weird thoughts

right basically sometimes i get hese weird thoughts, i mean i will kinda be thinking about somethign and it will get onto something else, and i will sorta think thru a whole situation in my head, ok i need to give an example cos its a bit confusing, and it usually happens when im trying to get to sleep or other times when im bored or somehitng.

ok example. ill be thinking about what would happen if i crashed my car, what my family would do, if a certain person would be upset, how they would get told, what they would do, things like that, kinda a whole scenario, usually involgin something bad happeneing to me or someone in my family, and thinkign thru what would happen and what peopls reactions would be, usually this certain person.

has anyone else had stuff like this? i always end up thinking about loads of things b4 i go to sleep, but runnign thru scenarios seems to be more common.

Reply 1

enigma2506

This happens to me loads, always has done, I actually suffer from a sleeping disorder as a result, coz I cant shut my mind off, I think of all sort of stuff and make scenarios in my head that I prob shouldnt think about.

Reply 2

The Canadian

11

Nothing that weird about it really, but it is very common with people who have had a close encounter with death.

I will often dream about different ways in which I can die, whether I'm with friends or not at the time, how they react, what I do, my last words etc...

Occasionally I dream of my friends being dead and how I react to their death and what I do as a result (if they were killed by someone either deliberately or accidentally, I normally go and hunt down the person, but fail cos I'm not in some cheesy movie)

Reply 3

graveyarddreams

13

Yeah i think about death all time, use to make me depressed, but i guess i've gotten more and more used to it. Just last night i was dreaming about a serial killer (dressed as a clown :confused:

) who put radom giant size poker cards in front of slaughtered victims... but only there were living ones amongst the dead and they were all lying together... strange...
But consiously, i think about death alot, often philosophying and reasoning with myself that there's nothing to be feared (but always feel quite creeped out nevertheless).
I think about past events and abandoned places and stories i made up just to scare myself, and it's all very wierd... lol nevermind

Reply 4

Anonymous #1

OP

yeh thats v similar to me, basically going thru what ppl say and do and think, its usually about death or serious injury but not always, but i havent had a close encounter with death so i dunno why i get it lol

Reply 5

kinkajou

15

yeahh, i get that too. i always get the weird things happening to me :p:

Reply 6

RK

TSR Community Staff

22

I don't have thoughts about situations quite like this, but I do often think through arguments in my head.

I was feeling pretty bad just this weekend when I had a few such arguments (they normally happen when I'm feeling down, or unhappy).

I just seem to think of the most trivial think that has irritated me, or even about something I've done that may have irritated someone else. I then just run through an argument in my head with that person with the argument getting more and more out of control.

The arguments never happen in real life, in fact many of the people are some of my closest friends and I feel quite bad that I ever thought I could have such arguments with them.

Reply 7

hitmanuk2k

Yup it's normal. I hate it though, halts my beauty sleep.

Reply 8

graveyarddreams

13

Roger Kirk

I just seem to think of the most trivial think that has irritated me, or even about something I've done that may have irritated someone else. I then just run through an argument in my head with that person with the argument getting more and more out of control.
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yeah i have that, the sad thing is it usually lasts for hours. Sometimes i can be walking the the street and having an argument with myself, or a character i made up in my head. Or just creating a story with random characters that have no history, and imagine them having conversations in strange places. (Then gets very embarrassed when i realise theres someone walking behind or nearby as if they could read my mind :redface:

)

Reply 9

=nuke=

11

I don't think you have anything to worry about, I think the vast majority of people do the same. But if it bothers you, there may be someone who could help you to learn to think of something else when all this stuff enters your head.

Reply 10

Duck and Cover

15

Yeah i do that all the time when I go to bed...i totally forget about sleeping! Then i relaise how stupid it all is, I mean it might stem from just one thing, like what would happen if my best friend got run over or something like that! (If anyone's seen Brokeback Mountain where Heath Ledger goes to Jake G's house and looks around and sees his clothes and stuff, I always put myself in his shoes and get really worked up about it...weird!!)

Reply 11

fairygirl21

2

I always think like that. Like bad nasty stuff happening to me/the ones I love. But once I realise I'm thinking about it, I kind of switch to thinking about something else so it doesn't hurt me/make me scared kinda thing..

Reply 12

mademoiselle84

1

yeh it's not weird...except usually i think about happy things! like what i would do if i won the lottery, or what would happen with guys i fancy or how my career would be. often the thoughts/daydreams are really long and involved, like thinking exactly about what people say or where i would be... and i can replay them over and over. they usually dont stop me from going to sleep but they sometimes do, but mostly i like to think stuff up when i'm bored.

Reply 13

sim90

13

happens to me sometimes b4 i go to sleep... it takes me 2-3 hours to get to sleep sometimes!!! :eek:

Reply 14

e_clark

13

it doesnt usually stop me from getting to sleep, im a thinker and not one of those ppl that goes striaght to sleep anyways, its just sometimes i kinda maybe feel a bit guilty for thinking these things, and think maybe im wishing it upon myself by thinking it, but sometimes i do get msyelf lost in one of the secnarios and think about it for ages

Reply 15

Ladle

1

I get loads of thoughts like this, generally, if not almost always where something bad/fatal happens to me, then the main part of the thought id focused on the pain my family, girlfriend, friends would go through. I really dont know why, its strange, and sounds really selfish if nothing else!

Dont worry about it though, it seems as though it happens to lots of people, and as long as the thoughts dont start crossing over into possible ideas to see what it'd really be like, you've nothing to worry about. If it got that far, I'd see a doctor. Maybe its an easy way to get drawn into depresion? - I sometimes get it where no-one cares much (!!! :frown:

) and I get completely drawn in, but unless you let it be real its fine I'd say :biggrin:

Reply 16

LOCneverstop

Obsessively going over bad things happening is one of many symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I wouldn't quote me on that though, cuz to be fair, what the hell do i know? :biggrin:

Reply 17

Anonymous #2

i had obsessive compulsive disorder when i was younger like 11 saw like loads of therapists and stuff

i like couldn't touch my family and i f i did i had to like cleanse myself (i know !!! - but i'm all better now!......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................i hope!

but i also have these problems with thoughts where i hate to think about them and if i do i have to punish myself in some way - i also think about deaths etc. but seeing as i have no friends it's usually just me on my own at the time of expiration!

Reply 18

Sam Beckett

7

enigma2506

This happens to me loads, always has done, I actually suffer from a sleeping disorder as a result, coz I cant shut my mind off, I think of all sort of stuff and make scenarios in my head that I prob shouldnt think about.

Me too. Is there a cure? (seriously) it's not very helpful to be awake all night creating stories about anyone and everyone.

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