What is something you do (regularly or not) that you think nobody else does? It could be the way you open a drawer, the way you wake, or even the way you go to the toilet. Is there something special about your routine? Why do you do it this way?
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I can twist things to make them less negative. My husband once said: "if the cat's sick on the carpet Caro will say "Oh good, no splatter" and if the cat is sick on the parquet Caro will say "Great, at least it's not on the carpet". And it's true, I can turn negativity away from me. I just think it's a survival thing or I might be nuts, .... or possibly both ;).
I vote both plus a not yet diagnosed something else. A gift most probably. 😜
Hmmm, could be. It most certainly helps when something horrible happens. Why let that bugger up your day? Why waste a good day because of (mostly) little aggravations.
Load More Replies...Albert, what a nice thing to say. Have a lovely weekend.
Load More Replies...An employee asked me why I was so happy about paying overtime. I told him it was my choice. I can be happy or mad. Either way, it has to be done.
That's good that you pay overtime with a smile! means you're a good boss and think it's normal (which it is) to pay overtime !
Load More Replies...Always look on the bright side of life! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
That's precious! I do my best to be like that. Negativity comes easier for me, so I work hard to keep it at bay. It's a great thing op, makes life easier I think.
It does. I've never thought about how I got this. Is it something I taught myself or not???? I do know that if you practice every day to be positive that you will become more so.
Load More Replies...The story starts with I. /////////// Guys, please stop downvoting Mary Rose Kent. She didn't post to be nasty, she misread that's all. Have a nice weekend.
Load More Replies...When I pet my animals, I love their ears cold. Running their ears between my fingers, rub them til they warm up then start the process all over again to get those ears cold. But it is just animal ears, nothing else. Oh and I love to smell alcohol pads. I mean get right in that package and inhale. No quick high just smells good to me. Since I caught the Delta virus last year, I lost my sense of smell and taste. But every once in a while i can smell. Everything sweet smells the same, sickening smell smell. Everything else smells like poop. I'm always glad when I lose my smell again.cigerettes have no taste or smell anymore, neither gasoline.
There is ALWAYS music in my head. Even songs I hate or haven't heard in years, it repeats until I think of a similar song to change it to.
That’s my curse, too. Sometimes I wake up with a song I haven’t heard in years or decades. And it takes a couple of seconds for me to hear a song and then have that portion loop endlessly. It’s torturous. Sometimes I even have trouble reading because some jackass is singing innmy brain and the lyrics distract me.
Me too. I have had theme tunes from programmes when I was a kid in the 80's come into my head for no reason, there was never anything to prompt it and all sorts of other songs and music as well. My dad was the same. I wonder if it's hereditary.?
Load More Replies...Fairly sure it isn't. I have this and it's a relatively common problem, unfortunately! No disrespect to the OP!
Load More Replies...I go through days at a time when I wake up with a song in my head, it may be overcome by another. I'm not sure when it stopped, but I used to decide to force myself to change a song and when I did my brain made a static sound (as if changing a radio station) I've always found that kind of silly. I had forgotten all about that til this post. Thanks. :)
I don't think I have it quite as bad, but I do get songs stuck in my head super frequently and easily, sometimes for days. If it's a really annoying song that drives me crazy, I heard a tip that humming or listening to the Winnie the pooh song "little black rain cloud" helps lol! It's catchy enough to sometimes get another song out but not catchy enough to really get stuck itself (it works for some people anyway, sometimes does for me).
Periodically, I'll shiver for a second or two. I've done it as long as I can remember, but I have no clue why I do it. I'm never cold when it happens either.
My family calls it the "heebie jeebies". We're spiritual, so we believe it's when we sense something. Could be a spirit, something or someone watching us that we can't see. Maybe a critter. Or it's our body reminding us we're alive. I don't know why it happens but it can be startling.
It happens to me and I was told it was a spirit moving through me.
Apparently there are 20 of you who also have this habit or know someone with that habit. Thank you
Find a quiet spot and play my didgeridoo
Tbh I am from Australia and I low key have a didgeridoo phobia. I dk why. It’s just so scary
My old neighbor played that. Loved hearing him practice. He played it at my dad's wedding a few years back.
I have quite a few little habits, but after a while of wracking my brains I can't think of any of them that would likely be unique. After all, this is the internet... even if I posted some weird s**t like that every morning I woke up at 05:43Hrs, juggled 3 small kittens for 8 minutes whilst the kettle was boiling and then settled down to a nice cup of mud tea you can bet your a**e that half an hour later at least three people would have replied with 'oh, I do that too' and before you know it you're starting an early morning kitten juggling group cause it's a lot more common than you think. xd
Your GenericPanda photo looks suspiciously like Mr. BadA$$ himself, Samuel L. Jackson.
It's a drawing done of me by my wonderfully talented missus :)
Load More Replies...I call myself an emotional thermostat. I can change the mood of a person or persons very easily. In my younger years, I used this ability to manipulate people, especially my boyfriends. (*cringes* I have deep regrets behind my past behaviours) as a grown adult I use this ability in my life for good. I work in the ICU/critical care. I am known for my ability to cheer up, put people at ease, reduce anxiety, and reduce fear. I am also very good at being able to pick up nonverbal cues from my sick patients (or anyone really, including animals) I consider these things to be my super powers/gifts.
If you really can change people's mood, instead of working at an ICU perhaps you should work for the suicidal line. That would be a very good use for your talents.
Isn’t that usually a volunteer job? Nurses spend a lot of time and money to become professional caregivers. My niece is a RNP and she’s been working nearly nonstop these past two years.
Load More Replies...I count dots and crosses in every sentence I hear or speak as part of my mental health quirks. T and F are crosses, I and J are dots. Here's an example. 'If I fits, I sits.' This would be: Triple dot cross, dot dot cross.
