Rules you gotta follow 'cause you gotta

[DokiDokiTsuna]

-If a Facebook post actually makes me laugh (which is rare), I have to 'laugh react' to it. Same goes for comments.

-If hear footsteps behind me that sound too "aggressive", I must immediately assume they belong to an assassin who's about to jump me; and I must walk as fast as I can (but not fast enough to look suspicious) until there's a door between us, and then run like hell to my destination. And no, I don't watch too many spy movies, I'm just paranoid~. ;9

-If I laugh, I must cover my mouth with my hand. I actually didn't realize how automatic this was for me until recently...it's not a hard and fast rule, though; sometimes if the humor is surprising enough, I won't bother. ^^

-If I'm taking an exam, I must periodically cover my mouth with my shirt collar like I'm pretending to be a ninja. I...have no explanation for this.

-If I'm watching something, I must also be doing something. Either eating (if I'm watching something I've been really looking forward to) or working, on comics or homework (if I'm watching something I feel casual about). I can't just...watch things...

-I must plan each day's outfit according to the weather, the temperature, how active I'm going to be, and, of course, how stylish I feel~. I feel like this should be more common than it is...

-If I enter a room in a public place, I must sit in a strategically-advantageous place: somewhere with a clear view of the rest of the room, especially of the exits, so no one can go in or out without my notice. Preferred spots are near walls, corners, or pillars. I do NOT sit in places where I have my back to other people if I don't have to. Again, just paranoid~ ;9

-If I start playing a song and "don't listen to it well enough", I must start it over and play it again.

[nostalgicroxas]

-If I start playing a song and "don't listen to it well enough", I must start it over and play it again.

• If I start listening to a song, do something else and miss everything but the first 5 seconds of the song, even if it's 2 songs later that I realize, I must go back to that song and listen to it again.

[VibrantFox]

-If I enter a room in a public place, I must sit in a strategically-advantageous place: somewhere with a clear view of the rest of the room, especially of the exits, so no one can go in or out without my notice. Preferred spots are near walls, corners, or pillars. I do NOT sit in places where I have my back to other people if I don't have to.

i do this one too but not only to be aware of whos going in or out but also to plan out my exits in case anything happens even if nothing happens but just to be aware

[nostalgicroxas]

• If I'm really hungry and don't realize it, I'll start eating the skin off my lips. Just systematically find a piece of dead skin, cut it off with my teeth and start chewing on it. Drinking water does not stop this. I need actual food.

• When I'm super focused I'll stick my thumb nail in between my teeth. Don't know why. But those hand flossy sticks help stop me from getting random pieces of nail snagged in my gums oAo

[DeformedSunflower]

I understand that paranoid feeling! I also always choose to sit in the corner, be it in a restaurant or in class. The last one also really screams to me. Sometimes it's not just music, but also music videos.
Here are a few more of my own weird habits:

-If I walk past a table, I must touch its corner.

-If I enter an unfamiliar, secluded place (especially a toilet), I will mentally ask for permission to occupy the room.

-Whenever I'm about to store something I treasure away, I will apologise to it and wish for its happiness in the storage room.

-Likewise, if I'm taking something out of the storage room, I make sure to put it back to its exact original place and position, so "it can reunite with its friends (other stored stuffs)"

[SleepingPoppy]

• I must sit in just the right spot. In school this is in a desk one back from the front, near central, but slightly to the left or right. Also have regular spots in most local restaurants, down to whether I or my friend should be on the left or right most booth seat. This one is wonky because I know where I should sit, but I let my friend sit first, and she usually just instinctively sits in the right spot.
• I must pet the cat. (any cat, if I see it, I must pet it)
• If a fly touches the food, all of the food is contaminated and can no longer be eaten.
• The TV must always be on, even if I'm reading/watching my ipad.
• I will not look out the window at night, or in reflected surfaces, if possible. If I do I will almost certainly see monsters.

I'm probably not remembering several more..

[nostalgicroxas]

That reminds me @SleepingPoppy, that I need living plants outside my window. All windows preferably. And within my line of sight.

• My tv must be near the window, but not get a glare from it.

• I must wake up my cat if he isn't awake and greets me when I wake up. Find him, wake him through petting and hugs.

[Kann]

• I have to unplug every charger that's not currently used. Phone done charging? Unplug it. Laptop turned off? Unplug it.

• My cat meows at me? I meow back. Always. Sometimes we talk like that. xD

• I cannot take a break while reading a book as long as I won't reach another paragraph if I don't feel like reading anymore BUT this paragraph cannot be to close to the end of the page that's gonna be flipped, because then I'd have to flip the page and reach the next paragraph.

[DokiDokiTsuna]

I started three completely different topics today, and this is the only one that got even a single reply.

