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Post by oldcrow on May 20, 2016 22:35:51 GMT
Now see, I consider talking to and answering oneself to be completely normal. Who doesn't do that?? It's fun to read all your quirks and eccentricities! Do you do it out loud and in public like I do? It's funny when some stranger answers your question because they thought you were asking them. |
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Post by jayfab on May 20, 2016 22:46:22 GMT
Where to begin. I feel like I have too many quirks to even count. I guess one that comes to mind is that I click the lock button on my car until I'm too far away for the signal to reach. So I'm sorry for everyone around me, that has to be quite annoying. Ha! I do the opposite. When walking to my car every day after work I start clicking to unlock when I get out the door knowing full well the lock won't open for another 100 steps. EVERY DAY. Another wacky thing about me is I have to have the tv volume ending in a 0 or 5. Like 20, 25, 30 .... can't be 27 or 33 or whatever. I never wondered if others did those things I do. But when out and about driving to and fro I wonder where everyone else is going. Like where is that car going or that car, where are they going? Especially on the highway. |
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Post by kelly8875 on May 20, 2016 23:21:39 GMT
I count things (in my mind) - while I know other people do it - not everyone does. When I walk, I am counting my steps. When I am waiting at the doctors - I count the ceiling tile. When I am sitting at someone's desk, I count the pencils in their cup. When I go to a meeting, i count the number of people there. My mind is always counting things. Me too... It's weird. I also used to spell things in my head. I stopped that, and the counting is much less now too. It's all annoying to me. It makes me feel OCD or something like that. |
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Post by M~ on May 21, 2016 2:17:33 GMT
I have a bad habit of putting my hair in my mouth. I pull a bunch of hair from the left side of my head and then hold it between my lips. Or sometimes I hold it between my teeth. (But I never bite it off or chew it...that would be weird.) I don't think I've ever seen anyone else do it. One attorney at my old job did this, especially when she was in court. It gave everyone a pause. |
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Post by cyndijane on May 21, 2016 4:11:36 GMT
Now see, I consider talking to and answering oneself to be completely normal. Who doesn't do that?? It's fun to read all your quirks and eccentricities! Do you do it out loud and in public like I do? It's funny when some stranger answers your question because they thought you were asking them. I definitely do it out loud, I probably do it in public. I have multiple conversations/thoughts going on in my head most of the time, and verbally processing helps to separate them and focus on just one. (And I swear I'm not schizophrenic! I have an aunt like me- and she's perfectly normal! Apparently we have lots of ideas running around all. the. time.) |
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Post by DEX on May 21, 2016 9:03:57 GMT
Anytime I am sitting I will rotate my right foot in a square pattern...over and over.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 21, 2016 12:37:23 GMT
Any time I notice it's 9:11 I remember 9/11. Me too. Just about every day. I have a bad habit of putting my hair in my mouth. I pull a bunch of hair from the left side of my head and then hold it between my lips. Or sometimes I hold it between my teeth. (But I never bite it off or chew it...that would be weird.) I don't think I've ever seen anyone else do it. My dd does that. My quirk (when I was a kid) used to be that I saw the numbers nine and twelve everywhere. They were lucky to me at the time. Now I don't feel anything towards them. I guess it could be considered a quirk, I can't leave my car without checking that my headlights are turned off, and that all the windows are rolled up all the way, and all the doors are locked. I also have to state aloud as I'm locking up the front door when leaving the house, "I just locked the front door." Otherwise, if I just do it as an automatic motion and part of my routine, I'll second guess myself and worry all day that I've left our home unlocked. Yes, I'm weird. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 21, 2016 13:29:20 GMT
I'm a counter. Not as bad as I used to be but I still catch myself doing it, especially stairs on a staircase or things like that.
I quite frequently notice when the time is exactly 12:34. Both am and pm.
I narrate my thoughts quite regularly. At first it was for my dogs and now for my kid, but really I'm just verbalizing what's in my head.
I chew two pieces of Trident Original gum when I drive. Never just one, and not typically when I'm a passenger. I do it so often it's become a habit.
I press my left thumb against my forehead when I'm falling asleep. I noticed that I scrunch up my forehead and was getting deep wrinkles, and for some reason doing the thumb thing makes me relax and stop.
And I do leave the bathroom door open when I'm alone. It's better than listening to dogs scratching and whining at the door to get in if I don't!
