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mikeisback

New member
Hi there! I figured if i wrote down all the crazy shit I do everyday someone could tell what is wrong with me and what I can do To stop.
here goes.
I count dates on my hpone every day up to 45 minute periods the reason i do this is to figure out a general thing i have done like washing my hair i will go back on 3 months and remember if i did and didnt and i cant do any other tasks until i have figured it out. I also count hairs i find off my head every single day.
When i play my guitar i have to turn the knobs a certain way before i play it this can take a long time. i count in threes in my head i also do this thing where i raise my eye brows three time then i have to do that three times then three more times to clarify i have done it right. sometimes i will do three eye raises then flick my head to the side then do three more.

tell me this is normal behaviour.
 

AvinaKo

Well-known member
Er... It's normal behavior.

Not really, but, what do you think will happen if you don't do these things? Have you ever tried to walk away?
 

paulmm

Well-known member
i have that too - the eyebrow raising thing

its psychomotor agitation - the body's natural (uncontrollable) way to relieve anxiety

only problem for us OCD types is that it becomes another ritual, and for me, i have to make sure both sides of my face perform the exact same numbers of eyebrow raises or other twitches

this causes headaches and makes me fidgety
 
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