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Honestly I do this as well as make self absorbed speeches about made up horrific things that happened to me just to garner sympathy and feel like I have power / control over how people see me instead of facing the truth ugh. Tough shit.
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Mine are more like ted talks or speeches to my school about mental health etc. It’s odd but I’ve never really thought twice about it!
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I someone act like I’m making a speech to people when I’m alone haha
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I do this! I always thought I was the only one and I feel really weird about it sometimes. It’s really interesting to know that someone else does it too!
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Sounds like youre trying to control the future and receive admiration and avoid rejection. Love yourself more through each morning what you like about yourself, and before bed, even if its repeated. If you cant write it then at least read it out loud. That symptom will soon fade
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I’ve done this ever since I was a child. Like imagining whole conversations with people. I only recently really noticed how bad a thinking pattern it is as it’s another form of control. The same has to be said about schizophrenia too as about three years ago I found out my elderly mum has had it for years. So I guess these traits are further proved through the genetic element. Live stressors trigger what’s just waiting to be triggered.
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Just remember if you have any doubt about “who” is talking to you - it’s ocd. It’s just another compulsion - try to just watch the convos instead being engaged. Don’t react with judgement - just like “OCD is really talking today.. such an odd disorder”.
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sometimes*
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I do that and stand up comedy for literally no audience lolol. I used to not think about it until some girl in high school said that it was a sign of schizophrenia that I was doing that when she overheard me. Which was embarrassing but I also researched schizophrenia so much that I couldn’t sleep for days on end and that’s all I thought about for monthS. Literal hell. And I always shutter when I see scissors because she was using them while we had this convo. Ugh, the mind is wild. These days I’m just horrified by my obsession with proving that I’m actually suffering to people. That’s the only way I can think that I would do that whole “I was beaten nearly to death” routine. Like what the hell ?! Blah, workin on it. So bizarre and I’m super aware of it now honestly which is good and bad lol I’m sure y’all can relate on some level at least
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I do it too. You’re not alone.
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I do this too! So glad to know I’m not the only one.
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I think about it like having imaginary friends as an adult lol. I do notice that since OCD hit me, I talk about OCD all the time so it may be a form of compulsion
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Paranoia… I need to know because I’m feeling very alone in this. I’ve never met someone with the level of paranoia that I have. I can logically explain things to myself and somehow my paranoia convinces me of another story. I’m constantly thinking exaggerated thoughts that there are so many scary possibilities. Am I alone in this or what? If so any suggestions on how to calm these thoughts
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Can anybody relate? I get so anxious to text people and reply, especially friends. I overthink everything I say wondering if they will think it’s funny or if it’s the right reply and when I send it I keep thinking that I said something evil or unfunny so I keep rechecking the text to make sure it’s ok. It’s so frustrating because all I want to do is talk to my friends but I get so anxious about texting them thinking something evil will happen so I just barely text them💔 if anyone has any advice to help with this please let me know 🙏
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I actually didn't realise this til now because I just assumed it was a coping mechanism from when I was really young. But when I tend to get stressed out or overwhelmed, I'll often start talking out loud to myself (which mostly means just whispering to myself because if i spoke really loudly, my mom would hear me lol). But nowadays with my fear of being surveilled, I keep having to catch myself because it's such a habit at this point for me to whisper out loud. Especially with me trying to reason through my false memories or really bad intrusive thoughts. Another compulsion. And then I keep thinking omg did I have my phone with me when I said that. Is anyone watching me rn? What if this person (that probably doesn't even exist) thinks my thoughts are true? What would everyone else think? And then I spiral afterwards. It sucks because I feel like I'm policing myself even when I know these are all just things I'm saying out loud and they don't mean anything— they're just thoughts after all. But I have this worry that if someone overheard me or all of this was suddenly revealed, that it might change how people see me or people might hate me or think i'm a bad person. And then I worry about me being worried about that because then I ask myself would a good person be worried about this? Anyways, another long post with me waffling and rambling. Thank you for taking the time to read this ❤️🩹
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