Quirks

We all have them, right? The little things that either make us stand out from the rest, or otherwise different from other people. (I should probably say "normal" people, in my case.)

• I suck my tongue, not as much as I used to, but I've done it since I was very young. My mum always calls me out on this one, even though I don't subconsciously part my lips anymore, she can tell right away. I do it more when I'm tired or at rest, and is usually accompanied by the following:
• I touch my hair. A lot. I run my fingers through a particular lock of hair, I twirl it, straighten it out, tug at it, forever. I touch my hair all the friggin' time. I started doing it just now, when I paused to reply to a text message. I've been told it's most likely a complex motor tic...
• I cannot bring myself to drink whatever is left at the bottom of a glass -- as I'm emptying it, that is! I just have to stop before I drink the last of it. In my mind, there is something bad in that last bit that I just can't have inside me
• I'm wary of being inside banks
• I always check behind the shower curtain
• Sometimes, when I'm in a confined space full of people, I get paranoid that they can read my mind. So I start an internal rant of nonsense, or try to mentally address every person around me to see if they react
• I used to get panic attacks when I got a phone call from an unknown caller, and it still kind of freaks me out when I do
• Turns out I'm into sci-fi (FEELINGS-)erotica. Yeah, not particularly ashamed.

Okay, so some of these may fall under the category of mental issues rather than quirks, but um. I don't know. Maybe I need to talk to someone.