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Post by PLurker on May 21, 2016 15:24:30 GMT
I type an imaginary keyboard while songs are playing, while other people are talking . . . really, ALL the time (If I'm not already typing at work). I challenge myself to see if I can keep up with the spoken words. And I get a little angry when I can't. I'll replay a song to try it again until I can actually keep up. I write what they are saying in shorthand. (I guess that's showing my age.) I wish I could do that. I remember taking one ( or maybe a half) of a shorthand class is school before it was eliminated. (and I think they were only teaching girls!) I've often thought it would still be a cool/useful tool to have. I'm sure I could teach myself but it would be cool to "already know". |
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Post by Native New Yorker on May 21, 2016 15:53:47 GMT
I'm not a super huge Beyonce fan but I still "Smack it, smack it in the air" when I see 7:11 on the clock.
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Post by scrappysurfer on May 21, 2016 16:04:19 GMT
I read while I eat.
I braid tiny sections of my hair, sometimes looking for hair of the same length (my hair is very layered). Then a few min later I'll unbraid and start over.
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Post by maryland on May 21, 2016 16:13:24 GMT
I can't remember what I had for dinner last night, but I can remember someone's birth month even if I just meet them one time. My kids think that's creepy!
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Post by carolynhasacat on May 21, 2016 16:36:40 GMT
Me too... It's weird. I also used to spell things in my head. I stopped that, and the counting is much less now too. It's all annoying to me. It makes me feel OCD or something like that. I used to spell things in my head as well. I seemed to 'outgrow' it as it ended when I left high school. Now, I need to put people in order by the color of their clothes when I'm sitting in a meeting at work. Like, someone with a blue/green checked shirt goes between someone wearing green and someone wearing blue. I line everyone up to create a color continuum. It's weird, I think, and just started a couple of years ago as something to do in boring meetings, but I cannot sit in a meeting at work without doing this now. |
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Post by anxiousmom on May 21, 2016 16:57:27 GMT
I write what they are saying in shorthand. (I guess that's showing my age.) I wish I could do that. I remember taking one ( or maybe a half) of a shorthand class is school before it was eliminated. (and I think they were only teaching girls!) I've often thought it would still be a cool/useful tool to have. I'm sure I could teach myself but it would be cool to "already know". My mom STILL writes out her 'master' Christmas list in shorthand. Then she leaves it laying around with little post it notes that say such cutesy foo-foo things like 'bet you wish could read this' and 'hahahahaha you have NO idea...' Drove us crazy as kids, drives us crazy as adults. She gives the best gifts ever so we really don't want to know, but still...  |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 18:42:49 GMT
Where to begin. I feel like I have too many quirks to even count. I guess one that comes to mind is that I click the lock button on my car until I'm too far away for the signal to reach. So I'm sorry for everyone around me, that has to be quite annoying. Ha! I do the opposite. When walking to my car every day after work I start clicking to unlock when I get out the door knowing full well the lock won't open for another 100 steps. EVERY DAY. Another wacky thing about me is I have to have the tv volume ending in a 0 or 5. Like 20, 25, 30 .... can't be 27 or 33 or whatever. I never wondered if others did those things I do. But when out and about driving to and fro I wonder where everyone else is going. Like where is that car going or that car, where are they going? Especially on the highway. Volume control has to be an even number for me. And I do talk to myself at work. Which is funny because I wear a headset and people assume that I am on the phone. |
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Post by peasapie on May 21, 2016 18:57:53 GMT
I count things (in my mind) - while I know other people do it - not everyone does. When I walk, I am counting my steps. When I am waiting at the doctors - I count the ceiling tile. When I am sitting at someone's desk, I count the pencils in their cup. When I go to a meeting, i count the number of people there. My mind is always counting things. My son does this. He said he was told it is a way to alleviate anxiety. I think there's a name for it but I forget what it is. He counts them and I think he groups the numbers sometimes. |
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Post by peasapie on May 21, 2016 19:05:11 GMT
I type an imaginary keyboard while songs are playing, while other people are talking . . . really, ALL the time (If I'm not already typing at work). I challenge myself to see if I can keep up with the spoken words. And I get a little angry when I can't. I'll replay a song to try it again until I can actually keep up. I write what they are saying in shorthand. (I guess that's showing my age.) I write the lyrics to songs in shorthand sometimes, if I really am enjoying the lyrics. I don't know why I bother -- I can't read it anymore. |
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Post by anonrefugee on May 21, 2016 19:07:28 GMT
I ask myself stuff right out loud. I'm 'that' crazy lady talking to herself LOL Oh my gosh, one of my own parenting things with each of my kids was to talk to them pretty much all of the time when we were shopping. They were sitting there, right in front of me, facing me, with nothing at all to do, so I figured I'd narrate or comment or question pretty much everything we looked at, picked up, etc. while shopping. Every once in a very, very rare while, I would actually find myself shopping alone, and I cannot tell you how many times during those rare solo trips I would catch myself talking out loud to my invisible child about the grocery item I was choosing. Then I'd glance around to see if anyone "caught" me being a loon.  You got me- I am your crazy shopping cart mumbling doppelgänger! I got so used to asking their opinions, even when they weren't old enough to speak, I'd find myself doing it when alone. |
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Post by zella on May 21, 2016 22:51:29 GMT
My alarm has to end in a 2. 10:02, 8:32 etc.
