I always put my jewelry on in the same, exact order every day. The clothes in my closet are sorted by color. Most people have compensation or calming strategies of one kind or another.

Everybody has quirks. It is what makes us individuals. I know that I have my own. While they aren’t as severe as yours, that doesn’t make them any less real. I used to have my cd’s arranged by music genre, and then I would arrange each section alphabetically, and then if I had more than 1 album by the same artist I would arrange it by release date. I do the same with my video games. I arrange them by which console, then alphabetically and then by date if I had more than one Final Fantasy or Resident Evil game. As a child I had my clothes arranged by color. I took the time to even make hangers that would indicate where the sections would begin and end. Now I don’t do it by color but I have my clothes separated by style. I keep my jeans together, crops together, tank tops, sleeveless, t-shirts, quarter sleeves, long sleeves, button ups, sweaters, sweat shirts, etc. My fiancee is really bad. He has a thing about restrooms, what he touches with his hands and other stuff.

What you have is OCD and a bunch of people have it in one form or another.

Don’t worry about it. It is what makes you special and unique :)

I agree about trying not to worry about it, but maybe the easiest way to change what bothers you is to consciously decide on calming behaviors which you find more acceptable.

...and try to cut yourself as much slack as you can, and accept some ‘weirdness’ as being charming quirks. If you were completely ‘ordinary’ that would be so boring as to be freakish in and of itself.