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jc6chan
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20 Nov 2009, 11:46 pm

What bad habits do you currently have or used to have?

I always had the habit of playing with my hair and I still do, i really want to stop but a few minutes pass and i would find myself playing with my hair again.



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21 Nov 2009, 12:02 am

I play with my ears and have been for the last 14 years

I used to chew on my hair and play with my lip. I used pick my nose all the time and couldn't stop it. No matter how hard I tried, I always had the urge to sitck my fingers up there.


I wonder if habits can turn into stims? Someone finds new stim to do and they start doing it to stay calm or when they are bored, etc. and they don't even think about doing that habit, it just happens.



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21 Nov 2009, 9:22 am

Biting my nails when im really nervous and daydreaming in a middle of a conversation and also picking my nose.


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21 Nov 2009, 9:58 am

I smoke but I'm trying to quit again.



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21 Nov 2009, 11:26 am

superboyian wrote:
Biting my nails when im really nervous and daydreaming in a middle of a conversation and also picking my nose.


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21 Nov 2009, 12:23 pm

Spokane_Girl wrote:
I play with my ears and have been for the last 14 years.


Yay, someone else who plays with their ears :)

I do this too, I have done for about 17 years now.


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21 Nov 2009, 2:23 pm

Whenever music is playing I click my teeth to the beat. My dentist says this terrible habit is wearing down my teeth and gave me alarming x-ray evidence. I try to be conscious not to do it when I hear music now but sometimes if I get lost in the song I realize by the end of the song that I've been clicking to the beat the whole time. It is a struggle.