i am neurotic.

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.

Every morning when I wake up, I kiss my Transformers figurines good morning. When I go to bed I kiss them good night, but in the reverse order of when I “get” them up. If I can’t do that, I can’t start or end my day.

Every night before I fall asleep, I simply MUST read all the new posts on 5 websites, textsfromlastnight.com, mylifeisaverage.com, fmylife.com, givesmehope.com, and iamneurotic.com. If I don’t read every single one, I cannot fall asleep.

I have to check the bed for snakes before I will get in. If my husband’s already in bed, I will wake him up and make him get out, so I can thoroughly check. I make sure to leave the toilet seat down at night time, in case a snake comes up the toilet. I live in Ireland, and we have no snakes here. I’m not sure where I got my phobia from.

When I was in elementary school, I heard some myth that if you put your shoes together next to your bed, it allows evil spirits and ghosts, and bad luck to get at you. But if you put your shoes facing opposite directions, it confuses them and they can’t get you. So now every time I go to bed, I HAVE to make sure that my shoes are facing different directions in order to even lie down.

I have a security issue with Diet Coke. I have to have at least one with me at all times, especially when I go to sleep. I don’t want to drink it, I just have to have it on the nightstand next to me. If I happen to run out, I get really anxious and irritated until I go get more…even at 3am. Also, I can’t EVER drink the last drink…it’s just gross.

I have many neuroses, but this, apparently, is amongst the weirdest. I cannot have the duvet with the poppers/buttons at the same end as my face, as I am concerned that during my slumber my head may get caught in the gaps between aforementioned poppers/buttons (and I’ll die), or that a popper will lodge in my eye (rendering me blind), or somehow get stuck in my throat (and I’ll choke). If they’re on the side of the bed, instead of at the bottom, I worry that when I get out of bed, my foot will get stuck and I’ll trip over. They’re at the bottom for a reason.

Before I go to bed, I have to count to one hundred(100), inhaling on even numbers, and exhaling on odd numbers. Then I have to count down from one hundred (100) to zero (0), using the same process. I have to do this at least once in order to fall asleep, and if something disturbs the process, I have to start over.

Every night before I go to bed I have to listen to Harry Potter. I cannot fall asleep without it because I like it when people read to me.download underworld rise of the lycans divx

I cannot allow myself to go to bed unless I have taken out my contacts, changed into PJs, brushed my teeth, and washed my face. The only way I’m allowed to avoid that is when I sleep on the couch or in a chair. If I do one of my steps, I have to do the other 3. Also, I cannot sleep on the couch two nights in a row or that would ruin the whole routine and I would have to sleep in my bed every night until I feel I have made up for that sin.