Discussion Do you have any mental ticks or habits?

[Sir Silentium]

Do you deal with any ticks or mental habits?

For example I am constantly pinching the skin on my face. I've been doing it since the start of high school and have never been able to stop, I've refused medication. I rarely eat sugary foods and exercise regularly, but my face is always pimplely because I am spreading my dirty oily fingers all over my face. I don't even realise when I am doing it either, it's just something I do when I am feeling stressed, or in public places.

When I am engaging in face to face conversations, I also feel a massive urge to look to the top left of my vision for a split second. I can't concentrate if I don't do it. People have noticed and it's starting to affect me.

I also pull at my eyebrows and eyelashes when I am focusing on something, without realising. The follicles towards the middle of my face on my eyebrows have grown back odd after years of pulling at them. Sections of my eyelashes have also stopped growing back, or have grown back with less density/volume.

There is almost nothing I can do without being medicated, because in the moment, apart from my eye tick, it's a subconscious decision and I am unaware I am doing the action.

 

[nohopesnodreams]

I like humming from my throat and stepping in a certain order when walking.

 

[nohopesnodreams]

When I used to have long hair it also felt nice tugging on my sideburns.

 

[nohopesnodreams]

Over for asspies.

 

[Xul]

Nigger nigger nigger nigger nigger

 

[Livonica_Irreale]

I'm constantly digging in my ear and nose, also addicted to hold some shit like pens, buttons, coins etc.

 

[Leon98]

I constantly bounce my legs or rock back and forth when I’m sitting down. Autism/ADHD trait

 

[Sir Silentium]

I like humming from my throat

My brother does that a fair amount

Over for asspies.

Can't be over if it never began

 

[Dead End]

I often rub my hands together "like a fly", but I only know I do this frequently because multiple others have pointed it out. I rarely notice myself doing this until somebody tells me, it's practically automatic.
Also pick/bite my nails and skin, pace around, rock, tap my head, etc.

 

[Dead End]

Kinda unrelated, but did anyone else repeatedly and intentionally bang their heads against floor tiles as a baby/toddler? Apparently it's somewhat common and probably relates to/predicts current day habits.

 

[poorenglishcel]

Yes and i am losing my mind cause of my weird habits. They don't even feel real. It's like i am just making them up and they are only in my head. I am always in fear that they would take over my life completely. Coping has become really hard. I wish these mental issues never entered my life. I try to not worry about it too much cause i feel i suffer more if i acknowldge them.

 

[Sir Silentium]

Yes and i am losing my mind cause of my weird habits. They don't even feel real. It's like i am just making them up and they are only in my head. I am always in fear that they would take over my life completely. Coping has become really hard. I wish these mental issues never entered my life. I try to not worry about it too much cause i feel i suffer more if i acknowldge them.

What are examples of some of these habits you have?

 

[franco]

Do you deal with any ticks or mental habits?

For example I am constantly pinching the skin on my face. I've been doing it since the start of high school and have never been able to stop, I've refused medication. I rarely eat sugary foods and exercise regularly, but my face is always pimplely because I am spreading my dirty oily fingers all over my face. I don't even realise when I am doing it either, it's just something I do when I am feeling stressed, or in public places.

When I am engaging in face to face conversations, I also feel a massive urge to look to the top left of my vision for a split second. I can't concentrate if I don't do it. People have noticed and it's starting to affect me.

I also pull at my eyebrows and eyelashes when I am focusing on something, without realising. The follicles towards the middle of my face on my eyebrows have grown back odd after years of pulling at them. Sections of my eyelashes have also stopped growing back, or have grown back with less density/volume.

There is almost nothing I can do without being medicated, because in the moment, apart from my eye tick, it's a subconscious decision and I am unaware I am doing the action.

Yes, throughout my life i always had some sort of disorder/tick.
I can clearly remember when i was 8 i was so stressed out that i used to rip my own hair off, at some point it got so severe there were chunks of hair missing from my scalp, fortunately i recovered my hair after that, but it was an awful experience.
I also struggled a lot with some sort of cough (?) like i couldn't stop making coughing sound during my teen years and i still have that sometimes. Another very annoying thing is my insane stutter that prevents me from speaking full sentences without having to start over again.
There are a few more but i would rather not get into that.

 

[poorenglishcel]

What are examples of some of these habits you have?

Sorry for the late reply. I was typing the response but then lost the motivation mid way. Now i deleted it all and am just gonna link a thread where i mentioned about my habits.
https://incels.is/threads/do-you-have-ocd.752248/
I have never ever heard about anyone having the same issues that i have. And they flare up when i remember about their existence. Makes me feel i am just making these issues up in my head.

 

[Sir Silentium]

https://incels.is/threads/do-you-have-ocd.752248/
I have never ever heard about anyone having the same issues that i have. And they flare up when i remember about their existence. Makes me feel i am just making these issues up in my head.

One of my first habits which still can come back to haunt even now is re reading. I have no problem reading stuff but if the stuff i am reading is important( for example: reading my school textbooks, the text in video games that tell you what to do next or where to go next, or some important scene from a manga i was reading recently), i can't help but re read the sentences over and over until it feels right. I think it has something to do with perfectionism. I can't get to the next sentence until the one i have read feels fully digested. The re reading video game's text thing was really fucking with me like few months back but since then it has tamed down quite a bit, maybe cause i am playing games that doesnt have a lot of text on the screen always telling me what to do. I usually never even finish the sentence if it starts feeling off. I just go on and on reading the first few words until it feels right all the way to the end of the sentence.

The other weird habit i had and still have is where i need to look away constantly, turning my head to the left or right. This again, like the re reading habit, only happens where i am in a high pressure situation where i need keep my focus on the screen in front of me. One of my first memories with this particular habit would be from the time when i was something like 11 or 13 something. I was playing subway surferers. I couldn't just keep looking at the screen. I felt a strong need to look away and at one of the top corners of the room i was in, like every 4 seconds. I didn't wanted to lose the game but i couldn't help but give in to those urges. This problem still raises it's ugly head up when i am playing some fps game where i need to have my full focus on the screen and be ready for the enemy showing up. This is why i will never be able to learn to drive cause i am afraid i won't be able to focus straight ahead.

I have 2 of the same issues that you have ever since I was around 12 - the reading habit and the eye habit.

I have the exact same reading issue as you. I have ADD and have to keep reading over the same line over and over again for it to make sense, mainly if it is important. On .is for example I don't have an issue with it, I read your entire habits list through fine. In class they used to ask us to read out certain sections and then say what it meant. If what I am reading is important I cannot get it to sink into my brain, especially whilst reading out loud, and to multiple people. I would literally get in trouble in English for it. But like you said, if there is an important text I have to read it over and over again and cannot move on until I have understood the meaning, otherwise I cannot focus on the rest of what I am reading.

I already mention my eye tick in the thread, but it is very similar to what you have. No so much moving my head left and right, but I have to constantly move my eyes to the top left of my vision whenever I am talking to someone, otherwise I just cannot focus. I've had that since I was around 14 probably.

I have never ever heard about anyone having the same issues that i have

Neither. I am glad I can relate to yours.

 

[Smiggles]

I obsessively use all the germ-ex if I'm in a public setting and I see a bottle.