I’m terrified of dislocating my bones. I can’t cross my fingers beause I’m scared they’ll get stuck in that position, I’m terrified that one day I’ll get arrested purely because i might have to have my hands put behind my back to be cuffed, I can’t sleep on my stomach because my feet will be at a vertical angle and I’m scared i’ll wake up and they’ll be stuck in that position. Every twinge or slight pain in my joints and i’m convinced they’re about to dislocate, so I immediately jerk out of the position I’m in.
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Whenever I close my medicine cabinet in the bathroom, I cannot JUST close it, I have to look into the cabinet while closing it until it is totally close and then slowly look into the mirror for fear that if I don’t, someone will appear behind me in the mirror like those scary movies.
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I give college lectures using PowerPoint. Every PowerPoint slide has to be accompanied by a picture. Every rectangular picture (as most are) has to have a black border around it exactly 3 points thick, or I feel like my students won’t learn the material on that slide.
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Ever since I was little I have been terrified of worms. Seeing them, even in pictures, makes my entire body shudder and when it rains and they come out I can’t bear to look at the ground because I just know they’re there!
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If I’m cleaning dishes I need to keep the dirty ones away from the soaped ones. I cannot rinse the clean dishes over the soaped ones, the water from one item cannot rinse another. If for some reason the soap is rinsed before I do it, I’ll soap [clean] the item again.
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Sometimes when I watch a movie or TV show, I will start imaging what the script says (e.g. “A man sleeping on the couch is visible in the reflection of an old TV. Slow-dripping water and the buzz of an alarm clock in another room can be heard”). Also I become fixated on the extras and how hard they are trying to act and what directions they were given. Sometimes I get so distracted by this that I don\’t even pay attention to the plot.
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Any pot, pan or kettle on the stove has to be exactly in the center of a burner. And I mean the EXACT center. Down to the centimeter.
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When people text me and I’ve just gotten out of the shower, and i’m still naked, i cannot text them back, or even look at my phone. i’m afraid the person will be able to see me naked. Same thing if i’m on the toilet.
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If I’m stuck somewhere I don’t want to be, I always start figuring out how much time is left before I can leave. Once I know that, I always have to figure out what percentage of time has passed and how much is left, down to the second. Once that’s done, I start figuring out how much of my life has passed while I was stuck there, as a percentage of course.
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Ever since I was little, if I get a kiss I have to wipe it off. I can’t stand the feel of spit on my face. Ew.
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