Little OCD Rituals

When I put my hair up i a ponytail I HAVE to out it up four times in a row and when i do some thing like put on my shoes I always have to do it again eight times and when I'm listing to the radio or the t.v the volume alwasy has to be on an even number I have to do every thing an even amount of times like when I walk into a room I have to walk out and walk right back in an even amount of times and when I drink some thing i have to make sure to take four drinks of it before i put down the cup and when I hear of a new ilnes I always feel like I have it. And every time I try to explain all this to my mom she will not listen and I don't have anyone else to talk to about this so for now I'll just deal with it.

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When I ride my bike and I take one hand off the handlebar to wave to a friend or something, I must then, after replacing the hand, briefly take the other hand off the handlebar, and then very briefly take both hands off. If I do not do this I feel extremely unbalanced and anxious.

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I can't sleep in hotel beds/strangers beds use hotel/strangers baths or showers, and if I am using a public shower I have to wear socks. If I sleep in a hotel bed, I sleep on top, with full length pyjamas, socks with the bottoms tucked in and the sleeves tucked round my hands. I also have to wash my sheets if somebody I don't know well has slept in my bed. And I can't touch other peoples tears/eyes/spit/blood/vomit ect. hrgvvbdfbkfdksj

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I am always tapping strange rhythms with my fingers. I have to memorize the pattern, do it with both of my hands, then do it backwards. Then I have to do the rhythm backwards and then frontwards, as a way to be doing the frontward-backward rhythm backwards. Confusing, yes, but I find myself doing it at all hours of the day.

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I do not like my food touching unless I decide the flavors will compliment each other. For example, I cannot stand the idea of green beans coming into contact with chicken, but I have no problem putting stir-fry on rice because they are supposed to go together. I mostly think this is because I don't like mixing some flavors. I do not want the soy sauce from my broccoli to spill into my potatoes. It's gross! So, I take great care when I am fixing my plate and become cranky if something goes wrong. Friends and family laugh, but I know I have good tasting food as it was meant to be.

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Whenever I take a shower, I MUST have my clothes sitting on the closed toilet, next to the tub, and under a towel. I just can't deal if its not like that

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Whenever I make an important file, such as a term paper, on my computer, I check back many times to see if the file is there. And then, after turning off the computer's power, I have to turn it on again in a matter of minutes just to see if the file is there. I would make multiple backups (at least three), but still I would be obsessed about checking if the original file is there. I'm terribly scared that I might have deleted it by mistake.

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