Published on 12, July, 2020
I started keeping a list of some of my quirks because I find them amusing so I thought I'd share some of mine, you can add your own ones to the thread below if you feel like it:
- I can't touch hangers - they freak me out.
- certain kinds of pasta are WRONG.
- particular bowls in my kitchen are for specific things (pasta, cereal) and cannot be mixed up.
- I haven't worn underwear since the pandemic.
I suspect quite a few things listed here (ie this thread) and that I experience are to do with OCD, so I'll try to avoid those but just say some other 'odd' things about me.
There are quite a few - I could describe my late mother, then there would be LOADS.
So... I have butterfly chrysalids in my study that I talk to. Once the butterflies emerge, I will have longer conversations.
They don't reply, sadly.
I will talk to any animal apart from humans (when I can avoid it).
I also talk to myself a lot and I talk to inanimate objects.
I feel that inanimate objects have a life and feelings and I respect them.
If I throw something down the staircase I feel as though I'm going down with it and it makes me dizzy (I'm not talking about breakable objects here, I'm not that wierd).
I can close my nose so that I can't smell anything (ie inside) and I can close my ears so that I can't hear anything (ie inside).
With regard to my ears, I had a hearing test once and the chap said he could see what I was doing with his tech and had never seen anyone do that before.
I once had a nosebleed out of my eyes (confirmed via hospital).
All my clothes are grey or blue. I sometimes buy white clothes and dye them grey.
All my clothes are in season, colour and size order in my wardrobe with mostly grey hangers.
I type lists of all tasks including a weekly table with daily tasks which is updated every couple of days for both of us.
I also have long-term tasks lists, a cleaning rota and shopping lists.
I've had quite a few paranomal, psychic and prophetic experiences.
That'll do for now. There is too much more to add!
I will talk to any animal apart from humans (when I can avoid it). I also talk to myself a lot and I talk to inanimate objects. I feel that inanimate objects have a life and feelings and I respect them.
I can identify with these things. I regularly chat to plants too, including trees.
I am sure I read once that King Charles does this.
You are in good company
My autistic friend believes that KC is on the spectrum ....
I give everything a gender, so everything is a he or a she. I don't know why. I talk to any animal - dogs especially - but I have no interest in talking to their owners. The owners don't always like that though!