I have no words! I'm trying to read your rules and apply them but can't see it! Wow what a brain you have. That's remarkable although very random and useless. Cool quirk
Lol random and useless indeed! To be honest it might be better not to see it just in case it can't be unseen and you find yourself doing this every conversation you have.
Load More Replies...I wonder if you could make a code out of that? Like you could do like ...+, ..+ for that and no one would have any clue. Obviously, there is more than one letter for each dot and cross, but if you figured out a system with the rest of the alphabet- I'm thinking way too much into this aren't i
If you create it, guaranteed I'll use it!
Load More Replies...This made me way happier than it should've lol
Load More Replies...I count the words of a sentence on my fingers, until the last word lands on my pinky. If it doesn't land in the right spot, I begin again. Starting with a different finger until it works. I'm doing it in my head, almost constantly. Psychotic. I know. Oh!!! Andddd I also add the numbers of any I see; addresses..license plates..any group of numbers. 24154 Main Street = 16. This has actually worked to my advantage....I can add in my head like a calculator. Interesting factoid: I'm nearly 60. 18752313 is the sum of my HIGH SCHOOL boyfriend's phone # and mine. DOUBLE PSYCHOTIC :)
I'm curious, why do you stop at 2 digit numbers? How do you feel satisfied not adding the "16", for example.
Load More Replies...It's absolutely exhausting, not gonna lie. I take a lot of long pauses between responses...
Load More Replies...My apparently "unique" habit is actually stopping at "STOP" signs. I say it's unique because I seldom see ANYBODY, including most Police cars, stop at "STOP" signs. Everybody seems to roll on through at speeds varying from "slow walk" to "hell, nobody's coming so I'm BLASTIING through"! So stopping at these signs is a unique characteristic to me and, judging by the two times I was actually "bumped" from behind, a startling discovery for many of those with whom I, shudder, "share the road".
I always stop at stop signs. Complete stop. That way, I'll never get a ticket -- at least, not for that. Nobody else seems to, so it kind of feels like it's a superpower others don't have. I think I passed this along to my son when he started driving. I also told him, "Some of your friends will probably rib you about it, but here's what you tell them: 'If you knew what was in the trunk, you'd know why I'm not risking a ticket!'"
I also stop at all stop signs. And when I get impatient because of the person in front of me, I remind myself that I’m retired and have nowhere I actually need to be. And when I do need to be somewhere, I give myself twice the time I think I’ll need. I HATE BEING LATE!
I know a girl who, when we were early 20's, thought you only needed to fully stop at the signs with the little sign under it that says "all ways" because it meant you had to stop all the way. We informed her that all stop signs mean stop all the way and not just that type 🤭
But, of course, that there are stops at every corner of the intersection
Load More Replies...We have "Give Way" signs in the UK or "Yield" in Ireland. If there is good visibility, and you can clearly see there is nothing coming, why come to a complete stop? It ruins the smooth flow of traffic. I applaud you for obeying the law, but it seems an excessive law.
Excessive or not, if you don’t come to a complete stop, you’ll get a ticket. At least in California you do.
Load More Replies...Twice in two days I had my motorcycle knocked out from underneath me for doing a full stop.
This is just condescension, and that's hardly unique to anyone online.
I like to play with my dog acting like a dog. my friends think it weird
I am not a superstitious person at all, but when boarding a plane I have to touch the outside of the plane, just to the right of the open door. I prefer to hold my hand there for a few seconds, but if necessary just a touch will do. I have been in situations where I didn't get to do that, and I didn't like it one bit. I know it is just a thing, so I don't freak out about not doing it, but I think about it and plan on doing it all the way down the jetway.
I do that, not a habit but I think it is crazy that soon where I had just touched will be far in the sky
so will the hand itself, techincally. but i know what you mean lol
Load More Replies...that isn't exaaactly how it works. i can't speak for the OP but i can speak for myself, and i have anxiety that manifests itself with OCD-like symptoms. now i can tell you that i am also not a superstitious person. i think that a black cat crossing my path is cool cause i love cats. but sometimes i have to do things like go poke a chair every time i pass it or something not because i believe in idk a higher power (?) or something but because Brain tells me to and i don't like how it feels when i dont. also these things dont harm anything (such as OP touching a plane) so i might as well. hope this helps? and i'm not calling you out or anything, and perhaps you were already aware. i just wanted to say all this and it felt nice to type it all out and hopefully share it with someone? idk
Load More Replies...I eat the food off of my plate from right to left. I mean, when I am halfway finished with a meal, the right side of the plate has no food on it and the left side hasn't been touched. I don't know why I do this or remember when it started, but it's a habit now. Yes, I know it's weird.
Is this the case even if you have something special on your plate that you might 'leave til last'?
I'll turn my plate so that something special is on the left. Aside from this odd habit I really am quite normal.
Load More Replies...My 54 yr old sister can't have any food touching other food on her plate. Thanksgiving is a special kind of hell for her.
You should commission a set of partitioned plates designed for each holiday/regular family get together. Even just a special thanksgiving plate with 12 different, appropriately sized compartments
Load More Replies...Do you do this however the plate is put in front of you, or would you initially spin it around so that you can eat certain things first e.g. fave stuff and then work your way across it per your habit?
This concept was used by an overweight person in a Ann Tyler novel (if I remember rightly) in order to lose weight.Load your plate with the normal amount you would want to eat...and then only eat half...
It’s been a long time since I’ve read anything by Ann Tyler…thank you for the reminder!
Load More Replies...I absolutely love this weirdness. I also need to understand if you turn the plate so the right side has the yummiest stuff on
I usually save the best for last and turn the plate so the yummiest stuff is on the left.
Load More Replies...I count; my steps as I walk, ceiling tiles in whatever room I'm in, letters on signs as i pass them, carks in a parking lot, people standing in line ahead of me.
