a problem with thinking

Du know my brain is just constantly thinking...all the time..about literally anything and everything, i constantly imagine conversations with people, almost like role plays, like having imaginary conversations or conversations that i might actually have some point after. I think about thinking, i think about thinking that im thinking...etc etc etc...it all gets pretty confusing. I sometimes wonder if i am the only person who can think in the whole world, that no body else can really think...how can they when i cant hear what they are thinking??...no one can prove that any one can think...here i go again...thinking!!! So much of the way i think is so wierd, so random....

And then if i find myself not thinking i then think about why i was not thinking in the first place and then i will think about why i was not thinking....argh!!! wish i could stop thinking...just sometimes at least....

Can anyone relate to this?? Is this normal...it doesnt feel like it is!x

My head is clearer than it used to be after taking medication.

Still having problems with people talking in my head. Problem is they won't shut up and let me get on with the things I need to be doing.

After The Fall wrote:My head is clearer than it used to be after taking medication.

Still having problems with people talking in my head. Problem is they won't shut up and let me get on with the things I need to be doing.

I have never heard other voices in my head, only me thinking. i have conversations all the time, but it mostly me talking to the other person.
Glad the meds helping u.x

Yeah, I used to have conversation in my head with other people like you said. I think that's because I'm lonely as I don't have much social interaction with people anymore. It was generally quite comforting.

Glad you don't experience voices. They are the most annoying and disgusting things ever. They do you no good. I'm going to see the doctor next week if they carry on annoying me.

Yes, I often have problems with my thinking..
I will sometimes get this echo thought thing, where all my thinking is echoed in my head.. not fun.. it gets chaotic in there when you suddenly have 5 words echoing rather than just 1 train of thought.
I also get this weird thing where i have different levels of thinking. I dont really know how to explain this one.. but all the levels go on at the same time and have there own trains of thought... each higher level has a higher level of thinking.. does that make ANY sense? cause it doesnt to me and i'm the one it's happening too!
I also hear different people talking inside me when i'm stressed or in low/bad moods. when the people bicker at each other or start yelling it gets so noisy inside my head I just want to shoot myself to end the noise! I know the voices aren't real though, so it isn't schizophrenia or anything...
I also have roleplay type thoughts like you described. That happens when I start isolating myself.

dejamelie wrote:I also hear different people talking inside me when i'm stressed or in low/bad moods. when the people bicker at each other or start yelling it gets so noisy inside my head I just want to shoot myself to end the noise! I know the voices aren't real though, so it isn't schizophrenia or anything...

That's the problem I have, it's generally brought on by anxiety/low mood I think. It's part of BPD according to the psychiatrists that diagnosed me. Really annoying though. I wanted to cut my head off earlier!

Sorry you're all having problems with that stuff. i don't really get anything exactly like that. i used to daydream too much, and would imagine conversations, but that's about it really. it was a way of avoiding having to actually do what i was imagining if it was something i didn't really want to do or felt anxious/conflicted about. lol

Needadiagnosis, i was going to say you sound like you're overthinking, but that would sound like the most daft comment ever, so i just though i'd mention it so you can laugh at me.

I used to overthink a LOT when i had the worst of the abandonment issue. everything would suddenly hit and then i'd be constantly thinking about how the had abandoned me/were abandoning me/were going to abandon me and how no one would ever want to stay, then when it was over i'd just go oh $#%^ how embarassing what have i done now, (normally my self esteem has been fine without being triggered) i've probably made them abandon me. I had reasons for staying single for years, it kept me sane(er) for a start

After The Fall wrote:

dejamelie wrote:I also hear different people talking inside me when i'm stressed or in low/bad moods. when the people bicker at each other or start yelling it gets so noisy inside my head I just want to shoot myself to end the noise! I know the voices aren't real though, so it isn't schizophrenia or anything...

That's the same problem I have, it's generally brought on by anxiety/low mood. It's part of BPD according to the psychiatrists that diagnosed me. Really annoying though. I wanted to cut my head off earlier!

Yikes don't do that, you need to keep that! Sorry you're both getting that happening when you are anxious/low, it sounds very stressful/difficult to deal with. I hope you manage to get it sorted soon.

When i get triggered-depressed my mind goes sort of blank and i feel like i sort of freeze up. i find it hard to think cause i feel too much pain and or anxiety to talk, or even think straight really, all i can think about is the pain. it makes me just want to curl up and wish everything would go away. so mostly i do that, and i dont talk very much.

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for your concern

It's great that there are people on here who are bothered in some way or another about other people.

Thanks, lets hope we all make a recovery one way or another.

Katana,yep defo over thinking,ha.x im sure I have always been the same,i no I have always imagined conversations with people.i remember that I used to imagine conversations with my teacher at school throughout school. I no I was really unhappy and I was often self harming in different ways.i think I just realised something writing this.im pretty sure that the imagined conversations were mainly about my self harm and food and image issues and talking about the things that were making me unhappy. What im now wondering as im writing this is whether I did this because in my mind I was able to say how I felt and actually be heard,even if only by the imaginary bit of my teacher.maybe it was also because I could get the love,support etc that I wantd from her that way.??? Never thought about it that way before but it seems to make a lot of sense. Also Im thinking that maybe because I never got heard despite how much I was trying to show how unhappy I was I continued conversations like this and just conversations in general. Mayb this why I become so attached to the people l want to care about me,coz of the imagined love and support I get from them,as wel as the real support. Sorry have gone off a bit,i just had to go with my chain of thought for a minute.du think any of that makes sense?x

needadiagnosis wrote:Du know my brain is just constantly thinking...all the time..about literally anything and everything, i constantly imagine conversations with people, almost like role plays, like having imaginary conversations or conversations that i might actually have some point after. I think about thinking, i think about thinking that im thinking...etc etc etc...it all gets pretty confusing. I sometimes wonder if i am the only person who can think in the whole world, that no body else can really think...how can they when i cant hear what they are thinking??...no one can prove that any one can think...here i go again...thinking!!! So much of the way i think is so wierd, so random....

And then if i find myself not thinking i then think about why i was not thinking in the first place and then i will think about why i was not thinking....argh!!! wish i could stop thinking...just sometimes at least....

Can anyone relate to this?? Is this normal...it doesnt feel like it is!x

OMG! You're me!