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Little Quirks

azgrl25

azgrl25

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I was thinking about some of the little things we do that we don't realize we do sometimes because they're usually out of habit, and how they may be carried over from our previous lives.

For some odd reason, i'll have every light in the house turned on. I never really realized I did it before until my ex asked me why I did that. No wonder my mom always nagged at me about turning off the lights :)

I always sleep better facing the door, and also on the side of the bed that is closest to the door. I believe this stems from my previous life as a child in which I had died in a fire.

Some other little things I do:

- walk around barefoot
- every thing I drink...has to have ice or be ice-cold. I don't care too much for hot drinks such as coffee or hot tea. I rarely finish a soda if it is in a can or a bottle, because it gets too warm.
- Interestingly enough, I am always cold - but I prefer the winter season over the summer heat.
- I don't get anal about crumbs or clutter laying around, but if something seems out of place or off-center such as a picture slightly crooked on a wall.....I will adjust it. :rolleyes:

I'm sure there is alot more little quirks that I have that I don't realize I do yet....but i'll be posting more as they come along :)
 
I'm sure I have many, but I can't think of any right now that would be a sign of a PL IMO.

But I almost had a heart attack, when I read that you, azgrl25, like to have all the lights turned on in your house :eek: !! I have always been a bit "Lisa Simpson" about these things, and I get _so_ annoyed if somebody wastes energy that way ( = destroys our beautiful nature) : angel . My boyfriend hates it when I go around turning lights/TV/radio off. But hey, if nobody uses them, or if they are on this stand by mode, I don't see the point : angel .

Maybe this is a quirk :D

Karoliina
 
I have no idea if my "quirks" :D are PL related or not, but the one that comes to my mind now (i am sure i have more, just can't think of anything else now...) is about mess. I can't stand mess!
I can't go to sleep if my house is not clean and organized. I can't see clothes on the floor either. I have to make the bed everyday and i have a "special" way of putting the pillows... :D I can spend the whole day cleaning and organizing...
Maybe i was a slave in one of my PLs!!!
Or maybe i am just weird...: angel :laugh:
 
- When I'm really tired I have a habit of twirling my hair around my fingers. I've done this ever since I was old enough to have hair :D It used to bug my mom, because I'd twist and twirl until it was all knotted...but only on the left side and that's weird because I'm right-handed. :laugh: I still fall into the habit when I'm overtired and don't know I'm doing it until someone points it out.

- I absolutely have to sleep with a window open, even in the middle of winter. I have to sleep with my bed against a wall, and I, too, have to be facing the door when I fall asleep. (and my closet door can't be open :rolleyes: )

That's really all I can think of right now :D
 
I can't bring myself to leave the house if I'm dressed in sweats, or messy clothes.

I can't stand walking outside barefoot. I will take my shoes off if I'm sitting down and I'll step out onto the porch, but I won't walk around the ground. (The one exception is at the beach, but I won't take my shoes off until I reach the sand, and I have to put them back on before I leave the sand no matter how wet or sandy my feet might be :laugh: )

I've already mentioned in another thread holding my skirt up to climb stairs, even when I'm wearing slacks or jeans. :laugh:
 
Ailish said:
- I have to sleep with my bed against a wall, and I, too, have to be facing the door when I fall asleep. (and my closet door can't be open :rolleyes: )
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I'm glad i'm not the only one who has to sleep facing the door, I know this is PL related. Interestingly, both my closet door and bedroom door also have to be closed. I don't sleep to well if either one of them is open even a crack!

Oh, and for some odd reason...I never liked the thought of someone watching me sleep. I think this is also in relation to having the doors closed at night, and I always had a fear that i'd wake up to see someone standing above me! Though, I don't think this is PL related, but from a childhood experience I had.
 
Chelle said:
I can't bring myself to leave the house if I'm dressed in sweats, or messy clothes.

I can't stand walking outside barefoot. I will take my shoes off if I'm sitting down and I'll step out onto the porch, but I won't walk around the ground. (The one exception is at the beach, but I won't take my shoes off until I reach the sand, and I have to put them back on before I leave the sand no matter how wet or sandy my feet might be :laugh: )
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You sound so proper! Haha!

