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Do you have any habits, pleasant, helpful, annoying, or otherwise, that you have consistently held since childhood?

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Marked as Best! October 19, 2009 11:57 PM
I never eat the last bite on my plate. When I was small, my mother would make me sit at the dinner table until I ate every last bite. I was a stubborn child, and refused to do so...ever! No matter where I am, I leave one bite, especially if I'm eating a sandwich. I never eat the last bite of a sandwich.

I also have a habit of unconsciously typing out words I hear with my fingers. My mother used to do it, so it may be something I picked up from her, but I have friends who worked in offices for years who so it too. I've had people ask me what I'm doing, and they laugh when I tell them I'm typing out what they say. Actually, it's just a couple of words. My mind will pick up a certain word and I'll just start typing it over and over. I guess it's sort of an OCD thing.

A good compulsion I have is to propagate plants to give away. I have grown and given away literally thousands of plants, and it makes me so happy to do it. I can't stop, even if I wanted to. If I trim a bush, I stick half the trimmings to root. If a plant has seeds on it, I save them. I'm a compulsive propagator, but considering I'm really doing it for other people, I don't feel like it's a compulsion I should stop.

Now if I could only get the compulsion to clean, I'd be great. ;)
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October 23, 2009 01:47 AM
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October 19, 2009 10:34 PM
Of course the nail biting...people say it is very annoying...my solution...fake nails!
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October 20, 2009 02:50 AM
I hold my pencil or pen the "wrong" way. I clutch it in my fist, like you would if you're stabbing. I just learned how to write that way, is all. I don't really find it that strange, but most people do. Every time I write around someone, somebody comments. It's funny.

In retrospect, maybe this is why my handwriting is so bad?
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October 20, 2009 05:33 AM
I hum and I rock.

When I get nervous, when I get afraid, when I get backed up, when I am riding in a car... I rock and I hum.
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October 20, 2009 08:49 AM
Still can't talk to strangers, because I've been bullied for 8 years and still think they might turn on me
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October 21, 2009 01:01 AM
A lot of times when I'm watching TV or a movie I break the words of what the people are saying into beats and tap it out with my fingers. It's really annoying sometimes, because I think I look weird tapping my fingers when people are talking. I think I probably got it from piano.
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