Strange Things

for me mybe this will be just odd!!


I CANNOT eat in my bedroom unless my BED is made!

I can't sleep with out socks on my feet!

I can't sleep with any type of light on!!

I can't sleep with a fan on becuz the sound drives me nutts!

Farmer Girl wrote:

LM wrote:

If I hear someone crack their knuckles, I have to do it, too.

After reading that, I had to crack mine! lol

You're silly. :haha: I'll bet your knuckles felt better, though.

pamh36 wrote:

Awww, LM, I'm sure you are right about not being able to go to bed before 2:35 a.m., something like that will never leave you.

Hi, Pam.

I'd thought for a while that I might need to talk to someone other than my regular doctor about it, but it's been going on for so long, it's like a bad habit or a comfort that I don't think I want to lose. It's not the best thing to stay up late each night, or to fight sleep, but I can't help it. It just seems very wrong for me to even think of going to bed before that time.

Thanks for listening.

BTW - I hope my comments aren't bringing you down. I truly don't intend that for you or anyone. I just get started and can't stop at times. :shy:

sweetheart wrote:

I can't sleep with any type of light on!!

When I was a little girl, two of my brothers shared a bedroom. One of my brothers couldn't sleep with any kind of light on, and the other brother couldn't sleep without a night light. That made for some interesting nights.

LM wrote:

pamh36 wrote:

Awww, LM, I'm sure you are right about not being able to go to bed before 2:35 a.m., something like that will never leave you.

Hi, Pam.

I'd thought for a while that I might need to talk to someone other than my regular doctor about it, but it's been going on for so long, it's like a bad habit or a comfort that I don't think I want to lose. It's not the best thing to stay up late each night, or to fight sleep, but I can't help it. It just seems very wrong for me to even think of going to bed before that time.

Thanks for listening.

BTW - I hope my comments aren't bringing you down. I truly don't intend that for you or anyone. I just get started and can't stop at times. :shy:

No, you aren't bringing me down at all. It helps to talk to someone who understands. If you ever need anyone to talk to, please know that you can send me a PM any time. :alright:

I'm glad to know I'm not upsetting you.

You're so right about having someone to talk to who understands. I really appreciate the invite to send you a PM. I mentioned a while back that you could do the same. I'm here to listen. Don't be too surprised of I contact you in the near future.

Thank you.

Lily wrote:

LM wrote:

I'm not a neat-freak, but if I stack cans of tuna on top of each other in my pantry, all the labels have to in exact order. All labels must be able to be seen in the pantry, on the shelves or in the fridge.

Me too, LM!! Even when I'm in the supermarket, if I see a can or a box is out of place, I have to turn it so the label is facing out..........and I do it for free! :haha:



When I go to sleep, I HAVE to sleep on my left side. :sleep:

Hey, Lily.

I find myself straightening up in the stores, too. I even pick up items from the floor and if I try something on, I'll fold it neatly and replace it if the clerks aren't around to do it. One day, a clerk noticed I'd done that and asked if I worked in a clothing store. LOL! I told her that I didn't, but my brother worked in a department store several years ago, and my Mom and I would feel bad for him when we'd see him having to put items back in place or he'd tell us....like when someone would leave a pair of shoes in the food aisle. Ugh!

I was shopping a couple of days ago, and I saw that a shower cap was just lying below the rest which were hanging up, so I had to hang it back up, too. I don't get paid either! :haha:

I always lie on my back or left side when I get into bed. I think it's because if I've spent time on the sofa relaxing, I'm lying on my right side to see TV. Hmm. :think: Yeah, that's gotta be it. :haha:

Here is something strange!

Last night *in all siriousness* I dreamed I was on a ride at Disneylans. When we got off of the ride, my family left me. So, I tried to go through the exit but it was gone. So I startem ramming myself into the exit. I finally woke up running myself into the wall.

