Those little things we don't talk about...

[Rayquaza2233]

Ever become aware of your own breathing and start breathing manually until you can think of something else?

fuck you dude ;_;


I have to step on a landing (you know, the last step on the stairs, whatever it's called, THE NEXT FLOOR) with my right foot. If I'm alone/know no one's going to see I'll walk all the way down the stairs then walk back up in a way such that my right foot is the first foot on the next floor.

 

[Hipmonlee]

When you plan out conversations with people hours ahead of time anticipating all possible responses and then either they throw you a wrench you didn't expect or the convo doesn't happen period and all that planning was completely worthless.

When I do this, the conversation always seems to involve my conversational partner being entirely unreasonable and me artfully exposing that fact.

It doesnt often go that way in real life.

 

[coolbiz]

Sometimes I walk like 1 MPH but it feels like Im fast walking. Then I realize "Bro walk faster".

Also when I first get a new game and play it through I act like Im doing an Youtube playthrough and narrate THE ENTIRE GAME OUT LOUD. My brother thinks Im crazy when I do this.

 

[Seneschal]

If I've been in bed for a while and haven't managed to fall asleep, I become extremely conscious of the fact and try to force myself asleep (it never works). Similarly I sometimes try and force myself to dream about certain things, but I always get sidetracked by completely irrelevant things.

A while back I also felt compelled to imagine how to say certain words backwards, long words mostly, and usually ones written down, but I think I've grown out of that.

 

[Furosuto]

How about when you have that feeling of Deja Vu even though that it only happened once? I've had that happened to me a lot......It's a weird feeling.

Or how about when you just feel like you need to act like a psychopath? Like smashing something for no good reason, but you know you would feel better about it?

I also notice my self when going on walks after a little bit of time, that I start to begin trying NOT to step on the cracks. D:<

 

[Yamata no Orochi]

Sometimes, I get the greatest ideas in my head at night, but then I forget them in the morning.

Someday, I'll remember...

 

[Smith]

Okay, whenever I'm trying to fall asleep the only thing I can think is "well the best way to fall asleep is just to think about random bullshit, i.e. ANYTHING except the process of falling asleep" so then it takes me 10 minutes to actually think about random bullshit; but then I realize "hey you're only considering the merits of sugar cookies because you want to fall asleep!" and now I'm back at square 1.

 

[LoveDensity]

I always seem to get lost while taking a shower because it is so very comfortable. I often turn my back towards the stream of hot water as so the stream hits my back. I just freeze while the water is hitting me and just think about random things (e.g. my plans, deep thinking, social thought etc.) for 5-10 minutes.

I find this to be very instinctual to me and of course I just never talk about it

 

[Jebus McAzn]

when you're listening to a song and you notice them inhale and then you notice every inhale in the song until you get distracted by something else

applies more so to rap music

 

[DM]

there are some good posts in here, but I think a lot of people are missing the point of this thread

you're supposed to be sharing those strange little moments of humanity that we all face, not stupid little quirks in our everyday lives

NEW THREAD RULE: if you showed your post to your mom or dad and they WOULDN'T say "dude, that's kinda weird, why would you talk about that," then it isn't worth posting.

 

[Tobes]

How about when you have that feeling of Deja Vu even though that it only happened once? I've had that happened to me a lot......It's a weird feeling.

Um... this is exactly what Deja Vu is.

EDIT: I will add something odd to this post later.

 

[Cordyceps]

So, you mean more along the lines of: when you go through a peaceful day, but suddenly have a moment wherein you are reminded of your mortality and the frailty of life, and for perhaps that one day only, you're hellbent on making the most out of your life you possibly can. But when the next day rolls around, that spark is gone, and you can't truly get it back by willing it to be, no matter how hard you try.

Is that what you mean?

 

[ssbbm]

when you dream that you'e gonna die in a place you've never been to before and then you go to that place but nothing happens

 

[Steeler]

this is an interesting part of american (and maybe canadian idk) culture that no one ever seems to acknowledge yet pretty much all of us do it (i think)

whenever you walk past a stranger on campus/on the street/wherever the fuck you always feel the need to avert your eyes???? it's just what we do and it's so fucking weird because every time i'm like "hey looking at them is no big deal" but either i end up PUSSYING OUT and aborting the mission or i will do it and they will also be looking at me with this expressionless face (which i imagine i am doing as well). and it'll be incredibly fucking awkward. or it's a cute girl and i'll feel like "ok, i am not supposed to be doing this" even though appreciating her attractiveness is totally reasonable and it's just like

ok

how the fuck did we learn to do this? how do we learn these little cultural quirks without actually being TAUGHT this?? did we look at someone when we were kids, get a nasty look in return, and never dare again? if you think about it, it may have something to do with american culture being a lot more guarded when it comes to strangers or something because there's a LOT of fucked up american strangers out there and this is just a defense mechanism??

i learned about this in a book i read for a cultures class in college and i had never thought about it but i am flabbergasted at how strong this little part of culture seems to be for me and i am wondering if anyone else feels the same way

please

 

[asterat]

The fact I constantly consider suicide

 

[Lanturn314]

The things I'm about to post are a little morbid, so if you're squeemish or otherwise easily upset, please don't read on.

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When I am looking out windows on particularly high floors of buildings, I sometimes have the urge to just smash through the glass and jump out, plummeting to my death. I don't really want to kill myself in general, but this urge is still oddly there.

Similarly, when I'm in the car and in a passenger seat, I often want to open the door and jump out into oncoming traffic. I hold myself back because I know that doing so would be lethal.

