Strange Habits You Realised You Have (page 2)

SirNose586

It's not strange, but it's an ocd nonetheless. I really can't stand a bottle without a top on it, when it's likely to tip over. If I don't find the cap to it, I get nervous and fixate my attention on it, in the expectation that it will spill so I can catch it. If I'm drinking out of said bottle, I cap it after every swig.

BizzyBee

I "write" words in the air with my fingers - unobtrusively - you wouldn't know what I'm doing if you were standing next to me.

I unconsciously end up with exactly one bite of each thing on my plate - 1 bite steak, 1 bite potato, 1 bite broccoli - which I then try to get on the fork for one last, big bite!

Tell me I'm not the only one who does these things..............?

JWdaughter

I feel compelled to straighten out the magazine racks at stores. My son recently notified me that the other mothers in the store don't do that. He is six. Glad he's paying attention. Remind me to never do anything truly embarrassing in front of him as he announced it to the cashier.

Good Girl or Bad Girl?

I have to use paper towel to open public restroom doors.

I always search through the cupboards and fridge at my parents' house whenever I'm home. I act as though I'm entitled to whatever is in there, just like when I lived there, but I haven't lived there for five years. So it's a tad embarrassing once I realize what I'm doing.

My friend pointed out to me that when I wear 3/4-length sleeves, I unconsciously pull at the sleeves as though I'm trying to make them longer... he said it was really unnerving. Now I realize I do it with every 3/4-length sleeve shirt I own, not just the one.

Everyone in my family shakes their leg when bored and/or anxious. It was annoying to sit in our row at the kingdom hall.

I always have to be writing and carry a pen and notebook with me everywhere. When I forget, I feel lost.

To comfort myself I rub my nose with my forefinger. My mom pointed it out to me once and I didn't even know I did it. She thought it might be because she used to do that when I was a baby. Anyway, it's still weird.

I am sure I have many more but that's enough.

parakeet

I used to have some very obnoxious habits -- I mechanically attended 5 religious meetings a week, felt compelled to annoy people in their homes with unwanted magazines, and hid inside my unlighted home at Halloween. One day I woke up and realized these habits were very harmful, so I made an effort and overcame them.

But I still go nuts if a picture on the wall is tilted a bit.

Jourles

Mine is more of a bad habit that is pretty much impossible for me to break. And no, it's not smoking.

Since I was a little kid(I don't know, maybe around 9 or 10), I have always picked at the skin around my thumbnails - more at my right than my left. I have no idea if I do it out of boredom or what. But my right thumbnail now grows with small ridges going across it and the inside part of my thumbnails(facing the other fingers) are slightly curved upwards from all the picking at them. I was pretty self-conscious about having people see them, but anymore, I really don't care. If someone sees them and asks "what the heck happened?", I just say it's a very bad habit of mine. When around other people in close range, I usually bend my thumbs into my hands. I hate having someone over my shoulder when I am typing. I think all this might have started when I got my fingers slammed in a car door when I was young.

Last year when I got a manicure done in Mexico, the lady stopped and looked for a second like, "how am i supposed to make this look good??" She didn't say a word though. Hopefully, I get the same lady next week when we go back to Mexico(yipee! we're heading back down to Cancun!)

mama1119

I din;t know this was turning into an OCD thread...I have alot of those:

Multiples of 3...I add numbers together, wherever I see them, and see how many times I can divide 3 into them.

Will NOT sit on public toilets, and usually bring a paper towel in with me so I can use it to open door and turn on water.

Count my fingers 1-5 and then back again 5-1, but have to touch the thumb twice

I am CRAZY at night locking doors and windows. I mean CRAZY.

Nancy Drake

I wait as long as possible to pee. It's almost running down my leg by the time I actually go. People tell me that it's bad for my bladder...but I just hate going to the bathroom.

Apostate Kate

I am a germophobe. Public restrooms are a nightmare. Door knobs are crawling with bacteria. Phones too. I carry baby wipes and germicide.

Numbers ..I am not comfortable with them all.

I don't breath other peoples air.

I don't like my feet to touch the ground/floor, I always have slippers on even in my own shower. (shower sandals)

Other peoples feet are gross and don't touch me with them.

mama1119

Apostate Kate---I know what you mean by other peoples air. I am very picky about that. I am always holding my breath around people and then getting all panicky because I have to get away from them in order to take another breath.

I cannot drink a soda unless I rinse the top

Shopping carts..oh geez, where do I begin. I cannot wear my shoesd past the door because of all the gross things they have touched in parking lots etc.

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