At our mission trip three years ago, I slept walked everynight. The first night I wandered around the room asking people if they had seen my shoes. The next night I went and got into my suitcase, the night after that I got in bed with someone *luckily the boys rooms were locked. The girls slept in the gymnasium* and the last night I got up and took a shower.

At our second mission trip I

Threw a fan up against the wall, tried to turn on the lights in the room, threw my covers on someone elses bed, and the last night I woke up screaming Oh my gosh! Harry they calle dus but they wernt supposed to. Then ran out of the room with my DA chasing after me.

Often I will walk down stairs and start playing the piano, or I will try to take a shower.

I almost left the hotel room during our last vacation, but the weirdest sleep walking event that ever happened to me was running down the stairs and telling my mom I had lost my hamster. Well, she was so mad bc she thought I had my hamster out at midnight. So we were looking around the house, feeling on th floor and thats when my mom heard her running in her cage.

In case you are wondering all of this is second hand info. cept the first one, nobody but me knows that!! Well, now you do!!

LM wrote:

Lily wrote:

LM wrote:

I'm not a neat-freak, but if I stack cans of tuna on top of each other in my pantry, all the labels have to in exact order. All labels must be able to be seen in the pantry, on the shelves or in the fridge.

Me too, LM!! Even when I'm in the supermarket, if I see a can or a box is out of place, I have to turn it so the label is facing out..........and I do it for free! :haha:



When I go to sleep, I HAVE to sleep on my left side. :sleep:

Hey, Lily.

I find myself straightening up in the stores, too. I even pick up items from the floor and if I try something on, I'll fold it neatly and replace it if the clerks aren't around to do it. One day, a clerk noticed I'd done that and asked if I worked in a clothing store. LOL! I told her that I didn't, but my brother worked in a department store several years ago, and my Mom and I would feel bad for him when we'd see him having to put items back in place or he'd tell us....like when someone would leave a pair of shoes in the food aisle. Ugh!

I was shopping a couple of days ago, and I saw that a shower cap was just lying below the rest which were hanging up, so I had to hang it back up, too. I don't get paid either! :haha:

I always lie on my back or left side when I get into bed. I think it's because if I've spent time on the sofa relaxing, I'm lying on my right side to see TV. Hmm. :think: Yeah, that's gotta be it. :haha:

I'm kinda a neat freak, but I don't usually do things like this: I was in wal-mart yesterday, and while my dad was looking at something, I noticed the little blue sign above wasn't on its hanger all the way. One side was on, the other side was off. Well, it drove me nuts 'till I finally reached up there and hooked the other side!
If I'm in a restaurant eating, when I'm through, the plates in front of me drive me insane! I have to gather my family's plates up and stack them up. I also have this thing about leaving our tables fairly clean. (I've bused tables before, and know what a pain it is to clean a messy table) My dad's like "That's what they get payed to do!" lol But we make a bigger mess than some people, too.

My dad and I do that, but it drives the rest of my family crazy. The manager came over to us one time and asked us if the waitress had forgotten about us. We said no we just felt sorry about the big mess we left. The manager just laughed at us and walked off.

I'm gone for a few weeks to come back and find half the site has OCD. lol

I've got my pecadillos too...I can't finish something with an odd number. It has to be even.

Go figure.

So long as it's even.

Joined : 04 Sep 2006
Posts : 1821

Well Larry...this post number ended on an odd number, so you need to come back and finish up!

Rhonda wrote:

Joined : 04 Sep 2006
Posts : 1821

Well Larry...this post number ended on an odd number, so you need to come back and finish up!

Good catch Rhonda!

Carol wrote:

Rhonda wrote:

Joined : 04 Sep 2006
Posts : 1821

Well Larry...this post number ended on an odd number, so you need to come back and finish up!

Good catch Rhonda!

Poor guy he was so disturbed by his lack of evenness that he had to leave!

Farmer Girl wrote:

LM wrote:

Lily wrote:

LM wrote:

I'm not a neat-freak, but if I stack cans of tuna on top of each other in my pantry, all the labels have to in exact order. All labels must be able to be seen in the pantry, on the shelves or in the fridge.

