I am new to this site and was really hoping someone could relate or help me with some problems I have been having. I have a really hard time dealing with other people due to my OCD. This is a terrible feeling I have and no matter how hard I try I cannot stop thinking about the way people do things. It is the smallest stuff I was stress over and if it's not done the right way I will go back over it and redo whatever it is. The fact that I redo many things is starting to cause stress between me and the people around me I really care for. I have many examples I am willing to share but the more I talk about it the more I just feel terrible about complaining over silly things.

-I have a very weird obsession with even numbers. If someone adjust the volume on the television it must be on an even number, if not I will always grab the remote or walk to the T.V. to put it on one. Whenever we go to concerts or games or anywhere we need a ticket for, if I do not get and even numbered seat I will trade with someone. No matter what it is about if something is not an even number I will cause a scene or act out until the even number has appeared, and I cannot stop my self from acting this way.

-I hate watching other people do my dishes. This is not a house chore many people like but I hate it when my roommates do the dishes because I feel like they are never fully clean. I always end up re washing the dish I eat off of, which irritates my roommates because the feel like they cannot do anything right. In all fairness, I do this when I go to peoples houses too. The same thing applies to folding and hanging laundry. Things have to be folded a certain way and if they are not done the right way I redo them.

-Anytime I go for walks I drive my self crazy obsessing over how many times my feet land on each cement pad. It must be both feet that touch one cement pad so that way I end up taking two steps within each block. I will adjust the way I walk (by expanding my stride or taking a very small stride) if it does not feel like both my feet will land within the one cement pad.

-My cuticles drive me crazy. If there is even one piece of skin laying over my finger nail I will practically rip the whole cuticle off trying to get that one little skin off. I will spend hours picking at one finger because I become so engraved and obsessed with it that I cannot leave it alone until it's gone. This has gotten to the point where I carry cuticle clippers around with me and will take time (even out of a work day) to fix what I see.

There are so many other examples of things that I could go on and on talking about but they all lead to the same concern. I do not know how to deal with the involvement of those around me that I care about. My friends and family are becoming very irritated with me because I can never just drop things. If things are not put back appropriately, I fix it but why are they becoming do defensive about it? If they understand I need even numbers why can't they just put the volume at an even number to begin with? If my cuticle is bothering me I don't understand why I can't just fix it even if we are somewhere others can see me doing it? I do not want to start arguments with anyone but for some reason things always lead to this.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me on what I can do or how I can handle things better?