Share some weird stuff you do or have done. And I mean truly weird, not cutesy weird.

I might list my weird stuff.

Illegal Toilet 1. Toiletry mishaps
When I was a kid (11 or 12 or 13 maybe) there was a period of about a year or two when I was afraid to use the toilet because we only had an outdoor toilet and there were no lights.

So if I needed to go to the toilet in the dark, I just held on.

It resulted in some accidents.

One time I went to the toilet in the dark, and unbeknownst to me there was a teardrop sized piece of faeces which had fallen onto the back of my pants, probably as I was dropping my pants and sitting on the toilet, or possibly when I was lifting my pants and getting off it.

Then I went to the shops to get some bread and I guess people saw it, even though it was dark outside, there were lights in the shop.

Thoughts?

[pachyderm]

Why should I tell you things that embarrass me?

I wore a white T-shirt to what passed for our graduation ceremony, I think, in eighth grade, and we all had our picture taken. All the other students were more formally dressed. I did not know any better, my mother did not know any better, and it was one more signal of my emotional stunting, which also meant I was an outcast in that society, shunned if possible by other students -- and adults too, I think.

[PurpleFlyingMonkeys]

I was truly an odd child.
I was afraid to use the bathroom as well, but my reason was because I felt like there were always cameras watching me when I used the bathroom and often times when I was using the bathroom I would use the shower curtain to cover while I was going and I would talk to the camera telling it I knew it was recording me. I was in elementary school for this.
I also snuck into my brothers closet and took their clothes (I'm a girl) I wasn't a tom boy, I just wanted to dress "different" than the rest of the kids. I would also often wear my moms night gowns (the appropriate ones) to school as well.
I once got lectured for walking the wrong way. In elementary school I decided to try and walk differently. I would walk heel first just to mix it up. I'd step using my heel before my toes. Teacher got upset with me and told me to walk normal and stop acting out.
I also pulled my hair out in chunks when I was angry. In elementary (this is where the majority of weirdness came from) when I would get really stressed, including while sitting in a class room, I'd twist a nice chunk of hair in my fingers and yank until it all got pulled out. Did this all the time.
When I'd walk by myself I would sing loudly to myself, this was an every day all day thing.
When walking in the hallway by myself I would act like I was saying "Hi" to all these people that weren't there (people didn't notice there was no one there, did this in crowded hallways)
Uh... Moving on to middle school I had an "imaginary friend" I knew he wasn't there, I just liked to pretend he was. I liked the idea of a person who wanted to be around me all the time and liked me. I had friends but I had an imaginary friend too. Gave him a name and all. At school I would always sit at the edge of my seat to give him room to "sit"
I really could go on and on but you get the point... I was a strange kid and didn't grow out of it until early 20s

[avlady]

My dad is a camera man, for sports in our city. That led to me being paranoid that someone was always taking pictures of me with hidden cameras, I was afraid in the bathroom too, thinking someone was even in there too while i did my business in there too. I still can't shake the feeling someone is watching and taking pictures of me .

Illegal Toilet 2: Hand dancing

Sometimes I just get over excited when I'm about to embark upon a task, for example, when I am about to pick up a book and start reading it, or when I am about to start washing the dishes, and I squeal a little and I put my hand on my head and let it flap around like an epileptic pigeon. I only do this when I am at home alone of course.

Thoughts?

[Maven]

I rock back and forth, swing my legs and do other movements when sitting; I don't sit still well. For that matter, I can't just "stand there," either. I tend to sway back and forth. Judge Judy (I think it was the other day) asked a guy if his leg twitching was a way to comfort himself, but she meant it as, "Stop that, it's annoying me!" I don't think about it, I just do it.

So many weird things about me...most have to do with OCD. Some with panic, too.

When I was a little girl, I'd make sure my long hair covered my neck when I was in bed, in case any vampires came in through the window. I figured he'd have to move my hair, which would cause me to awaken, giving me a chance to fight him!

[Yoda]

When I was in second/third grade me and my friend, Christie, would take the shoulder straps off our bookbags and snap the snaps together so they resembled a snaffle bridle and we would take turn putting the bit in our mouths and the other would run behind shaking the reins.

Illegal Toilet 3: Deodorant

I didn't know what deodorant was until I was 12. I didn't start wearing deodorant until I was 18. I guess I could just say that nobody bought me any, as I wasn't making my own money then, but I could have asked my parents for some. My parents would always say that I smelled, and others would say that too.

Thoughts?

I sucked my thumb until I was nine. Then I graduated promptly to smoking and drinking. Also, let's see...I would eat spoonfuls of sugar, plain white sugar. Whenever I would go into the woods I would pretend that I lived there and that I had to survive with the elements. To this day I talk to myself in my head, and I call myself "My dear Watson". Okay....everyone is normal until you get to know them. Nice thread IT.

[pachyderm]

Originally Posted by Maven

Judge Judy (I think it was the other day) asked a guy if his leg twitching was a way to comfort himself, but she meant it as, "Stop that, it's annoying me!"

"I can't stand you comforting yourself in that way; it reminds me too much of my own need for comforting (which of course is unacceptable)!"

[Perna]

I didn't use the bathroom in "public" while my father was overseas in the Navy so had lots of accidents. In second grade we had a bathroom in our classroom but I couldn't raise my hand to ask to go so went in my pants and the teacher had to literally "sniff" me out. My stepmother was not thrilled with cleaning dirty underwear all the time and once got a couple shovelfuls of dirt from the garden and put them in the bathtub with a couple inches of water and made me "bathe" in it.

