[Josy]

These pics really fry my brain because I'm ocd about symmetry and it's far from easy breaking away from it especially when I'm working on designs, or decorating my house etc

Do they irritate anyone else?

[Me. I Am Salman]

the random red tile

[Kate!]

Me, I can't be doing with stuff like this, I like proper patterns and even numbers of things.

[Kizzy]

The only thing that would bother me is the mosaic tiles, the rest no.

[Shaun]

I never notice stuff like this I don't get OCD at all

[Smithy]

Blank spaces on iTunes set me off

If they aren't all filled in and rated i feel itchy

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Salman!

the random red tile

That's the worst one, plus theres dribbles of something if you look down the pic bit, I hope it was water

Originally Posted by Shaun

I never notice stuff like this I don't get OCD at all

Oh it does my head in, at xmas I was in my sister in laws house and she had lights round the tv that were longer at one end and I had to end up moving from where I was sitting so I couldn't see them

[Vicky.]

Took me ages to figure out what was wrong with the first pic

[Headie]

Sometimes I notice things and other times I just ignore.

I always like the table to be set correctly, if that counts. Bothers me when people have their glasses on one side and then the others feel the need to move it to the other side from where it originally was

[Raph]

Not really the pictures but I totally get the itunes thing!

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Blank spaces on iTunes set me off

If they aren't all filled in and rated i feel itchy

these songs

[Gstar]

I'm a bit OCD, mine is more germ-related though (although that bb gun bullet photo made my blood boil lol) I cannot press bus bells and crossing buttons with my bare skin, even at work there are loads of codes to get into certain rooms and I put my finger in my tshirt to press them, no one has noticed yet .. they probably have

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Germyle

I'm a bit OCD, mine is more germ-related though (although that bb gun bullet photo made my blood boil lol) I cannot press bus bells and crossing buttons with my bare skin, even at work there are loads of codes to get into certain rooms and I put my finger in my tshirt to press them, no one has noticed yet .. they probably have

You have a 'Germ' with a capital G in your username

[Marsh.]

Kind of, but things like this make me feel ill...

[Gstar]

Originally Posted by Josy

You have a 'Germ' with a capital G in your username

lol I was gonna include "inb4 the germ jokes regarding my name" but I thought nobody would mention it

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Salman!

these songs

It's not my iTunes

[Me. I Am Salman]

I used to have really bad OCD. like not you're usual Haha I Hate Germs And Everything Must Be Organised. Guess I Must Have OCD xD but the full blown condition, and it did consume my life and was actually depressing

I'm not even going to go into some of the **** that I used to do, but it wasn't anything like having a fear of odd things (like the images in the OP) and I wasn't afraid of germs (although I did used to wash my hands to the point they were cracked and bleeding). I didn't tell my parents as they wouldn't understand and I was too embarrassed to tell any of my siblings. I went to my GP for about a month but I was too embarrassed with that too so stopped going altogether

This began when I was like 13 and got worse and worse, until I was around 15 and decided to put an end to it once and for all, and eventually out of sheer motivation with no help from anyone I became completely OCD-free

[Gstar]

cool story sis

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Salman!

I used to have really bad OCD. like not you're usual Haha I Hate Germs And Everything Must Be Organised. Guess I Must Have OCD xD but the full blown condition, and it did consume my life and was actually depressing

I'm not even going to go into some of the **** that I used to do, but it wasn't anything like having a fear of odd things (like the images in the OP) and I wasn't afraid of germs (although I did used to wash my hands to the point they were cracked and bleeding). I didn't tell my parents as they wouldn't understand and I was too embarrassed to tell any of my siblings. I went to my GP for about a month but I was too embarrassed with that too so stopped going altogether

This began when I was like 13 and got worse and worse, until I was around 15 and decided to put an end to it once and for all, and eventually out of sheer motivation with no help from anyone I became completely OCD-free

Yes some people can have it really bad to the point where it takes over their entire life, one of my sisters has really severe OCD she is affected by about 4 of the main categories and she has stages where she can control it pretty well then other times it spirals, she was an anorexic for years and then bulimic and having those illnesses together with bad OCD is just a recipe for disaster because they bounce off of each other and make things 10X worse.

I only have Symmetry OCD and it is very mild compared to most people that suffer with it.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Shaun

I never notice stuff like this I don't get OCD at all

this

[T*]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Kind of, but things like this make me feel ill...

I have trypophobia too, it's horrid

[T*]

Ew, there's pee in the first picture!

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Tom!

Ew, there's pee in the first picture!

You mean in the sixth pic?

[T*]

Originally Posted by Josy

You mean in the sixth pic?

Oops, yeah

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Salman!

I used to have really bad OCD. like not you're usual Haha I Hate Germs And Everything Must Be Organised. Guess I Must Have OCD xD but the full blown condition, and it did consume my life and was actually depressing

I'm not even going to go into some of the **** that I used to do, but it wasn't anything like having a fear of odd things (like the images in the OP) and I wasn't afraid of germs (although I did used to wash my hands to the point they were cracked and bleeding). I didn't tell my parents as they wouldn't understand and I was too embarrassed to tell any of my siblings. I went to my GP for about a month but I was too embarrassed with that too so stopped going altogether

This began when I was like 13 and got worse and worse, until I was around 15 and decided to put an end to it once and for all, and eventually out of sheer motivation with no help from anyone I became completely OCD-free

..I watched a programme a few years ago where a lady had OCD, it totally disabled her life and was so sad..one of the things was when she was posting a card to someone, she would keep checking that she had put the card in the envelope before she sealed it and she did this for literally days, because she was convinced that the card wouldn't be in there ..then when she did finally seal it, she would have to keep unsealing it again and again and again etc...she then couldn't bear to put a stamp on or take it to the post box and let go of it so she actually never did get round to sending any...there was other stuff as well and she would also scrub her hands until they bled...

..we also had a child at school who was diagnosed OCD and there was so much he was unable to cope with or take part in...I'm so glad you've been able to overcome yours and really admire that you were determined to do it, well done Salman....