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- merbear
- Date posted
- 5y ago
The same thing happens to me. For me, however, I’m more concerned with others understanding the meaning behind my words. Sometimes, I feel as though a word may mean something to me, but may mean something slightly different to somebody else. The ensuing feeling of feeling misunderstood is triggering
I go through similar stuff. Every now and then when I'm reading and I don't know the meaning of a word I think I don't know it and try so hard to figure out the definition without using words that feel like they mean the same thing. For example I was reading and saw the word express and I KNEW what it meant when I was reading it but had no idea what it actually meant. So I considered it as a synonym of demonstrate and I couldn't think of what that meant so yeah... You get the idea. It's best to just try and Google it or if possible just ignore it.
I do the same thing. I also focus on a word and think about why whoever made the word and why they did that word, and how they chose what means what. Like how did anyone decide that dog means dog, why that word. I don't know if you do that, but I get what you're saying.
Thank you both for replying-yes, I get both of these things. Sometimes I focus on my own words, and sometimes I get stuck on why someone chose a particular word for something. It can be very distracting and disheartening-sometimes I just wish I could turn it off and “be normal.” But it’s good to know that other people experience the same thing-let me know if you find a tactic that works for you to get “unstuck.”
I just had a moment of big panic because I keep having obsessions about reality and how is it possible that I’m able to perceive it. You know when you say a word out loud way too many times, and it starts losing its meaning and sounds weird? Same thing happens to me with reality. Sometimes it gets so intense, it makes me wanna vomit or feel like I’ll faint. I just don’t understand existence and everything feels so weird. I can’t get over it. This is my worst obsession :(
I'm religious, so anyone else who is religious I need to know if this happens to y'all. When I read the Bible, which I want to do twice a day, I feel like I have to reread and reread stuff bc if I didn't comprehend it properly, something bad would happen, or my fears would come true. I also have intrusive thoughts that come into my head about what I'm reading and the thoughts will say something bad about the Bible or about God, and it's like I know God knows I didn't say it but I have to "undo" the thought by getting up out of my seat completely, and saying something that "undoes" it then I can sit back down and read. Sometimes I also shake my head or hit myself in the head trying to rid of the thought. And say "no, no, of course not" and stuff like that trying to undo the thought that intruded...
I’m wondering if anybody else deals with an intense inner dialogue. It seems like my thoughts overlap each other and sometimes don’t make sense. Whether it’s a song stuck in my head, a million thoughts at once or both. It seems to never stop, even my dreams are super vivid. More recently I’ve been noticing random words or sentences that somebody has said before that has no meaning to what I’m thinking about, it will just pop in my head for no reason. For example I’ll be in the shower and “hear” a sentence one of my friends said. It sounds like their voice but it’s just in my thoughts if that makes sense. My core fear is losing my mind, so this spirals and my ocd tries to convince me that I’m hearing voices. Can anyone relate? If so what are some things that you have found to be effective when it comes to staying present. I hate not being as involved in conversations or not giving my 100% attention to things happening around me
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