Embarassing personal habits

[michel]

Burping was a contest in my house. And my mother is still the reigning champion. But being a female myself, others are often embarrassed by my lack of modesty in that area. And like Bastet, I am a zit popper. I don't know why spending an hour in the mirror is more appealing to me than spending just a few minutes to 'deep clean' my face. But I did really like those little strips they came out with that pulls all the black heads out of your nose.

I do not know why, I never had bad acne. My first husband liked to lay in my lap and have me get his pimples.

HEY HEY! There's a limit - let's keep it clean !:biglaugh:

 

[Bastet]

:biglaugh: Ahh, what a great thread this has turned out to be...

ES ~ I'm more of a 'blackhead picker' than a 'zit popper'.

Now, as for burping... I used to be able to burp entire sentences, but sadly the talent has gone unused for the last few years, and I am only able to burp individual words. For anyone interested in trying it, 'Barry', 'Ralph' and 'Ray' are excellent starting words...they roll right off the tongue...

 

[Saw11_2000]

I have OCD so I have bad ones.

I do not touch doorknobs if I don't have to. I use paper towel, or if I touch it, I immediately go wash my hands. Same thing with food, if I touch greasy food, I will not touch anything else until I can go wash my hands. I also have a bad habit of hitting myself, sometimes all of a sudden I will just slap myself. Very random.

 

[Bastet]

I have OCD so I have bad ones.

I do not touch doorknobs if I don't have to. I use paper towel, or if I touch it, I immediately go wash my hands. Same thing with food, if I touch greasy food, I will not touch anything else until I can go wash my hands. I also have a bad habit of hitting myself, sometimes all of a sudden I will just slap myself. Very random.

Ahh, I can relate to that! My mother is fond of telling the story of me 'helping' her with the weeding as a small child. I would pull out one weed, go inside and wash my hands, come and pull out another weed, go inside and wash my hands... I'm not that bad these days, although I cannot stand touching raw meat, and will avoid it if at all possible. I have disposeable gloves handy if I get the urge to make meatballs or something (a very, very rare occurance). I don't eat much meat anymore. I think it harks back to the time this steer died when I was a teenager (I grew up on a farm). It had just been drenched, so its meat wasn't fit for human consumption because of it, so we just cut it up and bagged it for dog food (freezing much of it). I got the job of packing it, and the meat was still hot...it was pretty feral. *where's a gagging smiley when you need one*

We had this customer at work, he was a semi-regular for a while (would come in once a week like clockwork), but comes in less these days. Before we had the patio area enclosed and an automatic door put in, this guy would grab the handle of the door right down the very bottom (the handle was about 2 feet long), where nobody tended to touch it, to come inside. It was funny to watch, because he had to bend down to reach it that low, but he'd try to be inconspicuous while doing it. He wouldn't touch the bag of food with anything other than the tips of his thumb and forefinger either. I often wondered if he actually ate the two Big Macs he bought, or if they were for someone else...he didn't seem like he'd want to get messy enough to eat them himself.

 

[cmotdibbler]

I have pretty severe eczema particulary on my butt cheeks, it is hard to resist picking at the impressive flakes of skin.
Since the eczema is in my ear canal, I often clean them with a bent paperclip at work.
(I save and reuse the bent paperclip in a little drawer)

Eczema sucks and I've been to numerous doctors over the past 20 years. Some medication helps but the constant application of creams is tiresome.

 

[EnhancedSpirit]

I have pretty severe eczema particulary on my butt cheeks, it is hard to resist picking at the impressive flakes of skin.
Since the eczema is in my ear canal, I often clean them with a bent paperclip at work.
(I save and reuse the bent paperclip in a little drawer)

Eczema sucks and I've been to numerous doctors over the past 20 years. Some medication helps but the constant application of creams is tiresome.

You have to be careful not to use too much prescription cream because a lot of them are topical steroids.

A friend of mine has eczema really bad, he can no longer use the medicated creams because over-use has caused damage to his liver (or kidneys-i don't remember which). It was explained to him that eczema was the bodies immune system over reacting. The body was forming scabs, where no scab is needed. I would look into what you could do to get your immune system back in synch, and see if it doesn't clear up.

 

[cmotdibbler]

Thanks for the concern ESpirit. I only occasionally deal with the steroid creams anymore since they only work little and I am concerned about side-effects. It is just something to deal with, high humidity and UV help. My sister and daughter both have it so I keep an eye out for new therapies.

 

[Pah]

It should be noted that medical given here is opinion, informed of not. Always consult a professional

 

[EnhancedSpirit]

It should be noted that medical given here is opinion, informed of not. Always consult a professional

Yes, I am not a doctor, but I do have a habit of wanting to help EVERYBODY.