[Grug]

Quirks eh... LoL.

I throw random words into conversations to see what people do.

I occasionally walk into walls intentionally.

I tap poles and posts as I walk past them with my knuckles.

I post here. (TM)

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[Colonol Dekker]

Really want quirks?  I'm one ****ed up individual right here

I post here.

All that stuff, Its normal as the day is long, Attention to detail is nothing near OCD, Biting a lip, its like chewing pencils and sitting with your back to a wall in a pub is common sense  

Posting here though,...... You utter nutbag, How could you !!  Why i oughtta !!!!

[WMCoolmon]

Remember that everyone (everyone) has one or two mental "disorders" that when diagnosed in larger numbers means your a crazy person.  But one or two is normal. We've all got our weird little behaviours that aren't really "normal" in the unified social convention sense but everyone does something unusual.  One of my less nutty ones involves locking the doors on my car, walking away maybe 10 seconds, turning around because I don't feel comfortable that I've actually locked it, find that it's locked as usual and go away.  It's probably an outrageously funny thing to watch if you've seen me do it more than one time and I know I'm note alone because I've seen lots of people do it...but its almost totally irrational because I already locked it but I don't feel comfortable unless I go back and check it.  In another case...I find some people love to run their hands across walls...kids do it all the time but I'm talking university students and grown adults.  I see it all the time.  Its irrational...no need to run your fingers across every wall that you walk past but they do it if its within reach.

Reading this makes me realize what I dislike about psychology. Just because something isn't immediately rational, doesn't necessarily make it abnormal or wierd at all. It's essentially diagnosing everyone who believes in a religion or holds some ideal that can't be proven as having a mental illness.

[Mars]

• I collect knives, I have ~10 (I keep losing the one I actually use on a regular basis (a Delica model 3))
• I have to resist punching people (literally) who even just say "Blue Man Group", sing "The Internet is for Porn" or that one beer song (the latter two only apply if they're some innocent balless soul)
• I like classical music

[Ford Prefect]

Reading this makes me realize what I dislike about psychology. Just because something isn't immediately rational, doesn't necessarily make it abnormal or wierd at all. It's essentially diagnosing everyone who believes in a religion or holds some ideal that can't be proven as having a mental illness.

Don't blame psychology. Blame nature for condemning humans to the tragicomic desire for a reality that isn't.

[Nuke]

psycology not only treats the insane people they also study the mind. as with anyone who does reserch they require money, hence the rise in the number of mental disorders. if you can sell pills to rich people who are afraid of germs, snakes , and planes they can fund their research. little quirks and eccentricities are not mental disorders. the cause may be psycological, but the results arent really a disturbance to the persons life, a mere occasional annoyance at best. personally i think psycology and healthcare in general would be better off if they werent regulated by capitolism and instead was made a service provided by the state. it would certainly do away with the illness fabrication trend thats been going around.

[TrashMan]

Really want quirks?  I'm one ****ed up individual right here

I also can't go into a bar/pub/cafe/restaurant/etc and sit anywhere except with my back to a/the wall without feeling slightly uncomfortable.

I never go to sleep without closing my cupboard (walk in type thing) door.

I scratch my nose impulsively every since I saw a picture of Prosinecki doing it in Euro 96 (know, I don't know why....).  Typing this has made it itchy. 

In fact, whenever I'm thinking/working I have a whole range of quirks which basically revolve around messing up my head in some way, usually resulting in my looking like I've been dragged through several hedges and attacked by an errant tornado or angry bald midget just before arriving home.

I also have a twitchy left leg, and constantly am biting off the little nudge of skin at the top of my lip without realising it.  Which is really annoying.

If i'm playing football, I always check the contents of my kitbag at least 3 times; the night before, in the morning before leaving the house, and just after slinging it in the boot.

I post here.

I bite my fingernails and pick my nose.

I like to tap people from behind on their left shoulder when passing right, so they turn around and look confised who tapped them.

I take half an hour a day just imagining I'm working out, hoping that subconsious suggestion will do the trick.

I don't drink or smoke, I don't like footbal or large ild parties (Yeah, I'm wierd)

I love classical music (and am damn proud of it)

[aldo_14]

I take half an hour a day just imagining I'm working out, hoping that subconsious suggestion will do the trick.

you're not far off, actually; http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article354803.ece

[Wild Fragaria]

It sounds like almost everyone here has some minor anxiety disorder -- repetitive behaviors.  I consider that quite normal because by nature everyone experiences stress, more or less, no matter how old you are, where and what you're doing.

I am just curious, has anyone had unwanted obsessive thoughts?

[aldo_14]

It sounds like almost everyone here has some minor anxiety disorder -- repetitive behaviors.  I consider that quite normal because by nature everyone experiences stress, more or less, no matter how old you are, where and what you're doing.

I am just curious, has anyone had unwanted obsessive thoughts?

Define unwanted and obsessive?

[Colonol Dekker]

A compulsion in other words, An annatural urge to do something you cant get rid off. I feel like that round my ex-girldfriends milf mother....

[Wild Fragaria]

Unwanted  = Persistent, unwelcome thoughts or images

Obsessive = The urgent need to engage in certain rituals

[Flipside]

Sharon cannot sit on a train with her back facing in the direction of travel. Apparently, this is quite a common quirk.

[Colonol Dekker]

I prefer not to sit backwards, but i can tolerate it. I see where sharon? is coming from. Its like some people feel teh urge to sit in the front of a minicab becasue they "dont like sitting on their own "
The only one i can think of for me is probably window seats, i love em, be it planes trains or boats, oh yeah i love playing with my elctric windows while im waiting at lights, apart from that, not much weord stuff.

[aldo_14]

Unwanted  = Persistent, unwelcome thoughts or images

Obsessive = The urgent need to engage in certain rituals

Probably, then.

[Janos]

It sounds like almost everyone here has some minor anxiety disorder -- repetitive behaviors.  I consider that quite normal because by nature everyone experiences stress, more or less, no matter how old you are, where and what you're doing.

We're Internet Males. Did you except us to be completely normal individuals? hahahahahahhaaahhaha

[Nuke]

It sounds like almost everyone here has some minor anxiety disorder -- repetitive behaviors.  I consider that quite normal because by nature everyone experiences stress, more or less, no matter how old you are, where and what you're doing.

I am just curious, has anyone had unwanted obsessive thoughts?

yes, i think im in love with my cat. i ant stop thinking about him hes so cute and fluffy

[Colonol Dekker]

  cat =
Dog = a1 supar !!

[Turambar]

[teal'c]
col. dekker

you have insulted my cat's honor
prepare to be hunted[/teal'c]

[Colonol Dekker]

<fake o'neal voice> Ummm Teal'c leave dekker alone and go pick on Alphaones Bunny, It called your cat GAY!!</fake o'neal voice>