Oh I so understand what you're saying, sunflower. I would say it's some OCD symptoms, because I have those, too. I know how embarassing it is, too. For instance, when I go grocery shopping, I have to buy an even number of items, such as cans of soup or something. I CANNOT buy 1 can or 3 cans, I have to get 2 or 4, or something like that. Everything must go in pairs. Odd numbers of material things freak me out. I cannot buy ONE of anything, I don't think. I always have to get 2, if there's something I need. I can't describe why, but it makes me feel "uncomfortable" if I do, and kind of nervous.

I have suspected for some time that my mom has some slight mercury poisoning, and she too has some of these weird "rituals", such as all of her soda cans in the fridge must have the labels facing toward the front and be lined up straight, etc.

It is behavior that I am fully aware of, and I do not know how to stop it. I so wish I could, because it is awkward and weird to say the least. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/looney.gif" alt="" />

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