You don't really know much about OCD except what you just looked up on wiki do you... An over-irritation at things not being in the right alignment is actually one of the most classic cases of OCD (and NOT the cleaning/handwashing thing you described). It is EXACTLY the kind of obsession some people with OCD have. Let me put it this way. Do you see many 'normal' people straighten everything out in their home 4 times a day? Do you hear of many 'normal' people get annoyed when something is not in a straight line or a 90 degrees curve? There you go...

Darn it, time's up... There is a difference however between having one of the characteristics of OCD and being diagnosed with OCD. You have to meet several of the characteristics before being diagnosed as such. So it is possible for people to have one or two of the characteristics, without being diagnosed with OCD... In fact, most people will probably have one of them in their lifestyle in some way.

Three minute time limit about three hours after the post was made? Man, you seem strangely desperate to shut out actual response. So, let me provide the answer to your question that you're fleeing. How many people get annoyed by things not being orderly? Plenty of them. Like the OP (who never said they "straighten everything in their house four times a day", incidentally). And myself. And every other "Lol im so OCD" person. Who you just yourself in fact said don't qualify for a diagnosis because all they have is "one or two characteristics". (Funny, though: "Liking things orderly" isn't even ONE of them if you actually read the DSM-IV) Go ahead and diagram it. What is the obsession and what is the compulsion? Or if we're operating on the POOCD diagnosis, what is the recurring intrusive anxiety? I'm sure the various psychological textbooks, clinical studies, professionals in the field, and editions of the DSM are eager to have the record set straight. Looks like you need to tell the following sources their definitions are wrong: "Abnormal Child Psychology (third edition)", "Obsessive Compulsive Disorders: Theory and Management", "Introduction to Clinical Psychology", Deborah Osgood-Hynes at the OCD Foundation, the journal of Behavior Research and Therapy, "Coping with OCD", the British Journal of Psychology- whoops, I'm over my time limit, aren't I? Boy, that sure is unfortunate. I'm sure they'd have been very intrigued to hear that someone who showers until their skin is raw isn't really obsessive-compulsive, but someone who straightens up pencils is.