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No matter the season I may start singing "It's the Most Wonderful time of the year....." - although I save that for when I am around family and not in the work / public environment.
I may surreptitiously pick a nose hair to induce a sneeze and induce my eyes to water when my contacts are dry and I have no eye drops handy.
When I was very young ~6-8 years old, I would bite my toe nails to gross out my siblings while watching a TV show so I could be left alone / change the channel to something I wanted to watch.
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Oh, I have tons! But I think my sleeping habits and rituals are the weirdest thing about me, and people can never quite understand them. For one thing, I basically keep a nocturnal schedule - and if I have to be up early (thankfully my work hours are later than average), I just sacrifice sleep and get maybe 3-4 hours max. I also have to fall asleep with a movie on, and it has to be one I've seen many times before, so I'm not tempted to actually WATCH. I start the movie, set the sleep timer, turn down the brightness, and usually crash out within minutes. But if I tried to fall asleep in silence? I'd be tossing and turning even if I was exhausted. Oy.
When people talk to themselves out loud, that seems odd. Or even just verbalize things that are usually kept silent.
Guilty! I can usually curb this behavior, but do verbalize more than I should sometimes. You'd hate my co-worker, though, who literally can't be silent for more than a few seconds... I'll hear her mumbling at her desk, and often think I'm supposed to answer? Occasionally she is speaking to one of us, but the rest of the time she's just having a conversation with herself.
And when we're in a meeting or other situation that requires shutting up, you can hear her quietly clearing her throat, humming, and making other little noises under her breath. We both have diagnosed ADD, which is probably connected to this, so I can definitely relate. But as I said, I'm better at controlling it than she is.
If I notice a neighbour in the grocery store, I hide behind a post until they've gone by. It's somehow easier than getting into the hi-how-are-you-fine-thanks-whats-new small talk. And if I'm stuck, with no post, then once I've done my social duty with them, I have to change my pace or direction so I don't have to keep running into them in every aisle. Sigh... life as an introvert.
When going outside, I hate to close a door all of the way shut. Even though I'll check it to make sure it's unlocked, I just have this unnerving discomfort if a door is closed all the way and Im on the outside in a backyard or on a balcony.
I talk to myself a lot, but I come from a long line of self-talkers. At work it seems to be normal, lots of people do it (health care) but my ex once stood outside the bathroom door asking "who are you talking to in there?" lol.
Also I drive barefoot, even in the winter (I have a remote start so the car is warm before I take my shoes and socks off). It just feels more comfortable and like I have more control that way for some reason.
Probably the weirdest is that I bring a lot of stuff with me everywhere I go. I feel compelled to have things "just in case", i.e. snacks, band-aids, medicines, reading material, chargers, etc. When I go to work, I walk in carrying a large purse, a very large tote bag or backpack, a lunch bag and a computer case. Some of the residents (nursing home) ask me if I'm going camping, lol, but pretty much everyone in my family/friends circle teases me about it. I am sure it is a "security blanket" for me. Needless to say, I don't travel well, and only fly Southwest because they don't charge for luggage yet!
-I constantly pop mints or chew gum due to fear of bad breath (that is probably overblown as I have good oral hygiene)
-I overthink social interactions, and always assume an awkward situation is due to me doing something wrong, rather than the other person, or just the situation in general
-Since I tend to sweat a lot, I've been 'caught' at my desk at work positioning my desk fan so as to dry out my underarms, during relatively cool conditions
Especially when we are eating out, I am constantly pushing peoples drinks back from where I think they are too close to the edge of the table, or too close to their elbows because I am afraid they are going to knock it off or spill it. This drives my kids crazy because they are GROWN and in their late twenties, but I can't help it. I even do it to my own Mother. I think I tend to do this because I am such a klutz myself.
I also talk out loud to myself a lot (not when others are around, if I can help it). This helps me keep my constantly churning, adult ADHD mind "straight". I don't see a problem with it. I often have a lot going on, a lot of "balls in the air". Sometimes, I admit, I am just my own best friend.
I worry about things being too close to the edge of tables, too. But it isn't only small kids who have put this habit into my head, it's also being a cat guardian. Putting a drink by the edge, or in the middle of a table, makes the difference between catching the cat trying to push it off the edge before it happens, or as it's happening.
On that note.
Eating out with my partner, and we do snag bites off one another's plates (we're both cool with this) but I had french toast with syrup and I kept getting madly nervous he was gonna drag his shirt sleeve into the syrup. Having anything, even the tiniest little spot, of sticky foodstuff on my hands or arm or any part of me really, just freaks me out. Getting a drop of syrup on my shirt, where I don't notice, and then it transfers to my hands and other things...AAAAGHH! Nightmarish!
One time I went out to smoke on my balcony, and I did not notice that the heat that day caused the boards to ooze sticky sap. I stepped in it without realizing, until I went to go back inside, and I had to gingerly pick my way through the apartment to get a wet cloth to scrub it off, and by the time I got there, I had carpet fuzz and cat hair stuck to it. Oh my god, the horror. I seriously have a case of the skin crawling sensation just thinking about this.
My boyfriend and I went to a class on um...odd mental games to play with a partner...it's a weird adult thing, don't ask... But this guy from Britain was there teaching it, and he said he liked to tie up his partner, put marshmallows in his hands, then tape a plastic baggie over his fisted hands forcing him to hold a sweaty, melting marshmallow. My partner, knowing my aversion, said, "Hmm..." I whispered to him, "I WILL KILL YOU."
And another friend showed me a photo she'd found of a nude woman literally covered in poured honey, I wanted to throw up. I mean, sure, it was pretty or whatever, but the...the stickiness...ugh... Nope nope nope nope nope....
I always have to soap/rinse myself twice in the shower even though I don't sweat a lot. Just a thing that I have.
I do the very same thing. I somehow got it in my head the 1st time I lather up and rinse off gets the dirt and sweat off. The 2nd time I lather up and rinse off is so my skin will feel fresh and clean.
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