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  • Jun 7, 2008, 03:02 PM
    Princess-IMYM
    Am I Mad?
    This has been happening since I started high school last year, I've been talking/singing to myself and having full conversations with no one else but me (or my dog/fish/cats/birds) and then sometimes I just burst out laughing and don't even know why!
    Others I start going into hysterics because of something that happened 5-6 years ago, or because I pull faces at strange moments.
    I haven't really thought about it until today, after I burnt my finger, I started talking to myself in Scottish saying stuff like;
    "Ach! I've burnt ma finger after making stir fry! After? Not during? Nah, after! Through the cloth! It was supposed to protect me but i was burnt! My dog is a wittiness! arent ya? Aye! She burnt her finger! i saw it with my own eyes!"
    When I got upstairs I suddenly became conscious that I do it quite a lot.
    Not when I'm with friends, it's mostly when I'm by myself or at work, I sometimes argue with myself in my head, I've said some things out loud in front of my friends and they don't have a clue what I'm talking about.

    Am I insane or is it just something normal people do as well (being eccentric)?:confused:
  • Jun 7, 2008, 03:38 PM
    jrsg
    Sounds like your just eccentric. I sing and dance to music in my house in a way I would NEVER do in public.

    I say weird things all the time too, and to my knowledge, I'm sain!

    Haha, and I do the scotish thing too, sometimes Irish. For example, if I have Lucky Charms for breakfast, I run downstairs and yell, "AYE! WHERE ME LUCKY CHARMS!?!" when I am alone, and no one can hear me.

    I think you're fine, and don't worry. You're just happy! Of course I don't know you personally, but you seem fine to me, in my humble opinion.
  • Jun 7, 2008, 03:48 PM
    Princess-IMYM
    I went through some form of depression a few months ago, where I planned out how and where I'll set myself up to be murdered by my friend, but I've changed dramatically, like you said I'm happy, but I don't understand why.
  • Jun 7, 2008, 04:07 PM
    jrsg
    All that matters is that you're happy!
    If you fall back into depression, maybe there is a problem. Is there a reason you went through depression? It could help to know why you went through the depression, so it doesn't happen again. But, if you're happy now, just stay happy!
  • Jun 7, 2008, 04:09 PM
    Wondergirl
    If you realize you are doing it and are able to even worry about it, you aren't mentally ill.
  • Jun 7, 2008, 04:12 PM
    Princess-IMYM
    I don't think there was a reason I went through it, I just wanted it to happen, I wanted to hear people screaming and feel what it was like to bleed to death after being shot by a friend (kinda creepy when I think about it) Sometimes I get the odd moment, or day where I think about being murdered on the bus home from school, its gruesome, but then I remember where I am and turn that thought into something funny.
    I just wanted to make sure I wasn't ignoring something important, I only realized it an hour ago when I was laughing.
  • Jun 7, 2008, 04:31 PM
    jrsg
    Yeah, you know what? You're just happy. Don't worry, you're not mentally ill. You actually seem more mentally fit than most people. Just be happy that you're happy!
  • Jun 7, 2008, 08:30 PM
    Choux
    LOL... you are young and creative and just trying out a bunch of stuff. Maybe, you'll be a funny lady when you grow up?

    Best wishes, :)

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