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Other odd habits of mine tend to go unnoticed by me until people point it out.
I've been doing that since I can remember. I think a lot of people do that.
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I do this also, but mostly because I have a bit of some type of hyperactivity problem. We should create a thread for that too (most likely one already, off to the search button)
It's gotten so bad that the wife will give me some sort of textured thing, like a koosh ball or something. This keeps my hands occupied during movies/tv shows, and the sound of constant clicking goes away. She used to work with mentally disabled high school kids, and they would use these 'textile' techniques with them all the time.
Try it sometime! It does work, but I usually do not go for the ball/whatever on my own.
I'm not even a great whistler, and it is always the same tune, which happens to be something I heard on a novelty Chairman Mao zippo. I don't even know what its called, but I assume its a communist march of some kind.
Yeah we seem to be in the same boat. I say stressed out but it's really some feeling like I'm about to explode (I curl my toes all the time too, same reason). I'll try the koosh ball thing, sounds like a good idea
There's a video from a cat's POV as it walks around a room somewhere out there. The cool part was that the computer used wasn't even that fast and you could tell pretty well what was going on. Yes, they do see in colour.
I try to make sure I don't rip enough off to cause bleeding or too much trouble walking, though.
Ooh, I know a guy like this. He will just flex his fingers and it will sound like twisting a sheet of bubble wrap.
Also, I'm a compulsive fiddler with random objects. I'm always picking something up and playing with it. This would be a lot more normal if I didn't generally end up lightly brushing it across my mouth. It's just a habit I got into somehow, one that sounds a lot weirder written down then it actually is.
Also also, I use the the word also a lot in my posts for some reason. Also.
Also also also, just read this one, holy shit I do that too!
Except without that last sentence.
God I'm weird.
I can kinda do that with my right hand, but it generally requires balling a fist.
Apparently it's because that causes a pleasurable sensation. Part of the reason why (some) people touch their lips when they are pleased to be talking to someone.
I'm the kind of guy who would be OCD, but I'm either too lazy or I consciously keep myself from doing it.
This is probably something you could take into its own thread, but does anyone else pronounce certain words differently or just plain strangely? I realised I kept saying "premise" as "pre-mize" instead of "preh-miss". Plus I used to have a friend who pronounced "civillian" as "siv-ill-in", so what the hey...
I'm also nauseated by chewing gum. Just the knowledge of a person chewing it doesn't do anything to me, but people that chew with their mouth open, people that talk so close to you that you can smell it on their breath, and seeing it spit out will make me get a few seconds of dry heaves. I think part of it is that it's such a strong, overpowering smell in some cases, but all it smells like is bad breath mixed with very heavy mint. It's just disgusting to me, but I have very good teeth as a result.
One of my co-workers plays Lineage, only he pronounces it Line-Age, as if it's Brain Age for lines. Even after I politely told him ("Oh, Lineage? Yeah, I've heard of it"), he just carried on pronouncing it his way, and I started murdering him in my mind for a while.
I've been doing this for years. I thought I was just insane.
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I'm like that. I don't talk to anyone at school and being out in public is nerve-wracking. It may be more due to poor self image than any kind of compulsion, I'm sure.
Also, I absolutely cannot eat meat that is not well done. If I bite into a hamburger that is even a little pink, I get nauseus.
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Dude, I used to occasionally compose classical piano music in my dreams. At the time it always sounded awesome and original, and sometimes I would even remember sort of what it sounded like when I woke up. Not that it matters, I have almost zero ability to take music or images in my head and put them on paper. That and I'm sure if you aren't asleep, the music is actually not that great.
I fiddle with crap too. My boss got really nervous talking to me once, because I kept idly spinning some Fiskars around in my fingers without realizing it.
Also, I can't stand having sticky stuff on my fingers. Certain things like, the adhesive leftover from band-aids and such, cause me to get so uncomfortable I actually get cold flashes and feel nauseated. Certain types of plastic, like the material that produce bags and grocery store bags are made of, make me really uncomfortable to touch when wet.
I did that all the time as a kid, like 10+ times a night. I don't do it anymore though.
I once heard a sportscaster describe a play as "as cool as the other side of the pillow."
I thought that was pretty neat.
It's just so much... neater.
I do this too, but I eat orange rinds as well. Tasty.
Windows don't bother me at all though, even open windows which would theoretically be more of a concern.
My boyfriend says sometimes he writes songs in his dreams too. I've always thought he was just full of himself, because sometimes I'd hear music in my dreams, but I wasn't in control of the music.
I'm a fiddler too. A lot of times I'll just play with my hair, but sometimes I'll pick at the skin on my thumbs or tear my nails. I'm trying to stop doing the latter two because I'm starting to be a little bit more self-conscious of my hands. You know what mother says, "You can always tell a lady by the smoothness of her hands." :P
I have a similar reaction to dry stuff on my teeth/tongue. Not food, but like, how some people will lick a kleenex to wet it (or something), or sometimes I'll peel the foil top off a bottle (and it has paper on one side), that feeling is just awful.
Oh god, yes. I can't stand people who suck on their sleeves or tissues for exactly this reason.
A: Add up random numbers in the street as fast as I can.
B: Glance at random people, and try to analyze them for mood, reactions. I then make up a story about why they are that way.
I do this too. enough that I know exactly what you mean on every level.
It used to be pretty bad.
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I think posting on these forums is some kind of OCD habit, or mental glitch. I'm not sure.
Like a vampire, I can't cross a threshold without being invited
Everything I carry with me has a specific pocket and sequence in which I pick it up when I go out
When I'm nervous, I yawn- it's become such a habit that I create yawns strictly through nervousness. Of course, this is so I can block part of my face with my hand so as to feel more secure.
I can't sleep with a shirt on, or with socks on
When my room is cold, I sleep under the same Lion King comforter I've had... well, since the movie first came out. If said blanket is not available- I'm not sleeping at home, I've misplaced it somewhere, etc- I can still sleep, I'll just wake up noticeably less-rested and sweatier than normal.
I chew on the inside of my mouth. Suck in a little skin between my front teeth, nibble, let go. Sometimes I gnaw on my tongue, too.
I have my phone set on vibrate (because having it ring would bug the hell out of me) but I have to consistently check it to make sure I haven't missed any vibrations (which bugs the hell out of me)
Aaaaand...
I'm always early, never late. Anywhere from five to thirty minutes early.
I had this mental image one night that I was going to get up to go take a piss without turning on the light, and in the light from the tiny outlet-light I'd see a person in the mirror behind me. Then I turn around and they're not there, but when I turn around again they're still in the mirror but they're smiling.
Ever since then I definitely avoided mirrors unless lights are bright indeed.