My LEFT arrow key seems to be working all too well???

it just started today and MAN is it annoying as ****
ill be typing like this and my *blinking line* will start to go left suddenly until its at the end of the box, and i literally have to smack, my keys to get it to stop, its never happened before and i've spilt NOTHING to make the keys sticky at all in that area!!!
PLEASE HELP
my macbook will NOT goto sleep because of this CRAP
:'(

OH! and i can tell when its acting up before my mouse cursor totally vanishes ever when im moving it sometimes

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