When I was little (I'm 21 now), I used to have what my grandmother scoldingly referred to has my "habits". They were generally strange physical movements that I would do repetitively both knowingly and unknowingly. My "habits" varied greatly in what exactly they were, but some examples foremost in my mind would be nodding of the head, huffing air (not chemicals, this is a substance abuse I'm talking about :P) until my lungs were completely full, clicking the back of my throat, and so on. Often times these repetitious activities would annoy me, but I found them very difficult to stop. Eventually, a specific habit would cease, but sooner or later a new habit (or an old one) always surfaced in its place.
The thing is that I still have this problem, except that my "habits" are a bit more subtle. Some of the things I currently do are: bending the knuckles of my thumbs, clicking my throat, huffing air, closing my eyes tightly, tapping the tip of my tongue against the roof of my mouth..
2006-09-20
18:35:45
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