I don't feel "right" unless I'm wearing a dress or a skirt. There is just something about it, it makes me feel...normal. Or something. I do believe this comes from my many past lives as a woman.

Another "quirk," is how the way that popsicle sticks feel bothers me so much. Maybe it is because they are so dry, or something. But it's not just popsicle sticks--it is paper towels (again, very dry, haha), and regular towels (oh, I hate to fold towels!), cardboard, etc, etc.
 
Another "quirk," is how the way that popsicle sticks feel bothers me so much.
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Me too. :D I hadn't even thought of that. Wooden handled utensils bother me too. I have to dampen them before I can stand using them.

Also I know what you mean about skirts and dresses. I avoided pants (unless they were the split skirt kind or very flowing) for years and refused to wear jeans until I was in my teens (unless I was camping). I prefer very feminine clothes.
 
I love to be barefooted, the second I get home my shoes are off. And unlike most women I do not have many shoes I may have 10 pair, and with the exception of tennis shoes they are all slip ons or clogs. I have alway disliked shoes on my feet, I often thought maybe in a past life I had foot binding done.
 
kskshadow said:
I love to be barefooted, the second I get home my shoes are off. And unlike most women I do not have many shoes I may have 10 pair, and with the exception of tennis shoes they are all slip ons or clogs. I have alway disliked shoes on my feet, I often thought maybe in a past life I had foot binding done.
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You made me realize something...I too am always walking around barefoot, but I always thought I may have been a Native American in a previous life. I never thought about foot binding....it makes sense as I have no arches in my feet, so i'm supposed to wear shoes with support - but I never do :o

I don't have many pairs of shoes, and what I have are mostly sandals. I hate shoe-shopping. LoL!
 
I have alot of quirks i doubt they are past life related. but its interesting reading other peoples.

-I cant stand wearing my shoes in the house, and it erks me when people do. not becuase of getting dirty, but becuase its uncomfortable and looks like they are getting ready to leave.

-i always sleep against the wall with about 6 pillows. 1 on my left, 1 on my right, and 3 to sleep on. and another for my dog, so basically 5.

-im also big on ice. i use more ice than drink

-I cant sleep with the tv off, i turn it on, watch it, put the timer on, turn the volume down and go to sleep.

-i always chew gum, but only in public. its calming.

- i also love being bare foot in the grass, it feels so nice. i also used to pretend i was an indian when i was little, running in the grass. i like walking barefoot in the grass after it rains, but also when its real warm.

-i love the feeling of like swimming, then like drying off by walking through the woods. just a scenario, like an adventure where i would have to swim across a river, then it would be warm and id be in a forest and meadow.

-some others i cant remember
 
I was really interested to read about the clothing quirks; I also much prefer to wear skirts instead of trousers, and the longer the skirt is the better! I'm used to 'dealing' with a long skirt as well...knowing just when to lift it and when to let it drop...a useful skill to have in rainy Scotland when you need to avoid soaking up the puddles!

I'm also a bit of an eyebrow-puller - it's a stress-induced thing - I have some evidence that I did this in a past life going by the photographs. Even now, you can tell how worried/wound up/stressed I am by looking at the state of my eyebrows! Full eyebrows = :D MB! Patchy/scraggy non-existent eyebrows = :( MB!

I've always loved to be barefoot...don't know why...and I *much* prefer to have clean hands, face and feet before I eat anything. It doesn't feel right to eat without washing my face a little, even if it's just splashing water around my mouth to freshen myself up.

Staying with the washing theme, once I've washed my hands and am rinsing them off, I also have to clean the tap three times...sort of cupping fresh water in my hands and splashing it over the tap. I thought this was just a weird habit until I met somebody else who does this too, so it might be a past life thing after all...does anybody else do this?

:)
 
Marie Bernarde said:
Staying with the washing theme, once I've washed my hands and am rinsing them off, I also have to clean the tap three times...sort of cupping fresh water in my hands and splashing it over the tap. I thought this was just a weird habit until I met somebody else who does this too, so it might be a past life thing after all...does anybody else do this?

