Compulsions & obsessions

[Lynnie]

Another resurrected thread.

I hate clutter. If I'm in a place with too much clutter, whether it be someone else's house or what, I actually start to feel claustrophobic, and even leave the room/house to get a breath of fresh air. My parents, though they'd hate my saying this, are very "messy", and many times you can't walk through the living room without stepping on something, usually old mail, CDs/DVDs, clothing, dog toys. If I'm up to it, when ever I'm over there I pick up just enough to where I'm comfortable. I'll shove the rest behind furniture so at least I don't have to look at it. Heheh

It's also been brought to my attention recently that I like my straws perfectly round. While many chew on their straws, I'm constantly playing with the tip of the straw until it's perfectly round, otherwise, I can't drink out of it.

[WiltsAKGirl17]

That I can readily think of:

1.) I have this bizarre thing about getting both of my hands wet. Let;s say I'm doing dishes and I stick my right hand in the water to fish something out (fork, plate, baby 'gator, etc.); if I don't stick my left hand in the water, too, as a token gesture, I feel way off kilter until I do.

2.) Another example-illustration: I have a bag of M&Ms, SweeTarts, Skittles-- any multi-colored candies. When I have a handful of them, I separate them into little groups-- one of each color until the groups get progressively smaller. If I ever have time, I'll edit in an actual color illustration.

3.) If I have pepperoni pizza, I have to pick all the pieces of pepperoni off first before I eat the pizza itself. This I imagine stems from me being little and hating pepperoni and picking it all off to "make" cheese pizza.

I'm weird. Embrace the weirdness.

[Howard]

Guitars, lotso guitars! I collect only the best though! But guitars are my obsession (Frankie is a VERY close second)

Duckman and his "babies."

[Partymember]

cigarettes and leather jackets.

[Sparky]

Halloweeny knick-knacks (especially spider-related but not necessarily). Bought yet *another* skull tealight holder today. If we only had like, a bar they'd look cool lined up all lit up...but we don't. I never have enough room to display all my Halloweeny stuff come October, and a lot of it just has to stay in storage.

[Lynnie]

Lol, wonderful picture, Duck!

And as we're on the topic of obsessive collections, I don't have it so much any more, but I use to collect feathers. Every feather I came across I'd take home, no matter how dirty or worn out or ugly it was. Even now days I at least *think* about picking a feather up and taking it home when I see one on the ground. But I've become more disciplined, and only take the really nice ones home now.

[HerrimanWasHere]

Hmm...

Well, to start, I can not touch anything with an oil base to it. (Like grease, veggitable oil, vaselin, lotions, etc) If i do, then I just feel so "dirty".

If I'm in my house, I can't wear shoes. If I have them on, I feel very uncomfortable.

I collect children's books. Why? They inspire me to make my own.

I'm very obsessed with cartoons, so much that I tend to get strong urges to watch animation while in school. (That's why I doodle in class or just imagine things happening to my favorite characters...I know, lame isn't it?)

If something itches, I scratch it until it becomes a scar...I don't do it on purpose, I just can't help it. (And I have very sensitive skin too...)

I have to watch the Nightmare Before Christmas at least once a week. Or else I haven't completed my week.

I wear at least three layers of clothes a day, because my blood tempurature is lower than the average human's. (Not really on subject, but I'm ranting)

I have to draw at least once a day. My squeedly spooch tells me to...

[Cassini90125]

Bump time.

I've been playing the Sims 3 at least seven hours a day, every day, since about a month after it was released (which was, coincidentally, when the first hacks and fixes came out). I don't know if it qualifies as a compulsion or obsession, but I do know that I'm having a seriously good time with it.

[frankie_fan]

Does having Asperger Syndrome come with any odd compulsions and/or obsessions? Or am I completely going off course here?

[Another Castle]

I consider myself to be a very obsessive person. I can remember very obscure things from many years ago, and I still think of them to this day. Especially things that have irritated me.

Regarding Fosters, some times I feel a little obsessed with Mac, and I dislike the episodes where he is treated really badly (Cheese-a-go-go, for example). And I really hated the episode, The Bride To Beat (read the 5 least favorite episodes thread to see why). I really hated the ending, and I do my best to forget about it, but I end up thinking about it still. When I do, I try and focus on the later good episodes.

I'll add more things soon, I'll edit this post