Dang, I missed a good thread... so I'm bringing it back.
First off, I wanna say this thread has made me feel a heck of a lot more normal.
I didn't think some of the weird ticks I've got were common enough that so many people would have them in such a small community.
Alright, so my fears...
Phones... I'm ok calling people who I talk to ALLLLLL the time... which pretty much limits me to my mom, Monkey, and Melissa... anyone else, though... my heart rate rises and I get a horrible feeling in my stomach.
It's not quite as bad if they're calling me, but it's still bad. I think it stems from when I was little and wasn't allowed to answer the phone.
The dark. Yup, I'm not ashamed to say it, I'm terrified of the dark. I don't like not being able to see what's going on around me, my mind tends to think far more than it should, and paranoia builds and I silently freak out. I also don't like that if I was sleeping and had to get up to go to the bathroom or something, I wouldn't be able to see to get there and could trip over something or stub my toe. Sleepy stubbing is NOT a pleasant experience, as I'm sure you all know.
I'm afraid of heights, too, but I don't think that's weird. A lot of people are afraid of heights, and it's not irrational when you can actually be harmed/killed from something.
Then my weird OCD-like activities...
Can't stand my hands to be dirty. I'm not at the point where I wash so hard I bleed or anything (cos that'd make me cringe even more than the dirt *shudder*), but I do tend to wash my hands twice at a time, and VERY thouroghly (gotta get allllll the soap off or else my hands'll be slightly sticky, eww). Thank god for portable anti-bacterial cleaners so I don't need a sink if I feel gross cos of my hands.
I, along with some other CMers, have the symmetry problem. Everything on the left and right side of my body MUST be even. It's horribly annoying... and noticible at times (I've been asked "what the HECK are you doing?!?!" on several occasions
). Like if I move a certain muscle in my neck or face or whatever (which can usually be visable if anyone's looking at me), I've gotta do the same thing to the other side, and usually a few times. My magic number is any variable of four. I do the same thing with touching things and even moving my computer mouse... I end up making my cursor go in circles on the screen a lot.
Ugh. I wish I could stop it, cos I know it's entirely stupid and irrational.
That's all I can think of for now. Oh, and I can't stand the rough shoelace thing, either. *cringe*
