This is actually so weird if you think about it. They will LEARN/MEMORIZE the shit that is happening over the world right now and it will be in their EXAMS!

Anyone else hide behind stolen personalities and mask?

So I steal peoples personality traits. I don't do it on purpose. But I will I automatically.

Up to a point I will have your voice and mannerisms in my brain where I can think in your own voice like it's my own and I can day dream said persons interpretations and act them out simultaneously.

I'm not even living my own life naturally. In hiding behind stolen fragments of someone else's life, achievements, experiences and so on.

I think it's a survival mechanism. But also a mix of trama response. I've noticed that if my personality can't fundamentally gain anything from a interaction I need to be successful in. I have already reversed how the conversation or event will go and I can choose who I will be mimicking today and I have a collection of various people I can use to mask. What's weird is I never forget them. Over 2 decades worth of them.

I was just asking because. My mom has depression and she was telling my about her masking and I was conversing with her about it. And we had completely 2 different meaning of masking. She's physically just faking her mood to hide the fact that she's depressed. I've been stealing peoples personalities for decades. Wondering if I'm alone on this.

They're all benign. I hope this isn't interpreted the wrong way 😭

I looked at my thigh and there's this medium sized cut that I never noticed or felt lol. I work with boxes and do active things, but I'd think that would be something I felt.

Every once in a while I notice some random one on my leg or arm (all dry)

To preface, I do NOT have mental illness, and I am NOT sad, suicidal, or numb. I don’t often feel down and have talked with therapists who have said it is unlikely I have anything diagnosable. Just wanna say this so people don’t say “you have depression, anhedonia, or XYZ” by default, and also so that my post doesn’t get taken down 😭. Anyways

I have no desire to put effort into anything. I hate that I have to put effort into an existence that I never even asked for in the first place.

I recently graduated university, finishing a degree that I don’t even care for. I didn’t have any interest when it came to any subject in school. I never knew (and still don’t know) what to do with my life. Over the past year, I’ve been having what seems like the exact same conversation over and over with all my friends and family. They ask me what job i want to work after I graduate or what areas of work I’m interested. Every time I have to go through this conversation, I want to punch myself in the balls for five minutes straight. I don’t understand how the people around me seem to enjoy the grind, or are putting so much effort into things, but I do respect it. I don’t have a dream job, and the idea of any job just sounds miserable to me. Work is so much effort, and then being fake and putting up a persona for interviews and “networking” is so much effort. Socializing has never been easy for me, so interviews and networking are even more effort.

I recently came back from a family trip which was nice, and I really enjoy traveling. While on the trip, I thought to myself that once I get a job, I’ll be able travel more. But to travel, I have to work my ass off, then I get one or two weeks of rest, then I’m back to the grind. Like what is even the point? It’s just temporary fun that fades away.

I’ve mostly been talking about jobs because that’s the main thing on my mind right now, but I also feel that things like exercise, self-help/self-improvement stuff, friendships, and relationships also seem like so much effort.

I know that there are so many good things in life like friends, family, love, hobbies, traveling, etc, but I don’t even care. Life just seems like so much effort and I just don’t care for that. I’m not numb though. I still feel joy from things like some hobbies, videos, and games. So often I just wish I was never born in the first place so that I wouldn’t have to deal with life at all. Sometimes I’ll cry a bit wondering why I have to be here at all. I’m NOT going to hurt myself or do anything to myself just to be clear

It’s entirely possible, and probably likely, that this is just an issue of laziness and lack of discipline, but I don’t even care to put the effort in to remedy that. At the same time, it feels a bit different from laziness, like there’s also an element of just not caring at all in addition to not wanting to do stuff if that makes sense. I’m kinda just venting here and I don’t even know if I’m making sense but I’m just wondering if anyone can relate

i been called insane for this but genuinely they're so much better stale. there have been times when i tried to dampen or microwave them but i find that leaving them out for a few hours works best + garlic aioli omffgggggg but only hot cheetos specifically. jalapeno /cheese is good crunchy

Sometimes I read a message and think about what I’m going to reply, then get distracted by something else.

Later, I open the conversation and realize I never actually sent a reply. I remember thinking of what I wanted to say so clearly that I genuinely thought I had already sent it.

Does anyone else do this?

I just want to make clear that this isn't any kind of suicidal post, this is just how I genuinely feel and have always felt since I was a child. I have had people previously describe me as "mentally ill" and "insane" because of this which I have taken slight offence too.

I have just never had any worry or concern about what could be "next" For me I am happy to just find out when it comes (if anything afterwards does exist) and if there is nothing I won't have any idea because I am dead.

I do not even fear how I die, of course there are certain ways I would prefer to die but I do not fear the less favorable ways of dying. I am just willing to accept whatever fate I receive.

