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[Sir Tigger KC]

I have a thing where every so often I have double check that I've locked the door.    Often it's just as I've got in the car and about to drive away.  Sometimes I'm a little down the road and have to go back and check. 

This evening I was about 3 or 4 miles down the road when the little voice piped up "F@ck did I lock the door?!"  I tried to reason with myself, but it was no good I had to turn around go back and check.  Of course I had locked the bloody door! 

Anyone else get this? 

Can anything be done or am I getting as senile as Lord Opti?   

[Nick W]

No

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Stop being an old woman.

[2boxerdogs]

I was very similar till I did a mindfulness course through work, in simple we do things on " autopilot" it's simple with things like doors simply think feel the metal in my hand when locking believe me it works, if you can read about it mindfulness very simple but very interesting & useful.

[dave the builder]

just check the front door handle 10 times before you get in your car 
you'll be cured in no time 

[TheBoy]

Sounds perfectly normal to me. As is naming all your tools.

[BazaJT]

I do that,"did I lock the door"? of course I did I always do! It's no good I have to go back and check-and so far I always have locked it!

[ronnyd]

Guy across the road has a form of OCD. He stands in front of his closed front door and pats it about twenty times with the palm of his hand. He is a very nice man but very quiet and timid. You are not alone Tigger, i sometimes  get upstairs at bedtime then think, have i, haven,t i, go back down and yes, the damn thing is locked.

[STEMO]

We all do the door lock thingy, but usually before we leave home.

[Lizzie Zoom]

I have a thing where every so often I have double check that I've locked the door.    Often it's just as I've got in the car and about to drive away.  Sometimes I'm a little down the road and have to go back and check. 

This evening I was about 3 or 4 miles down the road when the little voice piped up "F@ck did I lock the door?!"  I tried to reason with myself, but it was no good I had to turn around go back and check.  Of course I had locked the bloody door! 

Anyone else get this? 

Can anything be done or am I getting as senile as Lord Opti?   

Yep, happens to me all the time. Indeed it happened to me this morning. Senior moments I reckon 

The strange one for me though will always be the time my husband was driving us towards London for a short weekend break on a Friday evening at about 1900 in the evening I had a terrible feeling that something was wrong, but I didn't know why.

We returned home late on the Sunday to find our home had been burgled. The police said a number of houses had been broken into on the Friday evening, AT AROUND the 1900 time!

Our brains are strange devices!

[STEMO]

I have a thing where every so often I have double check that I've locked the door.    Often it's just as I've got in the car and about to drive away.  Sometimes I'm a little down the road and have to go back and check. 

This evening I was about 3 or 4 miles down the road when the little voice piped up "F@ck did I lock the door?!"  I tried to reason with myself, but it was no good I had to turn around go back and check.  Of course I had locked the bloody door! 

Anyone else get this? 

Can anything be done or am I getting as senile as Lord Opti?   

Yep, happens to me all the time. Indeed it happened to me this morning. Senior moments I reckon 

The strange one for me though will always be the time my husband was driving us towards London for a short weekend break on a Friday evening at about 1900 in the evening I had a terrible feeling that something was wrong, but I didn't know why.

We returned home late on the Sunday to find our home had been burgled. The police said a number of houses had been broken into on the Friday evening, AT AROUND the 1900 time!

Our brains are strange devices!

Some are stranger than others.

[Varche]

Could be worse, we often leave the keys in the door when we go out

We will never make it if we have to live back in the real world.

[Bigron]

Remember Edie, in "Last of the Summer Wine"? 

Ron.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

[Lizzie Zoom]

I have a thing where every so often I have double check that I've locked the door.    Often it's just as I've got in the car and about to drive away.  Sometimes I'm a little down the road and have to go back and check. 

This evening I was about 3 or 4 miles down the road when the little voice piped up "F@ck did I lock the door?!"  I tried to reason with myself, but it was no good I had to turn around go back and check.  Of course I had locked the bloody door! 

Anyone else get this? 

Can anything be done or am I getting as senile as Lord Opti?   

Yep, happens to me all the time. Indeed it happened to me this morning. Senior moments I reckon 

The strange one for me though will always be the time my husband was driving us towards London for a short weekend break on a Friday evening at about 1900 in the evening I had a terrible feeling that something was wrong, but I didn't know why.

We returned home late on the Sunday to find our home had been burgled. The police said a number of houses had been broken into on the Friday evening, AT AROUND the 1900 time!

Our brains are strange devices!

Some are stranger than others.

Yep indeed, no arguments there.

The human brain and the spirit that lurks somewhere in it is one amazing thing.  I will always wonder about the claim that we use just 10% of it's potential capacity.  How much more could we achieve if we knew how to use it?  Would the average human be more dangerous, or be a source of the answers required to bring about peace across the world?

OCD, ADHD, phobias, and all the other ailments of our brains shows how it can misfire like our cars going on only two cylinders. But that is what makes us so interesting as a species.  We are unpredictable and can be so constructive with our imaginations, although that can of course work in reverse and cause utter destruction! As we (I) get older you find that habits being set in concrete, and repeated actions somehow comfort you.  Reassurance becomes ever so important in our lives as we become physically weaker and strangely not so confident of what is going on in the world.  Is that as a result of 'life learning' or degeneration of the brain / mind? 