Some of the counting examples can be part of OCD. I used to either count or make patterns with my fingers (tapping them in one direction then the other) and it was excruciating at times. When I find myself starting to do this I make a conscious effort to stop.
I sometimes type words as I'm thinking or hearing them, but unlike the other poster, I'm not fast enough to keep up.
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Post by cindytred on May 22, 2016 18:51:24 GMT
I type an imaginary keyboard while songs are playing, while other people are talking . . . really, ALL the time (If I'm not already typing at work). I challenge myself to see if I can keep up with the spoken words. And I get a little angry when I can't. I'll replay a song to try it again until I can actually keep up. I write what they are saying in shorthand. (I guess that's showing my age.) Me too! I "see" every word someone says in my head in shorthand. I guess I'm not the only one! |
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Post by wandawoman on May 22, 2016 19:03:04 GMT
I write what they are saying in shorthand. (I guess that's showing my age.) Me too! I "see" every word someone says in my head in shorthand. I guess I'm not the only one! The funny thing is that it has been so long since I've actually written anything in shorthand it would probably not even be legible. |
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Post by cindytred on May 22, 2016 19:26:34 GMT
Me too! I "see" every word someone says in my head in shorthand. I guess I'm not the only one! The funny thing is that it has been so long since I've actually written anything in shorthand it would probably not even be legible. I've never stopped using it. Shorthand comes in handy all the time. Its so funny how everyone reacts when they see me writing it. It's very useful. |
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Post by RosieKat on May 23, 2016 15:57:26 GMT
My brain has a voice. I'm not sure how else to say it - when I think, or read (silently), or even right now typing, I'm "hearing" it in my head.
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Post by RosieKat on May 23, 2016 15:59:36 GMT
I do this when landing in a plane. After he says we are decending, I will do a countdown to landing. And I count on the takeoff......from the moment we start accelerating to the time where we are pretty leveled.... I never know how fast we are going to descend though, so I cant' say I count then.
Remember the end of "Say Anything," where John Cusack is afraid to fly? (Or should I say, Lloyd Dobbler? ) |
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Post by imsirius on May 23, 2016 17:26:28 GMT
My brain has a voice. I'm not sure how else to say it - when I think, or read (silently), or even right now typing, I'm "hearing" it in my head. I was just going to post that. I hear everything I type or read too. I have a bad habit of looking at people and then figuring out what animal they remind me of. For instance DH has an old friend from college who totally looks like he would be a turtle if he were an animal. I secretly call him "Turtle Dave" lol. |
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Post by ScrappyGlue on May 24, 2016 18:21:35 GMT
Last night my husband and I were eating dinner. Prior to that, we were in our yard and our neighbor was out. She has a baby bump, due in September. Well, while we were eating dinner, I randomly blurt out, "I wonder if they got pregnant at home or at one of the weddings or vacations they've been on?". My husband was like, WTF??? The neighbors are a young couple and never home. They are gone practically every weekend. LOL!
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Post by FLA SummerBaby on May 24, 2016 18:58:16 GMT
cyndijane -- I do that too!!!! (Apparently my DD has also inherited this from me too.) My other unusual gift -- I can usually recall what day of the week it is past or future when someone mentions a date. They call me "Rainwoman" at my office. I just think in calendar format and when someone says June 24 I can say "that's a Friday" and it will be because I am relating it to some other date near that which I remember (a birthday or deadline or event) and then mentally count the days away from that. Weird I know!
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on May 24, 2016 19:03:28 GMT
I have a bad habit of looking at people and then figuring out what animal they remind me of. For instance DH has an old friend from college who totally looks like he would be a turtle if he were an animal. I secretly call him "Turtle Dave" lol. I LOVE this! Cracks me up, Turtle Dave! *snort*  |
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Post by papersilly on May 24, 2016 21:29:24 GMT
DH thinks I'm the only one in this world who sprinkles salt on apple slices before I eat them. um no, my mom did it too. where do you think I learned it from? LOL
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Post by Dani-Mani on May 25, 2016 1:43:11 GMT
DH thinks I'm the only one in this world who sprinkles salt on apple slices before I eat them. um no, my mom did it too. where do you think I learned it from? LOL I do this. I also live alone and I most definitely do not close the bathroom door every time or ever really unless somebody is over |
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