I always start to count stairs, but I’m totally ADHD, so I often get distracted and my attention wanders before I get down more than a couple flights. But I always start!
i used to do this thing where i had to step an even number of times on a given surface. for example, two steps per sidewalk block (is that what they're called???) and if a third happened, four. stuff like that. stopped when a teacher laughed as i stumbled when i lost count.
I do this when I have to appear calm and collected. Even if its tapping my fingers together and counting the moves.
I try not to step on/in the divisions in the sidewalk. Fortunately, I’m easily diverted from this by cats, dogs, or babies.
Yeah, that's usually when I'm in a doctors office or something.
Load More Replies...This is another habit I've been trying to get out of recently, but as I'm literally trying to sleep, the last song I was listening to, and it's usually just that one annoying section in the middle, will replay over and over and over again. My mind will do other annoying "replay" moments as well. I once went to bed replaying that one annoying part on a Beatsaber song. More commonly, I will envision a giant keyboard in front of me and literally type out all of my thoughts while verbally spelling them out, as well. I just can't stand it.
I spend every waking moment with music playing in my head. Sometimes it drives me a little crazy.
Forcefully imagine a soft wind blowing through your hair - you're a little too hot and oh boy but that cool breeze feels so nice and then as you get cooled down it becomes a warm breeze and you can hear it, the sound of the wind it becomes, and then you wake up after a hopefully decent sleep.
I always have to blow through a straw before using it. When I was a kid there was an earwig in my straw and it bit me on my tongue, was numb for a few hours. Even if the straw is wrapped in paper or plastic I still do it.
Eww! Im always going to blow through my straw now. I’m sorry that happened to you! I couldn’t bear it. I hate bugs. I mean i’m okay with certain types but- ew.
Aaaaah i love the "im ok with certain types". You make me feel.more normal. I have a huge fear of bugs (its a friggin phobia), i know most of them are harmless but i feel under extreme threat when they're near me except for a few like moths or a fly or a bee. I cant be near to a butterfly.
Load More Replies...Earwigs are creepy but I find silverfish merely annoying because of what they do. I also find Jerusalem crickets/potato bugs really, really icky.
Load More Replies...My mother ate an ice cream cone, only to find a roach in the bottom.
Yes!!! Anything coming up to my face gets a quick blow before it's Too close. I have terrible arachnaphobia, and it impacts my daily life in lots of ways - this is one of them.
I'm not sure if it's unique or just annoying, but if anybody, and I mean anybody, makes a grammatically incorrect statement (whether through text or verbal) I will stop myself and correct them, even if it's just in my head. My friends find it annoying and I've been trying to stop since it can come off as rude, but I just can't help myself sometimes.
I agree with you. Proper grammar is long lost art as is correct spelling.
Proper grammar is a long lost art, as is correct spelling. 🙂
Load More Replies...Judging period on these things is classist, racist, and ableist, so... I'm glad you recognize the harm of can cause, even if unintended and keep the corrections quietly private.
YES! I WILL REPLY IN SOLID AGREEMENT BEFORE WE BOTH GET DOWNVOTED INTO OBLIVION!!!!!!!!!!
Load More Replies...This still makes my skin crawl. I've gotten better at letting it go. There are a lot of local dialects in the many communities that I've lived in. If it's normal for the area, that is the accent. Even if it's not grammatically correct, it could be real life communication for that person. By correcting grammar, in the circumstance, I realized I was the a*****e. Who gives a f**k when the communication is understood? Communication achieved. We dont know everyone's personal experience. That said, I hide my cringe better now. Ego is a b***h to balance. I dont say any of this sarcastically. I'm sharing true life realizations.
Watching the crawl of a local tv station and it said, " Sarasota hospital brings in ice chests for body parts." This was at the height of covid, but I thought that I must have misunderstood, so I watched it again. I wasn't wrong. I had visions of beer chests with arms and legs sticking out of them, so I called the station and asked if they could change it to refrigerated trucks. I was told that they had room for a limited number of letters and could not change it. Made no sense, and I gave up.
I judge people based on their speaking and writing skills. I hate that I do it, but I find myself silently making decisions about people for this reason.
I used to do that too. Probably still do. But... Just only in my native language. I know that communicating in a foreing language can be tricky. Im from Argentina so i speak spanish. And i cant tell you how much i doubt myself while writing this. Also the other side of this is that i love being corrected, i see it as an opportunity to learn more
Load More Replies...I remodel people's houses in my head for fun.
My wife and I do cat sitting and dog walking. Every client’s house has been refurbished and repainted in our brains!
I grind my teeth side to side to the beat of songs, either a simple drum pattern or to the rhythm of the vocals. Done it for years, happens multiple times daily without me even realizing I've begun.
I rock my teeth "back and forth" (rather than side to side) - totally get it. I can also vibrate my ear bones and will do so in time with a good beat. I've made a toy out of my own self.
I can't even imagine what you mean by vibrating your ear bones. I'm intrigued!
Load More Replies...I envy your musical form of bruxism. I have the plain simple boring one
I play guitar, bass and drums, the only time I don't do that is when I play drums. It helps me keep the timing correct for strumming strings, but throws everything off if I do it while drumming.
I count road kill.
Why? Do you keep separate counts for separate species? Here’s a roadkill fact you may find interesting: skunks are physically structured to release their scent when they’re touched, including when they are run over by a car.
Pretty sure i ran over a ghost kitten. And, yeah, i'm fully aware of the sentence i just typed.
I can write and read backwards and upside down, and can do it differently with each hand. Those things where it says "hold this up to a mirror to read it"? I don't need to.
Grew up working in grandfather print shop can read upside-down and backwards
With natural skills like that, you sound like you would make a great astronaut.
