Brew 5,377 Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 I can't stop the set procedure I have to go through before going to sleep. First on my right side, right hand on left shoulder, left hand under the pillow beneath my head. Just as I start to settle, reverse position except right hand does not go under pillow. Almost there and I am compelled to turn on my back. If I can't shut my brain off I may have to go through this rigmarole two or three times before nodding off. Does me 'ead in it does... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 Brew, that must be really annoying for you. What would happen if you decided NOT to follow the routine? I remember walking home from primary school on the slabbed pavement saying: "Step on a rack and you break your mother's back". I used to avoid the cracks but I never believed anything bad would happen if I didn't. I don't do it now, but I sometimes count everything (if it is 'countable' like stairs or slicing carrots etc). However, I climbed 8 flights of stairs this morning in the hospital car park as the lift we walked into went into alarm mode and refused to move, but I DIDN'T count the stairs at all... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 If I can't sleep, I play word games. I have to find, for example, a poet, an author, a composer, a pianist, etc for each letter of the alphabet. If that's too easy, I have to find five! Doesn't usually take me long to fall asleep! Zzzzzzz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 I play those sorts of games, Jill - not when I want to sleep, but when I'm waiting around for something and bored Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 I'm With Margie on the counting - it drives me bonkers sometimes. For some years I have been trying to avoid counting the number of complete turns of the pedal crank on my bike between two particular potholes in the road. Sometimes I have to resort to turning the bike around, changing gears mid-count and even freewheeling in order to lose count. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 Yes, Compo, I sometimes count the number of 'pedals' I make from one place to another and see if it's the same every time... When I was a teenager, I remember walking up the road from when I got off the bus and singing a particular song in my head and seeing if it finished at the same place each time. It was Tommy Steele's "Singing the Blues". Do you think I ought to try it next time I'm in Nottingham? I can remember the road and the song! However, I don't consider myself to have OCD as counting etc doesn't actually control my life, and I don't do it ALL the time.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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