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Anonymous #1
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Do you ever conversate with people in your own house
#7775955 - 12/18/07 11:14 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I have conversations with my friends all the time in my head, were I roleplay what they would say. Is this crazy?
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Anonymous #1
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #1]
#7775959 - 12/18/07 11:17 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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God damnit I meant in your own head. Good thing this is anymous, or I would haf looked stooped.
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Anonymous #2
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #1]
#7775991 - 12/18/07 11:28 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think I used to do that in 5th grade for some reason. Not anymore though.
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Anonymous #3
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #2]
#7775999 - 12/18/07 11:31 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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yeah I do that all the time. I have been wondering the same question for a long time.
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Anonymous #4
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #1]
#7776011 - 12/18/07 11:34 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Why would it be crazy? It's collective consciousness we're talking about here. You are them and they are you. Simple.
Talk away
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Anonymous #5
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #4]
#7776386 - 12/19/07 02:33 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I do this all the time, definitely. I feel a little weird about it sometimes.
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Anonymous #6
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #1]
#7776597 - 12/19/07 06:58 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I do this sometimes. It's not crazy but it's a bad habit.
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Anonymous #7
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #6]
#7776621 - 12/19/07 07:22 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Shit.
I have problems with this a lot.
I don't see my girlfriend much, so I tend to talk to her in my head, since I don't get out at all and have no one else to talk to.
It's really bad because sometimes I'll get bored and start fights with her in my head and she'll admit that she did something really bad (in my imagination) then when I see her again I'll try be wanting to break up with her because of some terrible thing she did in my imagination and I would just picture it as being truth.
I hate doing that.
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Anonymous #1
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #7]
#7776662 - 12/19/07 07:57 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah I get into fights with people in my head too, its really wierd. I'm glad that I'm not alone with this though, as I always wondered if I was crazy.
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Anonymous #8
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #1]
#7776686 - 12/19/07 08:07 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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do you guys do this to solve problems, and/or prepare for certain social situations where you need to work out what you/they might say in preperation?
OR is it just like "hey hows it going?" "good, you wont believe what i did today" "really, hows jenny?"
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Anonymous #8
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7776689 - 12/19/07 08:07 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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The people in my house would probably lock me up if I were talking to people who didn't exist.
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Anonymous #9
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7776712 - 12/19/07 08:19 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Anonymous said: do you guys do this to solve problems, and/or prepare for certain social situations where you need to work out what you/they might say in preperation?
OR is it just like "hey hows it going?" "good, you wont believe what i did today" "really, hows jenny?"
see...that's what I'm saying
*I* (personally) use this as a tool to try and figure out the best way to act in what could potentially be an awkward situation
but it seems to me that most people who do this sort of shit are just keeping themselves preoccupied so they don't have to deal with the stress(?) of the sound of silence
it's sad really
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Anonymous #10
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #9]
#7776923 - 12/19/07 09:40 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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LOL
Thank god, I thought I was fucking ridiculous when I did crap like that.
Usually I just run through weird social situations in my head, so that I have the perfect thing to say, so I look awesome if that certain situation arises; which it never usually does.
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Anonymous #6
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7777168 - 12/19/07 10:48 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anonymous said: The people in my house would probably lock me up if I were talking to people who didn't exist.
Oh they exist, they're just somewhere else.
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Anonymous #8
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #6]
#7777268 - 12/19/07 11:18 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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real life dialog never goes the same as your insane monologue so all you are doing is wasting time
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Anonymous #11
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7777281 - 12/19/07 11:23 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anonymous #7
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #6]
#7777325 - 12/19/07 11:32 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I was the one who posted the thing about the girlfriend... she's the Chinese girlfriend featured in other threads. kidaihuan here.
Personally, since I'm in a country where I don't speak the language of the majority, I spend a lot of time not communicating with others and it is only made worse by the fact that I'm studying now over the internet. No communications there either.
Sometimes, when I haven't talked to my girlfriend in a while, just to make things more interesting I start talking to her in my head and I run through every possible scenario possible and find out how we would both deal with it. Sometimes I get so upset by it though, I start to believe this scenario could be a likely answer for a particular past event and I start seeing it as a reality.
It's not that I feel like this conversation itself actually happened in reality, it's that the things that I imagined could have led up to it (the unknown factor) could have actually happened.
I guess it has caused a lot of drama in my imaginary life, some with my girlfriend, but not much, since I've usually been able to shake myself into reality before I said something too stupid. Although it does make me quite unhappy... it's just a way of filling in blanks and keeping my mind busy.
I would definitely like to be rid of it and I have been more and more successful with that now that I have a more reliable relationship with her, so I'm glad. I've only had this happen when I thought about her. Odd, maybe. But she really has been my life. I guess before when I lived with a female friend, since she was basically my only communication (again... living in China), I also had the same type of thoughts.