The human brain has much more to reveal, and without going into too much personal detail that could well / will ( ) be ridiculed on here, I know there are other dimensions that on occasions we will "touch" or, in my experience, will "touch" us.  At times like that it will indicate that we know nothing yet and there is far more to be educated in.

[STEMO]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

[redelitev6]

I know some of the OCD behaviour can seem oddly amusing but to see someone who's life has taken over by OCD is a tragic sight , it just ruins their life 

[Doctor Gollum]

We are all creatures of habit to a greater or lesser degree...

[dave the builder]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year 

[STEMO]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year 

Of course not, Dave, it's fine.....just fine.......honest. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year 

Apparently everyone has OCD to a lesser or greater extent.It's when 'rituals' start start taking over your life that it becomes a problem.

I'm informed that everyone is also on the autistic spectrum. Most people being at the bottom end which doesn't cause any problems.Not sure if this is true or total bol*ocks.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year 

Of course not, Dave, it's fine.....just fine.......honest. 

It's not fine that my Tata is going in for a service only 4000 miles after it was last done. It's not fine that if I don't do it I will void the warranty, and without the 'stamp in the book' the car will lose more in value than the cost of the service (£285) which it doesn't need.

I think the government should pay.

[Sir Tigger KC]

The human brain and the spirit that lurks somewhere in it is one amazing thing.  I will always wonder about the claim that we use just 10% of it's potential capacity.  How much more could we achieve if we knew how to use it?  Would the average human be more dangerous, or be a source of the answers required to bring about peace across the world?

A few years ago I had to have a fairly complicated operation and was on some fairly hefty opioid pain killers for a few days after.   

During this time I had some strange hallucinations, visions, 'experiences' call them what you will, but one of them was that I 'saw' the solution to the world energy crisis!   

I kid you not, and the solution was jaw droppingly obvious!      Trouble was that once they weaned me off of the opioids, I forgot what it was....    Damn! 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The human brain and the spirit that lurks somewhere in it is one amazing thing.  I will always wonder about the claim that we use just 10% of it's potential capacity.  How much more could we achieve if we knew how to use it?  Would the average human be more dangerous, or be a source of the answers required to bring about peace across the world?

A few years ago I had to have a fairly complicated operation and was on some fairly hefty opioid pain killers for a few days after.   

During this time I had some strange hallucinations, visions, 'experiences' call them what you will, but one of them was that I 'saw' the solution to the world energy crisis!   

I kid you not, and the solution was jaw droppingly obvious!      Trouble was that once they weaned me off of the opioids, I forgot what it was....    Damn! 

'Darzett boy'...huh.

Was the operation anything to do with webbed feet and toes?

[Sir Tigger KC]

The human brain and the spirit that lurks somewhere in it is one amazing thing.  I will always wonder about the claim that we use just 10% of it's potential capacity.  How much more could we achieve if we knew how to use it?  Would the average human be more dangerous, or be a source of the answers required to bring about peace across the world?

A few years ago I had to have a fairly complicated operation and was on some fairly hefty opioid pain killers for a few days after.   

During this time I had some strange hallucinations, visions, 'experiences' call them what you will, but one of them was that I 'saw' the solution to the world energy crisis!   

I kid you not, and the solution was jaw droppingly obvious!      Trouble was that once they weaned me off of the opioids, I forgot what it was....    Damn! 

'Darzett boy'...huh.

Was the operation anything to do with webbed feet and toes?

Unlike people from your part of the world we don't need webbed feet and toes, nor are we known for married our cousins Aunt!   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The human brain and the spirit that lurks somewhere in it is one amazing thing.  I will always wonder about the claim that we use just 10% of it's potential capacity.  How much more could we achieve if we knew how to use it?  Would the average human be more dangerous, or be a source of the answers required to bring about peace across the world?

A few years ago I had to have a fairly complicated operation and was on some fairly hefty opioid pain killers for a few days after.   

During this time I had some strange hallucinations, visions, 'experiences' call them what you will, but one of them was that I 'saw' the solution to the world energy crisis!   

I kid you not, and the solution was jaw droppingly obvious!      Trouble was that once they weaned me off of the opioids, I forgot what it was....    Damn! 

'Darzett boy'...huh.

Was the operation anything to do with webbed feet and toes?

Unlike people from your part of the world we don't need webbed feet and toes, nor are we known for married our cousins Aunt!  

Lincolnshire leads the world with both 'cyclops eye and third eye syndrome'

The belief in witchcraft and a flat Earth is also well established.

However, I do not come from these parts originally......so I understand that farmyard animals are not to be used for sexual gratification.

[dave the builder]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year 

Of course not, Dave, it's fine.....just fine.......honest. 

It's not fine that my Tata is going in for a service only 4000 miles after it was last done. It's not fine that if I don't do it I will void the warranty, and without the 'stamp in the book' the car will lose more in value than the cost of the service (£285) which it doesn't need.

