Hey there everyone, how's it going?  You know, I've had the idea for this topic on the back of my mind for quite a while now, and well, I remembered that I planned on making it today!  Okay, so as the title implies, this thread is for all of you to talk about strange habits that you've had or have.  Don't worry, no one will judge, after all, this is a community where we share our experiences and such.  Now then, let's start with me.  One of the strange habits I'd had as a kid was to smell my hands constantly.  Seriously, I couldn't stand my hands to have a stinky smell or have grease on them, so I'd constantly wash them and smell them to make sure they smelled nice and clean.  Nowadays I do that on extremely rare occasions, as I've learned to outgrow that habit.  But when I do, well hey, I do it for the sake of cleanliness!  I don't want my books or video game boxes or other items to reek of whatever I was touching, and I don't want them to be greasy, I want them to smell minty fresh!  But anyways, what are your strange habits everyone?  I'd love to hear from you all.  And as I said, don't worry, no one will judge. Feel free to let loose. ^_^

 I smell a book before I read it. I have to stick my finger in my ice cream before I eat it. you know, to make sure it tastes good. and I wont eat a breakfast sandwich unless it has hot sauce on it.

Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Amber Cole

Masturb- nevermind

 

I can't enter my bed, nor shall I allow myself to cuddle with my Kairi plushie [that's wrapped in a protective blanket so no dust and whatnot. I call her Kuddle Kairi, my brothers have decided to call her Burrito Kairi instead ] unless I had showered within the past hour and washed my hands immediately before hand. If I touch ANYTHING else before climbing into bed, I gotta go wash my hands again.

 

I'm really starting to think this will become one of those established OCD habits [until I get a back-up plushie]

 

Oh yeah, and I tap all my accessories whenever I'm away from home every now and then to make sure I don't lose 'em. [tap my head for sunglasses, tap my back pocket for wallet, tap my front pocket for phone, tap my side for keys.]

Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Javelin434

Maladaptive daydreaming. Not sure if that counts as a habit itself, or just the habits that come with it.

I have a tendency to twirl and play with my pencil when I'm in class. I have a lot of trouble sitting still at school, so my hands are always in motion.

 I smell a book before I read it. I have to stick my finger in my ice cream before I eat it. you know, to make sure it tastes good. and I wont eat a breakfast sandwich unless it has hot sauce on it.

Hey, I tend to smell a book too!  I love the minty fresh new smell a book has, so I'm with you on that.

 

Masturb- nevermind

 

I can't enter my bed, nor shall I allow myself to cuddle with my Kairi plushie [that's wrapped in a protective blanket so no dust and whatnot. I call her Kuddle Kairi, my brothers have decided to call her Burrito Kairi instead ] unless I had showered within the past hour and washed my hands immediately before hand. If I touch ANYTHING else before climbing into bed, I gotta go wash my hands again.

 

I'm really starting to think this will become one of those established OCD habits [until I get a back-up plushie]

 

Oh yeah, and I tap all my accessories whenever I'm away from home every now and then to make sure I don't lose 'em. [tap my head for sunglasses, tap my back pocket for wallet, tap my front pocket for phone, tap my side for keys.]

Actually, masturb-you know what I'm saying isn't a strange habit, it's a normal habit.  And considering you love Kairi so much, it's ever more so natural.

 

Dude, I also tap my accessories to make sure I don't lose them!  I always tend to do that in college, because you never know when someone will steal from you, so before, during and after my college hours, I always check for my items and I count up to 10.  2 notebooks, 1 IPad Mini, 1 IPad Mini Charger, 1 Pair of Sony Earphones, 1 Mechanical Pencil, 1 Pen Drive, 1 Wallet, my Uniform Jacket, and my equipment bag.  (The last two are so big and obvious, but I count them in the item count, lol. You know what they say, better safe than sorry! )

When ever my package arrives that I ordered online, I always smell it when I open it.

I have this one book that's like 50 years old that I bought in an antique store and I love smelling it... wondering where it has been and what stories it has been apart of.

I tend to crack my wrist and forearm bones together as a nervous habit.

Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Kaweebo

I have a tendency to twirl and play with my pencil when I'm in class. I have a lot of trouble sitting still at school, so my hands are always in motion.

I do the same thing too. lol

Whenever I play a video game where it get from point A to point B, I always want to do it the best I can before moving on with the next level, meaning one mess up is a level restart.

 

Now you know how I feel about Sonic games.

When I make my bed the sheets have to be perfectly even on each side with no wrinkles....before and after I sleep. If any of the sheets are out of alignment or wrinkled I have to take them off and start all over.

When I make my bed the sheets have to be perfectly even on each side with no wrinkles....before and after I sleep. If any of the sheets are out of alignment or wrinkled I have to take them off and start all over.

