How often I talk and answer myself. I never noticed until my kids pointed it out recently

Was a prison guard in USA and one inmate was Charles Manson
Worked in Adelaide and one inmate was Spencer von Eminem

I have so many ‘things’ I just can’t live with and spend so much time making sure it’s “right”. Like matching my pegs, dishwasher a certain way, towels folded so they fit into the cupboard nicely, the way I hang my clothes on hangers. Having the TV volume on an even number or multiple of 5. The order of the couch cushions. I know it’s wasting time and things don’t have to be perfect but I can’t relax if it’s not the right way.

I get locked into a stare. I realise I’m staring but I can’t break from it and I actually don’t want to because it’s so relaxing. My kids will wave in my face and yell and I can see them and hear them but I can’t stop staring. Sometimes it happens when I’m driving but I can feel it coming on and blink heaps of times to stop it starting, but if I’m at home I let it happen.

I forget to breathe too. I only realise when I need to take a huge gulp of air.

I just hold my pen in a weird way

I purr when I’m thinking or on autopilot. Didn’t realise it until one day I was hanging out washing and a friend asked me what the fuck I was doing purring. I now notice more when I’m doing it in public because people give me strange looks.