I'm with you, man. Don't be too hard on yourself. (Easier said than done, I know.) We can overcome our demons. :up:

I’ve played chess and it’s safe to say I’m no good at it. Now if that’s because of an inability visualize the next move or a reason I don’t do well finding my way around in online gaming worlds, I just don’t know.

I’d rather be outside anyway, it’s more stimulating.

Like I said there is no struggle and unlike what I’ve read about it there are no other associated issues either. It just is what it is simply no pictures on a conscious level. But when I take a trip or dream what I see seems so vivid and real.

Check your blood. If its green, it may be an indication of acute vulcanitis.

There are times when my little sister or some of my friends gets irritated over my behavior.

An example I'm measuring water to my homemade bread It says 450 ml water For me it means 450 ml water not 448 or 452 ml NO it means 450.

So imagine me standing there pouring water into the bowl and removing water with a spoon or adding water with a spoon.

Even numbers I have problem with here it's uneven numbers like 3, 5, 7. So if I buy something where the number of content is 3,5 or 7 I buy two packs.

Markus

I hire you on the spot as pizza dough mixer. I know that when I give you the recipe, you will carry it out and add the ingredients with the precision of a hundreth of a milligram! We then call the baked result "Pizza Prezisiosa". :03: A Danish-German co-production ruining the pizza industry of Italy as a revenge for the Italians taking the UEFA cup. :D

I have that battle at the gas pump trying to get it to stop at a certain price. :D

LOL! Me, too! :har:

A Delta smart faucet can fix that, just tell it you want 450ml of water and that is what it dispenses. :D

Autism and OCD are often found together: having to touch a desk twice with your fingers before you can leave it (I used to do this at school); having to repeat a task from the beginning because one small part of it goes wrong halfway through (the task might be as simple as going up the stairs to bed); becoming anxious or even desperate when a routine is interrupted or changed. It's a tyranny

I'm not autistic but I have someone close by who is... as some of you will know... but I am a bit OCD: if i pass a cyclist while driving... even if he's on the other side of the road & coming towards me... I'm never happy unless I've checked my mirror and can see he's still there. It drives Moira nuts sometimes

^ Same here I have daily ritual I have to do. I feel awful if I don't do it. Things has to be done in right order. Otherwise I have to do it over again.

Markus

Once again it goes show men are not only better drivers than women but more conscientious drivers too :D

^:haha::haha::haha:

I admit i'm also one of those who try to reach a certain price while filling up the car's tank :haha:
Also had some strange habit when i was young; when i touched something with the right hand, i had to touch it with the left once more, for balance. This could get as far that i touched it two times again, but reversed. I guess i was/am out of my trolley, but then you all know that..

^ It's an anxiety thing: you all must have heard about the fighter pilots who HAD to put their boots on with the same foot first each time... or wear a 'lucky' scarf... because if they didn't then they feared that fate would deliver them up to the Almighty

If you don't repeat that touch with the other hand before leaving the room then there's an awful feeling that something dire will occur... it's a strong feeling that seems impossible to break, but nowadays there is counselling using cognitive behavioural therapy, where people are shown how to reason away these negative thoughts and know that all will still be well if they "break the rules"

I grew out of my habits (as my mum called them) but I know I'm still a bit OCD, hence the cyclist thing. My problem nowadays is that I have to avoid any situation where I might do accidental harm to others... so working as a pastry chef would definitely be out. But all the jobs available around here seem concerned with food, which has been a real problem for me since my painting career crashed in flames

My foible comes into play if anyone walks passed me in the opposite direction. I always look round to see if they have performed a 180 and are following me.

The wife used to go nuts when out in public with me until I told her that was the modus operandi used by my first stabber.