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Out of curiosity, do you (and this question is open to other compulsive selectors) tend to play with things physically when you read as well? Eg. subconsciously
by paulgb 17y ago
Out of curiosity, do you (and this question is open to other compulsive selectors) tend to play with things physically when you read as well? Eg. subconsciously pick up a nearby object and start playing with it.
(I do both, and I suspect they tend to go together)
- lallysingh 17y agoYes I do, and now that you mention it, I'm sure it's two manifestations of the same behavior.
- branden 17y agoYeah I'm the same way. I'm a compulsive highlighter and I often find myself disassembling pens or mechanical pencils, or folding paper, or removing the plastic coating inside a bottlecap, or balancing my glasses on the tip of my finger...The people I spend time with in meetings must wonder if I'm actually paying attention.
- ryanwaggoner 17y agoNot while reading, but I'm notoriously bad when I'm on the phone...small objects all over my house and office are in a constant state of displacement because I pick them up and set them down somewhere else while on the phone.
- aichcon 17y agoHaha, yes, absolutely. I always like to have something to distract my hands. Rubber erasers are heaven for this.
- CraigBuchek 17y agoNo, not usually.