When I am particularly stressed, I often imagine myself already dead on an autopsy table, with a Y-incision on my chest cavity, and there are pathologists there removing my organs one by one. There is no blood, and I don't feel any pain... probably because I am dead in this day dream.

Sometimes, I'll be in a store and see that no one is watching and think, "OMG I could totally steal a bunch of little things with no one noticing!" and I am highly tempted to do so, but I have never acted upon this. I always wonder how I'd feel if I were to actually get away with such a thing, but then I worry about getting in trouble and also worry about how doing so would impact the owners of the store in a negative fashion and about how stealing would make me a bad person in general.

Soooooo yeah I guess I'm probably kind of fucked up... oh well

Has anyone else ever had thoughts along these lines?

 

[vonFiedler]

whenever you walk past a stranger on campus/on the street/wherever the fuck you always feel the need to avert your eyes???? it's just what we do and it's so fucking weird because every time i'm like "hey looking at them is no big deal" but either i end up PUSSYING OUT and aborting the mission or i will do it and they will also be looking at me with this expressionless face (which i imagine i am doing as well). and it'll be incredibly fucking awkward. or it's a cute girl and i'll feel like "ok, i am not supposed to be doing this" even though appreciating her attractiveness is totally reasonable and it's just like

That's not an American thing that's an autism thing... no one where I live worries about eye contact except me and that isn't really worth talking about but this is;

That awkward moment when you are walking past a black man and you avoid eye contact and you think "oh shit, he is going to think I'm racist when I just do that to everyone". Except the cute girls you mentioned.

 

[UsernameSayWha]

When you try to show your grandmother how a iPhone works in public, and when you open up your music library, theres a picture of Katy Perry and the song is on full blast. Your Grandma thinks you watch porn and everyone looks at you because of the music. And the only thing that makes it better is when the old guy goes, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ANNOYING RUCKUS!" then everyone gets all quiet, and looks at you.

Oh yeah. When you have a funny story in your head, and it comes out really akward. -cough aboveparagraph cough-

 

[Furosuto]

Sometimes I want to go into a fit of rage and knock over things and smash stuff good. For no apparent reason. Luckily I have something called common sense which tells me not to do it.

I also hate it when you have a joke that looks hilarious on paper, but you say it and all you hear is crickets..... Yeeeeaaaah..... That would be me at some moments.

 

[Sunbeam]

When you dream of something and don't remember you dreamed it until it actually happens in real life. Kinda like deja vu.

Something that happens to me randomly is when I try to wake up but I feel like I'm gonna die and you try to scream or move but can't.

 

[ssbbm]

if i had to describe it in depth.... i feel like im in a dream-like state where im not sure whether im awake or asleep. it feels like im huge one moment, but then the next moment i feel really tiny. then i feel like i dont exist. then shortly after i feel like im one with everything. this cycle repeats for about five minutes, and then it's done. it's soo fucking weird but it actually kinda makes me feel like god is directly communicating with me, which is pretty cool!


im being 100% serious too lol, i wonder if me and you are the only ones who experience this....?

this except i have it all day erryday

 

[Luphrous]

When you have somewhere important to go such as school, practice, etc., and you totally give yourself enough time to get ready, everything goes smoothly you're just about done and still have 2-3 minutes before you have to go and you double check you've got everything and then boom, you have to take a shit. 15 minutes ago? No pooping necessary. But then randomly just as you need to leave? Urgent need to poop.

And then you're all late and you look irresponsible and coach is like 'where were you man everyone else was on time' but you can't really bring yourself to explain the whole thing and so you're just like 'sorry I got caught in traffic..'

 

[jonnyrolo]

When someone wants to show you something and EVERYTIME you ask them what it is they say "its a surprise". No shit its a fucking surprise but I want to know what it is so fucking tell me before my head explodes then it turns out to be something retarded like the transformers being on TV for the 50th time this week.

 

[Steeler]

That's not an American thing that's an autism thing...

i am not autistic

also the second thing you said is so true

 

[Al_Alchemist]

The things I'm about to post are a little morbid, so if you're squeemish or otherwise easily upset, please don't read on.

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When I am looking out windows on particularly high floors of buildings, I sometimes have the urge to just smash through the glass and jump out, plummeting to my death. I don't really want to kill myself in general, but this urge is still oddly there.

Similarly, when I'm in the car and in a passenger seat, I often want to open the door and jump out into oncoming traffic. I hold myself back because I know that doing so would be lethal.

When I am particularly stressed, I often imagine myself already dead on an autopsy table, with a Y-incision on my chest cavity, and there are pathologists there removing my organs one by one. There is no blood, and I don't feel any pain... probably because I am dead in this day dream.

Sometimes, I'll be in a store and see that no one is watching and think, "OMG I could totally steal a bunch of little things with no one noticing!" and I am highly tempted to do so, but I have never acted upon this. I always wonder how I'd feel if I were to actually get away with such a thing, but then I worry about getting in trouble and also worry about how doing so would impact the owners of the store in a negative fashion and about how stealing would make me a bad person in general.

Soooooo yeah I guess I'm probably kind of fucked up... oh well

Has anyone else ever had thoughts along these lines?

I've had those thoughts almost all the time when I'm bored or near something dangerous, not that I'd probably ever do it, but I just have the strange urge to like you mentioned. Similarly, I also have urges to just do ridiculously outrageous things in general when I'm bored sometimes, like start a fight out of no where, kiss someone for no reason, start peeing on my desk in the middle of class, etc.

I looked it up a while ago on wikipedia and this sort of fits the bill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imp_of_the_Perverse.