Odd OCD... Paranoia... and Phobias...

[Dugout DickStone]

we've discussed existential angst before in a similar thread... it's the dread or anxiety that arises in moments where you realize that nothing is preventing you from jumping off a ledge or driving into oncoming traffic or doing some other terrible thing. it's not necessarily related to sadness, it just is what it is.

anyway, i was very hungover and driving on the interstate last weekend when i passed a ton of motorcycles. i just KNEW that i was going to slam on the brakes or swerve into these guys at any moment. the fear consumed me during the entire pass, my feeble brain was utterly helpless to console itself. afterward, i had to laugh at how hard i was breathing after the 30-second episode. but it really ruined my day.

I walk across a elevated indoor walkway at work coming back from getting coffee or whatever and when I'm hungover I feel like I'm going to be compelled to jump out on the beam and walk it even though it's probably impossible.  And if I did, it definitely wouldn't kill me, just bust me up but what if I just do it!?

[BIG APPLE CAT]

oh here's a weird one...if ever i'm using a port-o-potty, I cannot help but play out in my mind the fear of falling in.  I'm not actually afraid I'm going to fall in -- mostly because I only pee in those things (standards, etc.) -- but even still i can't not play out that whole terrorizing scenario in my mind.

[star seed 7]

oh here's a weird one...if ever i'm using a port-o-potty, I cannot help but play out in my mind the fear of falling in.  I'm not actually afraid I'm going to fall in -- mostly because I only pee in those things (standards, etc.) -- but even still i can't not play out that whole terrorizing scenario in my mind.

when i see something sharp, i mentally play out accidentally slashing my wrists on it and bleeding out before help can arrive.  i think it's because around 10th grade a teacher told the class about a kid that cut his wrist on a locker and filled the floor with blood before someone could help him (think he lived tho).

[Spracne]

Sometimes when I greet people, I mentally play out what it would be like if I murdered them and cuddled with their still-dying unconscious bodies.  Especially when I'm hungover.

[DQ12]

For the second consecutive semester, I've been unable to sleep the night before my toughest final.

Laying in bed trying to go to sleep when you need to HURRY UP AND GO TO SLEEP is the worst.  I even took two benadryls last night.   

[bubbles4ksu]

we've discussed existential angst before in a similar thread... it's the dread or anxiety that arises in moments where you realize that nothing is preventing you from jumping off a ledge or driving into oncoming traffic or doing some other terrible thing. it's not necessarily related to sadness, it just is what it is.

anyway, i was very hungover and driving on the interstate last weekend when i passed a ton of motorcycles. i just KNEW that i was going to slam on the brakes or swerve into these guys at any moment. the fear consumed me during the entire pass, my feeble brain was utterly helpless to console itself. afterward, i had to laugh at how hard i was breathing after the 30-second episode. but it really ruined my day.

I walk across a elevated indoor walkway at work coming back from getting coffee or whatever and when I'm hungover I feel like I'm going to be compelled to jump out on the beam and walk it even though it's probably impossible.  And if I did, it definitely wouldn't kill me, just bust me up but what if I just do it!?

crap. i bet the next time this happens and you REALLY don't want to do it you will actually do it. that's the way these things work.

[Emo EMAW]

This thread makes me feel more normal. :-)

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[puniraptor]

Oh, around hard surfaces like countertops I always imagine slipping so that the full force of my fall is applied to my chin hitting the countertop and all my teeth shatter against each other.

[Spracne]

Oh, around hard surfaces like countertops I always imagine slipping so that the full force of my fall is applied to my chin hitting the countertop and all my teeth shatter against each other.

Classic case of Looney Tunes Psychosis.

[Mr Bread]

I often fear that Mr. Bread died. Sometimes he doesn't post for days and then he'll come post nonchalantly for a day or two and this disappear again. If he did die, none of us would ever know because no one knows his real name (I don't think).

dlew does. we would be able to send flowers if bread died.

Maybe throw a link in there if I die prematurely so that my heirs may know me. 

