Oye, little obsessive compulsive here, so, I have little things, little phobias, governing some facets and actions, albeit, nothing extreme or life altering (to me, maybe to the gf, lol)...
I have slight components/qualities of: germophobic, can't drink out of someones cup (well backwash is more of a concern than germs, to be honest, I just think of chewed up food floating around!) and can't eat off someone's silverware.....
acrophobic, VERY much like Dan, I'm fine flying in planes, in fact, I love take off, it's a slight rush for me, and the views are sometimes nice, but put me on a ledge or ladder more than a story or two, where I could slip to a fatal trauma, and I get edgy (no pun intended)....
claustrophobic, this is a weird one too, it's not full blown, I'm fine in tiny closets, even most caves (as long as they're roomy enough), elevators are fine, but if I try to go into a very tight, long 2 foot rock/concrete tunnel or tiny cave deep underground (the movie Descent), where I could get stuck and slowly die of starvation or asphyxiation, I'll probably start to freak. It depends on the ability to be easily rescued. I feel if I can't be easily rescued by one other person, quickly and with little effort, it's a bit frightening, like if a rescue crew would be needed, and I might die before I'm safe, etc... Put me in a cardboard box with a couple dozen cubic inches of free space around my huddled-up body and I'm fine--I can break out or have someone open the box. It's when I could get stuck and stay stuck that scares me.
I can't stand snakes and spiders, as well.
Other than that, I have a weird way of thinking about things that is abnormal and bothersome, like one is I need to hear EVERY word in a movie's dialogue, if they mumble or it's indistinct, but not intended to be, then I need to rewind it, up to 20 times. Even if I get the context of a word, I HAVE to hear it, it's some sort of obsession with completion or entirety, I don't know. I can have subtitles on, and assuming they don't f*** it up with them like some do (they do sometimes totally mess them up, like they guess, I feel bad for deaf people, I often watch stuff on my own with them so I don't have to rewind, and I believe it helps improve my reading speed, something that lags behind my reading comprehension), but sometimes that's not an option, like if you're with other people or it's a digital file that is sans subtitles, you're SOL....Eventually I'll let it go and hope I'll figure it out later, though, often after about 5 straight minutes of rewinding, turning up volume, putting speakers next to my ears...Sometimes they say a persons name, or a place, or refer to an event or something, and I think it's integral to the story, and I'm experiencing an inferior version without that information being presented at its intended time. Like "because of _____ I had to murder him, okay, that's why I did it, man!" If they don't talk clearly, and the name or word in the blank is indistinguishable, don't you think that's an important part of the plot? I dunno, maybe because I like to write and love movies and stories etc.. it's a big deal, but pivot points in the story and key phrases/names/words are often mumbled and I feel left out. I felt like I missed the whole movie of Unleashed a few years ago at the theater, because they started it like 9 minutes early, and I had to wait for it to come out on DVD before I could feel I "saw" the movie, because I missed out on that part. I was pissed about it for a long while.
I'm very much a perfectionist, sometimes about things that the "average" person moves on about, gives up on, or sees no value in improving upon. This ranges from spelling errors, balancing a checkbook, my job, anything, big or small, I almost always put 110% into it and feverishly complete something past what is expected or necessary. Double-edged sword, sometimes good, sometimes a waste of time, but usually an artist's best friend.
Sorry for the novel, I have a fear of being succinct sometimes, I guess. :tongue:
