Go on, admit it. You're not the exception.
The phone-check loop
You pick up your phone to check the time. Five seconds later, you pick it up again — because you have absolutely no idea what time it was. You looked. Your brain just didn't bother to register it.
And then there's the fridge. You wander into the kitchen, open the fridge, stare into it for a few seconds, conclude there's nothing worth eating — and then, ten minutes later, go back and open it again, as if something exciting might have materialized in the meantime.
The foot grabber
When something falls off the sofa, you don't stand up. Obviously not. Instead, you attempt to pick it up using only your foot, treating your toes like a precision grabbing tool. The usual suspects: the TV remote, a biscuit, your glasses, your phone.
The fake phone call U-turn
You realize you're walking in the wrong direction. But turning around on the spot feels embarrassing — what if someone sees? So instead, you fake an incoming call, hold the phone to your ear, and use the performance as cover to change direction. Flawless.
And while we're on the subject of navigation: when you're driving and trying to find an address, you turn the music down to… see better? Nobody actually knows why. The music has nothing to do with your eyesight. And yet, down it goes, every single time.
Body quirks
You pace around the room while talking on the phone. You press your cold earlobe against the warm inside of your ear when you're chilly. And if you break a tiny sweat, you immediately smell your armpit — even though you applied 48-hour deodorant that very morning.
When you're too hot in bed, you stick one leg out from under the duvet for temperature regulation — but only briefly. Because obviously, the thing living under the bed might grab it. Better not risk it.
Machines and buttons
You press the lift button five times even though you know perfectly well it won't arrive any faster. You simply cannot stop yourself — just like the panicked heroine jabbing buttons in every thriller ever made.
You also watch the microwave countdown and stop it exactly one tenth of a second before it beeps. This delivers a disproportionate sense of satisfaction that no one can fully explain.
And when an automatic door slides open as you approach it, you feel like a Jedi for at least half a second.
The director's cut in your head
You replay your most embarrassing moments — except in the rerun, everything goes differently. You don't trip. You don't freeze. You don't finish last. You win. And best of all: instead of going red and saying nothing, you come back with the most perfectly timed, devastatingly clever response. The version of you in your head is honestly impressive.
The call of the void
You're standing on a train platform and a strange thought flickers through your mind: what if I just stepped in front of it? Or off the edge of a cliff. Or over a balcony railing.
It sounds dark, but don't worry — it's completely normal. Researchers have looked into this, and it turns out almost everyone experiences it. The French even have a name for it: l'appel du vide — "the call of the void." It's not a sign that something is wrong with you. It's just your brain being weird, as usual.
The song spiral
When you discover a new song you love, you listen to it on repeat — fifty times, a hundred times — until you know every word, until you're completely sick of it, and ultimately until you never want to hear it again. And if a great track is playing when you pull into a parking space, you sit in the car and wait until it finishes before turning off the engine. Non-negotiable.
The polite nod of confusion
Someone says something. You don't catch it. You ask them to repeat it — once, maybe twice. If you still don't understand, you smile, nod slowly, and pretend you got it, quietly hoping the conversation moves on before anyone notices. Asking a third time? Absolutely out of the question. Far too awkward.
The wardrobe illusion
You own 75 t-shirts. You wear the same three. You have at least 23 bras. You wear three of those too. Are you ready to finally declutter and let go of the 80% of your wardrobe you never touch? No. Absolutely not.
And honestly? Same.
