hey, haven't posted here in awhile but this is a pretty cool thread

Hmm, glitches of the mind

When I was young, I sometimes had a strange thought that what if the world as I knew it only existed through my own eyes? I would sometimes trick myself into thinking that everytime I turned my back, whatever was behind me would morph or transform or disappear altogether. Stranger still, sometimes I'd imagine people out of my line of sight would turn into demons that would be slowly sneaking up to pounce on me, but I would always turn my head back in time before they got the chance to strike and they would go back to their original form. Yes, wierd I know.

Actually I used to have things similar to this when I was a little younger. Sometimes I still imagine it now, but thats usually when I'm in a panicked state (Maybe I should be concerned?)

The other train of thought I often got would be, is a triangle, only triangle shaped in your eyes? Like, in someone elses eyes would a triangle look like a circle, if that makes sense?

I know it doesn't, but I often thought if silly things like that when I was younger

Anyone here ever repeat a word aloud until it ceases to have meaning, you just realize that word is nothing more than just a funny sound you're making? It's almost as if you're hearing a word as a foreigner would hear it, because you've detached all meaning - you're just focusing on the sound of it??


Not a glitch - everyone has their glitches, their hang-ups. But I find myself doing that sometimes - and then I become aware that I'm standing in the bathroom, or the living room or where ever just repeating the word "purple" aloud. Silly, really

I get that too! It's really strange isn't it?

and then you turn to someone else and go, "Is the word ______ sounding weird to you?"

Yeah!! Haha you know what I'm talking about!?

It always makes me feel really stupid

Anyone here ever repeat a word aloud until it ceases to have meaning, you just realize that word is nothing more than just a funny sound you're making? It's almost as if you're hearing a word as a foreigner would hear it, because you've detached all meaning - you're just focusing on the sound of it??


Not a glitch - everyone has their glitches, their hang-ups. But I find myself doing that sometimes - and then I become aware that I'm standing in the bathroom, or the living room or where ever just repeating the word "purple" aloud. Silly, really

+1

Exactly know what you mean.

I also found that sometimes I subconciously copy the way that some people around me act. I.e. start laughing in similiar manner to dude who share office with me. It's bit scary actually, hope I'm the only person with that notices it

And DsD and organic spiral's posts bring to mind this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism

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