I'm a slouchy, but I'm very well organized. i won't let any mess, but fine with dirt
I used to cat sit for a neighbor that was extremely tidy yet very dirty. Like, I would bring my own dish towel over because his was stiff and crusty. Nothing out of place, nothing ever cleaned.
Yup, that is what happens with me. Good description "nothing out of place, nothing ever cleaned"
Load More Replies...I'm the opposite. I hate clutter but I craft so its inevitable. Dirty surfaces or floors drive me nuts.
I have to smell my coffee cup before I can pour coffee in it. Also plates and bowls before food can go in. Cups also 🤦🏼♀️
I do this with drinking glasses outside of my home. Many times they have the same sort of musky odor and I NOPE right out. Mold maybe? I suspect sponges past the proper cleanliness...
I smell pretty much everything—I must have been a dog in another life.
I have to touch the middle of my palms and the middle of things that I can feel I think it’s ocd
perhaps, perhaps not ocd. i dont technically have it but i have been diagnosed with "severe anxiety" with "ocd-like symptoms" see a dorctor i guess? and i LOVE your username and pfp
I count my chickens after every workout. I have to make sure one of them didn’t get out. I do the same with my four dogs, 18 fish, and my cat.
I poke people as a form of affection on the arm
My neighbor has an autistic son,we talk when meeting in the street....he has given me two hugs and I felt like winning the lottery...took 6 years to happen...
My daughter does this. She is autistic and doesn't like full contact. Getting a hug is rare.
I use the last 3 letters of numberplates to make acronyms or anagrams.
When I was still living at home, my sister and brothers and I played Alphabet, and the first person to get through the alphabet (in order, not randomly) was the winner. But on the rare occasions we took longer trips (longer meaning an hour or more), we would play Botticelli.
Going on my phone until twelve scrolling through bored panda.
Not too unique, but I try to remember everyone’s birthdays. I’d like to say I have a pretty good memory and I like to put it to use. I always like getting a “happy birthday” from someone I didn’t expect to hear from, so I just like returning the favor. I like to keep track and plan when to wish people happy birthdays, even if it’s a little excessive. So, yesterday was my grandma’s birthday, April 1st is my classmates birthday, April 4th is my friends birthday, April 2nd is her little sisters birthday, April 11th is another friend’s birthday, and so on. The more birthdays I know the more fun it gets!
I remember birthdays and phone numbers from my elementary friends. I havent spoken to most of them in 20 years+. Makes for good pins I guess
I check stuff. Door locked, lights off, code properly indented and commented. I've become a first call for people having an "I don't know what to do" moment. I hate feeling that way so I became over zealous. Between the internet and marginal intelligence, calm under stress is doable for me.
Your post is an odd mix of recognizing your strong points and tearing yourself down. I vividly remember a moment in my adolescence when I made a typo on my mother’s old manual Underwood typewriter and said out loud “Mary Rose, you’re so stupid” and my mother admonished me with “Mary Rose, don’t you ever again say you’re stupid because someone might hear you and believe it, and it’s simply not true. Instead, say something like “that was a stupid thing to do”. Be supportive of yourself!
I've gotten a lot better over the years at this. I've moved from "I hate it when I do stupid things!" to "ugh that was dumb" to "that was silly" to "oops! Shoot. It's ok, let's try to fix it."
Load More Replies...This might be a bit confusing but whenever I'm walking on a sidewalk and I step on a crack with one foot, I have to go back and step on it again with my other foot on the exact same spot. Not sure why but it's been a weird habit since I was a kid.
I’ve walked several dogs that almost never step on sidewalk cracks. They don’t look like they’re paying attention, but I’ve watched them walk blocks at a time before stepping on one. Watch for it. It’s weirdly entertaining.
Maybe when you were little you heard the kids saying "if you step on a crack, you'll break your mother's back" and you were just young enough that it upset you and you took it seriously, so by making sure that you step firmly with both feet, you know you've stood up to those cracks, didn't let them get your mom, and also planted them firmly back into place in the sidewalk.You still do it because it's been firmly planted in your subconscious brain for so long, that you don't even realize when you're doing it.
I have to stand so that my feet "feel" equal. It's hard to explain, it has to do with texture and color of the floor. Darker colors and cracks in sidewalks feel different. I also can't ever stand with equal weight on both feet
SAME! Im not sure why but I can relate to this a lot!
Load More Replies...I used to do that, but instead of going back I would have to step on the next crack with the other foot. To avoid it I had to space out my steps to land just beyond the cracks each time.
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT DID THAT! NOW I KNOW IM NOT WEIRD FOR IT
Load More Replies...Step on a crack, break yo mama’s back. Step on it twice, kill your wives
I squat whenever using a toilet away from home and flush using my foot or elbow....and only use paper towels,not the air-drier..
I can write with both hands (right dominant) but with my left, it's a mirror image of the right
Started out lefty then forced to change in grade school. In HS finally started to use left hand again
I’m so completely left-handed that when I fell and fractured my left arm in two places, I could practically smell my brain frying itself as I tried to do stuff with my right hand. It was brutal!
if it's small enough and on the ground, I will pick it up with my foot.
If it’s small enough, you can clench it with the pads of your toes and tuck it so that it’s pressed against the beginning (or end—however you view these things) of your sole. If it’s larger than a tiny pebble, I’m not sure.
Load More Replies...I have a memory that a savant would kill for. I forget NOTHING. From my child hood, to my teen years into adulthood. It’s honestly a gift and a curse. It’s hard for me to “let things go” because I remember how vividly upset a situation may have made me feel. I remember line by line what was said in conversations, years later. Gift and a curse.
