Is it normal that i can't sleep unless...

I can't sleep unless I have no clothes on my bed, no other things on my bed but I HAVE to have my Phone on charge on my bed, the remote and I have to shut all my draws and I have shut window, open the left curtain fully, not a slight bit but fully or I just end up kicking it, I have to have 2 pillows all the way to the right and I have to turn my clock off, no sounds, no tv, no light. I just need to do all that to get a PERFECT nights sleep, otherwise I get really p***ed off and just start moving things around in my room and banging things because I simply,seriously cannot get to sleep unless I do all that, this really isn't fake, I'm being serious. Is it normal? Because I am that used to it I have started to notice that I do it every night. I seriously need someone to tell me if they have to do... Things? Before they can even shut an eye lid trying to get to sleep.

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Based on 58 votes (25 yes)
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  • pkelly89

    a little bit of ocd, or an odd habit, but it is still normal.

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  • DUUUUUDE!

    No you are not normal

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  • purpla

    I don't think this is OCD. It doesn't even sound that odd to me. Do what you need to do to get to sleep and don't worry about it.

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  • Compulsions
    Main article: Compulsive behavior
    While some people with OCD perform compulsive rituals because they inexplicably feel they have to, others act compulsively so as to mitigate the anxiety that stems from particular obsessive thoughts. The person with OCD might feel that these actions somehow either will prevent a dreaded event from occurring, or will push the event from their thoughts. In any case, the individual's reasoning is so idiosyncratic or distorted that it results in significant distress for the individual with OCD or for those around them. Excessive skin picking (i.e., dermatillomania) or hair plucking (i.e., trichotillomania) and nail biting (i.e., onychophagia) are all on the Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum. Individuals with OCD are aware that their thoughts and behavior are not rational,[10] but they feel bound to comply with them to fend off feelings of panic or dread.

    Some common compulsions include counting specific things (such as footsteps) or in specific ways (for instance, by intervals of two) and doing other repetitive actions, often with atypical sensitivity to numbers or patterns. People might repeatedly wash their hands[11] or clear their throats, making sure certain items are in a straight line, repeatedly check that their parked cars have been locked before leaving them, constantly organizing in a certain way, turn lights on and off, keep doors closed at all times, touch objects a certain number of times before exiting a room, walk in a certain routine way like only stepping on a certain color of tile, or have a routine for using stairs, such as always finishing a flight on the same foot.

    People with OCD can use rationalizations to explain their behavior; however these rationalizations do not apply to the overall behavior but to each instance individually; for example, a person compulsively checking the front door may argue that the time taken and stress caused by one more check of the front door is much less than the time and stress associated with being robbed, and thus the check is the better option. In practice, after that check, the person is still not sure and deems it is still better in terms of time and stress to do one more check, and this reasoning can continue as long as necessary.

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  • ms_funion

    I know everyone on this site always says this but ... sounds lime an obsessive compulsion to me. mainly do to the fact that u said u become emotionally distressed (pissed off) if u don't do things a certain way. it's not as if the charger laying next to you is physically helping you to or preventing you from getting to sleep. so ... OCD maybe?

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  • lewlew80

    What the....

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