Rituals.

[styley]

Do you have a daily ritual that maybe you never even realised til you read this. Like, I almost always use the same cup for my morning coffee before I head to work. There's probably loads more too. Don't know if ritual's the right word but I'm just saying I think I'd feel weird if I used a different cup, is all.

[ruby27]

A definition or ritual
a. detailed method of procedure faithfully or regularly followed:
b. A state or condition characterized by the presence of established procedure or routine.

So its more than the habit of cleaning your teeth and getting dressed, unless this is done in a prescribed way. One of mine is to use the same changing room when I go swimming in the morning. When I can not because it is already in use, I feel ridiculously hard done by. Rituals are a comfort, but they do need to be kept firmly in hand.

[WendyS]

Using the same parking bay in the car park, the same locker in the gym, the same seat t the domestic meal table, my favourite beaker for a cup of coffee, a daily sneak at a couple of my favourite websites, a cooked egg and bacon breakfast on Sundays .............!

As Ruby says, it's OK if these rituals provide some comfort and a little structure to your life. It's not OK when any of them become such an obsession that they either take over your life or seriously disrupt your sense of proportion.

[styley]

Mmmmmm?

[China Doll]

I like to use the same toilet in the club I go to. The one on the left I firmly believe has the lergies.

I have to get up on a number that ends in 5 or 0.

If I'm reading in bed I have to come to a full stop at the bottom of the page before I can put the book down.

I have to wait for the bang of the door that tells me a particular housemate has left before I get up in the morning. (She's lovely but our personalities clash in the mornings).

I think they're just security things and usually have a base in reason.

[Dassie]

Sounds more like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to me ! Ask your doctor for some tablets to fix this.