:)
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Oh my! I thought I was the only one that did this! Every time I brush my teeth, I always have to rinse off the tap, and also along the side of the sink. I also do this in the shower, if I see a little bit of shampoo foam on the wall or dust on along the edge where the soap or bottles are - I will cup water in my hands and rinse it off until it is gone.

I was told that I was a slave in one of my previous lives. Which explains why I *hate* cleaning with a passion, but also petty little things like toothpaste in the sink or a picture that is crooked on the wall will drive
me nuts! :laugh:
 
azgrl25 said:
Oh my! I thought I was the only one that did this! Every time I brush my teeth, I always have to rinse off the tap, and also along the side of the sink. I also do this in the shower, if I see a little bit of shampoo foam on the wall or dust on along the edge where the soap or bottles are - I will cup water in my hands and rinse it off until it is gone.
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So that makes three of us then - you, me and my friend! I'm so glad and not a little bit relieved - I thought I was developing OCD for a while! :D

No memories of a slave life as yet, but I hate cleaning with a vengeance too, which might explain a few things...! :thumbsup:
 
*wearing shoes in the house bothers me
*I like it when lines cross at a point??? weird I know
"I like warm weater, hate cold weather
*I absolutely cannot relax in total darkness. I sleep with the light on down the hall
"I like water
 
Lol...

I wear long shirts, because I instinctively often lift them as I walk and sit as you would a long skirt to keep from tripping. Also, when I want it to be my balance is so good I could walk around endlessly with a book on my head. Used to spend English class that way. The freshmen were afraid of me. :D

Athlynne
 
Hi Athlynne,

Welcome to the forum!:D My grandma used to make me walk around the house with a book on my head when I was four years old. She credits that to my excellent posture today :laugh: I never minded, and sometimes still do it for fun.;)


Ailish
 
Thank you, Ailish. I love this place!

And I'm so happy now, I thought I was the only person who couldn't stand to touch unfinished wood. I hate the feel and I have a phobia about splinters, so much so that I never walk around barefoot. I even wear socks and slippers while I'm sleeping.

I'm a control freak about most aspects of my life, at least in the little things, but my dad thinks that's mostly to do with being a Libra and needing constant balance.

Also, unsurprisingly, I can't lean or lay down while wearing a necklace, or wear shirts with collars, because I feel like I'm choking if I feel anything across my throat.

Athlynne
formerly Antoinette
 
My quirks, or at least the ones I'll admit to:

I...
scratch my head while thinking, like I'm trying to help the thoughts get out
won't wear white shoes
don't feel at home without a dog or cat
bring a pillow from home on trips
have to have clean fingernails
read seed catalogs
am creeped out by antique dolls

P.S. Would everybody who hates a messy house please come clean mine? I'll buy you a pizza...: angel
 
A weird 'quirk' I have, is that when I get excited, I clutch my hands together really hard. I've always done that, even as a baby and young child. I didn't know until later that it was the same thing that my great great grandmother used to do. Nobody else in our family except us two do that. (she is passed though...)

I've even considered I might have been her (she died in about 1980), but I don't have any memories to support that. All I know is that I am very close to my mother and my mom always wanted to be close to her great grandma, but never had the chance. And, oh yeah, the hand thing....
 
I'm sure I've got a dozen that I never think of, but the one that really stands out is bowing. Unless I consciously make an effort not to, I bow to people when I first meet them or pass by them somewhere - it's especially bad if I'm at all flustered or in a 'social' sort of area. I also bow differently to people, depending on what I think of them, and how much respect they have in my eyes.
Last year I spent a month or so living at a college as the only caucasian girl among a large group of Asians. I picked up the accents so quickly and effectively that I had a lot of people at the end of it assuming that I had been born and raised in Japan.
In fact, I guess that could count as another quirk... If I meet someone for the first time, they never believe me when I say I'm pure Aussie. I seem to drop into accents really easily, without even thinking about it, and only notice when a friend points it out. The most common nationalities people think I am are: English, American, German, Russian, Polish, and Asian.
Of those, I can only remember an English and Asian (Chinese) life.