Strange and sometimes I consider myself crazy, if I go to far with it, but having conversations and scenarios in your mind by itself isn't something you should consider yourself crazy for. Just if it becomes reality.
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Anonymous #8
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #7]
#7777359 - 12/19/07 11:41 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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are these things isolated to your girlfriend only? sounds like a trust issue maybe
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Anonymous #12
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #1]
#7777365 - 12/19/07 11:44 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I don't necessarily conversate with people that are real but aren't there. I usually am just talking to the other beings that make up my personality and behaviors.
But yeah I do it pretty much constantly whether I'm saying it aloud or not.
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Anonymous #8
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #12]
#7777395 - 12/19/07 11:56 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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do you give these being names, or imagine what they look like? or are they simply just tools used to create conversation?
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Anonymous #6
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7777427 - 12/19/07 12:06 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Anonymous said: real life dialog never goes the same as your insane monologue so all you are doing is wasting time
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Anonymous #9
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7777525 - 12/19/07 12:39 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anonymous said: do you give these being names, or imagine what they look like? or are they simply just tools used to create conversation?
it's like 'me when Im pissed off' or 'me when Im sad'
they're all just parts of my own inner being (fractions of my own self that collectively make me who I am)
so it's not like separate people living within me or anything
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Anonymous #8
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #9]
#7777574 - 12/19/07 12:53 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i dont think thats too bad then man
everyone talks to themselves to some point, they may call it inner dialogue or something, but its all the same. as long as you are not creating fake people, and giving them names, and decorating their imaginary houses, i imagine its normal.
the crazy people just let this inner thought process escape through their mouths =]
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Anonymous #13
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7777600 - 12/19/07 01:00 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anonymous said: as long as you are not creating fake people, and giving them names, and decorating their imaginary houses, i imagine its normal.
Oh shit. I've done all three. Never confused them with real people though.
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Anonymous #14
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7778283 - 12/19/07 04:12 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I do it too. I think I use to figure out what to say to someone like the next day or somehing
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Anonymous #15
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7778462 - 12/19/07 05:08 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anonymous said: real life dialog never goes the same as your insane monologue so all you are doing is wasting time
while i agree with this i will also say that i think it can help you to gain deeper insights into your personal motives in a relationship. but that is only assuming that one is even paying attention to that aspect.
like suddenly you realize that you are making the dialog in your head play out a certain way, which always coincides with your secret wishes and desires motivating your interactions with a person. though, i have no evidence to show that any one but me operates at such a level of introspection.
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Anonymous #9
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #15]
#7778569 - 12/19/07 05:37 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anonymous said: though, i have no evidence to show that any one but me operates at such a level of introspection.
few fucken do...sadly
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Anonymous #8
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#7778743 - 12/19/07 06:21 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Anonymous said: real life dialog never goes the same as your insane monologue so all you are doing is wasting time
About 10 times a day I have a conversation in my head between myself and the real person I am going to talk to/confront/interview with, etc.
I get it down pat, I am going to walk up to that motherfucker, and tell them exactly how it is.
I can't usually finish my opening line as planned, let alone predict their reaction, and what ill say afterwards
Ill keep trying though
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Anonymous #16
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#8496118 - 06/07/08 12:17 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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No. Not really converse. But when I'm baked I sometimes play out really crazy scenarios. Just chillin on the bus and than BAM! some guy takes a swing at me, but I was ready. I saw his suspicious shit and reacted. Knock him down and throw him out the bus window. Fight off his 2 accomplices and sit back down and put back on my music. But wait the gas tanker making a left turn is going to slow and is in the path of a speeding car. 'Oh shit', it's over for me- SCREECH! BOOM!!!
*snap bak to reality*
*keeps on listening to tunes.
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Anonymous #17
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #16]
#8496252 - 06/07/08 01:06 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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But when I'm baked I sometimes play out really crazy scenarios. Just chillin on the bus and than BAM! some guy takes a swing at me, but I was ready. I saw his suspicious shit and reacted. Knock him down and throw him out the bus window.
Weed 
In the 1960s they called PCP the Peace Pill too
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Anonymous #18
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #17]
#8496261 - 06/07/08 01:11 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, I do this sometimes. I don't think I'm trying to prepare for real life encounters or anything, just my consciousness filling the gap between real things to think about. I don't think it's unhealthy because I have no delusions of 'collective consciousness' or real conversation, it's just my imagination playing around.
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Anonymous #19
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #17]
#8496295 - 06/07/08 01:25 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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heh, i thought i was the only one. i do when im really bored. and yeah it never works out when i try to apply scenario in reality, it just makes feel like an idiot.
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Anonymous said: No. Not really converse. But when I'm baked I sometimes play out really crazy scenarios. Just chillin on the bus and than BAM! some guy takes a swing at me, but I was ready. I saw his suspicious shit and reacted. Knock him down and throw him out the bus window. Fight off his 2 accomplices and sit back down and put back on my music. But wait the gas tanker making a left turn is going to slow and is in the path of a speeding car. 'Oh shit', it's over for me- SCREECH! BOOM!!!
