Do you have any routines that looks like OCD?

Several but the worst is unplugging everything before leaving the house.

I don’t think so.

No, not one.

Yes, I feel very uncomfortable when items aren’t “neat”, books stacked with all edges even, towels folded with edges even, counters and tables with smudges on them. I feel a strong urge to “fix” it, and often follow through. The list is fairly long.

After reading The Man Who Couldn’t Stop, I don’t think I’ve experienced or even observed anything that looks like real OCD. Even my father’s hand-washing and my son’s irresistible urge to salvage castoffs don’t come close.

I avoid using the term lightly to describe small compulsions, fixed habit and routines, and other mild sorts of nuttiness, after reading about the real thing.

My 11 month old grandson has a tractor with a trailer for six farmyard animals. The animals are often found scattered across the floor and I have a mild compulsion to gather them up and put them back in their correct places.

Not to me. My routines all accomplish something important in my day.

I wake up in the morning before the alarm goes off, I grab my glasses and my cell phone. I use the light of the phone to guide me to the bathroom and then out of the bedroom. I wait for the dog to leave the room and then close the door so my wife is undisturbed. I walk to the kitchen, turn on the overhead light (even if the small light over the sink is on), grab one of 3 cups I use and pour myself a cup of coffee that is still in the pot from the day before. I put it in the microwave for 1 minute, 30 seconds. While it is heating I put a little food into the dog’s bowl and make sure he has water. When my coffee is done I put a little half and half into it. When the dog is done eating, I walk over and check the thermostat to see how warm/cold it is. I then dress appropriately (coat or not) and take the dog for a walk. When he has peed and pooped, we go back to the house, I give him a treat, and tell him to go to bed, which he does…in my son’s room.

This routine has been going on for the better part of a decade. The only variations in the routine is that sometimes I have to make a pot of coffee (or already had it ready to go with a timer), and which way the dog and I walk. The only other part that varies is if it is raining outside. My dog is a priss that doesn’t like the rain. Does that qualify as OCD?

^^It qualifies as LIFE!... and maybe a pop song.

No.

I have a few situations which I don’t prefer, namely, I don’t like it when my hands feel dirty (grimy, sticky, etc.) and I don’t like after I eat, when my mouth feels dirty, so I will try to wash my hands when they feel dirty and I’ll rinse my mouth off after I eat, if it’s something sticky like ice cream. Other than that, nothing anywhere near OCD.

My friend’s brother told me once he doesn’t get out of bed unless the digital clock is on certain numbers (for example, even numbers that end in “1” or something like that). To me, that would be a big burden.

I always move my kitchen utensils if someone places them in the wrong spot after washing.

Is this OCD or pickiness?

The only example that sounds like OCD is @jca2’s friend who won’t get out of bed unless the clock reads a certain number.

I’m curious what OP’s intent is. Are you wanting to know more about OCD? Or are you wanting to know about peoples idiosyncrasies and worded the question poorly?

I noticed that I do have some routines that might be borderline…

A ‘routine’ might not be connected to OCD.

The web is more involved then the time I can give it when I’m coding.

My shrink visits is on hold so will not give phone answers… Tho my mother pays.

And so I’m here… hoping common actions by this board will help me overlook
for the moment my coo coo for coco puffs while I relent to the compelling need
to finish this mess I’m into…

Upgrading a ‘massive’ video game takes sheer math… but also needs cleverness.
Even tho hundreds of people are involved it needs one ‘vision’ to guide it or
some very smart players will lose interest and go elsewhere.