Habits and rituals

[Poopenheimer]

Do you have a habit or ritual that you just want to tell someone? Tell them here!

[Skunky von Angst]

I always need to make my bed not long after I get up (unless I need be get somewhere fast), and I always have to shower before I can consider my day being "started".

[Poopenheimer]

I pick my nose... (Now don't look at me like that! I'm sure everyone has done it at some point!)

[Rachel]

If I want to change what I'm doing sometimes I require to wait till the time is divisible by Five minute units.

I also have the habit of saying particular phrases at certain stimuli to avoid mishaps, like singing "Wieter Wieter Ins Verderben/Further Further into Destruction" when I'm on a disasterous course of action, finishing with the statement with the rest of the lyrics; "Wir Mussen Leben bis Wir sterben/We must Live till we Die." or particularly needing to write down Memento mori, latin for remember you must die.

There's some others too.

[Kiva Darkbane]

i randomy start to sing or dance or both `~` deepends on what sone i make up in my head. anyway i sing my own lyrics and what frustrats me the most is when there is no paper around to wright them down

and its worse when i sing in the shower. its hard to get paper in there -thinks- maybe i should put a dry erase bored in there lol

[Wolfy91]

i tend to yell out the window of my car as i pass by people on the street, dont say much but i sure do turn heads ;)

[ntswm2]

If I want to change what I'm doing sometimes I require to wait till the time is divisible by Five minute units.

I do that too! Though less so now than when I was younger.

I call my parents, teachers, and basically anybody with authority to give me orders "Sir" or "Ma'am". While this may not sound weird, let me just mention, I didn't grow up doing it, my parents and teachers never expected it of me, I never learned to do it. I started calling my parents Sir and Ma'am to be sardonic when I was reluctantly doing a chore of some form. Then I started doing it just out of habit, and now I can't stop myself, even when asked not to. It can get rather annoying.

[Whozjamazigits]

Well, I start singing out of nowhere sometimes, and at certain moments, it looks like I'm confessing to a random person. Its embarassing, but its become a habit.

[arinot]

erm... lessee...
I have music in my head... often... and I wish I could write it down... but I can't put it down cause I can't recognize notes still...

I also have this compulsion to run most places instead of walk.

And... I have compulsions to vault things instead of walk around them

[KaigeTheRipper]

erm... lessee...
I have music in my head... often... and I wish I could write it down... but I can't put it down cause I can't recognize notes still...

I also have this compulsion to run most places instead of walk.

And... I have compulsions to vault things instead of walk around them

Ditto, on all three points.

This might be more of a quirk than a habit, but I think it still applies here...
I always wear shit around my wrists, whether they're rubber bands, rolls of masking, electrical, or duct tape; or whatever else, really... They just feel naked if something's not around them.

Whenever I go into a room, I always shut the door completely. I can't stand open doors at all.

I can't sit still for long periods of time; I get too hyper and I HAVE to at least walk around in circles for a bit to keep myself from going insane. I also tap my foot repeatedly at a fast pace while I'm sitting, to the point where I've been dubbed the nickname "Thumper". I really do hate that nickname...

[Sparky15756]

I always keep count of how many posts I do on each forum and then assort the list of posts per month into descending order, just for my statistical turn on. o.o

[Skunky von Angst]

I used to have an issue with Trichotillomania (hair-pulling) and hand washing* when I was in middle-school.

*I blame my grandmother on that one; she should be a case-study on multiple-focus OCD.

[Holderheck]

I got a copper red ring I have to ware. not really sure if that counts but hey I tried.

[VentKazemaru]

I always sleep with my alarm clock thirty minutes ahead, because I always wake up thirty minutes late.
Also, I like to wear gloves, despite the fact they're meant for snow and it's summer already.

[Anonymous G]

I always need to make my bed not long after I get up (unless I need be get somewhere fast), and I always have to shower before I can consider my day being "started".

Shower in the morning is an absolute MUST. I just can't have a good day without one.