Strange things You Do

[annaliese]

I have to touch certain parts of my body like my hips or my jaw and wrap my fingers around my wrists, so make sure my fingers touch, I do that compulsivly, it's a comfort thing I think.

If I get nervous, no matter where I am, I cover my upper body with my arms and hide my head even though I look stupid.

[HiLz]

I do the tiny spoon thing but I think I might be the only one here who doesn't cut up food in tiny pieces..but then again I don't really eat alot of food that requires cutting up.

I have never done the cutting food into small pieces thing. It was too big a tell tale sign for me to have ever considered it.
I just eat my food anyhow I suppose.

[azzywazzyjazzy]

Its not something I do, but if someone doesn't finish their food, it aggravates me to the bitter end. And then I aggravate them by trying to get them to eat it lol.

[AnnaCatherine]

I have to finish last.
I don't touch food with my hands, I even wear washing up gloves sometimes to prepare food. If food gets on my hands I will wash them, not lick it off like a normal person.
I have to eat things separately- food like pizza/lasagna/sandwiches are a mine field as I have to take them apart.
I eat my food in a specific order: veg, protein, carbs. Always have done.
I have to have at least a pint of liquid when I'm eating.
I would cover everything with ketchup/mustard/chilli sauce/pickles if I could do it without looking mental.

[annaliese]

If anyone were to see me eat, that automatically makes me fat.

[Charak]

-Ok this is hard to explain, If I turn around one way e.g. twice I have to turn around the opposite way twice to unwind myself coz I feel all tied up like there's a rope around me. If I enter into a place one way I have to come out the very same way & if I can't do it it for wahetever reason it bothers me for the rest of the day. Whenever I come back to that place I always remember that the last time I didn't manage to come out how I should have so I make up for it.

Omg. Can't believe I'm reading this. I've been doing this since I'm like 12 years old, I searched SO MUCH about it, looking for OCD and all, tried to explain it to my family/friends and NOBODY understand. It's so hard to explain haha. I usually have times where it's stronger, like the "rope" thing. It makes me walk weirdly and do unecessary "u-turn" because I feel tied. It's so glad I found someone that do this also ! We are weirdos together haha.


I also write everything I eat down in my phone, I pick at my nail/skin to "groom" them but it makes them look disgusting, I chew the inside of my mouth...

[annaliese]

I'm scared toothpaste is what is making me fat.

[raylili]

i have 2 children and they don't always finish their food, so when i take their plates away i sprinkle cocoa powder and put other gross stuff on the food, it used to stop me eating it obviously, but now it is just a habit, i don't even notice i do it anymore, one of the main things i do with the left over food is pour their left over drink over it, everyone knows i do this but they don't know why they just think I'm a weirdo! lol

[HiLz]

Omg. Can't believe I'm reading this. I've been doing this since I'm like 12 years old, I searched SO MUCH about it, looking for OCD and all, tried to explain it to my family/friends and NOBODY understand. It's so hard to explain haha. I usually have times where it's stronger, like the "rope" thing. It makes me walk weirdly and do unecessary "u-turn" because I feel tied. It's so glad I found someone that do this also ! We are weirdos together haha.


I also write everything I eat down in my phone, I pick at my nail/skin to "groom" them but it makes them look disgusting, I chew the inside of my mouth...

I used to obsessively write every single thing I ate down, the time I ate, amount etc.

Weirdos together lol.....I've also been doing this since I was really young. I can recall doing it when I was 5 years young, I'm 22 now. I never felt I had to explain it to anyone though since it was just part of my everyday life.
I did speak to a friend of mine about it about two years ago and she just advised me to go against it. When I feel like doing it I should just not do it....I've tried it out ever since & sometimes it works.

[Eli]

Wow, I didn't realise the teaspoon thing was so common! I've had a 'special' teaspoon and fork since I was a kid (I was actually worse with some of this when I was a kid). I also eat things in a specific order, generally vegetables, carbs, protein but it depends on how much I like each thing but I always decide before I start eating. I have to finish last also. At restaurants or cafes I have to sit on the chair in the corner facing out otherwise I feel weird.