pretending day to day - Mental Health Message Board

JAZ87 · 07-05-2006, 10:17 PM

Okay... Just wanted to know if anyone else did this?
It all started when I was younger, very young, like 5? I would pretend I was being video taped constantly...like in a movie or commercial, or documentary? haha (maybe because I grew up in exposed to this) But sometimes I'll catch myself doing it?? It makes me happier... until i begin to question my sanity...ugh is this unhealthy anyone else do anything else weird like this?
OR i'll pretend im really famous... --when i'm out...ugh it sounds soo stupid now... it will make me happy and confident until I get on myself about how weird this is! lol
anyone else?
jaz

GatsbyLuvr1920 · 07-06-2006, 07:28 AM

I recite TY/movie quotes, "becoming" the character, and I also play-act as my cartoon characters that I've created, so yes, I do a variation of it. For the quotes, it's more obsessive-compulsive because I have to say the quotes perfectly, with the proper intonation.
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strongernow · 07-06-2006, 11:14 AM

ha ha I know people who do that. I always feel upstaged and belittled when they start quoting quotes and using the perfect the intonation from movies or cartoons. It is like look at how perfect I am I know how to quote lines from a movie and you can't do it so hahaha. It is like they have to be perfect. When I do it it is like everybody in the room makes the dead silence ...you are not funny just stupid type of aura. Is that how you are? You get agitated or bored if somebody doesn't do the intonation perfectly and the quote perfectly?? Always wondered Why ocd people do that. ughhh! Always spoil the mood for me when I am just trying to have some fun.

Mr.G · 07-09-2006, 12:15 AM

egg I guess I am the ocd type that jumps in and does that. LOL I never really thought about that before...anytime there is an oppurtinity for me to "Act out" I jump on it. I was want to show ppl I am more skilled then they are. I dunno why it just makes me feel good, I know however that it is not normal. Sometimes I think I should have been an actor or comedian because it always gives me such a high when I act out. It is like better than sex, food, sleep...whatever.

GatsbyLuvr1920 · 07-09-2006, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by strongernow

It is like look at how perfect I am I know how to quote lines from a movie and you can't do it so hahaha. It is like they have to be perfect. Is that how you are? You get agitated or bored if somebody doesn't do the intonation perfectly and the quote perfectly?? Always wondered Why ocd people do that. ughhh!

Um, no... I do it by myself. Nobody knows I do it, unless they catch me in the middle of something. I get agitated when I don't do the intonation and quote perfectly. I could give a damn about anybody else. Nobody else does it to begin with. Why do I do that? It's because it's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and it's a form of a compulsion. I do it to relieve anxiety or keep my mind at ease when I'm bored so I don't obsess. I only use three movies and a few TV shows, the ones that are my fixations from my Asperger's. Just so you know, I don't do it to be annoying- I do it because I have a mental illness and a neurological disorder...
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