Do you have any nervous ticks, tourettes, or OCD?

When at a red light, I check to make sure my Ebrake handle is all the way down (of course it is, since i've been driving a while) after I check..i tend to click it a couple times, just to make sure again,and again. I do like 5 clicks then i stop.

Originally Posted by wasp9166

vid please

Now let me be VERY clear. I am not making fun of my friend at all. He's a great guy and a great musician.
Also I didn't even know he had Tourette's until he told me.

In the video he's sitting down so can really tell when he gets his ticks. But while he's performing live it's hard to notice. If you've ever been to hardcore show you know what I'm talking about.

Vid is also 2+ yrs old and he had only been playing guitar for about a year.

I do and I never realized it until recently. I cannot keep my hands still when I'm just lounging around watching tv or something. I pick hang nails, calluses, play with something lol. I have been playing with silly putty recently because it keeps me busy. I'm a fuucking weirdo. It works wonders when I'm with a girl though. Constant back rubs.

1) I bounce my legs a lot while sitting still. They feel weird if they're not moving. I've been told it's restless leg syndrome, but I've never had any official diagnosis. The reason behind it, I'm sure, is all the skating I've done throughout my life.

2) I chew the skin on the sides of my fingernails as a "busy habit" or something. I don't really realize I do it until I'll pulled off a couple sections of skin. No... I don't eat it.

3) I don't make a whole lot of eye contact when talking at times. If I don't know the person very well, I tend to use more body language as if I'm disguising the fact I don't make eye contact.

4) Temperature in my car is set at 68ºF in the summer, 72ºF if it's slightly warm or slightly cool, and 75ºF if it's cold outside. Not sure why, but those are my preset temperatures.

5) I have to have money in my wallet facing the same direction, largest bills in the back, smallest in the front.

6) Clothes in my closet have to face the same direction. For pants, the pant legs have to be on the same side with each pair.

7) I eat one food at a time. The only time I stray from this is when someone says, "Oh, have you tried the [food] yet? It's so good!" I'll eat a quick bite of it to see what they're talking about and go right back to the previous item I was eating.

8) Pens (and other items) have to be facing the same direction when laying on a table. If they're not perfectly in line horizontally or vertically, I correct it.

9) It "feels" weird when I hand someone my pocket knife that I opened and they hand it back to me closed. Like... my nerves are telling me the knife "feels different." It's hard to explain. I fix this by opening the knife again and closing it myself. I then wipe the knife handle off with my hands to "clean off the weird feeling."

9A) When someone hands me something in general, I typically wipe the part they touched with my hands to "clean off the weird feeling." For example... if someone hands me a fork, I'll pinch the handle between my thumb and index finger and swipe it clean, although it was already clean to begin with.

10) If I touch something, I still feel it on my skin until I "brush away the feeling" by rubbing my fingers together or dusting my hands off (even though there's nothing there).

That's all I can think of for now...

Originally Posted by SPDSKTR

1) I bounce my legs a lot while sitting still. They feel weird if they're not moving. I've been told it's restless leg syndrome, but I've never had any official diagnosis. The reason behind it, I'm sure, is all the skating I've done throughout my life.

2) I chew the skin on the sides of my fingernails as a "busy habit" or something. I don't really realize I do it until I'll pulled off a couple sections of skin. No... I don't eat it.

3) I don't make a whole lot of eye contact when talking at times. If I don't know the person very well, I tend to use more body language as if I'm disguising the fact I don't make eye contact.

4) Temperature in my car is set at 68ºF in the summer, 72ºF if it's slightly warm or slightly cool, and 75ºF if it's cold outside. Not sure why, but those are my preset temperatures.

5) I have to have money in my wallet facing the same direction, largest bills in the back, smallest in the front.

6) Clothes in my closet have to face the same direction. For pants, the pant legs have to be on the same side with each pair.

7) I eat one food at a time. The only time I stray from this is when someone says, "Oh, have you tried the [food] yet? It's so good!" I'll eat a quick bite of it to see what they're talking about and go right back to the previous item I was eating.

8) Pens (and other items) have to be facing the same direction when laying on a table. If they're not perfectly in line horizontally or vertically, I correct it.

9) It "feels" weird when I hand someone my pocket knife that I opened and they hand it back to me closed. Like... my nerves are telling me the knife "feels different." It's hard to explain. I fix this by opening the knife again and closing it myself. I then wipe the knife handle off with my hands to "clean off the weird feeling."

9A) When someone hands me something in general, I typically wipe the part they touched with my hands to "clean off the weird feeling." For example... if someone hands me a fork, I'll pinch the handle between my thumb and index finger and swipe it clean, although it was already clean to begin with.

10) If I touch something, I still feel it on my skin until I "brush away the feeling" by rubbing my fingers together or dusting my hands off (even though there's nothing there).

That's all I can think of for now...

same here

A lot of these things seem to come from a lack of confidence and excessive worrying.

Originally Posted by rohde88

A lot of these things seem to come from a lack of confidence and excessive worrying.

Lack of confidence? Eh... it's hit or miss. It all depends on what I'm doing.

Excessive worrying? Understatement. Once the general manager of the company retires, they're going to rain holy hell down on me. See... he's always had my back and helped out whenever he could. Once he goes, though, I might as well quit.

Originally Posted by SPDSKTR

Lack of confidence? Eh... it's hit or miss. It all depends on what I'm doing.

