🧠Thoughts

I mentally rehearse conversations before they happen

I narrate my own actions in my head as I do them

I can remember song lyrics from 20 years ago but forget someone's name 5 minutes after meeting them

I get the urge to jump when I'm standing near a cliff or balcony — even though I don't want to

I sometimes feel like I'm being watched even when I know I'm alone

I've been mispronouncing words for years because I learned them by reading, not hearing them

I've had imaginary conversations with famous people in my head

I hear my own name in background noise even when no one said it

I sometimes imagine a documentary narrator describing my life as I do mundane things

I mentally correct people's grammar when they speak

I talk to people from the past in my dreams as if they're still alive

I've had a moment of panic where I briefly thought people around me could hear my thoughts

When on a plane, I involuntarily imagine it crashing even though I know the statistics

I feel slightly uncomfortable when a painting's eyes seem to follow me

I automatically assess exits and escape routes whenever I enter a new room

Time seems to speed up as I get older

I always think of the perfect comeback hours after the conversation has ended

I immediately judge people's character by their handwriting

I'm occasionally struck by the overwhelming awareness that everything is temporary

I think about alternate versions of my life where I made different choices

I finish other people's sentences in my head before they do

I replay arguments I lost and deliver devastating comebacks in my head, alone, two days later

I immediately imagine the worst possible outcome when something seems to be going well

I have thought about what people would say at my own funeral

I find it harder to decide when I have too many options rather than fewer

I have thought about what advice I would give my younger self

I learn something fascinating and cannot stop bringing it up in conversation for weeks

When things are going genuinely well, I wait for the other shoe to drop

I see faces in random objects — wood grain, clouds, toast, car headlights

My best ideas reliably come to me in the shower

I check over my shoulder or feel watched when I am completely alone at home

When something goes wrong in a group, I assume I am probably the cause even when I had no role in it