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23 Aug 2019, 10:52 pm

One day, in second grade , I had a belly ache. I told my teacher and she told me to lay on my desk (she ment my head). I thought it was a really strange idea, but it was hurting pretty bad so I complied, and tried to lay as much as I could on my desk. I was made fun of after.



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24 Aug 2019, 11:29 am

It used to be that I wouldn't eat a sandwich if the slice of meat or cheese was torn. Why? I don't know. I remember feeling very strongly about it but I can't explain the logic.



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24 Aug 2019, 1:09 pm

I used to hide if I was in one of those sulky moods, because it was one of my attention-seeking strategies. When I hid, I wanted people to find me and give me some sort of sympathy or any kind of attention. I also wanted to outsmart my parents by finding a really good hiding place so that they can be looking for me for hours.
But my brother always used to find me and laugh at me for being ridiculous. He was right to do so, because I was being ridiculous. My parents just passed it off as part of being a child, and tried not to call too much attention to it. Thankfully I soon grew out of it after I got to about 12 or 13 years old.


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24 Aug 2019, 7:56 pm

Joe90 wrote:
I used to hide if I was in one of those sulky moods, because it was one of my attention-seeking strategies. When I hid, I wanted people to find me and give me some sort of sympathy or any kind of attention. I also wanted to outsmart my parents by finding a really good hiding place so that they can be looking for me for hours.
But my brother always used to find me and laugh at me for being ridiculous. He was right to do so, because I was being ridiculous. My parents just passed it off as part of being a child, and tried not to call too much attention to it. Thankfully I soon grew out of it after I got to about 12 or 13 years old.


I really loved hiding when I was young too, maybe it was for similar reasons, though I never thought about it until now. My older siblings would say they were going to look for me and would just leave the house though. :lol:
I would stay in my hiding spot for hours, till I really had to pee. I thought I was so good at the game. It took me a while to get that they just wanted me to go away so they didn't have to watch me.