I'm the same way! I don't have an idactic memory, but I remember things from like before I was 7 months old. Flashes of snapshots from my memories of infanthood, memories of living in our house in Seattle that we moved from when I was three, all confirmed by my mom as being correct, (even though I don't need her to tell me it actually happened.) Exactly what the house looked like inside and out, things that I remember about long dead relatives, still seeing them in my mind and picturing what they were doing when we had interactions. My daughter and her dad barely remember things that happened when they were five. My mom thinks it's weird and that I must have "just imagined" it all happening, (even though she knows it all really did happend). So I also have a problem letting things go that my mom and her family did or said that hurt me and affected me for all my life. Things she conveniently has forgotten about or claims was not a big deal, and that I'm overly sensitive.
My daughter remembers the day she was born. She asked me when she was 26 or 28 if the room had black and white tile on the walls & told me what the doctor looked like in detail. I had never talked to her about her birth. I also was a teen mom & had no prenatal care so the doctor was an emergency doctor I didn't meet before I gave birth. He came in long enough to catch and make a snarky comments about teens & loose vayjayjays and never saw him again. So for her to know exactly what the room looked like and the doc was mind blowing to me. I can remember many things back from when I was 2 but that's the youngest.
Load More Replies...eating a cup of ramen every day because i like it
Yummy and cheap. When I was going through that myself, I would also buy some mushrooms to chop up and put in—it really helped. I never used the flavor packets because of the MSG and other horrors.
MSG is no more dangerous than table salt in one's diet. The MSG scare has been proven to be based on anti-Asian hate. Do better.
Load More Replies...I wake up but lay in bed for 3 hours on weekends. also, I can fall alseep on weekends but not on week nights.
When I am cooking, if I drop the spoon or spatula I am using I will wash it but still get different out to finish cooking with. When I am putting fresh cookies on my cooling racks I start with the left rack and work to the right even though I am right handed. It is almost like I do it in the order I read. Left to right one row at a time and the cooling racks are the pages. I also do this when putting the cookie dough on the pans to bake.
I will have to really pay attention next time I do eat them, because I can never just eat one.
Load More Replies...It makes total sense to lay them out left to right, because that way you’re not disturbing the cookies you already put down. I would do just the opposite because I’m left-handed.
We read script left to right. A typical map is shown as the polar north and south. Left to right seems reasonable. It's our usual start to finish; east to west.
I bite my finger or knuckle if I did something wrong.
Awe I hadn’t realized how bad it was lol you guys are so nice
Oh. That's not the way to treat yourself. I used to hit myself with heavy books or just simply hit my head hard with my hand. I've realized now that self-harm isn't the way to fix your errors. Instead, it's to say something positive to yourself or just simply reassuring yourself. Something other than hurting yourself. That was a few months ago and now I have friends and I'm happy
I count syllables on my fingers. If whatever thing I've said or thought doesn't end on my pinkie, I have to go through it five times so it will. Very few songs, catchphrases, or rhymes end on my pinkie, much less original thoughts.
That's nuts, I do the same thing! Except I have to make them even and I will change the sounds to end up with an even number of syllables.
I have a very literal imagination (I say it's the imaginative brain of a 4 year old) and I'm very creative. For example, a friend told me of an app called rump and I immediately had this idea it was for people who like riding horses, but don't have access to them and people who have horses but they don't ride around much... He noticed I was daydreaming about this beautiful horse wellness app and told me it was like uber or lyft. 🙄
if I don't make my bed in the morning I think I'll have a bad day
If I do not make my bed, I feel like it is my first procrastination move of the day. Therefore, making my bed makes me feel motivated and have a more positive expectation of myself.
I don't think I'll have a bad day but I too MUST make my bed religiously, always has to be white sheets and I change them obsessively. OCD.
Whenever I'm about to start a conversation with someone I always have to go over what I'm going to say in my head over and over again until it's perfect, otherwise I get super scared.
Only opening/stopping the microwave on a multiple of 5.
I'm this way for volume! I love my partner's truck because the digital display doesn't have numbers for the volume!
I do this for when I'm setting reminders or alarms. Like, who sets their alarm for 6:37 in the morning? It really triggers me
When I scratch the left side of my head, I also gotta scratch the right side to even it out.
When I was in college, I would win drinks by tying a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue. I put the stem in my mouth and tied the knot and then showed the person I bet with...won every time.
Excellent - I wonder if it is a trait or just a thing we figured out how to do...lol
Load More Replies...I'll sing/ hum memes (e.g the X-files theme) when I see something that is appropriate for that meme.
I will break into song with the least provocation! Any word grouping that aligns with song lyrics I know sends those lyrics right out of my big fat trap!
As a kid I had a “detective club” with a friend. We started thinking about all the places people leave their fingerprints and that led us to concentrate on not leaving fingerprints. I still avoid touching anything that doesn’t belong to me with my fingertips, press buttons in elevators with my knuckles for example.
Are you planning on commiting a crime? Why would.you care where you leave your fingerprints otherwise?. Also knuckles do leave an unique print behind too, so... Just wear gloves.
Instead of shaving cream, I use the leftover conditioner on my hands after putting it in my hair. Added bonus is I can let the conditioner sit in my hair while I shave, then rinse.
I stopped shaving in the 1970s, and the only exception I made was for my only sister’s first wedding (she’s been with her fourth husband for many years now). It was brutal and I never did it again. Now that I’m old, I have very little body hair left.
If I make a mistake I’ll wince, or grimace sort of, for a split second even if it didn’t hurt. I’ll also wince if I see something painful happen to another person or if a ball is thrown at me.
I have so many things! I clip my fingernails like 90 times a day, I have weird daydreams and sometimes silently act them out, and I always eat food in order from worst to best. And I snap a lot.
Oh those nails of yours must be very short. I hope not too short that you hurt yourself.
