dumb rituals

I have many, here are a few: have to check my purse and wallet at least 10 times before leaving the house, make sure everything is there, try to use the bathroom many times before I leave, hate to have to go in public washroom !!!! Sunglasses, always, so I can hide behind them 8) For some reason I have to have gum in my mouth when I'm out, makes me feel like my mouth is busy, won't have to talk, don't know, it's bizarre really! Never, ever have used a pay phone! For one thing, germs 8O , and for another, I would actually have to talk, no way man! I check the fluids in my car at least twice a week, paranoid about it, cause don't want car to overheat, or run short on oil, cause really don't want to be stranded and have to get help. That would totally freak me out. Am I a weirdo or what?? :roll:

I used to think the gum would help, but it only makes the anxiety worse if it has aspartame in it.

I NEED gum in my mouth when/if i go out. Also i wear a leather jacket to hide in

Sunglasses are mandatory! 8)

One 'ritual' I often have is that of running out to the car with all my stuff for work, then having to run back inside for the one thing I forgot. I often leave my desk to wlak somewhere, taking three steps and turning back around to get something I needed but forgot... lol

Anyone else almost never leave the house? Only time i get out is once every other week for allergy shots and whenver i got doctor appointments.

Mhm. I have to use the bathroom last thing before I leave the house, I have to make sure my curtains aren't even open a crack when I go to sleep or Sadako will get me, and if I go out I have to have at least two tissues in my pocket, but that's just common sense. :wink:

*Edit: And probably the weirdest thing is that I never go out alone. Ever. But I've been that way my whole life, so it's easy for me to forget that it's weird.

I don't even go out of the house at all.

i do this thing before i leave where i look at myself in the mirror and try to find something that i think people will critisize me on and try to fix it.
if my eyes are covered up i feel much more comfortable, its like it reduces my anxiety because i hate having to look people in the eye.

Don't some of you feel weird in sunglasses?? I can't wear sunglasses because they make me feel stupider or stand out more

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Sort of, I dont feel comfy enough in sunglasses to hide behind them. Its strange. I tend to let my hair fall in front of my eyes instead.

Rituals;

-Visit bathroom as many times as poss'

-Check then re-check then re-re-check that theres nothing stuck to my face and that I'm not wearing anything to attract attention.

-Check bag for money, keys, mobile, cards etc

Its started getting obsessive, it takes me about half an hour to leave the house from the point at which I was genuinely ready(pre-checks) to stepping outside.

Not so much a ritual but more of an obsession here,i have to have everthing parralel and sraight,everything has its place and if anyhting is out of place it drives me mad till i fix it,i have tried leaving things out of order before but i just cant relax knowing something is not right.

My Tv volume always has to end on a 1 or a 6 like 21 26 21 36 ...... if i leave it inbetween like say 29 it just doesnt feel right,i used to be one of the sad people who had their CD collection in alphabetical order but for some reason i managed to get over it

I have loads of diffrent things that i do without even thinking but if i where to add them all up i think i would be well over 50 of them.

i have my cd's in alphabetical order..and like everytime i get a new one i have to individually move each one in its rite place..i need gum to go out otherwise my face will just like freeze up..before i drive i check that all my tires arent like flat..if im in a parking lot or something i wont make it too noticable i'll just casually walk around my car and glance at each one. if im driving another car thats not mine i get all paranoid that its just gunna like break down..like the other day i was driving my moms car bcuz i had no gas and i was with my brother and i was driving and i realized i never checked the tires. so i pulled into a church parking lot and he's like what are you doing and im like i need to get something outa the trunk so i walked to the trunk and on the way there i checked two of the tires and i then i casually walked the around the other end to check the others...yeah kinda weird

missy....i do the very same thing....i'm SO paranoid about my car..i am obsessed about checking the fluids and stuff, and the tires i "casually" check every time i get into the car :roll: ...kinda glad i'm not the only one

Can i join the TYRE CHECKERS GROUP aswell, thats something i do :lol:

i try and go as long as i can before tucking my hair behind my ears so it won't curl if i have to hide my face! if i know i'm going out, i have to have my hair down in case (hahaha, "in case" ... "for when" more like it. there's never a day i don't...) i blush

GARRRR... ok i feel better

Dumb rituals eh...I got a few of those.

One thing I constantly do when I'm nervous is check my watch...so I look at my watch pretty much every 3 minutes...makes people think I'm bored...oh well I can't help that.

After I buy something or take something out of my wallet...or even just open my wallet to check how much money I have or something, I always have to take it out a few more times to make sure whatever I put in or was looking for is still in there...you know...make sure it didn't jump out of my wallet .

After I get up from sitting down I always check my pockets multiple times to make sure nothing fell out of them...normally take the stuff out and play with it a little as well.

Pretty much anytime it's possible for me to lose or forget something, I have to constantly make sure I have it...like if I'm going to return rented movies I gotta make sure the movies are in their cases...mulitple times...kinda like the wallet thing ya know gotta make sure they didn't get out and walk away on their own.

Almost anything that can be alphabetized or made into a list I do...got a alphabetical list of my movies, which are in alphabetical order :roll:

Also seem to have a need to go to the bathroom before I leave my house or go to bed...even if I just went like 5 minutes before then...it always has to be the last thing i do.