Old Or New Habits That You Have? Things You Do Without Reason?

[Hnk999]

Well, I just remember Ed or some other mod once saying that random threads with a random topic usually got the most replies so... This one is about old and new habits and things you do without reason. I got a lot of these. Here are mine:

When I eat candy bars, chips, french fries, or anything like that I always cut it in half with my fingers and sometimes will continue to cut it in half and then eat it. I never just bite into things like that when they're whole.

I eat my salad seperate from the dressing. I tip the salad into the dressing and then eat it. Also, with gravy and biscuits I usually have it seperate like the salad and do the same thing. I only started to sometimes eat it with the gravy on it a few months ago in summer.

I scratch at my head a lot. I've done this since summer. I do it when I'm thinking about something, nervous, or just need something to do.

I ate cereal without milk until months ago. I can't believe I missed out on the GOODNESS of CEREAL AND MILK! I eat it almost every day now.

I started to take showers a little later than most did because of my habit of having a towel that I'd cover my face with when my hair would be rinsed. When I'm at the pool, I most likely will go back and forth because I keep getting splashed. I don't use that towel thing anymore though. I usually just wipe the water away with my hands or something.

When I was in kindergarten, I used to suck on the top of my shirt.

In second grade after I got lice, I always would look in my hair and if I thought I saw one small clump, I'd just pull it out. This made my hair get really knotted and hard to brush.

I've never truly went to bed with all the lights off. Until I was about 10 I had a lamp that I would always put on. Now, I have my T.V. on. My own paranoia makes it impossible for me to go to bed in total darkness. Darkness has always made my imagination go wild. During the summer when I was at my house, I'd almost NEVER go to bed with the lights off.

Until last year, I used to rock back and forth because I constantly needed movement. A few people would ask me why I did that. Only when I was reading a book would I stop doing that. I stopped the rocking thing because after secretly staying up at night, my fifth grade teacher talked to me in the office in the fifth grade suite and mentioned from her experience as a Special Ed. teacher that the rocking thing was sometimes common in people with emotional problems. That made me stop.

This one has to do with the above thing. I still kinda need movement. Sometimes when I got off the high, fast swings from last year I didn't feel kinda dizzy. After getting rid of that swinging movement, no amount of running or walking in circles helped. Sometimes when I'm reading a book or my thoughts get too fast-paced to keep me still, I pace around. That usually happens because my mind never truly slows down.

I told you I had a lot! I think I have more, too! O.o I may share those later. XD!

[You Know Who]

I used to suck my thumb quite a lot and pick the fluff out of my teddy when I was younger. My teddy which is only a week younger than me had several like coats over of material because of this and then finally like last year we cut the face off of it and made a new one...I haven't made any holes and picked the fluff out of him since..I still like feeling fluffy things though. =P

I don't think I really have a habit at the moment..

[Hnk999]

O.o Wow... Poor teddy. Not many habits you've had, eh? o.O My mom and I both had a lot of habits. ^.^ I like to think that we're a lot alike. Makes us seem closer. AHEM... Carry on.

[IceStoneMoon]

You're "only" 12 and you see all these patterns already? Wow!

Regard me as a sOUNDING bOARD. that means what I say isn't as important as whether or not it rings true.

Random responses.

Half, half, half, each time smaller. Some people say that indicates experience with poverty in a past life. Have some, save some.

the towel thing: your first experiences are the "loudest" emotionally. Probably mom lovingly prevented soap in your eyes by always putting a towel over your head. Then one day the phone rang or something, she startled, and your infant mind thought it was your fault, so you developed a need to have a towel. Some people NEVER GET Over things like that: MONK, extreme example, gets yuks.
you did!
I do that salad thing: I have a lot of picky food things. My feeling? Just the right ratio of salad to dressing must be strived for at all times.

Rocking. Many thoughts. !. Mothers rock their sons. Older (20-30) people who love each other sway when they hug. Grandmas love rocking chairs. Rocking feels good. People with severe- that's SEVERE emotional issues, (usually from parents who don't show love) often rock to heaL themselves since no one else has. If you can stop, which you did, it is proof that YOU are in control, so stop worrying. Sometimes teachers look for things to be wrong to make their lives more exciting or something. She had in mind things like Autisim. which in the extreme form involves head-banging. OK, some extreme autistics bang their head, Does it follow that head-bangers all become severely autistic? Of couse not, it's LOL.

Rocking, swinging, amusement park ride feelings. All on a scale of 1 to whatever. If you get stuck somewhere and can't change that can be a problem. Feeling different things and being able to talk about them id just human. Hey, that can be neat!

[sure25]

I sometimes have a habit of getting a ruler and making black marks on myself.Guess how.

I also have a habit of laughing like a girl.Now that's embarrsing.

Finally,I have a habit of scratching myself in front of people.

[Snickers2845]

When I eat candy bars, chips, french fries, or anything like that I always cut it in half with my fingers and sometimes will continue to cut it in half and then eat it. I never just bite into things like that when they're whole.



When I was in kindergarten, I used to suck on the top of my shirt.










i ALWAYS do that!!

1) if i have the TV on and i see my fav channel i flip to it... but i always read the description even if i no wat its about! i try to break it but nahh lol

2) i always bite my nails... i tried putting nail polish on cuz i dont bite them with it on... but my nails got yellow... *shivers*

3) Ever since the dentist called and i said i needed work done on my teeth (which i dont think i do) i always look in the mirror closely and see if i have a cavity like its coming in darker but i dont want to belive it lol cuz my last appointment i didnt have one but i guess they found something.... i always thought they messed up and was looking at past records but im starting to belive it... so i still look in the mirror

4) I like always have the same schedule when i get up.... wake up, eat, get dressed, put on make up and perfume and go to school... sometimes i feel like my life is boring! i try to change my schedule but it never happens the way i plan cuz im always late for school then =/

[pokemonfan71]

I used to have a habit of beatboxing when im nervous (ROFLMA0)

I used to make fart sounds with my mouth when i was nervous (lol)

I chew my fingernails

I cant sleep unless my room is 100% clean

Those are my really weird things. I have ALOT of habits still.

[CrosbyisCool]

LOL, I bite mah nails.. TOO MUCH! There extremely short

[Chocolate123]

Sarcasm. It started about a year ago. Now I can't stop wit in rl. Yo know Gee, noticing some things wrong bro? I'm talkkkin gangsta sh... Feelin me dawg?

Yep,only sarcasm really. I guess you could saying shitaki [without the aki] too much. But thats under sarcasm. I'm not sarcastic really online, [cause i do the [sarcasm] [/sarcasm] thing.]

also getting sent too the naughty chair. And knowing that i will get sent to it if i get caught. [its the chair we get sent too if we break a school rule]

[Imzyee]

Well I used to chew the end of my ponytail in school was I was thinking hard. I don't do tht much except sometimes, holding something helps me concentrate so yeah...
I just open my mouth open wide and take a huge mouthful of ice cream instead of licking it. Rofl I still do that sometimes, but mostly I lick it then do tht. That's pretty much of all the habits I have.