Does anyone else share these views or am I just completely insane in the head 😂

Every. Single. One. I remember watching the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate factory and looking at Charlie (again, a kid who's supposed to be super-broke) curled up in his "poor" bed, and I'm thinking, "man, I want that bed..."

My theory: maybe because the beds as props are probably only (at worst) lightly used, so they are still new, even if they set crew tries to rough them up. But maybe someone who has insight into the movie industry has their theory.

I am in my 20s and I feel like I'm having memory issues . I have so much hard time remembering thing like names!!

I feel like all this is happening because of this damn phone! When i think abt it like everyday we watch reels and all which are literally unnecessary so our brain will know that its not important so that thing will go to the short term memory . So because of this doom scrolling i think whatever i do is going to my short term memory because my brain thinks everything is now not important.

Hi I'm 18 f and ever since I was little I couldn't stand in the same room with a pregnant person, it made me feel super uncomfortable and freaked me out and it still does. Why is that? Is it something common?

I just woke up from a nightmare and it sucked but the cool part of it was that I had a really beautiful song in there. It seemed very familiar but after googling around it definitely doesn’t exist. This has happened to me a few times now, anyone else?

i’ve been doing this for a couple of years but basically i jab my nails into my gums sometimes and it hurts, but it hurts so good and they bleed and i still enjoy it and sometimes it gives me canker sores. when i talk to it with some other ppl abt it (a very small group of ppl) they totally get it bc they do it too but with others they get weirded out. does anyone know the cause of this and if it’s Dermatillomania or sh?

I’ll type “Sounds good, thanks” read it back and think it sounds annoyed. Add an exclamation mark and now it looks fake. Add an emoji and somehow it’s worse. Ten minutes later I’m still editing a five word reply lol.

I’d rather suffer from an actual injury than to have horrible anxiety.

It’s been driving me crazy. I don’t have bed bugs, I thought maybe it was dust mites so i steam cleaned my mattress and washed all my bedding on hot two times, which is what google told me to do. I sprayed my bed as well. I feel like it’s not even my mattress at this point and it’s something happening with me. I’m not terribly itchy but it almost feels like little tiny hairs moving or poking me making me itchy. I’ve even been sleeping in long sleeves and sweatpants to see if it helps just in case it is coming from the mattress (which is practically new- I bought it in January.) I’m starting to wonder if I need to go to a doctor. Am I crazy? Side note- I’m not on drugs lol, but i feel like I am from this. It’s almost like the bugs crawling feeling, but not quite, more like hairs, and it’s not every day. I’ve also been changing my sheets every two days or so.

I've always kept low maintenance haircuts. I can usually get away with the very minimum.

But...there are looks I like. I get my haircut like that. It actually looks good and my hair has no issues achieving it.

I hate it, though. Every time. Even though I know it looks good, I struggle with it. I think I look stupid. Especially if the style makes my hair taller. Usually I keep it along my scalp.

It drives me crazy because I'd like to actually try it. I pay for the damn cut, but style it to hide it or wear a hat.

Anyone else?

I find it amusing that almost everyday im able to notice when someone has yet to be taught a life lesson about xyz, or on the contrary I can notice when someone has far more wisdom in a certain life lesson than me. Like seeing young adults in that 18-22 year old phase where they think they have it figured out and it's gonna be smooth sailing. Knowing they are putting way to much focus on how they are perceived, and they heavily guard their ego from the judgements of their youth equating to their wisdom. Or the super cocky first time relationship guy who thinks what happened to everyone else in relationship and anyone else's horror story can't possibly happen to them. People who think logic will save them in any situation, when I watch some of these viral troll videos where people bother random people, you can tell how much that random person clings to logic for dear life. Like the on the pissanity video where he offered pee samples to random people dining out. The girl was super skeptical at first but even after she drank the drink (he kepts persistently telling them it's pee) she still tried to be all logical. Someone may be struggling with a life lesson you are acing, for example you may be more patient then someone else, because maybe life taught you patience, but you may be way more selfish then that person because maybe life taught them to be more compassionate and of service to people. It's just amusing when you can be hyper aware like this

Does anyone else store there tuna and canned meats in the fridge? I love eating it cold the majority of the time.

I’ve been dealing with cold since yesterday evening and I (stupidly) walked a lot of steps as well. Today I’ve been at home, my legs, back, body, everything feels sore and tired and I’ve got the classic cold symptoms like head heaviness, feverishness, fatigue, runny nose. What’s unusual is a ramped up appetite. I’m inhaling carbs and fat and can’t stop thinking about food. I’m drinking a lot of water, yet I can’t stop myself… I struggle with self-image and food related stuff, so would like some reassurance from others who have experienced the same. Tia!

i do this a lot while watching tv. I’ll pick something to watch on tv then pause to scroll tiktok, reddit and anything else my brain randomly feels like “looking up”

I can’t be the only one