I think the government should pay.

I'm not bothered about getting stamps in the service history AFTER i buy a car ,provided it has adequate stamps or history prior to me buying it 
Warranty  I don't spend enough on a car for anyone to guarantee it 

I don't stress about depreciation or resale values either ,plenty of Johnny foreigner types round these parts will collect and pay cash for cars I retire out the fleet at end of life/economic reasons

£285 for a service  cost less than that to do 2 oil changes with filters,air filter,fuel filter,both track rod ends,both drop links,front spring,new discs and pads all round and the MOT on the Zafira A (tractor juice edition) 10 months of being in the fleet , just passed MOT in the week, no advisories

ok , so I did the spanner work, so no labour 



   

[Sir Tigger KC]

The human brain and the spirit that lurks somewhere in it is one amazing thing.  I will always wonder about the claim that we use just 10% of it's potential capacity.  How much more could we achieve if we knew how to use it?  Would the average human be more dangerous, or be a source of the answers required to bring about peace across the world?

A few years ago I had to have a fairly complicated operation and was on some fairly hefty opioid pain killers for a few days after.   

During this time I had some strange hallucinations, visions, 'experiences' call them what you will, but one of them was that I 'saw' the solution to the world energy crisis!   

I kid you not, and the solution was jaw droppingly obvious!      Trouble was that once they weaned me off of the opioids, I forgot what it was....    Damn! 

'Darzett boy'...huh.

Was the operation anything to do with webbed feet and toes?

Unlike people from your part of the world we don't need webbed feet and toes, nor are we known for married our cousins Aunt!  

Lincolnshire leads the world with both 'cyclops eye and third eye syndrome'

The belief in witchcraft and a flat Earth is also well established.

However, I do not come from these parts originally......so I understand that farmyard animals are not to be used for sexual gratification.

Oh you should try that!    You might like it! 

I'd steer clear of anything with feathers though.   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The human brain and the spirit that lurks somewhere in it is one amazing thing.  I will always wonder about the claim that we use just 10% of it's potential capacity.  How much more could we achieve if we knew how to use it?  Would the average human be more dangerous, or be a source of the answers required to bring about peace across the world?

A few years ago I had to have a fairly complicated operation and was on some fairly hefty opioid pain killers for a few days after.   

During this time I had some strange hallucinations, visions, 'experiences' call them what you will, but one of them was that I 'saw' the solution to the world energy crisis!   

I kid you not, and the solution was jaw droppingly obvious!      Trouble was that once they weaned me off of the opioids, I forgot what it was....    Damn! 

'Darzett boy'...huh.

Was the operation anything to do with webbed feet and toes?

Unlike people from your part of the world we don't need webbed feet and toes, nor are we known for married our cousins Aunt!  

Lincolnshire leads the world with both 'cyclops eye and third eye syndrome'

The belief in witchcraft and a flat Earth is also well established.

However, I do not come from these parts originally......so I understand that farmyard animals are not to be used for sexual gratification.

Oh you should try that!    You might like it! 

I'd steer clear of anything with feathers though.   

I'm not proud to say that I've been with a few dogs in my time.......

The variety with two legs and a.............

[New POD]

wife has a bit of OCD.

What doesn't work is saying "What's the worst that could happen ?"

[78bex]

Happily I don`t suffer too much with this condition 
someone told me it helps to talk aloud a certain action. I suppose it registers with summat in your noggin 

[TheBoy]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year 

About £12 on an Omega .  The Shaguar is a bit more at around £30.

[STEMO]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year 

About £12 on an Omega .  The Shaguar is a bit more at around £30.

Cheap, yes. Necessary, no.

[dave the builder]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year 

About £12 on an Omega .  The Shaguar is a bit more at around £30.

Cheap, yes. Necessary, no.

beg to differ on that
did an oil and filter on one of the corsa c (z14xep) yesterday after securing a local fence ,less than a year,6K, filthy oil , was not informed they had clocked up so many miles  and NO it was not cheap oil ,and the engine had been stripped,cleaned and rebuilt last year , the car sits in Birmingham traffic jams
in this case, a 3k oil change is warrantied IMHO

[TheBoy]

OCD is a form of anxiety.

Some people take it to the extreme. Always having to do the same thing in the same way for the same number of times. If they don't they are sure 'something bad will happen'

Like, say, changing your oil every 3000 miles?

nowt wrong with regular oil changes ,filter and oil are less than £20 ,some of the fleet do less than 3k a year 

About £12 on an Omega .  The Shaguar is a bit more at around £30.

Cheap, yes. Necessary, no.

It can be. Especially with diesels. Or high milers.

[STEMO]

My astra gets oil once a year, whether it needs it or not.

[Nick W]

My astra gets oil once a year, whether it needs it or not.

That's always been my approach. Except when I was doing 30k miles a year; then I changed it at/around the manufacturer's mileage recommendation. I don't care that an oil change is only £12 if you DIY, that's still £12 too much when it isn't worthwhile.


This applies to petrol engines; diesels would get the change at no more than half the minimum recommended interval.