It's funny how things can be such a fact of life for us that we don't even think they're significant after awhile.
Reading some of the posts in this section of TFF has really brought a lot of stuff up for me, and just last night, two things flashed back up from my memory and I wanted to know what people thought and if anyone has had any similar experiences, or if they have some physical quirks of their own. By that, I mean certain movements or physical reactions. Senses count as well. (Warning: Wall of text to follow
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For me, the two big things I remembered were the fact that since I was a child, I would climb stairs on all fours. And ironically enough, this started AFTER I was grown enough to walk and run up them "normally". I still do it to this day. It just feels natural to me. I almost had a really embarrassing experience in high school because of this.
The school I went to had three floors with very large staircases, and one day I had the very powerful urge to crouch down on all fours and climb up the stairs that way, even though I was tall enough to walk up them two at a time. I stopped myself from actually doing it, and every now and again, that desire would pop up again.
The second thing has also been with me since childhood. You know how kittens, and cats in general, will curl in on themselves and go rigid when you pinch the back of their neck? I do the same thing. It was really bad in middle school because a former friend of mine told that fact to a group of bullies who'd been harassing me. So for months, they would come up behind me and grab/pinch the back of my neck. Every time it happened, it was like a jolt of electricity shot down my spine and effectively paralyze me. My arms would curl in and lock up, my legs would buckle and lock up, and even my jaw would lock open as a tried and failed to cry out. Understandably, whenever they did this to me while I was standing or walking, it would drop me to the floor like a brick, and it would take me almost a full two minutes to recover and get back on my feet.
One day during PE, one of these bullies came up behind me while we were running on the track and did this. I almost did a backflip because of it. I landed flat on my back, but this time adrenaline came to the rescue. The paralytic effect of this wore off almost immediately and I jumped back to my feet and sprinted after this guy. When I caught him, I kicked his legs out from under him and sent him face first into the track. Needless to say, he stopped messing with my neck after that.
I've mentioned in another post that my hearing has been abnormally sensitive my whole life, but I've got one story I really want to share about that. High school also. I was waiting for the bus with a group of my friends, who all knew my hearing was sensetive, and this motorcycle stops at the red light next to our bus stop. I don't think anything of it at first, seeing as my dad had one and my ears could at least tolerate it. Then the light turns green and this motorcycle takes off. I don't know what the deal was, but the explosion of sound that followed its acceleration was so painfully loud that I
collapsed! Not stumble, not fall to my knees. I dropped straight to the ground and into the fetal position with my hands clapped so tightly to my ears that my friends couldn't pull them off. I don't know how long I was down like that, but it was a while because at least two of my friends missed their bus to stay and make sure I was okay. They had no idea my ears were
that sensitive.
So yeah, those are my big physical quirks and the stories they've caused. Anyone have any of their own to share?
