If you are as human as the rest of us, chances are you’ve done at least a couple of these odd things. No one knows why, but at least it’s something we all have in common. How many of these are familiar reactions?  

  • You unconsciously think of the ’90s as being only 10 years ago.
  • Right away you go back and read an email just after you hit send, hoping you don’t find something awkward.
  • A long phone call means pacing around the house.
  • You are in a store and you aren’t planning on making a purchase. You begin to get paranoid that security might think you are a shoplifter because you’re not carrying something.
  • You rehearse arguments in your head, so you are prepared, just in case that argument should ever come up.
  • If you don’t get any texts for a period of time, you begin to text yourself to see if it’s still working–not because you’re having texting withdrawal.
  • You set the alarm earlier than you need so you can have the satisfaction of hitting the snooze button a dozen times. Or,  you set multiple alarms so you’ll get up by the last one.
  • You’re busy, listening to music while you work. You’re so busy that you listen to a song on repeat so many times it becomes stuck in your head. Now what do you do? You play it for someone else so they can share your pain.
  • You start heating something in the microwave, and turn away to quickly do something else, keeping time in your head. Times almost up! You quickly rush back to the microwave and stop it with just a couple of seconds left because you are pretending that you are a bomb expert defusing a time bomb. 
  • You smile at dogs and say “Hi” to them as they walk by you, without ever making eye contact with the dog’s owner. Alternately, you sometimes make barky noises at dogs as they pass by you, in a car.
  • Every time you use the bathroom you check behind the shower curtain to make sure that no one is lurking in there.
  • You suffer from phantom phone vibrations even when your phone’s vibrate mode is turned off.
  • After an hour of no phone calls you begin to hear your cell phone ringing, even when it’s not. You tell yourself you’re not having phone withdrawal. Then you realize you’re talking to yourself – out loud.
  • You put your streaming music on shuffle, because you like the random freedom of it. Then, you realize you’re skipping songs until you find one you’d rather listen to.
  • You talk to people as if they already know what’s going on in your head.
  • You’re introduced to someone at a party and almost immediately forget their name. You’re too embarrassed to ask them, because they’ll think you’re either stupid, drunk, or just plain weird.