Hey, that sounds something that Death the Kid would do!  You have my respect!

 

When ever my package arrives that I ordered online, I always smell it when I open it.

Dude, I'm the same.  There's nothing like the scent of freshly minted new products.

 

I have this one book that's like 50 years old that I bought in an antique store and I love smelling it... wondering where it has been and what stories it has been apart of.

Wow, 50 years!  That's insane!  That must be one impressive book!  That's awesome!  Haha, and again, nothing like the smell of a book.

Masturb- nevermind

 

I can't enter my bed, nor shall I allow myself to cuddle with my Kairi plushie [that's wrapped in a protective blanket so no dust and whatnot. I call her Kuddle Kairi, my brothers have decided to call her Burrito Kairi instead ] unless I had showered within the past hour and washed my hands immediately before hand. If I touch ANYTHING else before climbing into bed, I gotta go wash my hands again.

 

I'm really starting to think this will become one of those established OCD habits [until I get a back-up plushie]

 

Oh yeah, and I tap all my accessories whenever I'm away from home every now and then to make sure I don't lose 'em. [tap my head for sunglasses, tap my back pocket for wallet, tap my front pocket for phone, tap my side for keys.]

lol, nice save Javelin

Well for me, one of the oldest habits I've had since forever, has been whenever we have a birthday cake, I like to lick off a little corner with my finger. I still do this.

Well for me, one of the oldest habits I've had since forever, has been whenever we have a birthday cake, I like to lick off a little corner with my finger. I still do this.

That's a classic!

I have a few I'm willing to share, i constantly bite my nails until there is no nail or blood is drawn. That been a habit of mine for like forever.

I would claw at my arm or scratch if I'm afraid or nervous, I sniff nothing that's given to me. Thats recently.

I would lick the icing off of cupcakes before I eat the rest. And I play drums with my pencils which annoys the hell out of my English teacher.

I have a compulsive desire to constantly clip my nails. I really have about five pairs of nail clippers on my desk. The moment they start to get long I have to cut them.

Brand new DVD/Videogame cases are amazing. And smooth. Gotta rub it against my face before I take the disk out! 

I use sarcasm a lot . It can end up with me being in some strange situations though ...

I used to chew on straws a lot when I was younger. I still do it sometimes when I am not paying attention though

I always have to do my homework in a certain order, and I really don't like if my order gets screwed up. I always do math, French, APUSH, College Prep, Cold War, Chem, and AP Lang in that order, and idk why but it really bugs me if I get out of order.

I smell new books before I open them.

I chew the skin on my fingers when I'm scared or upset.

I call my computer names when I loose in a game

I talk to my video games as I play ( " Take that!" " Ha!" " DIIIAAAHHH!")

I sing when I'm alone ( BADLY )

 

 

 

That's all.

-crawls off to die in shame-

One of my other strange habits is constantly checking that all of my electronic equipment or any other equipment in the house is turned off before I go to bed.  I wouldn't call it a strange habit, but I need to always make sure that everything is off so disaster doesn't strike.  Maybe I'm just paranoid that way, but yeah, I really need to get rid of this particular habit.  Oh well, what can you do?

I always have to read or play a video game before I go to bed. At least 15 minutes. If not, I can't fall asleep. I also can't go to sleep if there's no music playing in my room, so I always have to fall asleep to music. If I can't do any of these, I will have a really hard time falling asleep x'D

I always have to read or play a video game before I go to bed. At least 15 minutes. If not, I can't fall asleep. I also can't go to sleep if there's no music playing in my room, so I always have to fall asleep to music. If I can't do any of these, I will have a really hard time falling asleep x'D

Dude, I play with my 3DS/PSP before going to sleep too!  But I only do that on weekends or holidays, because on normal weekdays I have to sleep early for college.  But when I have said free days, I stay up until 2:00am playing with my handhelds.  Most recently BBS and ReCoded.  They've been the two games I've played at night the most.

I talk to myself a lot.It's kinda starting to get out of hand so I'm a bit worried xDI also make some weird (not human) noises when I'm at home, it's kinda turning into a language now since I sometimes use those noises to respond to questions xDOccasionally I practice fighting. Since my imagination is well developed I can pretty much imagine myself fighting another person, this helps me think about when and how to block and (when I'm in a bad mood) I punch or kick the walls in my room o-o

One of my other strange habits is constantly checking that all of my electronic equipment or any other equipment in the house is turned off before I go to bed.  I wouldn't call it a strange habit, but I need to always make sure that everything is off so disaster doesn't strike.  Maybe I'm just paranoid that way, but yeah, I really need to get rid of this particular habit.  Oh well, what can you do?

I'm kinda like that too, if I ever see a light or fan being on (basically electricity just being wasted) i HAVE to turn it off