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Anyone else need everything to, like, feel right? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To me, everything has, like, a correct feeling it has to give before leaving it to rest. If not, it's a little too rough, or smooth, it just feels off. And I can keep feeling it after stopping touching it. And anytime I look at the object. I can feel it when I watch a movie or show and someone puts something down in some indescribably wrong way.

To be clear, this isn't a placement thing. Organization and whatnot don't matter, it's just like "Oh my foot just dragged forward on the carpet, that was weird and rough forward, now I have to do it backward to make it feel right," or "I just put that down and from the sound, I can tell it went down wrong. I gotta go adjust it." That loops until I get it just right, usually a process of 2-45 minutes.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yes!! To all of it! I feel so much less alone! And you described it SO WELL!!

Do you ever get that feeling with vocalizing words or sounds, too? Like I have to keep trying until I get it 'right'

I always thought it sounded like a possible OCD type of thing to me. I can't remember it, but there was a certain 'type' of OCD that it seemed like. I'll have to see if I can remember or find it. (No promises, though... I've got some intense brain fog & stuff gumming up my brain right now.)

Edit: I actually remembered! Look up "just right OCD"

"The compulsions associated with this subtype of OCD primarily consist of redoing/repeating actions in order to dispel the “not right” feelings and allow the person to feel as though the task was completed the “right” way. "

My phone is being screwy or I'd send some links, my apologies! Hopefully that helps you somehow.

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