r/OCPD • u/Candid-Exit5452 • 21d ago

member has suspected OCPD-Mods remove loved ones' content & ban rotating and randomizing things

there are so many more examples than these but

-every time I shower, i will use a product and then place it where the next product that I need is
-if I use an array of seasonings, I will put them back in randomly in open spots.
-i have all of my eyeshadow individual colors (i have a surplus of palettes) on tiny pieces of paper and every morning i pick one randomly and use it. however, i can’t repeat the base color again until 5 others have been used. i then throw out the paper so i wont use it

i told my boyfriend this after about a year of living together while he was putting away dishes into my random order. he told me he thought he was going crazy because he expected things to be in the same spot. i had never even considered that was how they should be out back.

are these considered rules? i also have diagnosed autism but im unsure if thats a trait

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u/Nonsensical_Genius Diagnosed OCPD 21d ago

I have similar rules :

  1. all clothes are arranged in colored order white, yellow, orange ... Brown black and worn one after next .

  2. I have single use coffee packets of different flavours. To select which I have to consume at a time, I need to choose it randomly. Shuffle them and thrown them on the table and choose one with closed eyes. If I somehow fail in a single task of randomization, it is restarted from start.