Load More Replies...I’m so good at chewing my nails (but never, ever below the quick) that once they get too long (i.e., go beyond the tips of my fingers), I chew them back down to my favored length and you’d never be able to tell I hadn’t clipped or filed them.
its fine im the same way its fun when people reply
Load More Replies...not sure if this is unique or considered a habit but i don't wash my dogs in a tub; i do it in the shower stall. they are all big dogs and i found it was not only such a mess using the tub but i was always concerned that i didn't get all the soap off them, especially their lady bits. i have a hand held shower and so i am able to avoid getting too much water and/or soap in their eyes as well as being able to rinse their 'under carriage' well. also, very good at rinsing between their toes as well. before i started doing this they would line up outside the shower and press their faces to watch me. now that they know what is going on in their they more or less willingly walk in and let me wash them well. the only issue they have is that i have to start the washing procedure starting with the oldest dog first and work my way to the youngest. if i don't do this the oldest gets snarky with the others either when they come out of the shower or while they are waiting to go in. go figure! i do know that the vet confirmed that she has some brain damage so maybe it is her perception of the whole process that makes her feel slighted. the only negative thing that has happened with this practice is that i have had guests stay who prefer to shower. i keep their shampoos and conditioners in the shower for convenience. a couple of times i have had them come out to compliment me on what good smelling coconut conditioner i have or that their skin feels exceptionally moisturized....one of them uses a special shampoo for dry skin. now, i warn people to check the bottles.
Yes! I find that showering With the dogs is an overall more efficient use of time, energy, and water!
glad to know that i am not the only one who does this. i know my ex thought i was kind of nuts when i started the practice. it happened after a camping trip and all the dogs needed to be clean and i was still tired from the pack out. after realizing it was the best way to go i never looked back
Load More Replies...Whenever a kitchen knife’s handle is hanging slightly over the counter I’ll push it so it’s safely on the counter again. I’ll also move pots so the handles face away from the edge so the pot is harder to knock down.
sort of unrelated but i never can have a utensil pointing at me. like if im eating soup the spoon resting in the bowl has to be angled to the left or the right. more embarrassing when im eating with others and i reach for the (salad or smth) only to move the fork a tad bit
I always blow into whatever cup or glass before I fill it up, no matter if it's from my own cabinet or a fountain drink. When I was little I took the lid off my sonic cherry limeade, trying to get all the ice. When I stuck the straw back in to get everything, a bug dove into it at the exact moment I was sucking. Traumatizing. I also drink everything through my teeth, no matter what it is, for basically the same reason.
If I’m listening to music while walking, and the beat happens to match my pace, then I have to step with my left foot on the 1 and 3, and my right foot on 2 and 4. If I find that my right foot is coming down on the 1, then I HAVE to fix it, sometimes stopping for a beat or two and to get the beat right and walk “correctly.” If the beat doesn’t match my pace, then it’s a non-issue.
So, does that mean if you got something in 3/4 time, you’d literally waltz down the street? 🙂🙃🙂
I drink my water and Diet Coke at room temperature. I don't like it cold, for some reason. Coffee and tea must be hot, but drinks that are usually served cold I drink at room temperature.
I also like to freeze half bottles of water and then add water.
I’m the opposite—everything needs ice. Lots and lots and lots of ice. I even have ice cube trays that make tiny ice cubes so that my drink is as cold as I can get it. I fill thermoses half full of water and then freeze them so when I add water, it’s as brutally cold as possible.
My dad collects UPC barcodes. Everything we buy stops by his desk first. He gets the information and sells it to some third party. Sometimes he makes more off the information off the product label than we spent on the product. But most of the time it is something that is already in the database.
When I am lonely I will stand in a room and talk to myself. Replying in a deeper voice so that I think my dead father is talking with me.
I do that too. And - it actually helps! I talk out loud to myself (with my own voice) a lot too to sort my mind out. Sometimes when I have a lot on my mind and my husband is home (he doesn't like to talk about things) I sort of whisper instead. I've done this since childhood and find it very soothing. It's not like I don't know that I'm talking to myself- it's just has a calming effect to speak out loud and hear a voice even if it's your own.
Oh, saw the edit of dead father - I'm so sorry for your loss! It will get better in time!
Load More Replies...It's not really an interesting one, but whenever someone touches me on my head I bend down a little. My friends say I'm like a button- i dunno really, I think it's just some instinct thing-
If I close one eye at a time I have to open both again and close them at the same time so it feels even, so like if I closed my right eye first eye would open both and then close them at the same time. I have no idea why.
I finish all my texts with 3 full stops …
I suffer from delayed panic syndrome I'm very calm under any circumstance ,unpleasant event or even traumatic event but afterwards when the dust settles I break down which many people don't get to notice and just think I don't have a nervous disposition
I make mnemonics of the licence plate of the car in front of me while driving. In case I see them get into some kind of accident and try to drive off. It has yet to pay off but it has become kind of fun.
I sing. Constantly. Show tunes, choral pieces, rock & roll, folk, I hum classical pieces... etc
I sing in my head to go to sleep. I am always able to put myself in other people's place and see things from their point of view, sometimes to my own detriment. But the best thing is finding a silver lining in ANY situation. Ex: I had cancer and was going through chemo. Losing my hair was hard for me (is for most people). But the silver lining is I didn't have to shave, which I hate doing. Even now I only need to every few months. Hubby refused (and still refuses) to discuss my cancer. We lost my BFF in Oct and his mom in November. Again, won't talk about it. Last month his brother was diagnosed with lung cancer. Silver lining? He has been forced to finally deal with everything so that he can be there for him. He is finally talking to me about my cancer so that we can help his brother.
i have a weird habit, although its more like a game. when i'm in a car, i imagine the two sides of my teeth are the front wheels, and i lift and put down the sides of my mouth to keep the wheels, in my mind, in shadows on the road. hope this makes sense!!! :)
i have no idea what you mean (sorry) BUUUUT... it reminds me of something i do. when im sitting in the passenger seat, i move my head side to side to make specks of dirt on the windshield weave through the lines that look like - - - - - - on the road
I read any text I see. For example If im at the doctors office and there's some kind of poster, im constantly reading it over and over again.
