Is this strange?!
Question: ever since i can remember i live a different life in my head. For example. i have coversations wiyh people in my head so much that i cant concentrate on things. i do not hear voices or anything like that. it used to keep me up all night and it seems that i have no controll over it.it feels like it is automatic. and wierdly i enjoy it . even though it has caused me problems like forgeting to turn the grill off or leaving my mountain bike in the park. and i have really been obssessive with the girls i had fancied. people think i am i quite person. but i am not in my imaginary world
Answers: ever since i can remember i live a different life in my head. For example. i have coversations wiyh people in my head so much that i cant concentrate on things. i do not hear voices or anything like that. it used to keep me up all night and it seems that i have no controll over it.it feels like it is automatic. and wierdly i enjoy it . even though it has caused me problems like forgeting to turn the grill off or leaving my mountain bike in the park. and i have really been obssessive with the girls i had fancied. people think i am i quite person. but i am not in my imaginary world
well it certainly sounds like a mental health issue.
The fact is, everyone has mental health issues, but its how badly they affect your life, and if you want them not to be there that makes all the difference. You say you wierdly enjoy it, so its about weighing it all I I guess. Maybe think about what you value and want most, with or without the issue.
Its normally said that ppl with mental health issues are very creative- the creative parts of the brain work on creating another solution when things get tough, and this sounds like what is happening for you. If you want to you can learn how to deal with the things that make you go into this imaginary world, but its really up to you, you can still be creative and have daydreams without needing to run away from a problem but it would happen less as you would have learnt how to cope with the inital problems.
You may not even notice the initial problems which tip you over into your imaginary world, but thats how it works, you dont realise because it overrides the initial problems.
The bad points are that if your not living in the '"real" world it may feel very lonely and iscolating, very much like you are on the outside looking in and could actually make you depressed as you are so cut off you may not see there is a point to being alive. This could also affect how you get on with life, you may find it hard to do well in a full time job if your zoneing out all the time, as if you are not productive, the job will go to someone else- unless its part of your job to day dream, but these jobs are often porrley paid- if paid at all, and you will get ripped off and your ideas will be exploited.
Up to you if you want to get any help with it all. Good luck though.
i think this is because you can control what the voices say and what can happen in this secret world of ours. you need to snap back to reality because you're really kinda missing out on life.
you are suffering from stress calm down take a break have a holiday you will feel better after a break, before you burn out.
maybe this is because of the fantasy of life that you wish was reality.... i too have conversations in my head although they are not to the same affect that you have as leaving you grill on or leaving your bike in the park.... i think it is ok to have these fantasy conversations in your head though you need to learn how to control them....
it does become problem when your imaginary world starts to interfere with you 'real world' life. you should maybe thin of talking to someone about it, cos i don't know how i could help you. but it does sound like it would be an interesting novel :)
hey buddy its ok. i understand what your saying in your world your boss and evreything works for you i somtimes imagine a world were i have a great girlfriend and career but we all have to come out of that world eventually and then go back when were down. i actually do have a girlfriend but not the ideal life so i have my own world that i go to.
I agree with sodapop. When this has reached a point where you cant concentrate and causes you problems IT becomes a problem. Find a hobby and interact with others. Outside of your head might not be so bad afterall...
This happens to me i have conversations with people in my head too. Its not strange at all its just you being you. I think though because its affecting your every day life you need to speak to someone about it maybe your dr or a psychiatrist. I went to seek help for other things not cause i have conversations in my head. For me they come part of the package of my illness