Seeing as how we have had so many information/advice/productive/mature threads recently, I felt it was my duty to dilute the front page and learn some things about others. I was just about to watch the last episode of The Shield and take a nap when I thought about some of my weird habits, and wanted to hear if any of you guys have any weird/bad habits also. I'll go and then you guys can share. I'm sure some won't want to man up to who they are, so anonymous is ok (nearly everyone is anonymous here anyways due to not logging in).
As for me: I pick my two thumbs pretty bad. When I say "pick", I mean more canabalize them. Due to many years of picking at them, they have developed fairly thick skin layers on the inner side of them (the side facing my index fingers). So i'll pick at one part of the thumb till a crease appears, and then tear at it untill I eventually tear off a pretty large chunk of thumb skin, then I eat it. But I don't eat it right away, I chew it like a piece of beef jerky. It's not really painful unless I go more to the outside (top or fingerprint area) of the area. My fiancee/sisters think it's disgusting, especially sometimes when I go too far and it bleeds. They call me a canabal, and my sister thinks it's a form of self wounding with psychological issues, I tell her that I just enjoy chewing on my thick thumb skin.
Probably the grossest habit: This one actually won my fiancee and I a radio contest for "Who's mate has the grossest habit" on a morning radio show, and I gotta admit, especially from a females perspective (them not being into the whole grody eeww thing), it's pretty gross. Ill let my toe nails grow out a bit and then rip them off with my fingers (i'm pretty good at it too, I can remove both fingernails and toenails so precise, that they look like trimmers were used on them), and then regardless how grody they are underneat the toenails, i'll pick my teeth with them. Not just pick the teeth, but push them all the way through to the other side of the tooth and pull them out the other side. Sometimes if they are thick nails they can be slightly painful and my gums can bleed some. I'll also chew on a toenail or a fingernail untill it's powdered than swallow it.
Most annoying habit to my fiancee (BY FAR): I'm a compulsive leg shaker. Meaning no matter my state of mind, or whatever i'm doing (sitting at PC chair, out to eat, in the movie theatre, etc) I bounce my left leg (95% left leg, untill she tells me to stop it then I use my right leg) and it drives her absolute insane if she is near me (cause I shake whatever is near us like the chair, table, movieseat, etc), and I get the constant muffled yells of "STOP SHAKING!". Though she does it also in her own way, but with her toes. She will bob her big toe while on the couch watching tv with me, and I keep noticing it moving, and i'll point it out to her how it annoys me cause I keep seeing it move and it grabs my attention, but she thinks she doesn't do it.
Anyways, i know cystics can be pretty weird people, just thought i'd open up and share my weird personal flaws/habits/gross habits with you guys. I'd like to know if you guys (I know you guys do, just depends on who wants to be honest) also have any habits that are considered gross or annoying by others.
As for me: I pick my two thumbs pretty bad. When I say "pick", I mean more canabalize them. Due to many years of picking at them, they have developed fairly thick skin layers on the inner side of them (the side facing my index fingers). So i'll pick at one part of the thumb till a crease appears, and then tear at it untill I eventually tear off a pretty large chunk of thumb skin, then I eat it. But I don't eat it right away, I chew it like a piece of beef jerky. It's not really painful unless I go more to the outside (top or fingerprint area) of the area. My fiancee/sisters think it's disgusting, especially sometimes when I go too far and it bleeds. They call me a canabal, and my sister thinks it's a form of self wounding with psychological issues, I tell her that I just enjoy chewing on my thick thumb skin.
Probably the grossest habit: This one actually won my fiancee and I a radio contest for "Who's mate has the grossest habit" on a morning radio show, and I gotta admit, especially from a females perspective (them not being into the whole grody eeww thing), it's pretty gross. Ill let my toe nails grow out a bit and then rip them off with my fingers (i'm pretty good at it too, I can remove both fingernails and toenails so precise, that they look like trimmers were used on them), and then regardless how grody they are underneat the toenails, i'll pick my teeth with them. Not just pick the teeth, but push them all the way through to the other side of the tooth and pull them out the other side. Sometimes if they are thick nails they can be slightly painful and my gums can bleed some. I'll also chew on a toenail or a fingernail untill it's powdered than swallow it.
Most annoying habit to my fiancee (BY FAR): I'm a compulsive leg shaker. Meaning no matter my state of mind, or whatever i'm doing (sitting at PC chair, out to eat, in the movie theatre, etc) I bounce my left leg (95% left leg, untill she tells me to stop it then I use my right leg) and it drives her absolute insane if she is near me (cause I shake whatever is near us like the chair, table, movieseat, etc), and I get the constant muffled yells of "STOP SHAKING!". Though she does it also in her own way, but with her toes. She will bob her big toe while on the couch watching tv with me, and I keep noticing it moving, and i'll point it out to her how it annoys me cause I keep seeing it move and it grabs my attention, but she thinks she doesn't do it.
Anyways, i know cystics can be pretty weird people, just thought i'd open up and share my weird personal flaws/habits/gross habits with you guys. I'd like to know if you guys (I know you guys do, just depends on who wants to be honest) also have any habits that are considered gross or annoying by others.