I have ocd, to a freakish extent, is it normal?

Stuff like that is actually pretty common and if those are the majority of your symptoms you don't really have OCD to a freakish extent at all. I do things like that all the time....the volume on the tv has to be an even number, I count syllables from sentences on my fingers and feel really satisfied if it is in multiples of 5 or 10. I can't stand it if the pillows stick out of the ends of the pillocases, it's my nightly ritual to shake them all back in and it drives my boyfriend nuts sometimes, lol. Everything on my desk and table has to be lined up neatly and symmetrically or it really annoys me. When we're out to dinner all the sugar packets and straw wrappers have to be sitting on a plate...like a bread plate because if they're just sitting on the table I feel very irritated, like it's too cluttered.

.....You need to read more about OCD because your case is actually very mild compared to what it could be, or the way other people suffer from it.

I do this EXACT thing all the time, for as long as I can remember. But I don't think I have OCD...or maybe I do. But I've spent hours trying to make everything even, too. And I feel even more sad if it's odd, because I'm a math freak. (Mainly algebra.) I don't know if it's normal, but there's somebody else who does this. :)

Have you ever felt that your compulsions are more like habits? (As in, you do it unconsciously, without thinking?)

i have ocd , ive had it since young , and when i was 6/7 maybe younger , i kept having to touch things such as if i touched the light or my arm i had to do it an even amount of times i sometimes had to do it 8/20 times before i was happy and felt calm this effected me so badly as i was young at it stressed me out as i couldnt stop but when i got to 12/14 it started to get really better i still do have to touch things an even amount of times but not as bad as i did before , Its basically "classic anixity" search google and youtube for ways to control this they really help (like closing eyes and breathing slow and think about the noises round you and what you sitting on and where you are and do that for about 2/3 when you feeling like that . hope this helps

Well I despise even numbers. And love odd ones. I think I have OCD. (not just b/c of that~!)

Uh, I do not think that's abnormal at all I have all the same things you have with some more but I do have one exception such as the number 3 since it is my lucky number.

Ah, I used to be exactly like this. It is normal to have this type of OCD. When I went to seek help with my struggles (groups and such) I met lots of people who did the exact same thing!
Your normal, just work on some anxiety and try to figure out why you have this obsession with numbers. I had this OCD because certain dates, times, TV channels, and music volume would create this whole mathematical equation that always had the same few numbers overtime, which made me become very paranoid. My best advise is to seek a psychiatrist, therapist, or anyone who you feel comfortable with and that can help, listen and or even relate in some way; if it doesn't get dealt with it can lead to worse things.
Good luck, and stay strong!

Same thing with me! I found a solution! I can't stop counting, but to make them even say the whole thing, like alltogether is 1 and add that to it

No offense, but that's basic ocd-not extreme ocd. I have far worse than that my dear, far worse. You have no idea. It's bad if it takes like 4 hours out of your day.. I doubt that even takes an hour out of your day.

Try dropping a pencil and having to pick it up 40 times in a row every time you drop it...yeah, its bad.

Yeah I have some similarities. When I use the micro-wave it has to stop at 11 seconds left on the time or I'll get pissed off. When I chew gum I try to equally chew on both the left and right side of my mouth like ill chew on the right and then transfer it to the left and chew it. I count alot of things. I count my steps alot I count the yellow lines on the street not while driving thouhg. Before I walk in a room I always tap my fingers on the wall outside the door,and if I miss a finger I'll get pissed off with the thoughts of inacomplishment. I have many more things that have to do with #11 it's my favorite number.

wow, i rlly hate numbers... why bother counting unless your in math and your teacher asks you a math problem and thier is nobody smarter than u to cheat off of. You need help, u should go see a shrink.

OCD is extremely common today, though very few people have it to an extent that they fail to fuction properly. Your OCD is not that extreme really, I know somebody who tried to brush their teeth with bleach to get them clean...
I myself have a mild form of OCD, I'm obsessed with ordering things. I go into book shops and rearrange whole genres of books because I don't like they way they alphabetise things.
I get edgy when my coloured pens are placed back in the case out of the colour order I put them in. I can't concentrate properly if the desks I'm surrounded by aren't all straight.
OCD isn't normal, it is an abnormality of the mind. But unless it hinders you extremely in life then I wouldn't say it's anything that need's to be worried about.

Omg, I know how you feel! I also have OCD. When I'm at work, I always have to end my calls with a 5 or a 0 (zero). It's a weird habbit of mine, and if I don't do it, I pretty much freak out inside!

On a side note, you must be American! I LOVE CHERRY COKE!!!!!!!!! But I live in Canada, and we do not sell it here :( I need a Passport so I can go to the States and buy cases upon cases of it, lol. And you actually have it in fast food places?!?!?!! OMG, you rock!!!!

I used to have terrible OCD myself.
But I no longer have it, and I refuse to believe it as a "mental disorder", which does nothing but hinder someone.

If you stop counting things, nothing bad will happen to you.
I know this because I stopped counting, and.. well.. nothing bad happened, and now I always remember that.

You won't have it for long. I promise you.

There is a book called "Zen, and the art of happiness".

It teaches you that every single thing that you experience, is good for you, and can never be bad for you.

Please read the book.