did/do you have OCD-like traits/rituals?

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My biggest OCD tendency isn't a very specific task. Rather, my OCD tendency is a compelling desire to get out of the house for a little while each day. I MUST go out somewhere each day or it just puts me into a terrible funk. Really puts me into a bad place, mentally.

I have to watch TV at some point. Then I must get on the internet at some point. I must get my news of the day at some point. It's not about doing things at specific times with me. It's just that certain tasks must be finished by the end of the day.

If I have any OCD traits, they are verym very mild. I have problems with impulse contrrol relating to executive dysfunction, but technically that's not OCD. There have been episodes in my life where I became very obsessive over doing certain things, but it didn't last too long.

dual dx with ocd but I don't really believe it...I have a thing about not having any plastics in my kitchen( plates, cups, utensils)...I consider these to be bad taste ie tacky in my kitchen(no offense to those who choose those items in their kitchen just don't bring them to my place eh...also no perfumed freshners allowed( extremely allergic to almost every brand)Lysol, bleach, ammonia, vinegar, lemons, are adequate to kill germs and odors...One more thing no catchy slogans on dishware including mugs if you bring them dont forget to take them when you leave...Not so bad Well, it could have been worse. I could have been born Martha Stewart

I move my tongue around my mouth and teeth constantly. I can't stop and it's distressing.

I also have a hard time stopping distressing thoughts.

I've never thought I was OCD, though.

I used to count alot as a kid and everything had to be done in even numbers and have two equal sides. I always had to have the tv volume on an even number, though I've just FINALLY gotten myself to quit that one. And I used to count and tap my fingers to my thumbs in even numbers, each finger both sides, etc.

With some things instead of even numbers, it had to be in sets of threes, or three sets of threes..

I constantly check and recheck my alarm clock, though I'll KNOW it's already set. I could do it 100 times, can't seem to help myself- that one makes me feel like a NUTCASE. I've done the same with the doorlocks in the past but not so much now.

I also need things in a certain order in certain places or it will drive me absolutely NUTS to where I can't concentrate on anything else. Everything has to be in the same spot and where it belongs on my desk or I can't work.
They used to laugh at me at work because everytime I passed to paper shreader I would straighten it. Once they realized it, they started purposely moving it to mess with me, though it took awhile for me to realize that...

I went through a really bad teethbrushing thing as a teenager where anytime anything went in my mouth, including a glass of water, I had to rush to brush and floss my teeth. It was very intense though short-lived over a period of months. I did the handwashing thing for awhile about making my skin raw, but again, that one seemed to also be short-lived.

Wow. I think I'm just crazy all the way around..

I am OCD.

(I do rituals and/or compulsions to obsessions that I cannot even remember having...but I did.)

I use to have a compulsion of itching my palms frequently but I probably broke out of that finally at the age of 13.

I have a ritual of washing my hands quite frequently and being past a certain line on a path before the gate closes shut. (I felt alittle uneasy when they changed the gate so that I can't do that anymore).
I have a ritual of using the washrooms once at break and another time at lunch during school everyday. I don't like it when people get in the way of my patterns. But I'm pretty easy going externally, so I try not to let it show that I am distressed about it.

There's probably more rituals and such that I just can't think of right now.

I am completely obsessive, but most of them are not compulsions.
Although sometimes i get obsessed about dripping water from taps and such-like. Also, leaving the house keep checking if i have left the oven on, or taps on. Then when i have left the house i worry that i have left the door unlocked (or cooker on) although i am pretty sure that i haven't. Sometimes i go back to check; i don't like this. Most days i am fine.
I dont know what to vote.

I am all about things being even (balanced) or things being in good numbers. things have to feel balanced on me like if someone touches on shoulder they have to touch the other (or I have to when they are not looking to keep from being crazy). Or I have to put on my shoes at the exact same time because if one feels like it has been on for a minute longer than the other than I have to take it off and put them both on at the same time. I have to feel physically balanced. A lot of the time I walk with the same number of steps in a square/section on the side walk or I have to walk same number of times with each foot on the cracks. I arrange things on the table (anything on anytable) so they are geometrically even in some way or they are in alignment. I like 3's and multiples of 3's. sometimes 2's make me feel good too. idk it just has to be a good number and i like when they are round or multiples of 3's.

I dont know if it is really OCD but I get clean moods where I just cant live till I scrub most everything down with ajax and vaccum. I also get moods where things have to move in my room and I spend all night pushing my dresser, shelfs, and bed around. that happens every few months. I think the latter is me just in need of something new, some change.

When I was younger, I had to eat my dinner one item at a time (meat, then potatoes, then vegetables). Took me a while to get over that one.

I shower in a regular order, too (shampoo, then shower gel, then soap).

Presently, the most pressing thing I'm compelled to do is to tear perforations on paper. If I don't, I feel really uncomfortable, but the sensation of the tearing paper is very soothing.

I remember, also, the last time I went to London I kept checking my pocket for my Underground pass, even though I knew it was there because I'd had it in my hand two seconds previously...

Yes, I've beaten them, but they never go away. They just change form.

At the moment, I usually sit with my legs crossed, and if there is a bad or sad piece of news or something, I will have to uncross them or something bad will happen. It's sucks being under total control.