Sometimes I have a cup of coffee or a liquid near my computer or important documents. Then I think, "Hmm, wait, what if this coffee spilled and ruined everything?"
At that point, the natural human subconscious muscle usage system is replaced by the clunkier deliberate thinking one.
Then it becomes somewhat terrifying, because I'm now potentially on the verge of generating the thing that I don't want. (A common pattern -- people causing things they dislike or fear.)
I don't want to overstate or understate this. It goes like this: "What if the coffee spills?" Then I become self-aware and self-conscious of my actions. Then I get mildly terrified. (Seriously, it's not a good reason to be afraid and not much scares me -- but this one always does, a bit.) Then I get aggravated.
What I've wound up doing is physically getting up from where I am, carefully, and taking the coffee to another part of the room or setting it on a table far away, or perhaps drink it all quickly -- something where it's physically impossible to knock over.
I always feel really stupid doing this. It's like, "Why do I do this stupid pattern?" I even feel somewhat stupid mitigating it uber-cautiously by getting up and placing the coffee somewhere else.
And we all have, at least, dozens of things like this.
After years of this happening erratically -- I'd guess twice a month or so? -- I still feel a little stupid and embarrassed by it, but whenever I've brought this up with someone or observed the patterns of behavior of friends, colleagues, and confidants -- we've all got dumb stuff like this. The damage we take, if anything, isn't caused by stupid little quirks that are slightly annoying.
No, the damage comes from leading to a cycle of self-judgment and questioning.
Ok, you've got your weird stuff. If it's messing your life up significantly, change. If not, just recognize it's normal and don't stress.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go walk into my bedroom to finish my coffee.