locking the house

I have that problem too, when I was small, the problem much worse. I forgot where is right or left, and whether I have take a bath or not. But as I'm grow older, the matter become less serious.

The same thing happens to my husband and me all the time. When we get to the car we usually ask eachother: "Did we lock the door or not?" and we are never sure, so we always have to go back and check. We have never forgotten to lock the door, but we always get in doubt. I think that we both have a bit of OCD, sometimes we argue about the topic and sometimes we laugh about it. We try to make it a habit to check the door before we walk to the car, but sometimes we forget to check it. Even though we are 99% sure that we did lock the door, we simply have to check it.

I rarely worry if I remembered to lock the house. Actually I find myself locking it so automatically that I will accidentally lock it when I do not want to, such as when taking multiple trips in and out to take out the trash and recycling.

I do something similar. I sometimes will leave my residence, get in my car, start driving, and then think "Did I turn my curling iron off?" My curling iron shuts itself off after awhile, but thinking that it might still be plugged in bothers me. So, I will turn around, park my car, go into my reseidence, just to check. 99% of the time, I unplugged my curling iron, but I have to check to reassure myself. I am not a doctor, but I have diagnosed myself with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I know that this is a legitimate medical condition and I am NOT poking fun at this condition at all.

i do i think its OCD i don't know tho

Sometimes I do like that, when I feel that I have not been locked. But rare. I am confident with what I do.

hi shantha hatley here. I havent but Iused to work with the childrens librarian Gale. Everytime she would lock up the livbrary while we stood outside, she wouldhave to go'bAck in as she was sure she had not locked it, then she would have to reset'the alarm and we all had 60 seconds to get out and lock the door again.\this used to tee some of the others off as they were ready to ' go home after a long day and didnt want to wait around again.

Hi, shantha. Yes, I have this same similar experience. I actually do the same thing. I do this with my mailbox too. I know that I lock it but I will check it. Sometimes, I feel like it is not locked enough, so I go back and lock it again. I do this for security purposes. I just extra cautious..

I sometimes have this doubt, but very rarely I go back and check. Whenever I went back, I found that the door was locked properly. My cousin also has this issue. She stands at a higher level compared to me. She often has the doubt whether the door is locked properly,, whether the gas stove is switched off, and whether all the lights are turned off.

The feeling of insecurity must be a repressed fear about something. You just have to trust yourself that you had locked the door correctly. If you like, get a double lock. It might help you banish the worries.

I lock the doors but I am not sure about switching off the lights, ac, geyser...I bother about this much more than locking the door...because I have only 2-3 things to lock but switching off the lights is annoying in my aprtment because I have 2-way switches, so when there ia a powercut while leaving, it is difficult to identify whether the lights were switched off or not...my mom also keeps checking if the door is locked or not?