…or simply normal?

Q

Sometimes I try to avoid stepping on cracks or spaces between tiles. It’s as if I can feel the cracks through my shoes. Seriously, am I nuts?

Seriously, will stepping on a crack break your mother’s back? If you believe it will, then yes, you are nuts and need professional counseling. Otherwise, recognize that we all have rituals we’ve performed since we were kids. Some people have to brush their teeth in a certain order. Others say “bunny, bunny” at the start of a new month. Most of us knock on wood. “Many of these compulsions are left over from childhood, and they’ve gotten a little stuck,” says Harvard psychiatrist Jacqueline Olds, MD. It’s a trivial ritual. Seriously, don’t worry about it.

Phew. For a while there I thought I had problems up until I read some of the others little quirks! For example, one can’t stop twirling her hair when she reads. Personally I can say that she’s not nuts or anything. Experts say its just a quirk, not harmful in any way possibly even helpful, it sends out a message to the people around you that you don’t want to be disturbed. Others count everything from steps of the stairs and tiles on the ceiling! (I do this sometimes) While some don’t like their food touching each other.

These quirks were asked by the Reader’s Digest Readers way back in 2007 and we have a copy here at home. New set of Are You Normal or Nuts? query are out and you can find the answers here.

I dare you to go and check it out for yourself! I am sure we all have quirks and you too have one of your own. I guess these little things may be because of habit or formed later on due to some compulsions that have gotten stuck in us through the years.

But whatever it is - you can ask the experts in Readers Digest - Are You Normal or Nuts?

Snagged from Alpha

1. if you’re being extremely quiet what does it mean?
Deep in thought or not in the mood.

2. if someone hits you, what would you do?
Hit Back, obviously.

3. what do you do for a living?
I work in our family business, we sell agricultural equipment and industrial pumps.

4. would you still study after college?
Nothing major, maybe Culinary or Photography

5. last time you laughed?
Last night before baby & I fell asleep.

6.has anyone told you they missed you lately?
yeah, A friend whom I haven’t seen in a while but will see really2x soon.

7.are you wearing any clothes that don’t belong to you?
No

8. last book/magazine/etc you read?
Finished reading Mr. Maybe by Jane Green and some article online about the best New York Moving Company around.

9. have you bumped to a glass door?
No..

10. do you regret anything from your past?
Not really, I just regret a few bits & pieces about it which led to me losing my some of my best friends.

11. if you could seek revenge on someone would you?
hmmm..tempting but no.

12. how do you react when people cry around you?
I comfort them listen to what they have to say, or try to cheer them up.

13. last argument?
With Big J something petty though.

14. do you have a crush?
Nope..oohhh lately I’ve been noticing John Lloyd Cruz

15. do you know how to belly dance?
No…I won’t dare show my belly to the public.

I am currently reading Mr. Right Maybe by Jane Green. The same author as Jemima J. I love her creative narrative style and spot on description of how women think.

I haven’t finished the book yet and I slept at around 2AM  last night because I can’t put the book down! I’ve been looking around for Best Selling books that I can read and there are lots of choices in Amazon books.

I wonder if they have more chic lit books! I am so addicted to reading right now. Apart from shopping, reading is my new escape and it helps me relax.

What about you? What relaxes you?