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LunarSpindle1 Apr 1, 2026 +9

Making fake scenarios in my head and getting emotionally invested

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Heavy_Inside4932 Apr 1, 2026 +3

😂😂😂😂😂😂we all do that last time I cried 😅

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Mana-Boss- Apr 1, 2026 +19

I talk to my plants like they actually listen, and get genuinely offended if they “ignore” me.

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FineUnderachievment Apr 1, 2026 +7

I get it. I used to be a master gardener for a dispensary in town. I’d leave NPR playing on the radio when I left for the night. Get that weed a little more cultured lol.

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nope_noi Apr 1, 2026 +5

What

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MaximusZacharia Apr 1, 2026 +3

How do they ignore you? How do they respond?

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HotWhillSON Apr 1, 2026 +16

Talking to myself out loud like I’m explaining things to someone else (I'm schyzo or what guys)

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Neat-Client-5051 Apr 1, 2026 +8

I actually think that’s pretty common

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MaximusZacharia Apr 1, 2026 +6

I do this too. It helps me before I explain to others to explain it out loud to myself. It’s like I’m presenting it to myself first to see if I explain it well.

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rosetinsel Apr 1, 2026 +1

Talking out loud can help clarify ideas, it doesnt mean anything about mental health, just that your brain works best when it hears itself

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Kusanagi60 Apr 1, 2026 +1

You can call it rehearsed rumination, where you use it to rehearse events that are to come, use as problem solving or understanding a situation. It becomes rumination when it has a negative load to it. I have a lot of rehearsed rumination and rumination when it is about a negative event. Mumbling to myself and having full on conversations with no one but the scenario in my head where i am bringing someone bad news or want to understand something. When i hear myself talk, i get a better understanding of what I sound like to someone else or if my actions are too blunt or inappropriate. Last time i had to have a negative conversation with a colleague of mine which i very much like as a person. All i could think of was harsh ways to say it, because that is how i felt. But by hearing myself saying it out loud, i could sort my feelings out. Give it another approach and settle it with my co-worker in a respectful way. For some reason i can't do such things in silence and in my head. I really need to look into it for myself.

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Dadiehopars Apr 1, 2026 +1

Rubber duck debugging for the mind.

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GrinchWhoStoleEaster Apr 1, 2026 +1

This is one of THE best ways to organize thoughts and go over stuff you're learning. Don't ever let the smooth brains shame you into stopping.

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Winter_Big_420 Apr 1, 2026 +5

I can’t do a mundane task, like walking to the store or cleaning my room, without imagining it’s a high-stakes slow-motion entry in an action movie. If the right song comes on my headphones, I’m not just buying milk; I’m Sultan entering a rival's territory. Apparently, most people just walk to the store without a mental 'BGM' (Background Music)

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oneinnahunnid Apr 1, 2026 +2

Same! Walking through Kroger with glorilla banging in my ears I feel bad af

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ElizabethAudi Apr 1, 2026 +1

Thou art but two steps from hell, and one daunted reach from the margarita mix.

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Objective-Agency-193 Apr 1, 2026 +5

Doing daily tasks with urgency

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Rachelleres Apr 1, 2026 +1

results over rumination.

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No_shitdude Apr 1, 2026 +9

I replay conversations in my head hours later and think of better replies like it was some kind of competition I didn’t know I was in.

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JokersGal08 Apr 1, 2026 +2

I think this is normal

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Potential-Farmer5413 Apr 1, 2026 +4

I smell my floss after I am done.

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FineUnderachievment Apr 1, 2026 +3

Whenever I microwave something, I always put it in for a weird amount of time. Like 93 seconds instead of 90, or 2:37 instead of 2:30 or 3:00. As a kid I noticed everyone uses such regimental times, and I felt like all the “odd” numbers felt left out. So I represent them, one extra second at a time

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MaximusZacharia Apr 1, 2026 +3

I do this too but with even numbers!! Yay, we got em covered between the two of us

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FineUnderachievment Apr 1, 2026 +2

Love it! Yeah, I do the evens as well, just whenever feels right in the moment lol.

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Curious_Butterfly056 Apr 1, 2026 +2

My friend used to collect her baby teeths.she still have it

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lillyofthedesert Apr 1, 2026 +2

Lots of people do this

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Responsible_Pain4162 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Why?

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Distuted Apr 1, 2026 +2

To make a baby after collecting all the other parts

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lillyofthedesert Apr 1, 2026 +1

It's very common to collect all these little baby Parts in the baby book. The first locks of hair, all of the teeth, the umbilical cord. The why, isn't something I could tell you. But I do wonder if it has something to do with previous generations making sure everything is accounted for. We didn't understand medicine the way we do now, so if a kid lost a tooth and swallowed it, they wanted to make sure it passed out the other side. Now we know we don't generally have to worry about these things as much.

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ChildhoodSweaty9684 Apr 1, 2026 +1

My mom did this. I gave her two of my wisdom teeth when I was 18. It meant a lot to her 🙂

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jakeatmidnight Apr 1, 2026 +1

Thought it was normal until I said it out loud… now I just keep it to myself 💀

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Leeshira30 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Feeding people cake on birthdays after you cut the cake

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Comeback_321 Apr 1, 2026 +2

That is normal. Why do you think this is weird?

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Leeshira30 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Apparently not everyone in the world does it, the often find it weird

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clonxy Apr 1, 2026 +1

male gynecologists

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JokersGal08 Apr 1, 2026 +2

Is it not?

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clonxy Apr 1, 2026 +1

not what?

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JokersGal08 Apr 1, 2026 +2

Normal. I thought this was normal.

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clonxy Apr 1, 2026

Think about why a male would want to become a gynecologist. One thing I can think of is that females will "present" themselves to you at the office.

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JokersGal08 Apr 1, 2026 +2

Not many doctors are going to go through years and years of medical school for this. Usually they have family members or friends affected by various cancers or want to be in labor and delivery. Only 15% are male now anyways.

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Starflier55 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Story time!

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Utopia7_Survivor Apr 1, 2026 +1

It’s Takotsubo. your brain floods your body with stress hormones, physically weakening your heart muscle

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TillExpensive7346 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Being an adult

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Careful_Collection50 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Talking to myself and then realized that it was addictive... It sounds insane right?

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Accomplished-Run221 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Ruminate and physically flinch for hours after social masking. Cause I didn’t know what that was. I just thought life was hell. Just autism, it turned out!

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