[Closed] Would you say you have OCD?

Not bloody likely, I wouldn’t be able to find anything.

The large drawer in the bottom left, should be on the top. Then all the small ones will line up properly.

Also, it's not ocd, it's CDO, because that's the correct bloody order😀

No. you're just anal. Please stop using the phrase "OCD" as a stand in for this sort of behaviour.

That green knob isn't in the centre of that square section.

No and neither have you, you’re just tidy.

No. you’re just anal. Please stop using the phrase “OCD” as a stand in for this sort of behaviour.

My other half corrected me on the use of OCD, it’s a serious condition. I wish there was a better word than anal to describe a desire for order and attention to detail.

Psychoanalysis

This is my garden, my desire for order and tidiness verges on the ridiculous. My family and friends find this tiresome I can't bear stuff not being ''right' or at least the very best I can get it to be.

It's the same with everything, car, bikes, motorbike whatever, it's all consuming.

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Your stone border on the right os very uneven.

That's not helping.

Sorry. Fence needs staining.

It’s the same with everything, car, bikes, motorbike whatever, it’s all consuming.

still not OCD which is a mental disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations and behaviours that drive them to do something over and over (compulsions). these can manifest in actions or thoughts. Often the person carries out the behaviours to get rid of the obsessive thought.

Lawn edging is not even close to straight.

Stone border looks like it's been thrown down.

Pink flowering bush looks complete out of place.

I can only see 1 fence post, you need a pattern.

As for that round, swirly thing on the right???

2.3/10

+1 Nickc

I have colleagues who will say "oooh I'm so OCD". Nope, you may well be an attention seeker though.

There also looks to be some sort of weed growing in the pebbled path on the right ..

You appear to have showhomeitis..not OCD..

You need to lose a bit of twee and get to the condition of couldntgivea****ness..and your life will be so much better for it ..

😁

Opinion or judgement? I'll go for the latter and you've got control issues rather than OCD, although the two are linked.

If it was OCD, you wouldn't have enough time to earn a living with all that stuff to keep in order.

Learn to let go, accept that perfection is only for Mo-hamed and realise that your expectations for yourself and quite possibly everyone else are unrealistic.

Next...

So  Many things wrong with the top picture for you to have OCD.

no mention of the green knob not being in the middle of the square.

the three pictures are equally spaced.

the shut line is wider at the top than the bottom.

seven yellow boxes. Chuck one away or buy another. Also, they aren’t stacked together.

i could go on but you don’t have a severe medical condition, you just cleaned up a bit 🙂

edit. Just looked at the garden picture. Nope, wonky as frig.

Sorry - you’re just pernickety.

OCD no, but that's the perception of some. I simply like things correct. Completely correct, there's no 'nearly' there's no 'yeah that's OK' it's either right or it's wrong.

Mostly though i just take care of my things. My motorbikes have been cleaned more times than they've been ridden. My MTB is cleaned, checked, lubed etc after every single ride without discussion. That's just me wanting my expensive toys looked after though.

All tools are in the correct places, spares in the right boxes depending if they're new or used etc... I don't see it as OCD... it's just... well... right.

Those stacked boulders - far too forced. Consider getting a range of smaller sizes and creating a ‘dry streambed ’ effect. It’s very difficult to out-perfect nature.

Edit: that said, i’ve Definitely got FLE - Flat Lawn Envy.

Mate of mine is a mental health nurse, I love it when someone says they're OCD to him, you can actually see the red mist riding through him!...

As said earlier, you're organised, that's not OCD.

So where does checking the back doors locked (3 times) before you leave (or that the gas is off repeatedly) sit?

Not that I do this, nope not at all........

Will STW get the credit in the medical journals for the discovery of the ailment Pseudoocditis?

A very dangerous condition and the only known remedy is cantgiveaphukitis or the immunity conferred by the laziness gene.

BTW Merak, that's a lovely garden.

Merak, your bird feeders are fractionally differing heights.

my desire for order and tidiness

The contrast between your wonky camera and the contrived order of your garden makes me slightly nauseous.

Nah OCD is a mental disorder where you have to check stuff repeatedly and do things in a certain order.

Being tidy is not OCD

I genuinely apologise to those whom I've offended by using the wrong term to describe my pernickity behaviour.

I've taken all your comments on board and I see now that I've failed. I plan to rip out that shoddy stone border, the feeders are toast, the fence will be painted to within an inch of its life, and I've ordered a new cupboard and organiser from IKEA for the garage.

Will report back.

So where does checking the back doors locked (3 times) before you leave (or that the gas is off repeatedly) sit?

That’s doubt part of your frontal lobe triggers this doubt, unless you satisfy it by saying yes I did lock the door or checking that’s pretty normal behaviour. Locking and unlocking the door 21 times no more or no less every time thinking your sister will die if you don’t is more OCD behaviour.

Being tidy is not OCD

I've got pretty severe OCD and I'm a messy sod (although needing to have everything in the correct place can be a facet of OCD for some).

I genuinely apologise to those whom I’ve offended by using the wrong term to describe my pernickity behaviour.

That won’t take long. As nobody is actually offended, people just LOVE the opportunity to be right, at someone else’s expense

👍 😂

Merak..good man !

The kind of free advice you get on this forum can be priceless at times ..

Yes. But then i know what OCD actually is and don't use it as freely as most people do. If it doesn't get in the way of everyday tasks, and doesn't cause every day tasks to take forever then you don't have OCD.

That won’t take long. As nobody is actually offended, people just LOVE the opportunity to be right, at someone else’s expense

He asked if he was OCD he was told he wasn’t and why.

Surely it's what is 'proper' in his world and his ability to keep it that way.

I think OCD tends to be more a thing when you can't live your life.

I would just call you organised and tidy.

I have four hoovers FFS.

I have four hoovers

Do you have four Hoovers?  Or do you have four vacuum cleaners?

You know what I mean.

Would you say you have OCD?

Yes.

Three times, not two, not four. If I said it four times I would have to say it twice more to make six.

No.

I prefer neat, but can rarely be bothered to do it myself unless by doing so would actually be more efficient or useful.  Eg, all my spanners are in the bottom of my toolbox loose, but it's not a big box and constantly stacking them up would just be busy work.

Also, "hoovers" is perfectly acceptable, as is biro, hula hoop, sellotape, trampoline, catseye or aspirin!

This country road could do with some retroreflective road safety devices doesn't quite seem right...!

No, you've just got no imagination and can't think of anything better to do! 😆

I had a neighbour who has OCD. It was heart breaking to see him spend over an hour trying to cross a not massively busy road to get to the shops. If he couldn't complete his backward - forward stepping motion, which was quite complex and then cross the road at the *exact* moment his compulsion dictated, he had to start again. He is a lovely but very lonely man and his OCD really has ruined his life. He's unable to work. In fact, his compulsions are so severe, in a day,.he barely gets 200 yards from his front door. The regulars on here from the Marple area of Stockport will know of him. It's a truly awful condition.

yes, it's horrendous

Also, “hoovers” is perfectly acceptable, as is biro, hula hoop, sellotape, trampoline, catseye or aspirin!

Aspirin is a generic name now it has been for quite some time.