Aspie going a bit crazy?

I could have written your posts my self Stacks.

I have charachters in my head and throughout the day I use them for both entertainment and my flight response. Sometimes I believe I go a little overboard though, and will laugh at a joke somebody said, or get too emotionally involved and show outer emotion. I also talk out loud at times. I do believe, though, this to be completely normal (to Auties/Aspies). Sometimes I too dwell in these conversations and get too involved to where it is difficult to distinguish from reality versus fantasy. I always call it crazy too, but it is far from it. I hear many instances in some of the same context.

I wouldnt worry about it, unless you itinterferes with functioning. From the sound of it though, it doesnt. And my opinion, I dont see anything wrong with it in that case.

Samm wrote:I could have written your posts my self Stacks.

I have charachters in my head and throughout the day I use them for both entertainment and my flight response. Sometimes I believe I go a little overboard though, and will laugh at a joke somebody said, or get too emotionally involved and show outer emotion. I also talk out loud at times. I do believe, though, this to be completely normal (to Auties/Aspies). Sometimes I too dwell in these conversations and get too involved to where it is difficult to distinguish from reality versus fantasy. I always call it crazy too, but it is far from it. I hear many instances in some of the same context.

I wouldnt worry about it, unless you itinterferes with functioning. From the sound of it though, it doesnt. And my opinion, I dont see anything wrong with it in that case.

Good to hear I'm not the only one that gets a bit mixed up sometimes! So far it hasn't really made it difficult to function at all, but for all I know it could just be the beginning. I was kinda worrying that what might be a rather infrequent and insignificant bit of confusion might escalate into full-blown craziness over the years.

But, I haven't really had the problem more recently. Maybe coz I've been spending a lot more time playing guitar lately, which is one of the few things that helps shut off the constant thinking.

Hey Stacks, nice to meet you. I do that conversation thing in my head too. I've always done it, and even done it out loud too. People tell m e that I look like Im' in my own world at times.

Chucky wrote:Hey Stacks, nice to meet you. I do that conversation thing in my head too. I've always done it, and even done it out loud too. People tell m e that I look like Im' in my own world at times.

Yeah, I don't tend to do it out loud unless I'm on my own. Although I had to stop myself a bit on the weekend. I was in a store, standing in front of a display rack laughing to myself, seemingly for no reason.

Be careful with that. I mean, there is a time and place when/where you can talk to yourself out loud, and that time and place ISN'T in public

Chucky wrote:Be careful with that. I mean, there is a time and place when/where you can talk to yourself out loud, and that time and place ISN'T in public

Yeah, on the occasion I let something slip out around anyone else, I usually get strange looks. So I've learned it's best to keep it in my head as much as possible. Laughing though... if it's something humourous going on in my head, it can be hard to laugh on the inside only.

Yeah, I totally get the urge to laugh. I often get the urge to laugh in class. People got used to it though...
Recently however, I can't resist having some of these conversations in my head while talking to other people. Sometimes I start saying out loud what I was saying in my head. It wasn't enough that I had trouble telling them apart, now they're mixing each other. Besides having to pay attention in life and trying to block out thoughts, now I'm paranoid too.

Stacks, there's nothing wrong with laughing to yourself, so long as you can recover from the situation by then sharing what you're laughing at to those around you. Picture it: If someone besides you starts to laugh in class and then says nothing to anyone, yo'ull think that they're a bit strange. If - however - they then explain what they were laughing at to someone, it won't look as bad.

Chucky wrote:Stacks, there's nothing wrong with laughing to yourself, so long as you can recover from the situation by then sharing what you're laughing at to those around you. Picture it: If someone besides you starts to laugh in class and then says nothing to anyone, yo'ull think that they're a bit strange. If - however - they then explain what they were laughing at to someone, it won't look as bad.

I think you meant JohnDoe with this, but I'll reply anyway. The only problem with this for me is that often I can't put what happened in my head into words. And then I'd look like even more of a freak, coz from the other's point of view, I'm laughing about something but don't even really know what it is.

oops, sorry - yeh - I meant JohnDoe. Putting thoughts into words is a very common problem for us though, but I have learned that speaking slowly kind of helps. Sometimes, I still get tongue-tied and feel slightly embarrassed, but - yeh - speaking slowly helps.