Cheers,

Saau
 
My two cents

Ahh, little past life quirks...
I too am a bare footer if at all physically possible...drove my entire family insane... Although I do like boots...riding boots in particular, up the calf and BLACK mind you.
I hate when somebody wants me to hold a baby....I HATE holding babies..give me a puppy, it;s fine, a kitten I'm good to go, a baby? forget it! Don't know why...I know I wasn't much of a parent last time, or likely in my Civil War tenure, although I had nine sons.
I over react to sharp, sudden noises. Coming out swinging at times, literally.
I don't like heights at all, yet I was recently on a WW2 ship and spent most of the time in the gun emplacement at the rear of the ship, high above the water. (Nope, no past life WW2 sailor here. Maybe hundreds of years ago)
I'm fascinated with WW1 airplanes but there is no way i'm going up in one.
I love waltz music.
I love the feel of cool marble, and my great fantasy would be to have an indoor pool with a marble facade and columns.
 
OK, mine are somewhat bizarre. I don't know if they're pl related. some I can explain from this life.
I'm a barefooter hardcore! I don't like clothes that much either.
1. I don't like prime numbers. If it can't be divided into equal groups, it's no good.
2. I twist my hair and sometimes, suck my thumb.
3. I constantly "crack" my thumb. I played clarinet for years and the thumb that the clarinet rested on will crack each time it's bent, so will the wrist.
4. I can't sit with my back to the door, or the other patrons at a restaurant.
5. I don't like my food to touch. Yes, I know it all goes to the same place, but yuck.
6. I have to have white noise when I sleep.
7. I wiggle my legs constantly, and more when I'm experiencing pain or trying to get to sleep.
8. I notice the clock every day at 12:19, my birthday.
9. Nine is my favorite number. I do things in cycles of 9.
 
I'm editing to add why I feel these are pl related.
This is such a facinating thread! My quirks are:
1) balloons--I hate them. They pop and make a really loud noise that scares the cr** out of me! I think this stems from the Civil War.
2) since I was born, I sit with my finger in my navel. Weird I know, why I don't know. Possibly could have been shot or stabbed in the stomach? don't know
3) every day I get pickier about where things belong and putting things back in their proper place I want to remember EVERYTHING this time
4) books must be treated with great dignity and respect. I think this comes from a time when a book was extrememly expensive and not everyone could own a book.
5) must have a light on somewhere in the house I think this is more related to seeing spirits than pl
6) also must have short hair, the shorter the better. If I could, I'd wear my head shaved or with only stubble. Only it would scare my poor daycare kids to death! LOL possibly being a man in a pl or just tired of having to have really long hair as was the custom in pls
 
What a bunch of nutcases! Me, I'm perfectly abnormal, as my short list will prove.

Whenever I set an alarm clock, I have to check, and recheck it endlessly.

While I'm not that great of a cleaner, everything most be in its proper place.

I clean my glasses dozens of times a day, if they need it or not.

When I read a book, I use small yellow file cards, and nothing else, to mark my place.

Foods can't touch on my plate. Sandwiches can't have any meat or cheese overhang. I won't use any squeeze bottles.

That's all I can think of . . . which is a lot more than I thought.

John
 
Hellooo:)

Bearing in mind I'm still trying satisfy myself that I was who I think I was, there's a few quirks which I could really see coming from a PL...

From the life I've researched most:

1.If I'm very unhappy or angry, I clean...Do the dishes, shampoo carpets, rearrange the dust...all with a little mantra running round my head "If all else fails, clean.".

Now I actually hate housework and my house is hardly a palace, but if I'm doing it for someone else (anytime, not just if I'm angry), I won't stop until you could eat your dinner off any object in the room! My possible PL, having been briefly famous and fairly wealthy, descended into poverty and ended up living in a hostel and doing menial work for a crust. When I clean I go into my own little world, and that feeling comes back from childhood, of trying to remember something, and of looking at my home and every object seeming strange and new, even though I've had it for years.Sometimes I look at my hands in the dirty dishwater and the thought strikes me that the nails should be longer, there should be rings on my fingers, and that my hands look terribly rough and workmanlike. I think my PL lady would probably go off in her mind and daydream whilst she was scrubbing floors and such, very likely wondering how she ended up living like that.

