I KNOW WHAT THIS IS!!!

Or at least, I think I do. I'd never tried to do research to discover what it is but over the last day or so, I've really been looking into it.

What I found is that this is essentially a tic, like you'd find in Tourette's disorder. But I don't fit the diagnostic criteria for Tourette's (no verbal tic, just physical) so I looked into other disorders that feature tics and as it happens, this is often a component of OCD. I've been diagnosed with OCD before so I know I fit the criteria so this seems like the logical explanation.

I start therapy again on Monday and I will be asking a lot of questions about this. I don't want to self diagnose but this explanation feels right.

YAY! Well, not yay that I have OCD but since I already knew I had that, YAY I KNOW WHAT THIS MIGHT BE!

Heh. Such a silly thing to be so happy about but I've never in my life had this much of a clue as to what this incredibly odd behavior is.

Cyrano