Well I have Aspergers so with that comes some strange habits.
Avoiding eye contact, walking on my toes, pacing around the room, etc. but other than that I have one that I don't think is related to autism.
I hold all my drawing utensils like this. I've had a lot of people over the years tell me that was weird xD
I knead my lip with my fingers when my left hand isn't in use for anything....never with my right hand. And it's pretty much guaranteed if I'm sitting or not moving, and I'm not doing anything with my left hand like typing or holding on to something, my left fingers (thumb and 1st finger) are kneading my lower lip. If I'm standing but not moving, I'll fold my arms and support my left arm with my right just to knead my lip. Most of the time I don't even realize I'm doing it
I yell random anime/youtube/whatever quotes at random times. Or just scree.
"Are you feeling it now Mr. Krabs??!!"
I talk to myself alot as if im acting out future scenes in my comic i often have to make sure no one is around or listening.
When my allergies start acting crazy i put a piece of tape over my mouth so im forced to breath through my nose.
I skip words when i type.
Okay, a lot of us talk to ourselves, this is awesome. I really think that talking to yourself helps you sort out things in your stories, yeah? It's weird but super helpful.
Other than that... HMM. Heh, I have to roll my sleeves up when I work. I'm SO PROFESSIONAL, I go serious business mode and push those buggers up to my elbows before I start drawing, painting, sketching, etc. It's an annoying feeling to have my arms and hands covered while I work.
Which also sucks because I need a brace sometimes and I CANNOT draw with it on. I turn into a cat forced to wear clothes -- freeze up, fall to the side, remain helpless.
I have a bad habit of picking thing up with my feet if it's out of my hand's reach... some people don't like it I KNOW IT CAN BE GROSS (according to my sister) but I swear I keep myself very clean >_>
Also this is not a weird habit but I zone out a lot when working on my art, most of the time getting distracted by youtube video or just simply doing smth unproductive thing like staring at my screen for several minutes....
I subconsciously keep my hands against my chest like a squirrel, people have pointed it out and I have noticed myself in that position, I might be turning into a squirrel person
Narrating pieces of dialogue seems to be normal around here
@jutawi I start soft-screaming ora ora ora when things get stuck or are to heavy, luckily there aren't other weebs around me so no one knows what it means
I catch myself talking out loud and sometimes reliving embarrassing conversations. Sometimes I don't even realize a conversation was bothering me until I randomly speak a portion of it out loud. Usually I'm alone when this happens, but every now and then there is someone there and I get some weird looks.
Right before getting to bed, I enjoy "acting".
Like, I'm in bed, all snuggly and cozy, but bed is still not warm enough.
So I move around a bit, while imagine doing things, like... Uh... mostly conversations, where I act out more or less.
Difficult to explain, but it helps me getting to know my own characters (AHAHA LOL NO THEY ACT ALL ON THEIR OWN ON THE PAPER ANYWAY).
I do make weird noises everytime I cringe. Does that count? xD
My weird ass habits are universal to everyone that lives in my house. We get them all from mom, I don't know how dad puts up with us.
-Give voices / personalities to all the animals in the house to make them talk to me when no one is home, or talk to other people in my house, with everyone in my house doing the exact same thing and giving the animals voices to talk back.
Each animal as a specific voice, tone, attitudes and sometimes accents that everyone in the house will mimic and stick to, it does not change between people.
-Someone in my house will just randomly break into song, it will not be a known song it'll be one they are making up on the spot right then. I or someone else will join in, making up lyrics as we sing along, then another. Sometimes someone will join in twice more more by adding the animal voices. It continues until someone gets stuck in thinking up and verse and ruins the song.
-Just... randomly making noises as you go through the house. If someone else is doing it we end up facing off as we randomly make noises at each other that progressively gets louder and more screechy until one of us either stops and continues on their way or can't go any higher.
^ this
Along with making random noises, busting into song (sorry tenant, hope he doesn't think I'm a squawking bird), calling out my hamster "POTATOOOO" out of nowhere in a high pitched voice you tend to speak to animals with.
And, I tend to stand on the outer sides of my feet if that makes any sense. I do it unconsciously, maybe to avoid getting dirt on the bottoms of my feet, I don't wear slippers very much
It's really contagious isn't it? When my bro moved out with his cat his room mate thought it was they weirdest thing. Then he started doing it too... at one point he got mad at the cat, because he and the cat where the only ones home, so he was having a 'conversation' with him, and the 'cat' called him a unacceptable slur. Causing the room mated to walk out saying '**** you, I'm not talking to you anymore" only for the room mate to realized about ten mins later that the cat's voice was his own, and he had gotten into a fight with and insulted himself.
Sometimes whenever I'm restless or when I need to think up ideas for my comic, I walk around a table, continuously, like a planet orbiting the sun. 8D;;
@AnnaLandin THAT'S HOW I HOLD MY PEN TOOOO!
Anyway, as for my habit, I like to play with and sniff my hair when I'm concentrating on something.