When I listen to music I go like stiff. As in i barely blink or I have my eyes closed I’m dead still and I don’t react until someone touches me and when they do I scream, like loudly. Also if someone touches me to fast I scream or if they get in my face and yell i scream and jump back and cover my ears. It doesn’t matter that I can see the thing or know it’s happening I still get scared and my brain goes into full on flight or fight. I also walk around with my hand up like just barely above waist high. I do it because I have three flights of stairs in my house and I run down with my hand out so that if I fall I can grab the banister before I’ve fell properly. Also when someone goes to hug me I jump or flinch… i think somethings wrong with me now that I look at this lol
Just random throw out because I've had experience and am going to school for psychology, but do you have History of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bipolar Disorder in your immediate family? Or trauma would also explain it. Definitely recognize some of these from people I know, myself included.
I have 3 generations of family that has Sensory Processing Disorder. Also PTSD can cause this reaction. You don't have to experience a real life trauma for PTSD. You can think it's going to happen so much and for so long that PTSD presents itself. I hate people touching and hugging me, the older I get the worst it gets. Even family.
I can't climb up stairs unless I count the steps. I fall if I don't.
i do the one-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight-NIIIIIIIIINE from hamilton when i climb stairs lol
Kinda weird, but I can simply just... Pass out. On command. Unable to fall asleep? Not a problem for me.
I remember this super power. Superman got his power from the yellow sun. I got mine from being sleep deprived. The super power faded when I got out of that abusive relationship.
Mini-plates: my family members are always rushing in the morning, so I leave a tiny plate for their vitamins next to their breakfast. If they skip lunch, it’s okay—have come to realize teens are always focused and they’re lucky to have at least breakfast in the AM. (Other kids, may not be as fortunate). :/
I need the volume at odd numbers! I cover the mirrors in hotels with blankets. I can't step on sewage grates, manhole covers etc. I have to count steps, stairs.
Yeah I have to cover mirrors too and refuse to walk on grates or manhole covers.
I start to cry when I listen to Gorillaz U////U. Call me the ultimate fan-kid WHATEVER! It’s just SOOOOO GOOD! that’s why one of my favorite songs by them is “Kansas” from the now now (if you know you know! If you want to know, look at the lyrics) their song souk eye… 😭 brings me to tears every time! I can’t even tell you how many times my mom has caught me sobbing in my room while messily singing to “revolving doors”. Gorillaz fans, unite!!! (In the chat >;D)
i get these weird feeling randomly where im just doing something like reading a book, and i really dont want to move. also, sometimes when i see cars driving up the street i have to hide and make sure they dont see me. not always, but sometimes it just feels so urgent.
When I'm reading you could blast a canon next to me, I wouldn't hear a thing.
Oh my gosh, me too!! If I'm reading a book, my family learned they need to physically tap me to get my attention because I would just NOT hear them saying, "Mom...mommm...Liiisaaaa..." LOL!
Load More Replies...I can wake up from a dream either naturally or from an alarm or person etc. and go back to sleep and continue on in the same dream again. This can happen multiple times with the same dream, for example when I press the snooze button a few times. It's as if I can press pause and play in the dream world. I end up pressing the snooze button much too often because of this though. It's way too much fun and interesting to get back to a dream you've just become conscious of : )
I speed-talk and have feelings that I'm guilty in my sleep. Speedtalking happens when I want to, but the guilty feelings haunt me every single night. I have nightmares thinking about it...
if i see someone in a revealing outfit, i try and count the bones that are ‘showing’! eg, if someone’s in a short skirt, i try and guess the right number of bones in their legs
it’s kinda creepy when i read it lol
Not sure i'm not sure if this is actually unique but i've never met anyone else who does it-I make notes of everything i see instead of memorizing the looks
I don’t just talk with myself; I make up and vocalize songs and raps to work out the problematic situations I’m grappling with. See, I’m an extrovert living within a family of introverts. I know! My preference is to address issues that arise directly and cooperatively, to get it out there and over with. But my beloved lifemates tend to avoid such interactions, sometimes to the point where the unresolved issue becomes a major irritant to all. Rather than living in a constant state of frustration or annoyance, I use my bottled up energy to sing. I love music and language and humor, and I find that making up melodic rhymes about situations that I need more clarity on is both therapeutic and a source of fun and creative output for me. Sometimes my kids or hubby hear me, sometimes they don’t, but I’m not performing for their benefit. I’m doing it to preserve my sanity and my relationships, and to maintain my strong need for self expression (that might otherwise be suppressed. I make up dance moves too, if the mood strikes. Whatever it takes, because I really prefer to feel happy and at peace in my home. My weird songs work! I come up with all sorts of solutions using this free-form type of problem solving. And I always find myself smiling by the end of one of my “sessions,” which benefits ALL who dwell within our quiet home. The neighbors may disagree however!
I recite a foreign alphabet or numbers from one to twenty in another language in my head while I wash my hands. (Helps my make sure I do a twenty second wash and I learn something.)
I have an extremely good, long memory. Not idactic, but close. I remember conversations that I had with people from years ago, and reenact them in my head. It's sometimes upsetting, sometimes a blessing.
I find patterns EVERYWHERE but not in an applicable savant way. Think wallpaper and linoleum i count them regroup them decide how it was printed and cut and it drives me nuts.
I have to listen to music in public. I can't explain it but I just d
I will recite in my head what i have done and why like i am going to be questioned about it.
