i am neurotic.

I could never stay over my friends houses when I was little, because I would constantly worry that something would happen to my family. I would call home at three a.m. and claim that my stomach hurt. My mom and sister recently told me that they used to bet on what time I’d call home.

After I learned that REM (rapid-eye movement) sleep is the type of sleep that makes you truly rested and that the first cycle of it happens within an hour and a half of continuous sleep, my naps now have to be a minimum of ninety minutes. If I get woken up in the middle of the nap, and thus am not able to get my daily amount of nap REM sleep, I get extremely upset that I wasted my time and end up feeling especially tired the rest of the day.

When I set my alarm at night the ending digit has to be 6. always. (5:16, 5:36, :5:56) If I end it in a normal number, I consider it a jinx and I will surely sleep through it.

If I have something to do the next day, I always have to set an alarm. Even if I’m due in at work at 3pm I will still set an alarm just in case I happen to sleep really late. I also have to set the alarm an hour before I actually want to get up, so that just in case I fall back to sleep by accident, I still have ten snooze button presses to wake me up again. I also have to get up exactly one hour before I have to leave the house.

I have two alarms clocks set for me in the morning to go off in alternating 15 minute increments from 6:00 AM to 7:45 AM. I can’t just wake up to one alarm at one time.

I never wear watches. Every time someone asks me for the time i look at my wrist for a few seconds as if i had a watch on and then i take out my phone and tell them the time. People look at me very baffled but I can’t help it.

my family has always had a thing about being late so now we set our clocks twenty minutes ahead of time so we are always early no matter what. plus we leave early to make sure we get there early so i’m always there like half an hour early for everything.

If I’m texting someone and they don’t answer back immediately, I count the amount of time that passes between texts. If the amount of time goes over 20 minutes, I feel like they don’t like me and I get annoyed.

I have set a limited amount of time for alot of stuff i do, and if i go over that time i have a fear i will die or the world will end. i know that that wont happen but just in case, i still have to follow the time limits.

I have to shower at night and night only. Even if I come home at four in the morning, and am exhausted/drunk/whatever, I will shower. I get freaked out if I sleep without showering, thinking that my pillow and bed will get gross and dirty. On that same note, I don’t like other people in my bed unless I know they are clean, or they have their own sheets.