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Whenever I walk over cracked pavement, I have to get the arch of my feet on top of the cracks, even if it's a long stride, or it'll drive me crazy.

 

What are some quirks you've observed? Do you have any, or know anyone with weird quirks?

 

Maybe I or someone else has a weird quirk they haven't noticed yet.

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I have the tendency to silently repeat to myself sentences I've just said. Not in my head, I move my lips as if I were saying it a second time, without actually speaking. Not always the entirety of a sentence, sometimes it just might be the end, but I do it often.

 

Stepping on leaves as I walk is important.

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I'm the opposite to you, whenever I'm walking on paving slabs I try to avoid the cracks and just step cleanly on the slabs themselves. I also have a weird compulsion to count the number of lines in a book or newspaper article to see if it's divisible by 3, which sadly it rarely is.

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I have the tendency to silently repeat to myself sentences I've just said. Not in my head, I move my lips as if I were saying it a second time, without actually speaking. Not always the entirety of a sentence, sometimes it just might be the end, but I do it often.

I sometimes do this too, but sometimes I catch myself actually whispering.

 

I have a lot of these, likely because I am autistic. I take people literally. I sometimes panic when things go wrong and rock back and forth on my lower back. When I am feeling stressed and my hands aren't in use, I will do one handed claps with both my hands. If someone tells/asks me to stop doing something when I don't believe that I am doing that thing, I will do the thing that they asked me not to do. If someone puts their hand in my mouth, I bite it. I fiddle with the zips on my backpack while I am wearing it (even if I am cycling at the time) to check that the zips are still closed (even though there's no reason they wouldn't be). There are others, but I can't be bothered to list them, and you can't be bothered to read them.

I'm the opposite to you, whenever I'm walking on paving slabs I try to avoid the cracks and just step cleanly on the slabs themselves. I also have a weird compulsion to count the number of lines in a book or newspaper article to see if it's divisible by 3, which sadly it rarely is.

About one third of the time, I would expect.

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If I touch something wrongly (not inappropriately, more like I accidentally cause a squeak or something), I have to rub whatever I touched it with again until I can do so without any squeaks or whatever.

 

With my foot or hand, you pervs.

 

Not sure if this one counts or not, but I'll also oftentimes stop and rephrase what I'm trying to say mid-sentence while I'm talking out loud, even if the original way I said it was perfectly fine.

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Most of mine occur when I'm stressed as I've been diagnosed as having moderate OCD. They usually fall under "balance" issues.

 

If I, say, step on a crack or line in the sidewalk, I feel like I have to step on another with my other foot in the exact same area. It tends to be the reason I avoid cracks altogether.

 

If I brush up against/touch a person while walking, it feels like that shoulder/hand burns until I'm able to brush up against/touch the same person with my other shoulder/hand.

 

If I see a digital clock, I have to balance the numbers shown in an equation. For example, if I see "4:22", I immediately start thinking "4 minus 2 equals 2. 4 divided by 2 equals 2. 4's square root is 2. 4 equals 2 plus 2..." Et cetera. This wouldn't be so bad if I didn't keep staring at the clock with a dazed expression until I finish listing the equations. It also happens to a lesser extent when I see page numbers in a book or address numbers...basically any set of numbers listed in a row. This one I've got under a quite a bit more control than the others though.

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Ah yes these. One of mine is that...If I take a drink from a glass, I need to take a drink from that same spot every time.

 

That reminds me, another one of mine is that I can never leave any ice in a glass. I have to eat it all which is often cold especially if they're big ice cubes but I just can't leave it in there.

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Not sure if this one counts, but when I see someone doing something objectively idiotic from my perspective, or even something absurd but it went in their head as normal. I tend to pull a 180 and go into complete "moke mode" to vent out what I just saw. Some of these can last days. No one ever complains though, they just ask me to turn it down a bit sometimes (hawaiian humor/word choice can definitely go overboard).

 

Also, I always have to sit in the nearest position either to the person in charge, or to the nearest exit depending on the situation. Otherwise I get antsy during whatever ordeal it might be. If its an open area, the end of the rows including the middle walkway will suffice. Needless to say assemblies in school drove me nuts. Sitting "in the back" will often get me to leave wherever I am and try again another day.

 

Without question, unless its a place like a barbers, or specialty store (bakeries excluded), I must purchase something before leaving. Even if I go in for a look at a Longs Drugs or 7-11 to kill time and see if I'm thirsty. I HAVE to buy something out of some bizarre misguided courtesy that doesn't exist. And yes this includes Walmart/Kmart/Target/Any Mall.

 

Definitely not as subtle as the ones I see here, but those are my "quirks" I can think of on the spot.

 

I'm sure the user above me can think of a few of mine I'm not thinking about.

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If the floor is tiled or patterned, I absolutely must step on the shapes (whatever they are) in a right-left-left-right pattern. For whatever reason, I don't count it if my entire foot doesn't land on the shape, which lets me do it with minimal conspicuousness.

 

Also, if I scratch myself in one area, I have to scratch the corresponding area on the other side of my body as well. Otherwise I feel really uncomfortable.

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If the floor is tiled or patterned, I absolutely must step on the shapes (whatever they are) in a right-left-left-right pattern. For whatever reason, I don't count it if my entire foot doesn't land on the shape, which lets me do it with minimal conspicuousness.

 

Also, if I scratch myself in one area, I have to scratch the corresponding area on the other side of my body as well. Otherwise I feel really uncomfortable.

Yeah, this for me as well.

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I have to double space when I finish typing a sentence. If I know it's missing a space, I get pissed off.

Yeah, I'd learned that was the proper way of doing it when I was young. Generally, if I'm on computer I do the same, but if I'm on mobile, I just do one space.

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