I was thinking the other day at some of my habits.. well, I don't know if calling them habits is 100% correct actually.
Knock on wood 3 times if you are thinking about something bad that you don't want to happen.
Any wood BUT the table!
Throw some salt over your shoulder if you see a black cat/say something in the same time with somebody else. OR walk 13 steps backwards if you see a black cat.
Wear something red to keep curses away. Or your underwear inside-out.
You might say "oh, yeah, and don't ever pass under a lather.".
I'd say "It's not the same thing!" I think there is a big difference, actually, between not doing something because "it's bad luck", and doing something rather awkward to avoid something else from happening.
{it started when I saw an episode of either Twilight Zone or the other series, called "Patterns". It was about a man that had all sorts of 'habits' - or gestures - that - he thought - kept the world functioning as we know it. of course in the movie they sedate him and everything goes bananas and that gave me a bit of.. confidence that I am not THAT crazy.. haha!}
Anyway, I was thinking about the origins of some of my gestures. And then it struck me - some of these 'traditions' are centuries - or maybe thousands of years - old. I guess one could say that they are the perfect proof that obsessive-compulsive behavior is as old as us rather than an invention of the latest years.. and that we do have the ability of taking over some of the others obsessions..
I did read this-and-that about this sort of behavior after I realized that I do have some slight symptoms. I do have my own habits, as I said above. I know them, I realize what is happening, so everything is under control. There are times when I am laughing at myself about this.
If you really come to think about it you realize that there is nothing real about it. That salt will do nothing to you, will not change anything about what should happen.
Where did all these things started?! Maybe somebody blamed a poor black cat for something bad. And then the phobia started. And later one somebody else invented the strange ritual either for the cat's sake, or maybe to bring some comfort to the unfortunate that crossed paths with the harmless animal?
If I lock the door after he leaves he is to come back because he forgot something and this will make him nervous. I never lock the door. Is it because the previous line? Do I really believe that? (the funny part is that I saw it happening, every goddamn time I locked the door he came back angry). Or this is just an excuse for me hating to see him leave, and feeling that locking the door hurts me in some way?
And there are so much more than this!
Maybe all of these are simply meant to make us believe that a simple gesture can change the ways of the world in a matter that will change our lives for good. But, if part of them are so old, and taken into consideration, why is so much around us so wrong?!
:) now the time I started writing this I had a lot more to debate.. of course as time passes the ideas change, or they fade.. I feel weird now and I wonder what else was there to write? Because I was visualising something like 3 pages wide.. Oh well. This is it.
Note to myself: If you don't write what you want to write the moment you feel like doing so, eat a big peach so the ideas won't fade! Mwahahahaaaaaa
Knock on wood 3 times if you are thinking about something bad that you don't want to happen.
Any wood BUT the table!
Throw some salt over your shoulder if you see a black cat/say something in the same time with somebody else. OR walk 13 steps backwards if you see a black cat.
Wear something red to keep curses away. Or your underwear inside-out.
You might say "oh, yeah, and don't ever pass under a lather.".
I'd say "It's not the same thing!" I think there is a big difference, actually, between not doing something because "it's bad luck", and doing something rather awkward to avoid something else from happening.
{it started when I saw an episode of either Twilight Zone or the other series, called "Patterns". It was about a man that had all sorts of 'habits' - or gestures - that - he thought - kept the world functioning as we know it. of course in the movie they sedate him and everything goes bananas and that gave me a bit of.. confidence that I am not THAT crazy.. haha!}
Anyway, I was thinking about the origins of some of my gestures. And then it struck me - some of these 'traditions' are centuries - or maybe thousands of years - old. I guess one could say that they are the perfect proof that obsessive-compulsive behavior is as old as us rather than an invention of the latest years.. and that we do have the ability of taking over some of the others obsessions..
I did read this-and-that about this sort of behavior after I realized that I do have some slight symptoms. I do have my own habits, as I said above. I know them, I realize what is happening, so everything is under control. There are times when I am laughing at myself about this.
If you really come to think about it you realize that there is nothing real about it. That salt will do nothing to you, will not change anything about what should happen.
Where did all these things started?! Maybe somebody blamed a poor black cat for something bad. And then the phobia started. And later one somebody else invented the strange ritual either for the cat's sake, or maybe to bring some comfort to the unfortunate that crossed paths with the harmless animal?
If I lock the door after he leaves he is to come back because he forgot something and this will make him nervous. I never lock the door. Is it because the previous line? Do I really believe that? (the funny part is that I saw it happening, every goddamn time I locked the door he came back angry). Or this is just an excuse for me hating to see him leave, and feeling that locking the door hurts me in some way?
And there are so much more than this!
Maybe all of these are simply meant to make us believe that a simple gesture can change the ways of the world in a matter that will change our lives for good. But, if part of them are so old, and taken into consideration, why is so much around us so wrong?!
:) now the time I started writing this I had a lot more to debate.. of course as time passes the ideas change, or they fade.. I feel weird now and I wonder what else was there to write? Because I was visualising something like 3 pages wide.. Oh well. This is it.
Note to myself: If you don't write what you want to write the moment you feel like doing so, eat a big peach so the ideas won't fade! Mwahahahaaaaaa
mmm, peaches! :)))
ReplyDeletei always make the first step out of the a house/bus/store with my right leg. i'm convinced that if i step with the left foot, something bad will happen. that's the most often silly habit i have.
and i always make little gestures in even numbers and symmetrical. :)) now that's an annoying one!
i think everybody has at least one.
oh, yes! Symmetrical is mandatory for me either! Except for the knocking on wood - there must be 3 knocks!
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