Quirky Habits?

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I have this terrible habit which I can't quit. It's terrible but yet I waste time on it. I split my split ends. Help!!! What are your bad and yet so entertaining habits?

Specializes in LTC.

Another picker here. My face looks awful because of it.

Also, I can't have anything in my nose. If it's runny, stuffy, or has a booger in it, I will SCOUR it with a tissue until all traces of debris are gone, and then I will scrub it some more. Whenever I have a cold I obsessively blow and wipe my nose (stuffing tissues as high up my nose as I can reach and really digging- it must be gross to watch) to the point where after a couple hours my nostrils are so red and chapped I could cry. But I continue to do it! I have a stash of tissues everywhere I go. And I make them last. I'll use the same tissue until it disintegrates. I think this is because when I was little I would get colds and allergies constantly and if I ran my family out of tissues I'd have to turn to TP or paper towels and those would hurt even more.

And if I have a sore throat I make it worse by obsessively swallowing every 1-2 seconds, and I can't stop. I think both habits are related to me being a picker.

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Specializes in NICU Level III.

I pick at my cuticles.

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Wow, a lot of OCD people.

.... And I thought that OCD show on TLC was fake! :)

Excuse me ladies and gents... I meant OCD--ish people, I guess :p

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Another picker here. My face looks awful because of it.

Also, I can't have anything in my nose. If it's runny, stuffy, or has a booger in it, I will SCOUR it with a tissue until all traces of debris are gone, and then I will scrub it some more. Whenever I have a cold I obsessively blow and wipe my nose (stuffing tissues as high up my nose as I can reach and really digging- it must be gross to watch) to the point where after a couple hours my nostrils are so red and chapped I could cry. But I continue to do it!

Question: Wouldn't it be easier to just look for water, blow your nose while washing (all the debris away)? Just use tissues, only when you absolutely have to? Such as, when you don't have access to water.

Tissues often irritate the skin and get it dry. Not at first, but if you use them a lot... They are both useful and a pa*n in the rear at the same time.

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.
wow, a lot of ocd people.

.... and i thought that ocd show on tlc was fake! :)

excuse me ladies and gents... i meant ocd--ish people, i guess :p

as the wife of a man with ocd that inteferes with and affects every aspect of his life (and consequently mine) i can assure you that ocd exsists!! it is very very real and takes much love, patience, medication, and therapy, plus a strong desire to change, to overcome. overcome, because you never get rid of it. you

(and your loved ones) only develop coping tactics.

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Specializes in L&D RN.

Boy, we've got some quirky nurses :clown:

So my quirks are; Whenever I am going to leave my house in the morning, I have to use the bathroom right before I leave, no matter how many times I have already gone.

I always read magazines backwards. I have to start from the back. Even if I make myself start on the first page, I ultimately find myself flipping pages from the back.

The older I get (I'm only 42), I find myself buying two of everything at the store on my shopping list, (ie; two bottles of taco sauce, two bottles of juice, two packets of seasoning mix etc), when I only may need one.

If I don't consciously make sure I close the front door when I am leaving my house, I have to get out of my car and make sure it is completely closed, so I know it's not going to blow open and let my dogs out.

Ok I know, I am officially weird :)

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Boy, we've got some quirky nurses :clown:

The older I get (I'm only 42), I find myself buying two of everything at the store on my shopping list, If I don't consciously make sure I close the front door when I am leaving my house, I have to get out of my car and make sure it is completely closed Ok I know, I am officially weird :)

NO you're not weird. I'm the same. Except, I tend to buy TWO or THREE of some of the stuff that I have to absolutely have when I go grocery shopping. For instance: bread, juice, soda, iced tea, ice cream, breakfast stuff, chicken/meat, etc., even lettuce for my guinea pigs (I usually have two kinds).

I check the front door and make sure it's locked three times and other things I have to check (usually two times). I guess I AM odd, oh well....

P.S. to everyone else: I meant A&E channel, NOT TLC. Although, I watch that channel too. If I offended anyone for OCD remark, sorry.

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Specializes in Telemetry.
how do the people you've asked to move take this?

well my family and friends know how i can be so we usually get there ridiculously early. never really have much trouble with people not willing to move. i can be persuaded to move a row up or down if people are adamant about not moving. but i still have to be dead center of the row. if there are say 20 seats in that row i sit in the 10th seat from whichever side i entered the theater in.

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