2. Drunk men. They frighten the life out of me, especially if they are getting a bit too touchy feely.

My Lady is often reported to have become an alcoholic in her latter few years, it's possible that, living and working among lifes unfortunates, she'd have been mauled by a few drunks. If she herself drank heavily in that environment then God knows what situations she'd have got into. All I know is that I dreamed about being drunk several times from being small up until I tried alcohol aged about 16. The experience was exactly as I had dreamed it, and the dreams then stopped. I didn't try it again till my 18th birthday. When I started hanging out in my local pub aged about 18 or 19, with a good bunch of friends, I was quite happy with a couple of glasses of cider and the atmosphere, but I did get to see what a stinking, amorous drunk looks (and smells) like, and it felt horribly familiar... ugh:( Something in my head always kicked in to stop me drinking too much, my biggest fear being the idea of waking up and not remembering what happened..

Other stuff, just suspicions:

1.My artistic nature.

Ever since I coul pick up a pencil I have drawn pictures, (we're talking 2 ish...), at times obsessively. Aged 12 I'd look at old masters to see how they used light and form, practising over and over and never being satisfied with my work. Somehow I've managed to make a living from it, everything from drawing to sculpting to digital art. That need to create was always in me, and I've always felt that somewhere back in time I was SO much more talented than this life! The only PL flashback I might be able to associate it with was one where I was a young man, working in some kind of academy or studio alongside a whole lot of other young men at either drawing boards or easels. I wasn't paying attention to the work, I knew that. I was gazing at the late afternoon sunshine spilling in through the window and making the dust in the air sparkle, feeling both a bit drowsy and also impatient to get out of there. No idea who or when, but I always associate it with my artwork...


2. Bare feet!

I hate wearing shoes and am quite happy in Summer to wander the streets barefoot. Considering that as a child I made bows and arrows, was fascinated with horses and daydreamed of being a young Native American brave, I've always taken it as stemming from a PL.

Argh, too much writing, sorry!:o

Dxxx
 
I didn't think it was too much, Dawn, it was quite interesting - thank you for sharing! ;)

As for myself, I also have some past-life related quirks, for example: wanting to bow "making a leg" instead of shaking hands when introduced to someone and taking off my hat in a church when I wear one even though everybody tells me it's OK for a woman to wear a hat in church. But I can't bring myself to do that, it just feels plain wrong!
 
Quirks that are signs from a past life:

- Whereas I think black people are stunning and I feel like I belong with them I get very scared if a black man is supposedly chauvinist and violent. This is why I'm totally allergic to most gangsta rap music to the point of getting hysterical if I have to listen to it.

- Stemming from that same and some other lives I feel like I should be part of a tight minority community (I'm for example fascinated by Jewish culture if not the religion). And I'm very pro minority rights.

- I'm very horrified by prostitution and selling women as sex slaves (I'm sure we all are, but to the extremes).

- I hate gambling in all its forms.

- I'm a little snobbish at times because of my many privileged lives I think.

- I think skinny dark-haired women are the most attractive.

- I think there should be a lot of books - preferably a library - in every house.

- Family is everything to me.

- I adore horses but am at the same time very scared of them. Not riding them, but being next to them.

This list could go on and on, but as I realize these are probably not quirks as was meant in this thread, I'll stop here. :)

Karoliina
 
PL quirks

I can't get lost in the city or the wilderness and related to it I love to see what's around the next bend.

Trains- I love to stop and watch them and bugged my parents for a couple of years until they got me my 1st train set when I was 6.

Building models- trains in particular centered around a city, dates from my love of being an architect at some point in the past.

Playing army when I was a kid either with friends or figures, which is strange considering how I feel about having died in too many wars but there you are.:laugh:

Jack
 
Hmm...I've always had a terrible fear of heights. It was worse when I was younger, and seems to have lessened. I also suffer from what I call reverse claustrophobia. Being near large spaces, such as stadiums, or looking at mountains (even when I'm at the bottom), makes me very nervous and dizzy. I've never had a problem with cramped spaces, it's open spaces that I can't handle. I also prefer skirts to pants. As a child, my parents had to force me to wear blue jeans. I hated wearing them, as I felt they were "uncomfortable;" yet I found pantyhose and dresses to be comfortable. :)​
 
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