I was just thinking that eating disorders are obsessions and compulsions, but i was just wondering if anyone had any compulsive things that they have to do?
Foe example, i have to compulsively have eyeliner on all the time, and on Sundays i always have to have my red socks on. In the hospital when i went in for treatment there was another ghirl in there who always had to arrange the oranges in the bowl 5 times while we ate our food
Who else have compulsions like these?

Mine were a bit different I guess, I used to eat reaalllly weird combos of food and such. Like for instance, I would take some Equal packets and empty them on a plate along with some spray butter, mix together and eat the mixture. I would consume alot of this mixture. That was about a year ago, now I chew gum like a maniac. It goes from one weird thing to the next. I will go through sooo many packs of gum to the point where my jaw hurts bad. I don't know why, I am looking to stop this very soon.

ummm well i have this really bad compulsive habit of rubbing the skin off my lips...its really annoying cause i usually don't really realize i'm doing it until my lips are soo sore or start bleeding a little and then its still hard to stop :rolleyes: i also have specific ways to eat certain foods...i ALWAYS eat them in the same way every time...like for example w/ an apple i bite all the way around the middle then i move to the left side and bite all the way around then to the right side all the way around until the skin is all gone then i move back to the middle and repeat until i'm done the apple :D with sandwiches or burgers i always start at one side and work my way to the opposite side always ensuring i keep a perfect line...i feel kinda wierd now :p

That is soo funny, I do the same thing to my lips until they bleed. My boyfriend at the time always commented on it when i would do it without realizing.

Confused11-
I totally do the same thing with gum...I eat so much of it. Honestly, I probably go through 1-2 packs a day. I find myself chewing the gum for probably 5 minutes and then sticking another piece in my mouth. My jaw hurts by the end of the pack! (I stopped for a while because I have TMJ, and shouldn't be chewing gum, but I do anyway....now I chew it all the time!) I also have this weird thing with cleaning. I clean all the time. Nothing is ever clean enough for me. If I come home and there are papers scattered all over the counter, I will put them in piles...now I FEEL WEIRD...hahah!

Novblis

This is really weird, but I think if I just type it I will feel a little better. I've never told anyone this before, please don't think me a freak....
I throw up what I have eaten in a large bowl, or plastic bag, or bath towel, or whatever is available, and go through making sure I have thrown EVERYTHING up that I have consumed. I am not a binger, but I do this because I feel that I HAVE to know EVERYTHING is out...-you know?
Okay, I feel weird for saying that. I also do the gum thing. The scale is another HUGE problem. I have one in the down stairs bathroom and upstairs. I also carry one in my trunk...(for during the day...) I must stand on that thing a MILLION times a day! And the tape measure....we won't even go THERE!! I hate all this stuff!!! Imagine if we all put this energy into positive things....I KNOW! Easier SAID than DONE!
Thanks for lending an ear.
G

I use to do the same with purging. I always knew what order the food would come out and if i didn't see it in the toilet I knew I had to try harder to get i out. I also use to chew gum to no end. Still do. I would put a fresh piece in after 5 minutes of chewing. I also have a habit of twisting my hair. I don't even know I'm doing it. People tell me they see me driving in my car and twisting away. I also do it in my sleep and just caught myself doing it now!!

ummm well i have this really bad compulsive habit of rubbing the skin off my lips...its really annoying cause i usually don't really realize i'm doing it until my lips are soo sore or start bleeding a little and then its still hard to stop :rolleyes: i also have specific ways to eat certain foods...i ALWAYS eat them in the same way every time...like for example w/ an apple i bite all the way around the middle then i move to the left side and bite all the way around then to the right side all the way around until the skin is all gone then i move back to the middle and repeat until i'm done the apple :D with sandwiches or burgers i always start at one side and work my way to the opposite side always ensuring i keep a perfect line...i feel kinda wierd now :pI do the lip thing, too! And you and I eat an apple the EXACT same way... cool, LOL. :cool:

Something else I do. I ALWAYS eat pizza backwards. I eat the crust first, and I will refuse to eat it any other way, LOL. And as for sandwiches? If it's tuna fish, then I will rip the bread, scoop the tuna with the bread, and eat it like that. If it's a hamburger, I will bite the circumference, and work my way around until I get to the very center, in which case I take the very last bite. If it's a hero, I always start from the "neater" end. And oh, just a bunch of other weird things I do! I have RULES for eating certain sandwiches, talk about weird, huh? :)

Hey Quencher...that's cool :D and pretty much all foods i eat i end up eating in the same form/way every time...most of the ways i eat them have to do w/ the tidiness like eating in straight lines and stuff and eating in an organized way....i used to be really organized at home too like w/ books and stuff...i would keep things colour co-ordinated and labelled everything but i'm not soo obsessed w/ any of that anymore cause i don't have the energy for it....i used to do all my cleaning in one day on the week-end but now i find after getting half of it done (sometimes not even half way) i'm just too exhausted and warn out to do any more...so it's hard keeping things organized like i used to when i just don't have the energy...i still have a lot of things labelled but the tidiness part i'm not so good w/ anymore. I also have another quirk about me...actually i don't think its really a compulsive habit per-say...i think it's more my stuburness :D but anytime i go to play a certain game like solitaire or something....i absolutely have to win once before i will walk away...i don't like playing the game anymore cause i always dig myself into that really frustrating hole...where i'll keep losing and i'll get bored of the game and want to put the cards down and walk away but i just can't until i win once and even then sometimes i'll tell myself i have to win not only once but a set # of times before i will allow myself to walk away or take a break...i end up getting into fights w/ myself and i'll start yelling at myself and saying stuff like "o.k you loser i don't care if you're tired you are not going to put those cards down until you finally win one game" or 2 or 3 or whatever :rolleyes: sometimes i'll end up sitting there for hours soooo frustrated cause well as anyone knows...solitaire isn't a game you tend to win a lot...its all luck really so yeah i'm stubborn w/ myself that way...i'm like that w/ other things too... :p

Fallen:

Cool! I eat my foods in the same way/form everytime, too!! (Except when I'm bingeing, of course, LOL.) Although I don't eat in straight lines, I always eat in a certain order. If I have a chicken ceasar salad, for example, I ALWAYS eat the tomatoes first, and after I'm done with the tomatoes, I move on to the lettuce, and I always, always eat the chicken LAST. I will NOT eat it anytime before, haha.

And like you, I ALSO like things to be organized. I used to spend HOURS every night just organizing and reorganizing my binder. But now? Well, I'm just too lazy to do it. And I don't care too much for school, anyway. And I've become aware, also, that I was just wasting my time, because it never DID get any "neater." (Because it was ALREADY neat!) But of course, I still have an occassional compulsion to reorganize 'cause I can't stand to see anything out of place.

And you keep things color-coordinated, too?? WOW. We are VERY much alike in our compulsions! I do this, too. Last summer, I was working at a children's department store, and I organized the WHOLE darn store (3 floors) by color, and size. ROYGBIV, LOL! The boss, he loved me, haha. As for solitaire... I have NEVER won a game of solitaire in my whole life, so don't feel bad! I simply suck. That's all there is to it. ;)

I don't know if this really counts as a compulsion but whenever i see a packet of food, i have to read the food label.
Take the chocolate bars by the tills is shops. Even thou i would never buy them, i have to find out how many calories and fat they contain.

my son has ocd [obsessive compulsive disorder]it has wrecked his life he must perform activities over and over now he has a anger problem due to this .if anyone has a disorder to repeat tasks please seek professional help as it can take over your life.my son is now 23 and has had ocd since early teens also my 18 yr old daghter was suffering from anorexia for 2 yrs she developed compulsive disorders it is recognised as a mental problem so please dont ignore the signs

Anorexia and obsessive-compulsive disorder actually do occur together quite often.

I started having OCD-like symptoms, and then at 18, I got anorexia. In ym 20s the OCD got really really bad. Now I am on Prozac and ok. :)

Kathrin