[newtus]

i was afriad of the toilet too when i was child.
so i used to use the bathroom in the corners of the house and behind furniture and outside sometimes.

still am afriad..
though if i do any of that now its attributed to my mental illness. :/ lol

Yes you are weird. Yes I am weird. Hmmm trying to think of some examples...it should be easy but...
I used to repeat inaudibly everything I said out loud. I'm sure I can think of some better examples.
Maybe none of us are weird. Maybe we're eccentric

[herethennow]

whenever i used the toilet i didn't close the toilet door until i was like 10 years old.....

>___< yes i showered with the door open.

this is the only weird thing i can think of right now.. so im sorry if i made you imagine some stuff

None of these things actually sound weird to me. As a public school teacher, i have seen a lot of behaviors in children that are prett bizarre. The things you all have written about seem pretty tame and normal.

Illegal Toilet 4: Taking out the trash.

One time my parents made me go to this party with my sister and I didn't want to go and I just sat outside in the yard and i saw a big bag of trash so I opened it and dragged it across the lawn to release trash everywhere. Someone asked me what I was doing and I said 'nothing' or 'what does it look like?' or something like that. I didn't know there were people out in the yard but yes there was one girl.

I was about 16 or 17.

Thoughts?

[pachyderm]

I never trashed a place, that I can remember, but I think I can see why someone would do that -- just as an unconscious protest against "stuff", against never being heard, against all the prettified society that does not hear anything but what it wants to.

This kind of protest, however, will alarm most people (including me), so it can get one in even more trouble...

[Perna]

Sounds almost romantic to me; "release" trash "Strew ye trash while ye may. . ."

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.
~Robert Herrick

[Maxima]

I was also afraid of toilets. I was afraid of the sound (still am) and I worried that they'd overflow and I'd drown. I wouldn't even use the toilet unless my mom was with me (which was quite unfortunate for the babysitters).

When I was younger, I was really afraid of being sick (still am) and really embarrassed to get sick (still am). I really dreaded telling people if I was sick (to the point that I just wouldn't unless I needed to get out of school) and worried about them thinking I was sick. Once, my grandpa was driving me to his house (from Georgia to Indiana) and I had to go to the bathroom really bad. I was so afraid to tell him because I was worried he would think I was sick, that I just peed myself.

I was afraid of car lights shining in my room at night for some reason.
I thought that the reflections of lights on my wall were fairies and they terrified me. For some reason, I was really afraid of the tooth fairy.

[yellowted]

when i am concentrating in meetings or relaxing i chew my finger, often i do not realise until someone asks if i am ok, which usually is ok but gets embarrassing when i am in meetings in parliament or with the top wigs at the council!

one day i was in the busiest part of London with my carer, the only loo available big enough for my wheelchair was a tardis type thing in the middle of the street. we went in, my carer 'locked' the door, i just got on the loo and the automatic door opened, leaving me exposed to all, everytime we locked the door it opened in the end my carer had to hold my leg blanket up to block the view whilst i changed my pad! very embarrassing! now i refuse to go in the tardis type loos!

As a child i was seen as weird because i preferred my own company than that of other kids, even as a young adult i preferred older peoples company.

[Neptune83]

Originally Posted by Maven

I rock back and forth, swing my legs and do other movements when sitting; I don't sit still well. For that matter, I can't just "stand there," either. I tend to sway back and forth. Judge Judy (I think it was the other day) asked a guy if his leg twitching was a way to comfort himself, but she meant it as, "Stop that, it's annoying me!" I don't think about it, I just do it.

So many weird things about me...most have to do with OCD. Some with panic, too.

When I was a little girl, I'd make sure my long hair covered my neck when I was in bed, in case any vampires came in through the window. I figured he'd have to move my hair, which would cause me to awaken, giving me a chance to fight him!

I still do the hair thing even now and I'm 30! I'm not sure why I do it, but I get freaked out by the idea of anything crawling into my ears, so I cover my ears and neck completely with my hair, which fortunately for that purpose is very long (almost to my backside!) and then I protect my hair with the duvet covering everything apart from my face. I also sleep with one hand under my pillow, the other by my face and I have to move my feet. It has to be like that or I cannot relax and can't sleep.
I used to be funny about lying on my back in bed because I feared a ghost would strangle me if my front was exposed. Very odd! But I don't care

I have never had any ambition. I just wanted to be seen as smart by others.
Weird?

[Phreak]

Originally Posted by Illegal Toilet

I have never had any ambition. I just wanted to be seen as smart by others.
Weird?

You are smart bud, even smarter than you are weird :P

Besides everybody knows that I'm the weirdest

[avlady]

Sparts aren't everything, maybe talent is even more, i don't think any of it is weird although

[joker_girl]

I am unbelievably weird.

I also wiggle a lot and can't sit still, probably due to ADHD.

I used to could not poop in a public bathroom, I mean, it just wouldn't happen lol! But I've gotten better about it. When I was little, I was always afraid a snake might come up through the toilet, through the pipes. I also was afraid an alligator, or worse yet, Jaws, would get in the swimming pool.

Other than that, I don't do anything too weird. I'm pretty depressed and anxious, but I don't really have any strange behavior.

This is weird.....sometimes, I will not eat, even though I'm hungry, just to see if I can, or something....idk why. My husband is always hollering at me to eat. I'm not skinny. It will start out, like, I never eat breakfast. Then I miss lunch, and somehow miss dinner, or I am late for it, and then, it is kind of just to see how long I can go. Sometimes, I honestly just forget. But at least a couple times a month, I will try to just not eat, and I don't know why. I haven't eaten in over twenty hours right now. It is almost like....I don't know.....that gnawing hungry sensation makes me feel "real" or "alive".

I am pretty sure that isn't normal, but idk why it is or how to stop it.