*snap bak to reality*
*keeps on listening to tunes.
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Anonymous #20
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #19]
#8496363 - 06/07/08 01:54 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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i converse with others in my head and out loud if i'm worried or mad about something. if i'm bored, i usually make up stupid songs, like singing about potatoes or cheese, while i'm cooking said items. my favorite is "nacho cheese...i like a nacho cheese...amothafuckin' nacho cheese...i like a nacho cheese..mothafucka mothafuckin'" and repeat for several minutes.
BTW, was asking if people "conversate" a joke or are you still in grade school?
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Anonymous #18
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #20]
#8496431 - 06/07/08 02:21 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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What do you mean?! We're conversating right now!! 
Remember to turn off the lights when you leave a room. Conversating energy is important.
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Anonymous #20
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #18]
#8496493 - 06/07/08 02:50 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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i had this guy trying to pick a fight with me over some stupid shit, and i was telling him i don't think violence is the answer to anything and that adults would talk their problems out, and he was like "you wanna talk, well come over here, we can conversate"
i love hillbillys.
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Anonymous #21
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #16]
#8496616 - 06/07/08 03:52 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Anonymous said: No. Not really converse. But when I'm baked I sometimes play out really crazy scenarios. Just chillin on the bus and than BAM! some guy takes a swing at me, but I was ready. I saw his suspicious shit and reacted. Knock him down and throw him out the bus window. Fight off his 2 accomplices and sit back down and put back on my music. But wait the gas tanker making a left turn is going to slow and is in the path of a speeding car. 'Oh shit', it's over for me- SCREECH! BOOM!!!
*snap bak to reality*
*keeps on listening to tunes.
i come up with shit like that in my head all the time. only in mine a cop always comes up after ive beat down my enemy, and I beat the living shit out of him, too. I do such a good job that I dont even have to run away.
damn, its good to know that Im not the only person who has made-up conversations with their friends either.
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Anonymous #22
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #21]
#8496786 - 06/07/08 04:56 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have conversations with myself ALL the time.
I also commonly have imaginary fights and battles in my living room using broomsticks or pieces of wood as weapons.
I am a pretty vicious bed-room ninja.
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Anonymous #6
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #22]
#8497760 - 06/07/08 10:24 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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I used to do that, then I realized it's a terrible habit that only wastes my time and puts unwanted opinions on my head. It's an ego rub, nothing more. I stop myself whenever I realize I'm doing it.
If you examine the content of these imagined conversations you can learn a lot about yourself. They hint at all sorts of your own insecurities. Usually they were some sort of situation in which I came off as an ideal, sanitized version of myself.
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Anonymous #23
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#8502269 - 06/09/08 01:33 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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conversate is not a real word
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Anonymous #24
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #23]
#8502402 - 06/09/08 03:01 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Anonymous said: conversate is not a real word
yeah it really grinds my gears when people say that.
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Anonymous #25
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #8]
#8505710 - 06/09/08 11:30 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, typically either when Im stressed or Ive been smokin da ganja.
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Anonymous #26
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #25]
#8506654 - 06/10/08 09:21 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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I do it all the time. ill have conversations in my mind. and sometimes i come to realizations about people or things that no one else noticed because they didn't think about it that deeply. i also play out many different scenarios for new things that i know ill have to deal with at some point and it seams to other people like Iv known what I was doing the whole time. my friends think I'm smart but i think I'm just a little bit crazy.
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Anonymous #27
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #26]
#8509360 - 06/10/08 10:39 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Perfectly normal social behavior. If you didn't, you'd be psychotic.
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Anonymous #18
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Re: Do you ever conversate with people in your own house [Re: Anonymous #6]
#8512237 - 06/11/08 05:41 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Anonymous said: I used to do that, then I realized it's a terrible habit that only wastes my time and puts unwanted opinions on my head. It's an ego rub, nothing more. I stop myself whenever I realize I'm doing it.
If you examine the content of these imagined conversations you can learn a lot about yourself. They hint at all sorts of your own insecurities. Usually they were some sort of situation in which I came off as an ideal, sanitized version of myself.
I don't know man, I think it depends on the person. I noticed myself doing it last night as I was falling asleep, and nothing I was imagining myself as saying seemed out of character or out of the bounds of every day conversation. I think I usually do this not only out of boredom, but also to solidify my own stance on different subjects that I don't often lend a lot of thought to. The 'other' person I'm explaining my beliefs to is just the inquisitive aspect of my own consciousness, and when I ask myself how I feel about this or that, I imagine how I would word my thoughts into a somewhat articulate form. I even 'argue' with myself if what I am 'saying' does not resonate with my inner intuitions, moral structures, and the like.
If we don't think about these things, how do we know what we really believe? This is just another way of contemplating our beliefs, and materializing a world view with some substance and depth, IMO.
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