I say “ouch” out of some weird habit whenever I have to reach for something or exert effort for things… it’s so weird and I can’t stop.
wallowing in a pit of despair and self loathing........ hang on I don't think that's just me...
i don't know if its necessarily a habit but i really like being cold, even in the winter. i'll leave the window open when it snows and the rest of the house is warm so its like stepping into an icebox
Whenever I hear a Madonna song on the radio I believe it is going to be a good day. It happened a few to many times in the past, so I now strongly believe it’s true :-)
I always whisper the words I just said under my breath, but I am unable to after someone points it out to me.
Twisting peoples words so pedanticly that I find the opposite meaning in what they say by finding an arcaich meaning in a single word that completly undermines what they were trying to say.
I do a lot of cross stitch and although I am right-handed, I thread a needle with my left hand. (I dunno, maybe that's not weird. Do other people do this?)
When i hum a song (which a probably do every second of my life lol) I chew to the beat. I try to stop doing this but I just can’t, hahahaha
THE WEIRDEST PHRASES EVER JUST POP INTO MY HEAD: colloquial cats, evil bread, worm association…for real. I don’t know why
I just love rearranging my room and buying like these little things that make my home feel so cozy! If I had the time, I'd probably rearrange it about three times a day. In the morning my desk is next to a wall, by the next day it's next to a window.
I have to smell my coffee cup before I can pour coffee in it. Also plates and bowls before food can go in. Cups also 🤦🏼♀️
Maybe you were a spy in a past life and this one part has carried over…
I have to small my coffee cup before before coffee can be poured in. Also plates and bowls before food. Also cups. 🤦🏼♀️
My default setting for my brain is “daydream” so I have little habits to keep myself out of my head. Pinching my arms gently, fidgeting with EVERYTHING, etc.
idk how unique it is but I'll put it here anyways
Something is either unique or it isn’t…there are no gradations of uniqueness. I used to leave comments on Seth Meyers’s (American comedian/talk-show host, in case you’re not North American) about his tendency to say “very unique,” but after several posts, he stopped.
when I’m nervous or just being the awkward introvert that I am and I have to be social, I pull on my necklace and it’s very noticeable
Whenever I take a piss I get an involuntary shake that goes though my whole body. It makes aiming difficult
Anytime I use the bathroom at someone else's place, I have to look in their medicine cabinet or vanity to see what kind of bandaids they have. Sometimes I'll take a couple if they're some that I don't have, or think they're unique. Started this trend since I was about 5 years old, for some reason.
I was much, much worse: I used to steal people’s pills. Stopped that decades ago.
Sniff on my food before I eat.. Got pretty sensitive nose here..
My rule for food is “if it doesn’t get past my nose, it doesn’t go in my mouth.” I’m a super-taster and a super-smeller…life can be an absolute nightmare!
I don't know why i do this but... I don't look at my fridge when its closing. I physically turn away from it, and just in case i also close my eyes. I've done this my whole life. I'm fine with my friend's fridges but if its my own I don't like watching it close.
Leftover pudding? No such thing my friend. I just hate watching my fridge close.
Load More Replies...I am terrified of toilets. Even as an adult in my thirties I have nightmares about them so I carry post-it notes in airports for the infrared sensors on automatic ones. I loudly offer them to everyone in line, especially people with young children. (If the sensor can't "see" your body heat it doesn't react to its sudden absence. You suddenly have control over when the toilet flushes again!) This knowledge and practice has legitimately changed my life for the better.
My BabyLove has Sensory Processing Disorder and does this. She hates the sound. She even will avoid public restrooms unless we make her. We started bringing ear plugs because of the sound. It helps dull the noise of other toilets & her own. She also will not go in a stall by herself, so we have taken to giving her portable flushable toilet cover sheets and telling her they are Hinney Protectors that make sure she is safe from automatic flushing. She is getting better but it's a long patient road we must travel.
I can wake up from a dream either naturally or from an alarm or person etc. and go back to sleep and continue on in the same dream again. This can happen multiple times with the same dream, for example when I press the snooze button a few times. It's as if I can press pause and play in the dream world. I end up pressing the snooze button much too often because of this though. It's way too much fun and interesting to get back to a dream you've just become conscious of : )
Sorry about posting this again... it happened by accident as I'm new here and was making an account and posting simultaneously.
You’ll get the hang of it. The real nightmare is when you have to put in a photo/visual of some sort!
Load More Replies...I swear I'm not superstitious, but when I go in a door my right foot goes first. Also when I get on planes I breathe 8 times on the steps. ALSO when my twin goes skiing she taps the lift before her, quite a weird habit but she does it subconsciously. I try to step on cracks evenly, but that's less important
1) I balance sandwiches and toast on the fingers of my left hand then pick a spot and start eating crust first, ask the way around until all nasty crust is gone, then start in the past with the least amount of pb/j/butter/whatever. I hate crust and my grandfather once told me if you eat the crust, you can whistle. Well, I'm 48 and still eating crust and still can't whistle. 2) pizza is consumed crust first. I'm the only idiot you will see eating pizza backward. 3) I eat everything in my plate, starting with my last favorite item 4) I always sleep with my socks on. I've been called a heathen for it. 5) I sleep with a stuffed animal every night. For the past 48 years. I have no plans on stopping. I just consider these things "little quirks" my kids will miss when I'm gone.
I still sleep with a stuffie as well. Mine is a round pillow that looks like jack skellington head.
I can make someone either happy or sad if I were to do something stupid. I call acting like an idiot or making a dumb joke.
I have this problem that makes me think nobody cares about my opinion on the internet. It’s still fun to BS sometimes
I flick my big toe a lot on both feet, I shrug my left shoulder, and I clear my throat, I might have tourettes but my habits or tics come monthly... idk
I have this problem that makes me think nobody cares about my opinion on the internet. It’s still fun to BS sometimes
I flick my big toe a lot on both feet, I shrug my left shoulder, and I clear my throat, I might have tourettes but my habits or tics come monthly... idk
