Hello, faintredfigure. My doc actually dx me with OCD. I have routines, driving the same route to the same place makes me comfortable, ok so that one is a little out there but the rest I just concider organization. I'm a vicks freak too oddly, but I think that is a comfort thing from my childhood, plus I have very bad sinus, and the vaposteam rocks! (Rest of family doesn't really care for it, but mom knows best.)

The way my doc explained it to me (because I thought you had to be Monk in order to have OCD) is what is your reaction to NOT doing things the same way? Are you REALLY irriated, not really fun to live with just because one of your routines didn't happen? And does this last an unreasonable amount of time? Does it disrupt your life? Do your loved ones think you're being unreasonable?

I'm not a compulsive cleaner, I do not have a fear of germs (which I thought were mandatory for this disease) I just have a way of doing things that makes me comfortable, if there's road construction, or my husband decides to take a different route, I am a b with an ich. I don't mean to be and didn't really realize that it bothered me as much as it did until he pointed these things out.

I just figured that since I have a logical explanation (even if I'm not willing to share it) for 99.9% I do, it was normal. I thought EVERYONE had a way of doing things. I also have a problem with doing things on spur the moment. Does NOT happen.

I hope I've helped.