Journal [April 27]

I do crack my knuckles. I think it's a weird habit but almost all of the population does it so I wouldn't say it's that weird. I don't remember when I started, possibly in  Junior High? At one point I never really understood why people did it, it always seemed so weird to me and I thought it hurt them. Now, there isn't really a time where I don't find myself doing it. I crack my knuckles without even knowing that I do. I commonly do it when I'm nervous though. I'll do it before and after a presentation, before turning in an assignment, and especially during a test. You wouldn't believe how many knuckles are cracked during tests, it's kind of crazy. I don't really know why people do it, but I do it because it kind of brings me a sense of reality? When I'm really nervous  get so fogged up with nervousness that I don't really know what goes on in reality, it's like I space out. Cracking my knuckles gives me like a "punch" into my senses and it puts me at easy in a way. It also gives my hands something to do 'cause I tend to fidget sometimes as well.