Habits...

Athna Loveil · 05-30-2008, 05:37 PM

I don't know if this has been posted before but if it has, sorry. Anyways, basically I'm talking about what habits you people get into (no offence or anything if its bad..)

For me I'm not entirely sure whether it's the fact that I'm sleeping late or not but everyday at school between the 1:00 to 1:40 pm period which is mostly geography, I always feel dazed and later I get the urge to sleep so badly. My eyes tries to shut down and fall asleep and soon my body follows. And this is not something that usually happened to me before... Maybe I'm just getting weak phyiscally.

Anyways, why do ppl think that these "habits" occur. It may be for the good cause or of the bad. And do they stop or not? Cause I'd really like to get rid of this, whether or not it may be my cause or not that this is happening. Even on some days where I sleep early, I still feel slightly sleepy but not as much as that my body forces me to shut down.

So... if any do know, please help -.- (Eh basically not really helping me but list some of ppl's and if they ever got rid of it or not, that's the main point of this thread)

Govinda · 05-30-2008, 07:34 PM

I used to get that every Thursday between 1pm and 4pm. My weekly sociology lecture in community college.

I'd sit there, awake at first. But then my eyes would just start closing of their own accord. I couldn't stop it. All, and I mean all I wanted then, was to sleep. I called the rebellion of my eyelids SLES, since it happened to others in my class - we all had Sociology Lazy Eye Sydrome. It stopped after sociology stopped.

Now I am much the same in boring situations, but for some reason now crave prawn nigiri instead of sleep. Go figure.

Tips: write out song lyrics. Talk to people on the sly, pass notes, pass the time. Makes the time go faster - and on that note, stay away from watches/clocks when you're tired in class or at work. To quote The Clash - in situations like that, 'the minutes drag and the hours jerk.'

Silver · 05-30-2008, 07:53 PM

I have a habit of over-analysing things at times and missing what was intended, especially if it was something really simple. It has both it's good sides and it's bad sides...

I also have a habit of being lazy when it comes to some things. It's hard for me to work up the resolve if I can't see the end result being worth the work involved. An example would be an RPG that doesn't interest me too much gameplay-wise. I'm known to leave the occasional one, and there are a few I find too painful to bother maxing my character's levels. They have to be pretty bad though, as I even managed it on FFXII on my completionist playthrough.

Blacksmith · 05-30-2008, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver

I have a habit of over-analysing things at times and missing what was intended, especially if it was something really simple. It has both it's good sides and it's bad sides...

I also have a habit of being lazy when it comes to some things. It's hard for me to work up the resolve if I can't see the end result being worth the work involved. An example would be an RPG that doesn't interest me too much gameplay-wise. I'm known to leave the occasional one, and there are a few I find too painful to bother maxing my character's levels. They have to be pretty bad though, as I even managed it on FFXII on my completionist playthrough.

Check and check, I have both, lol. Some times I just read over something or listen to something and my mind clicks as I miss the point. Usually happens when I'm not really concentrating on what someone is saying or writing, or when I am concentrating and things might be getting a little heated. Hell, maybe I drive way off course and say something completely different from the original subject.

Then the second habit there is something I go through a lot. In most RPGs, I'm someone who levels up more than what the games want me too, so when I face the next boss I pwn their ass. Eventually I just find the games boring. FFX is a good example. I went through the game, got nearly everything, and all my characters were pretty damn powerful. In the end, it just didn't feel all that fun anymore and I left it to gather dust. Sold my copy a couple weeks back too.

Other habits of mine depend on what mood I'm in. It's a bit chaotic with me.

Draken Benvolaid · 05-31-2008, 01:56 AM

Over checking things...
Doing more work then needed...
Redoing work thinking it was wrong, then finding out that it was right the first time and trying to redo it again...

Yup, somewhat obsessive compulsive myself.

