty room, like, I imagine there's someone here listening to me).


I do that as well :/ sometimes I actually talk to myself out loud which totally freaks me out when I realize that! Or my mind (or something) talks to me in this voice and addresses me directly, usually saying something like "you're such a bitch". Lovely.

In winter, I'd rather freeze to death than wear socks at bedtime. I can't stand socks when sleeping.

I hate people touching me unexpectledly. I'd rather wait for peak hours to be over than take a full underground train or tram or bus. Also, I'm super-furious about people invading my personal space, that is desk, bed, relocating my items in the fridge, bathroom, putting anything at my desk at work. One extra post-it can ruin it all. Funny thing is, I'm messy but I know exactly where my things are and which way they are turned!

I'm totally paranoid about people hating me. Right now I am freaking out because I think that drinking on Friday night with my bosses wasn't such a good idea because one of them didn't reply to me on Skype! Or if my flatmate slams the door, I always think it's because of me being too messy/loud/etc. Situations like these make me REALLY anxious.

I guess there's more but can't think of anything else atm...

[26/09]

i can't let anyone drink out of my water bottle, and what little food i eat has to come straight out the packet and onto a plate, it can't pass through someone elses hands. which i find a massive problem in restaurants.
i have to sleep with my ears covered up, and the duvet wrapped around me because every part of my body has to be the same temperature otherwise i'm uncomfortable.
everything in my room, furniture wise, has to be against a wall or preferably in a corner. i hate having to walk around things and i like there being an open space on my floor. I'm also obsessed with making sure that there are no 'crumbs' in my bed, referring to anything that may have fallen out of my bag etc, when i get in. my girlfriend tends to eat crisps in bed and i make her get up and help me sort the bed out before we sleep :(
i also find it very difficult to sleep with clothes on because it causes friction between my clothes and the duvet cover and it irritates me so much.

[beautiful-exception]

1, i have to sleep with all of the pillows and blankets i own. (like 4-5 blankets and 4 pillows).
2, i have to have look good all the time. i go into the school bathroom and re-do my hair after i get off the bus every morning before school starts, and my makeup. then i go to another bathroom after im finished because it has different lighting, fix what might be out of place. then go into the bathroom durring almost every passing period and begining or end of lunch to ensure im still pretty.
3.my socks and pant cuff must always be perfect. i role most of my pant legs 1 time (except with skinny jeans) and if they come undone i have to stop anything im doing and fix them. durring the winter my ana getts bad so i get cold and must wear 2 pairs of sox then a pair of fuzzy sox on top of them. they all can not shift or i have to fix them imeadiantly.
4. once i get home i change my school clothes to workout clothes and change my socks.
5. before i purge i have to drink 10oz of water then put up my hair, after that i take off all of my makup then re-wash my face. after that i clean the entire toilet then wash my hands. and i always purge with my right hand and massage my stomach with my left while standing at a 90 degree angle above my toilet. after each or every other gush of food i have to wipe my face and wash my hands and repeat.
6. i can be OCD about the dishes to, i wash the dishes in my house and when they are hand washed or loaded in the dish washer wrong because my mom or brother is trying to help me out they have to be fixed.
7. i cant and am not allowed to put away groceries in my house because i will re-arrange the whole kitchen for hours before anything can be put away.
8. i need to bend the top of my capreesons before i drink out of them.
9. i always fold my toast in halph and wont eat it anyother way.
10. it takes ten minutes to brush my teeth each time and somtimes i have to re-do it.
11.i refuse to eat eggs made by anyone but myself. and i only make egg whites.

[AgentJK]

I also have to have all my towels folded and spaced on the towel rack. In the closet they have to be folded the right way and color coded. The sheet has to be tucked in at the end of the bed, I am so afraid something will come up and grab my feet at night, I always sleep with them covered no matter how hot it is outside. My clothes in the closet have to be color coded and by style. For example my husband as 3 types of work shirts, all the same color. Long and short sleeved and dress type. So they have a certain spot then put together by type. I also have to use all one color of hanger, I can't have a mix of colors. Then once they are put in that way I have to have all the hangers 2 finger width apart.