Excessive worrying? Understatement. Once the general manager of the company retires, they're going to rain holy hell down on me. See... he's always had my back and helped out whenever he could. Once he goes, though, I might as well quit.

Well, bacteria isn't that much of a concern in a statistical sense.

The ebrake, sure you can check it once or twice, but no need for more than that.

Originally Posted by rohde88

Well, bacteria isn't that much of a concern in a statistical sense.

The ebrake, sure you can check it once or twice, but no need for more than that.

I thought you were referring to my post... my apologies.

Originally Posted by SPDSKTR

I thought you were referring to my post... my apologies.

not specifically, you're just weird

Originally Posted by rohde88

not specifically, you're just weird

Maybe... just... a little?

The eye contact thing is definitely confidence. I make it a point to look everyone in the eye when talking to them no matter who it is and I can't stand when someone doesn't look me in the eye. If you have trouble actually looking into their eyes, stare in between their eyebrows.

you guys are fvcked up.

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Originally Posted by SPDSKTR

1) I bounce my legs a lot while sitting still. They feel weird if they're not moving. I've been told it's restless leg syndrome, but I've never had any official diagnosis. The reason behind it, I'm sure, is all the skating I've done throughout my life.

2) I chew the skin on the sides of my fingernails as a "busy habit" or something. I don't really realize I do it until I'll pulled off a couple sections of skin. No... I don't eat it.

3) I don't make a whole lot of eye contact when talking at times. If I don't know the person very well, I tend to use more body language as if I'm disguising the fact I don't make eye contact.

4) Temperature in my car is set at 68ºF in the summer, 72ºF if it's slightly warm or slightly cool, and 75ºF if it's cold outside. Not sure why, but those are my preset temperatures.

5) I have to have money in my wallet facing the same direction, largest bills in the back, smallest in the front.

6) Clothes in my closet have to face the same direction. For pants, the pant legs have to be on the same side with each pair.

7) I eat one food at a time. The only time I stray from this is when someone says, "Oh, have you tried the [food] yet? It's so good!" I'll eat a quick bite of it to see what they're talking about and go right back to the previous item I was eating.

8) Pens (and other items) have to be facing the same direction when laying on a table. If they're not perfectly in line horizontally or vertically, I correct it.

9) It "feels" weird when I hand someone my pocket knife that I opened and they hand it back to me closed. Like... my nerves are telling me the knife "feels different." It's hard to explain. I fix this by opening the knife again and closing it myself. I then wipe the knife handle off with my hands to "clean off the weird feeling."

9A) When someone hands me something in general, I typically wipe the part they touched with my hands to "clean off the weird feeling." For example... if someone hands me a fork, I'll pinch the handle between my thumb and index finger and swipe it clean, although it was already clean to begin with.

10) If I touch something, I still feel it on my skin until I "brush away the feeling" by rubbing my fingers together or dusting my hands off (even though there's nothing there).

That's all I can think of for now...

Dang man I've got several of those. Have you been tempted to do drugs? I know people who do drugs to suppress their OCD because it affects their life so much.

Originally Posted by kuksul08

Dang man I've got several of those. Have you been tempted to do drugs? I know people who do drugs to suppress their OCD because it affects their life so much.

I don't know whether to laugh or if you're expressing a legitimate idea. I can see how smoking a bowl might help, but it doesn't appeal to me. My life isn't really affected by these things... it's just stuff I do.

Nothing is a disorder until it causes a problem.

Before I leave my house/office I have to check and make sure I have everything with me a few times. In the past I've missed things I meant to put away or forgotten something I wanted to bring with. I feel I'm just being certain but sometimes I do it a few more times than I need to because I just can't recall seeing a certain item.

I have a lot of the same habits that others have posted. I don't really see any of them causing problems. I work with a few individuals who are way worse. This one woman eats with gloves on and everything in her office is lined up perfectly. Another guy has a notebook full of instructions on how to do everything his job entails, down to how to make a copy on the copy machine.

Every time I leave my house, my car, work, etc I check all three pockets to make sure I've got my keys, phone, and wallet. Not totally abnormal, but I check like 4-5 times.
I definitely have a "shower routine" as previously mentioned, as well as a "morning routine" that if anything happens out of order, I feel as if my day is going to be ruined.
I feel the need to do things in sets of 3. Example - Sometimes when I walk, I count my steps in sets of 3.

I forgot about the one that bothers me the most, maybe one of you can relate:

Before I do anything, even something trivial like walk to another room, I do a quick mental check of the most efficient way of doing it. Say I'm walking into a room to get something. I'll quickly think, is there anything else that needs to be done in there? Oh yeah, I need to charge my phone. where's my phone? Would it be quicker to walk to the room, get what I need, walk back, look for the phone, and then charge it? Or would I be better off looking for the phone now so I don't have to make two trips to the room? How long will it take to look for the phone now? How important is that thing I have to get?

Whenever I get things from the refrigerator or pantry I'll get irritated if I don't get everything I need at once because otherwise I'm wasting time having to go back and get what I left the first time, even though it might only be a matter of turning around.

Throwing things in the trash can: Would it be quicker to toss what I have here or will I have more trash when I'm done doing whatever it is I'm doing? Should I just wait and throw everything away at once?

This all happens in a couple seconds or less, but it gets really old.