Me too, LM!! Even when I'm in the supermarket, if I see a can or a box is out of place, I have to turn it so the label is facing out..........and I do it for free! :haha:



When I go to sleep, I HAVE to sleep on my left side. :sleep:

Hey, Lily.

I find myself straightening up in the stores, too. I even pick up items from the floor and if I try something on, I'll fold it neatly and replace it if the clerks aren't around to do it. One day, a clerk noticed I'd done that and asked if I worked in a clothing store. LOL! I told her that I didn't, but my brother worked in a department store several years ago, and my Mom and I would feel bad for him when we'd see him having to put items back in place or he'd tell us....like when someone would leave a pair of shoes in the food aisle. Ugh!

I was shopping a couple of days ago, and I saw that a shower cap was just lying below the rest which were hanging up, so I had to hang it back up, too. I don't get paid either! :haha:

I always lie on my back or left side when I get into bed. I think it's because if I've spent time on the sofa relaxing, I'm lying on my right side to see TV. Hmm. :think: Yeah, that's gotta be it. :haha:

I'm kinda a neat freak, but I don't usually do things like this: I was in wal-mart yesterday, and while my dad was looking at something, I noticed the little blue sign above wasn't on its hanger all the way. One side was on, the other side was off. Well, it drove me nuts 'till I finally reached up there and hooked the other side!
If I'm in a restaurant eating, when I'm through, the plates in front of me drive me insane! I have to gather my family's plates up and stack them up. I also have this thing about leaving our tables fairly clean. (I've bused tables before, and know what a pain it is to clean a messy table) My dad's like "That's what they get payed to do!" lol But we make a bigger mess than some people, too.

I can't stand the dirty dishes being piled up in front of me, either. I usually ask another waiter/waiter to send ours over if they don't mind so they can take them away quickly. Just a few weeks ago, a group of us were out to dinner, and the plates weren't being moved quickly enough for me, so a friend helped me pile them up and then he moved them to a table beside us which had dirty dishes waiting on it. When the waitress came to us, I told her that I hope she didn't mind, and she said she didn't...that a lot of people do that and she understands.

Yes, those who bus tables do get paid for it, but it doesn't hurt when a customer is kind enough to help a little. I know I'd appreciate it.

flatbroke wrote:

I'm gone for a few weeks to come back and find half the site has OCD. lol

I've got my pecadillos too...I can't finish something with an odd number. It has to be even.

Go figure.

So long as it's even.

Well, welcome to the "OCD Gang". Don't you feel lucky to be part of such a wonderful group?

Lily wrote:

LM, Farmer Girl, this is so neat! I tend to stack up the dirty dishes too after we eat in the restaurant.

Another stacker here I don't do it all the time... but 50% of the time yes...

Lily wrote:

LM, Farmer Girl, this is so neat! I tend to stack up the dirty dishes too after we eat in the restaurant. Hey, the 3 of us should go have a lunch date one day. :haha: I also can't stand having dirty dishes, not even a dirty spoon sitting in the sink. After I cook, I have to wash all the dirty dishes, pans, pots, and utensils before I can sit down and eat. I'm too anal at times and it drives myself crazy. LOL!!

We might get a little too excited and start cleaning more than our table. :haha:

Carol wrote:

Lily wrote:

LM, Farmer Girl, this is so neat! I tend to stack up the dirty dishes too after we eat in the restaurant.

Another stacker here I don't do it all the time... but 50% of the time yes...

Stackers unite!

:haha:

Hmm.....You might make some tip money out of the deal, too.

I'm careful to leave a neat table when I'm finished, too. I used to work as a waitress when I was a teen, and I remember how sloppy some of those tables could be when people were finished. :gross:

Savannah wrote:

Hmm.....You might make some tip money out of the deal, too.

I'm careful to leave a neat table when I'm finished, too. I used to work as a waitress when I was a teen, and I remember how sloppy some of those Stables could be when people were finished. :gross: