i am neurotic.

I cannot leave the house without cough lozenges in my handbag, because I am afraid I will have a coughing fit in public that I can’t control. I once realized I had left the house without them and I started coughing uncontrollably and threw up a little in my mouth.

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Sincerely,
Lianna

In the last 2 months or so, I’ve started to panic anytime the shower curtain billows and touches my skin even slightly. Now I spend most of my shower time squished in a corner out of its way.

I have to check the bed for snakes before I will get in. If my husband’s already in bed, I will wake him up and make him get out, so I can thoroughly check. I make sure to leave the toilet seat down at night time, in case a snake comes up the toilet. I live in Ireland, and we have no snakes here. I’m not sure where I got my phobia from.

When I eat a burger, I have to eat the outside first in a circle. I never bite directly into it. Also, when I eat a sandwich, I always take a bite from the top right side first.

I cannot make simple phone calls. When I realize I need a prescription refilled or call a co-worker, I panic and avoid the telephone for days. Sometimes I’ll dial and hang up. But it can take weeks to make a call. Now I have to plan weeks ahead of time to make appointments etc. Suffice to say, it becomes embarrassing.

I can’t stand not being able to finish a show on tv. Even though I have a DVR, I can’t make myself record a show and come back to finish it later because then I’m left wondering “well, what’s going the happen” all day long. I have to finish it when I start it. I have been late for class/work for this in the past. I just try not to watch tv whenever I have somewhere to be now.

Since I was little I always made sure that the middle seam on my pants went right down the middle of my butt crack. I never wanted anyone to think that I had lop-sided butt cheeks. To this day I do this and I also notice when others don’t!

whenever I drive, I always have to ask if I can turn right at red lights, or at stop signs. even if someone else is in the car, I just have to say “I can go? yes.”

I can’t blow my nose with a torn tissue. If the tissue rips when I take it out of the box, I just throw it away because I think it’s disgusting.