Things that you used to do as a child repetitively and now think "WTF?!"

Oh I've just remembered I used to drink neat vinegar.

I also had a comfort blanket. I say had... I still have one which I tickle my feet with as I go to sleep. I say one...I have a small travel one too

I'm 27. I have no shame in my love for my blanky. These are new ones too...got both for my 27th birthday.

I used to insist on bourbons and milk in bed. I always had to deconstruct the bourbon before eating. For breakfast on a Sunday I'd have roast potatoes in a huge bowl of gravy.

I used to dress up as Jet from gladiators and swing down the banister. I told everyone that Hunter was my boyfriend.

I was an only child. I'm also quite drunk now and am bound to regret admitting these tomorrow.

I used to bite off, chew and eat my finger nails and toe nails.

I would run up the stairs on all fours. Still do on occasion.

I would eat my hair. I would also twist it and pull it underneath my bottom lip. The only reason I don't still do this (the twisty thing, not the eating thing) is because I get my hair cut really short now. It's actually the reason I get my hair cut short now.

I had to walk and eat at the same time. Like, step and chew at the same time. I had a mini freak out if I did it wrong.

I used to sew my fingers together. Still have the scars.

I used to walk along the pavement with one foot on the road so it was like I had one leg longer than the other.

I used to chew bread until it was mush. I loved it.

I used to roll butter in sugar and eat it.

I used to eat spoonfuls of sugar.

I'll be back with more. God, I was a strange child.

I won't drink upstairs water either. It doesn't taste right. And its full of germs and pigeon poo.

troostory.

YY to flannel sucking. I'd forgotten about that.

I used to suck keys. I loved the taste of the metal.

If I went to the toilet in the night u would run back to my room at top speed to ensure I was under my covers before the flushing finished.

Oh I can't drink bathroom water. I'd die

Yes DH is convinced bathroom water is 'evil' even now! He won't let the DCs drink it (unless its 3am and he won't go downstairs), it's weird what sticks with us from childhood.

I spent hours walking round the house with my yes closed to 'practice being blind'

And I constantly justify everything I do in my head. To the point that if someone asked me why I had crossed the road in one particular point rather than another not that they ever would I could give them a full analysis of car positions, road layouts, weather conditions etc

And Another raw sausage eater

My mum and dad had 'padded' wallpaper stuff in the toilet - it was the 80's! And I used to sit on the toilet and dig my nails into it to make patterns. By the time they got rid of it there was hundreds and hundreds of nail marks dug into it and yet I denied that I had anything to do with it!

I was a book eater, don't think I have a single childhood book with all the edges on the pages. I would also pick of and eat dried pva on the glue bottles. bite my lips til they bleed, same with my fingers. and I bit the hands and feet of all my barbies and dolls. I'd chew anything tbh. Still do Guess whos a smoker

Oh cleo! How funny! I remember my mum telling me that you couldn't drink bathroom water so it was like I was doing something really naughty.

I did plug drinking too but had forgotten. The plug was always a bit grotty too

Oh, also eat the 'clover' from the school field because it was 'sweet'....god knows what was on it (dog wee etc) - I'm strangely ok with my DCs eating random things after my childhood. mummy I did the plug-drinking too - you've just reminded me! Why didn't I just use my hand?

I was obsessed with cleaning out the gunk from the butterfly back of earrings. I'd clean it out using the stem of the earring. My mums used to be full of gunk and I had such an obsession with poking it out. I might have to ask her if she's got any gunky earrings tomorrow

I used to scratch my head until it bled, wait a few days and then pick the scab. So satisfying. I'd check my mum and dads heads for scabs too.

I used to perform concerts in my bedroom every night too but that's normal, right?!

Oh! My brother made me put my tongue on the end of a battery when I was 4. I remember the buzzing feeling!

confusedpixie eeeeee I wondered if I'd find anyone who did it! I honestly only just stopped about 2yrs ago but when I'm on my own in bed, or if I'm feeling a bit tired and my brain is frazzled I still have to do it to be able to relax properly to sleep :)

Aaaaaaah I feel all at one with the world now

The sink in the bathroom had a rubber plug on a chain. If I got up through the night thirsty, I would turn the plug upside down, fill it with water and drink it. It held a tiny bit of water so I would sit there for a while till my thirst was quenched!!
I can still taste the 'bathroom water'

Oh my god, I used to love eating Winalot biscuits.

Ooh...the Oxo one reminded me of eating concentrated Jell-O Powder and Kool-Aid Mix straight from the packet on the school bus. We also used to have these disgusting lunch-box treats called 'Fruit Roll-Ups' that you could roll around your index finger into kind of a cone and we used to leave them on all day and suck on until they got all soggy and disgusting.

Sick.

I used to full all the 'sticky up' feathers out of the duvet.

I used to eat toothpaste and drink mouthwash, including in other people's homes. Not just fresh stuff from the tube either, if there was a splat clinging to the inside of the sink, from other peoples teeth cleaning, I would scoop it out and eat that too, ewww
Not surprising that my mum had to supervise my brushing until i was way into secondary school.....the shame

Id steal oxo cubes from the cupboards and eat them - only beef ones though! Also used to mix vinegar with water and drink it