Also, when I say the word, "Herb", I don't pronounce the "H" so I just say "Erb".
Always did that, don't know why...
Have a friend who's last name is Erb, but I've been saying Herb as Erb before I've known him. lol

Um... I write in a manner that doesn't reflect how I talk, if that's a habit.

I... uh.. sleep when my mind is inactive... Like being excessively bored and such.
Just drift away... lol

loner-kid · 05-31-2008, 05:01 AM

I have a horrible habbit of not going to bed till almost midnight, strangley I never feel perticually tired

Craven · 05-31-2008, 05:30 AM

I have a habit of having to watch a movie before I go to sleep. I have no idea why, i've just always done it. Lol.

Neo Necron · 05-31-2008, 08:30 AM

The reason we develop habits is the same reason you get good at something if you practice it. Your brain simply gets used to it and it becomes almost like a reflexive action under given circustances.
If you do something enough, your brain picks up on this and remembers 'under a situation as this, I seem to do this'. It works it's way into your subconscious and performing it becomes more and more automatic each time.

As for my habits... I have a weird habit of rubbing my hands when I'm thinking.

Fishie · 05-31-2008, 10:05 AM

Habits eh?

I bite my fingernails when I get nervous. I'm currently trying to break free from it though. I just had a relapse of biting off the thumb nail.

I'm a bit paranoid whenever I leave the car. Like when I get out, I have to check and see if everything's locked including the trunk. I just have this obs--well more like fear of either getting my car bombed or getting it stolen.

That habit also applies to doors and even the stove handles in the kitchen. ><

I wouldn't say I have obsessive compulsive disorder. Maybe borderline but I'm completely sane.

Halie · 05-31-2008, 10:21 AM

I got rid of my knuckle cracking, so you can get rid of this ^^. Although, I don't know if what you have is really a habit...it may just be some sort of change in your body. But who knows?

My habits
Slamming doors
Nail-biting
Switching off lights (regardless of whether anyone needs the light on or not. I still do it. Although, I'd call it more of an OCD).
Correcting people (Grammar, etc.)
Biting people out of lust for chicken
Letting off excess gas (kidding XD)
Being overly posessive
Being overly obsessive

Unknown Entity · 05-31-2008, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Dystopia

I got rid of my knuckle cracking, so you can get rid of this ^^.

Thats one of my habbits - the second I have got rid of it though, someone else clicks theirs, and it make me want to click mine. Not that I have ever smoked, but I guess its like trying to give up having people smoke around you...

When I send people a text, I never write using "Text Speak" - sometimes for longer words though. Have no idea why. Guess I'm just used to writting "normaly" lol.

I stopped bitting my nails years ago, but it seems to have come back - funnilly enough, just before my exams. Gotta stop that one...

Drawing on tables, or doing doddles on little bits off paper or in text books. Can't help it when your bored though, right? ^_^

Colouring my nails with black perminant ink - again, out of bordom. ^_^!

Doing ALL my washing at the last minuite. I could have school the morning after, and then find the time to do it lol! LAZY!!! I have had all holiday to do it too! XD

I think thats it for now lol...

Raider · 05-31-2008, 12:37 PM

I Chew my nails
i cannot speak in text speak when texting
i chew everything

Pete · 06-02-2008, 11:02 PM

ummmm cocaine?

I'm surprise that one hasn't come up yet; though I kid.

I don't necessarily have a lot of bad habits. I do some things that annoy people, but they're not necessarily bad habits.

-Sometimes I'll leave dishes out until the next morning, out of sheer forgetfulness.
-When I play baseball or softball, I tend to stick my tongue out a little bit when I'm at bat. If I get clocked in the head, it won't be pretty.
-I also tend to spit a lot when I'm playing ball. Not really my fault though. I'm almost always wearing a catchers mask, and it drops to the floor anytime theres a play, so it gets full of dirt and clay, which gets to my mouth. Not the best taste in the world.
-I also tend to be overly polite, believe it or not. Sometimes I can overkill people with pleases and thank yous. Yea, bet you guys didn't see that one coming