Let this be a lesson to you, young comic artists...relatability really is king. u_u

[SleepingPoppy]

I didn't know how to reply to the one where you wanted advice. I looked at it a couple times, though. =(

[skicoak]

Whenever a kid shoots you with webshooters...or a ray gun or whatever, you sell it! Even if you're the POTUS.

[MaruExposito]

• When I see a puddle and I wear gumboots, I must go through it!

• When walking in Japan with my hb, I see another foreign-western-female with a Japanese-male partner, I must smile to them. (we're that rare!!).

[DasIstWunderblyat]

• Swipe your clean finger on the cleaned dish to make sure it grease-free.
• I have bad habit to call something looks like the thing it is. Example is I see a dog and go saying "Oh, it's so cute! It looks like a dog!"
• Call every animals no mater what it us with the "tsk tsk tsk" sound thingy, bonus point if you call them "kitty" when they are anything but cats.
• Thinking about all bad things that could happen when you start to enjoy something.
• Making sure that your mind acknowledge that you are the worst human being on earth, nobody actually likes you and your work, what you do is doomed from the start, and overthink it until it suffers.
• Either finish the artwork or a chapter in one sitting or take four leap years and 27 months to get the outline done.
• Put milk first before the cereal

[amortelito]

-No matter how many times I see my cat through the day. I will always joyfully geet him as if it the first time I have seen him in a long time.

-If someone is singing, even a random stranger I will sing along. Yes, I will.

• When I'm going to páy for something I have the money tightly gripped in my hand or if the money is in my purse I have my hand inside the purse grabbing it. (the credit card too) .

-when I'm going to order something, meet someone, talk over the phone I repeat what I am going to say over and over again in my head.

• I distribute money cellphones and loose change all over my clothes in case I get mugged. Every single time I have to go out. I have done if for 7 years and just got robbed once.

[beta1042]

I'm in my thirties but if I'm in the basement and turn off the lights I gotta run up the stairs or the basement shadows will get me.

I also always check if there is toilet paper before I use a public restroom.

And I hate hate hate sleeping with a mirror in the room.

[dawgofdawgness]

• I have this weird obsessive habit where I MUST chew all my nails or dig out all the gunk in the corner of my eyes before getting out of bed. Sometimes I’ll do it for 30 minutes and never leave the bed in the morning ;/

• I gotta turn my plushie’s head away from me when I go to bed so its cold dead eyes don’t curse me in my sleep

• gotta push up my glasses every 5 minutes or so like an actual anime protagonist-_- (it’s a nervous habit)

• when I was a kid I would pat EVERY single plushie in my room exactly once, and I had like 30 plushies. I had to focus reaaal hard on making each pat the same amount of force or else I would have to start over. I always ended up feeling terrible afterwards either way

[DiegoPalacios]

true. Specially if you are the POTUS XD

[DiegoPalacios]

I gotta turn my plushie’s head away from me when I go to bed so its cold dead eyes don’t curse me in my sleep

When i was a kid i just got my plushies to look at the ceiling because i considered that the standard sleeping position XD.

when I was a kid I would pat EVERY single plushie in my room exactly once, and I had like 30 plushies. I had to focus reaaal hard on making each pat the same amount of force or else I would have to start over. I always ended up feeling terrible afterwards either way

i guess you wanted to make sure all of them felt loved equally.

[DiegoPalacios]

-When i sing a lullaby or a nursery rhyme for a kid/baby/toddler, i HAVE to finish it. I may skip some parts, i may sing faster, but that song NEEDS closure.

-I am really picky with my clothes. If i don`t like something, i will not wear it unless it is absolutely neccesary.

-when i play D&D i have to make a comedic character, or at least a character with some comedic traits. Race, class, alignment and personality may vary, but they MUST have something funny to find them fun to play.

-For turn based strategy games i have the strong urge to play a good turn in a dramatic yu-gi-oh-esque fashion while explaining every step.

[azzy-m]

-When I'm doing absolutely nothing and I'm bored out of my mind, I must grind my teeth together. It's funny because it pisses off my mom.

-Whenever I'm eating at a restaurant someone else has to order for me. It's gotten so bad that one of the first few times I actually ordered for myself was ordering a frappe at Tim Hortons while my friend was still deciding what she wanted, and I remember being very proud of that, and that was two months ago.

-If my cat is meowing loudly, I ask in two different tones: "WHAT THE FUCK'S GOING ON" or "What's going on, baby??"

-If a character does something embarrassing, I tend to put down the book and take a huge deep breath to control that second-hand embarrassment.

-When I'm forced to speak in class, I repeat whatever I have to say in my head over and over until it's my turn.

-If it's something I can eat with rice, unless I'm not that hungry, I will get rice with that.

-Whenever I post anything online, I read it over and over again before posting.