i am neurotic.

I can’t stand seeing hairs on the tiled bathroom floor – I always think they’ll stick to my feet and then I’ll transport them around the house, and somehow they’ll get in my food or into my nice clean bed. I have to wipe them up with a wet wipe as soon as I see them, even if I’m just about to go to bed.

I can’t eat the tops of my broccoli. I used to not like the taste when I was younger, but now that I’m older I simply can’t eat the tops. I don’t think they taste bad but I can’t make myself eat them and if I do I cringe. When I make broccoli, I have to cut the tree top part off of the stem before I cook it. My family eats the tops while I eat the bottom. When I’m older and move out, I hope to get a cat to feed the tops to so I can eat broccoli without wasting any part of it.

I can’t stand when teachers miss marks while erasing the white board at school, so when class ends I walk to the board and erase the left over marks with my fingers.

I could never stay over my friends houses when I was little, because I would constantly worry that something would happen to my family. I would call home at three a.m. and claim that my stomach hurt. My mom and sister recently told me that they used to bet on what time I’d call home.

Ever since i was small and found a lizard in my shoe, I always have a need to check in my shoe at least twice every time i wear them.

I feel nervous if I face an area that is significantly dimmer than the area behind me. I also get a predatory rush when I can see someone who can’t see me. This is why I have to turn off all the lights in the house before I have a cigarette outside at night.

Every time I see the word ‘meow’ or some variation of it, I have to meow. Yes, I just did so twice.

i cannot eat if I’m wearing a coat or have earphones in. If I’m wearing a long sleeve shirt i have to push up the sleeves. I just feel so cluttered. If i have to eat in a car i have to take my seat belt off. I know it’s dangerous, but i just can’t eat with it on.

When I’m on the elliptical trainer at the gym, the rate of incline and the resistance have to match. They also have to be on even numbers.

Whenever I’m at school, I’m paranoid that somebody will break into my locker and steal all of the important stuff I have stashed inside. Even though I know that I made sure it was locked several times and no one else has my combination, I still think it will be broken into sometime that day.