Talking to myself fantasizing social situations/dramas

Beethoven23 Joined: Jul 4, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-04 22:51:08
	I've been doing this weird thing where I will literally stand around and talk to myself pretending to be different people that I know (friends) and putting myself and other people in different social situations. A lot of them are kind of soap-opera-ish like choosing between one guy and another or being pregnant and not knowing who the father is. I know it's weird and I try to stop but every time I look in the mirror or something it will start again. It's been going on ever since I can remember, but of course when I was like 5 it was never about being pregnant or anything like that. Am I freakin insane?! And I'm very driven and involved in my school work and I hate group projects because no one else has the same drive for it to be perfect like I do, so I get frustrated and end up doing 80% of the workload by myself. I also feel awkward and insignificant in social situations especially with girls prettier than me and what not. The only 2 things that were "high" on my test were avoidant and obsessive-compulsive.
Lectric Joined: Jun 16, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-05 00:44:36
	Sounds like there's a deeper issue going on. Do you have many friends? Are other girls hard to get along with? Do you often stress out because of your parents?
SoDesuKa Joined: Jul 5, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-05 02:31:19
	... Good to know I'm not the only one...
Cassidy Joined: Jul 5, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-05 08:05:40
	It's like you described me. I have a very similar behavior, only the "scenarios" differ. I too talk to myself and imagine different characters. I try to stop, but when I'm alone, when I have something to tell (a story, something I read) and no one is around, I find myself impersonating my friends as if they were here to listen. Let me know if you want to talk about it more.
Xoxorawr31 Joined: Jul 6, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-06 22:30:37
	@cassidy that's exactly how I feel.. It really brings me peace of mind knowing that there are other people who think like I do
powerfulone Joined: Jun 26, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-06 22:35:51
	sounds like you are a problem child, were you deprived in life or what?
ninive Joined: Jul 6, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-07 00:23:14
	i used to do it as well, but i was mostly re acting something already happened now i only think, not talk, but its still there
LightX Joined: Jul 9, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-10 04:07:03
	Well i can tell you that people allways have diffrent ambitions about school work and it's not a bad thing that you want it to be perfect. Sure it's annoying and unfear that you have to do 80% of the work and i see it this way some times too. But there is an importent factor that you are missing in this, if you do 80% of the work then you know 80% more then the others together and school is about learning right? Then this is just good for you if you chose to look at it this way. Maybe that is what you need to learn, to look at things in diffrent perspective, i'm having a hard time with this but it really helps.
perfectionist19 Joined: Jul 16, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-16 12:29:39
	Its a relief to hear about someone who has fantasies i have them all the time but not out loud only in my head. They are always about a more exciting version of my life and one that is more social. i am also EXTREMELY sensitive to criticism.
aj95 Joined: Jul 16, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-16 21:49:05
	Sounds exactly like me, don't know if it's a good thing or not though.
inspiredbyJ Joined: Jul 15, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-19 02:25:43
	wow. other people are like me, think like me. i should start asking my friends if they do the same. im always walking past a mirror, and then i start making up stories as i look at the mirror. people start thinking that i love myself. i see it as a form of entertainment. oh yeah i do the same with group projects, always doing half the work. hey, just wondering, are u guys really intelligent?
Katilette1 Joined: Jul 21, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-21 14:17:14
	Oh wow! I do the exact same, and I dont beleive what I make up to be real, or a fantasy world, Im not delusuional and for the fact that u admit this and me too, it makes us far from delusional, and I always feared that something was highly wrong with me (like schizophrenia) bcuz of what I did but just as long as I know what is real from fake, then WHY NOT!? Im a drama student and I love to act so it's fun. I have bin diagnosed with OCD, and its hard but it makes u far from crazy. It's really nice and puts me at ease to finally (for the first time) find people who are like this too :) I'm a huge perfectionist with school work too, very driven! really I feel like the post was written by me it hits so close to home.
pride37 Joined: Jul 21, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-21 22:28:21
	i have alot of fantasies to but there alot darker....its lik i got 2 ways of thinking in one head acting on both at different situations....one is that i could care less of wut anyone felt towards me(sort of a f--- the world type of mentality).....but on the other hand i hzve this strong urge to not hesitate to help ANYONE who needs it(sort of a careing lets be friends type o guy) but i constantly switch between the 2 n it jus creates more n more anger in me....idk wut to do
pride37 Joined: Jul 21, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-21 22:30:07
	i have alot of fantasies to but there alot darker....its lik i got 2 ways of thinking in one head acting on both at different situations....one is that i could care less of wut anyone felt towards me(sort of a f--- the world type of mentality).....but on the other hand i hzve this strong urge to not hesitate to help ANYONE who needs it(sort of a careing lets be friends type o guy) but i constantly switch between the 2 n it jus creates more n more anger in me....idk wut to do
pride37 Joined: Jul 21, '10 Status: New User	2010-07-21 22:30:54
	i have alot of fantasies to but there alot darker....its lik i got 2 ways of thinking in one head acting on both at different situations....one is that i could care less of wut anyone felt towards me(sort of a f--- the world type of mentality).....but on the other hand i hzve this strong urge to not hesitate to help ANYONE who needs it(sort of a careing lets be friends type o guy) but i constantly switch between the 2 n it jus creates more n more anger in me....idk wut to do
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