Bad Habits

Most of my pet peeves have to do with other people. Short of threating to blow out their kneecaps, I can't really do much about it.

I twist and pull on my beard hair as a nervous tic. It makes it have split ends. 

If I am not paying attention when I eat small candies (such as M&Ms or Skittles) I will eventually look down and realize that I have dumped them all out on the table and organized them by colors . . . and am eating them in a manner that keeps the numbers of each color remaining as close as possible.

I bite my nails instead of using clippers, and I use way too much profanity.

Oh man, where to begin. I like to call them character defects. Anywho.

Procrastination. This can be a result of a few things. Either the fear of having to deal with something that is uncomfortable. Which results in me putting it off, but ironically putting it off causes even more anxiety. Or waiting till the last minute simply to have a little chaos in my life. Such as having the money to pay bills, but waiting till the last minute to pay them.

Most of my behaviors that affect others is due to selfish behaviors. Not offering someone a drink when I go to the icebox etc. They are things I am working on, but progress not perfection.

In my experience, the things other people due that annoy me, usually are things that I do. If I'm self conscious about them, and working to correct them.

oldpbnoob wrote: I also shake my leg,

usafpilot07 wrote: Surprised to see so many people here bite their nails. I don't know if I know anyone who does that.

Nail biting is actually one of the things that drives me absolutely insane I don't know why, but it just does. If I see someone doing it, or God forbid HEAR someone doing it- it sends me straight up a wall. I get twitchy, its nails on a chalkboard x50 for me.

My sister does it on purpose when I'm around, just to watch me freak out.

I used to bite my nails a lot but now that I'm seeing patients everyday, my better judgment has prevented me from continuing. I used to twist my hair (and beard) when it was longer when I was studying. I tend to shake my leg a lot too, much to the annoyance of others. I'm also always "right", so that can get annoying to people sometimes. But honestly, I'm usually right.

I wish I could handle open-mouth chewers better.

Honestly, I feel like my reaction is acceptable. Chewing with your mouth open is gross and the sound is one of the grossest sounds of all time. One guy at school chewed with his mouth open and he was eating next to me and I was about to yell at him because it was so loud. I put my headphones in to listen to music to drown it out. That was the biggest relief I have ever gotten from music.

Benji, just so you know, I am posting this then having to edit my post so your sig wont harass me. The thing is making me nervous while typing.

Edited by SSOK - 24 May 2012 at 7:31pm