[AppleJack]

Sometimes when I greet people, I mentally play out what it would be like if I murdered them and cuddled with their still-dying unconscious bodies.  Especially when I'm hungover.

 

[DQ12]

Of course.  You don't get as close as Bread and I got last summer, taking in Chiefs games and hittin' Cruizens non-stop to scope the Bradley tale and not learn eachothers names.

[TheHamburglar]

I think this falls under OCD.  I tap my fingers alot.  I've tapped then in the same pattern since I was 7.  Once I start I have to finish.  I probably do this 50 times a day.  By my estimation, given 50 times per day, I've done it over 400,000 times in my life.

[Mr Bread]

Of course.  You don't get as close as Bread and I got last summer, taking in Chiefs games and hittin' Cruizens non-stop to scope the Bradley tale and not learn eachothers names.

I mean the times we had.  You remember that one time we did that stuff and then those guys were all WTF and we're like gE.com inside joke bros do you even and then they just looked at each other and you landed the prettiest gal in the place and I went home to my wife?  Classic us. I mean we were pretty wasted, but it just came together perfectly as it was wont to do.   

[Emo EMAW]

I sincerely believe 4 is the perfect number.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Sometimes I think of something very funny or witty to post, but then I am afraid everyone will think it is stupid so I don't post it. And then someone else posts exactly what I was thinking and everyone says "Great post" to them. 

[puniraptor]

Sometimes I think of something very funny or witty to post, but then I am afraid everyone will think it is stupid so I don't post it. And then someone else posts exactly what I was thinking and everyone says "Great post" to them. 

for every post I post, I have probably typed out and deleted 5 other posts that I didn't think were up to snuff

[Emo EMAW]

Sometimes I think of something very funny or witty to post, but then I am afraid everyone will think it is stupid so I don't post it. And then someone else posts exactly what I was thinking and everyone says "Great post" to them. 

How can you expect anyone else to believe in you if you don't even believe in yourself?

[star seed 7]

Sometimes I think of something very funny or witty to post, but then I am afraid everyone will think it is stupid so I don't post it. And then someone else posts exactly what I was thinking and everyone says "Great post" to them. 

for every post I post, I have probably typed out and deleted 5 other posts that I didn't think were up to snuff

yes, unless i've had some drinks, then 4/5 pass the test.

[dmartin]

I hate when I'm driving along and realize that I've been following the same car for more than 3 turns. Then I start wondering if they're freaking out thinking that I'm following them, and they're taking random turns, which just happen to be the turns I want to take.

Yet I never notice if a car follows me for any amount of time.

[puniraptor]

Sometimes I think of something very funny or witty to post, but then I am afraid everyone will think it is stupid so I don't post it. And then someone else posts exactly what I was thinking and everyone says "Great post" to them. 

for every post I post, I have probably typed out and deleted 5 other posts that I didn't think were up to snuff

yes, unless i've had some drinks, then 4/5 pass the test.

you should have left it as "drunks". much more endearing.

[MeatSauce]

When there are 2 light switches for one light in the same room, and I flip one "down" to turn on said light, I have to find the other switch and put it in the "up" position for the light to be on or else...

Also, I change my handwriting constantly because I think someone will find it and laugh at the way I write certain letters. 

[puniraptor]

whenever i see a dog in public, it is pooping. EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[The1BigWillie]

you know when you spit out a loogie or whatever, but you are having an unusually viscous day and the spit string trails from your mouth to the destination? of course you do. i realized recently that i am always terrifed that germs or other gross things will transmit instantly along the spit rope into my mouth. I will realize this is happening and try really hard to blow and break the circuit before my spit touches anything, or, as a last resort, sever the connection with a quick swipe of my hand.

OMG I do this when I spit my chew into a urinal or toilet!!!    I am not alone!!!   

[slucat]

every time i run the garbage disposal, I check to make sure my wedding/engagement rings are still on my finger. Like I get super paranoid about it and kind of hold on to it with my thumbnail even though it would never fall off...and the drain is covered...