weird habits, teeth grinding etc

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I've always had these strange habits as my mum called them where almost uncontrollably i shake my head, make funny wide eyed faces, sniffing, touching my nose and many more. I find I can control them to an extent as I'm so self aware of them especially when someone notices but I still find myself having to do them when I think no ones looking but a lot of the time i find I'm doing it for ages before I notice myself. its so annoying and Ive been doing it as long as I remember. One i do a lot is play with my eye brows and my hair by running my fingernails through the hairs for ages and I just don't know why I do it or whether it is linked to aspergers. I'm really self aware when I'm around people and have to really try my hardest not to do these things but I still fin the odd one slipping through. Any ideas anyone, thanks.

tourette's syndrome?

im similar - i dont do the same things but i do things that if im not consciouslly making effort to make sure they dont happen, which is straining, im going to do them. one of them is i shout curses at random though more likly to do it when im frustrated, or i growl and do this one whining sound, which can be horrifying in public, and another is i like to punch my head or face. i dont really know much abuot tourettes but i never figured it was that because i thought it was somthing you cant really control either and these i can mostlly control if i put lots of effort in.

Yea that does sound similar, also I find I do these things more depending on my mood and surroundings which leads me to think they are stress related too. I find it more embarrassing more than anything that people catch me doing it cos I'm extremely self aware and constantly monitoring myself. The self awareness thing is another one of my problems and probably one of the worst that I have because I'm constantly taking note of everything that's going on around me whether I like it or not. I'm obsessed about what people think of me and I can feel everyone's eyes on me like they're watching me which puts more pressure on me not to do anything that embarrasses me. I really don't know what I'm worried about or why I feel like I do, its more of an unconscious thing that I can't control and again, its worse depending on how relaxed or stressed I feel. I seem to have so many weird problems that I'm afraid to go to the doctor about a lot of them in case he thinks I'm a hypochondriac. I'm glad that I managed to stop making the noises at least cos I used to make funny umm noises and grunts by sort of exhaling and grunting. Over the years, I've managed to get myself out of that habit but I still do the sniffing and touching my nose to excess. I think the sniff is more of an excuse I made cos I was always touching my nose. its really weird and completely baffles me but this is the first time I've managed to speak to anyone about it. I just wish I understood why I do it and try to find a way to stop it completely.

My boyfriend has tourettes, and he can control it to a certain extent. So you maybe could have tourettes, maybe go speak to your doctor about it?

yea, thanks. I need to go and talk to someone but I'm just not very good at talking to the doctor plus he tends to fob me off most of the time. He seems to treat me like I'm just wasting his time. For instance, I went to him with a suspected hernia as Ive had one before so I knew what it was and he said there was nothing there and I was probably just imagining it. A few weeks later, it had got worse like a bubble and started to ache. He looked at it and said its nothing to worry about and I was probably just imagining the aching. Now some weeks later, its like a golf ball on my abdomen and quite painful and uncomfortable as I have a fairly heavy job stacking pallets all day. Like i said, I'm not very good at dealing with doctors and people in general so I think I'm going to try seeing a different doctor and I'm going to try and see if I can get a referral while I'm there to see a psychiatrist or a counselor about my other problems. I just feel like I get fobbed off a lot mainly due to my timid nature and lack of confidence and I think people pick up on this and take advantage of it.

I have Tourettes, and control depends mostly on individual. The less aware of it I am, the less I am able to control it.

I can control my tics well, but usually they get the better of me.