Anyone else live inside of their own head? This a problem?

Post Reply New Topic

I'm constantly talking to myself in my head. Sometimes it's daydreaming, and sometimes it's just plain zoning out, while reading for instance.

In social interaction, instead of listening and focusing on the conversation I'm thinking "omg omg what can I say that's interesting or funny? How can I connect with people without having to worry like everyone else does? Do I look like I'm acting natural right now? Am I conversing like a 'normal' person?"

it's impossible to quiet my mind! I even take 40 minute showers because I'm always thinking up possible scenarios/daydreaming/etc while going through the washing motions. It's so bad that I forget what I'm doing in the 'real world' and forget what parts of my body I already washed

Sometimes, for instance during a lecture at school I'll try and quiet my mind but I find it impossible. Instead I try so hard to quiet my mind that everything the teacher says is bouncing off my brain. It's almost like when I let the info in, I just branch off into random daydreams/observations/etc. which just puts me in another world. I focus more on the internal world and it's like the external world no longer exists.

Yes and it's only a bit of a problem with me.
In conversations I don't think about what I should be saying or worrying about it, I either got nothing to say or just say something impulsive. Or sometimes I do pretty well.
I do think having this internal monologue makes us more anxious. I try to just ignore what I'm thinking about some people.
Sometimes it's hard for me to get to sleep because I'm thinking so much.
It is difficult to sometimes understand what people are saying to me.
I can get frustrated with it or I can be fine. I just don't know what mood I'll be in most days.

I do that too.



Yes, I do that.

I can say that I most of what you describe sounds familiar, and it can be a problem for me too. Mostly, I can force myself to focus on the real world when I have to, so it's more of an inconvenience than a real problem.

For me, the worst thing is that always forget where I parked my car. I just return to the real world, and I have no idea how I got to my current location.

Number 1 Son has complained of something like what you describe. He gets less of it these days.

Yes, except that I don't worry about what to say in a conversation either. That's not to say that my mind won't wander though. I've been known to have to ask someone to repeat something that I didn't hear because my mind was elsewhere.

I've been trying to listen to these history podcasts while lying in bed before going to sleep. I figured that was the only way I could do it, because if I try to listen to them any other time, I'm distracted by a million other things and don't hear them. However, listening to them in bed, my mind will still wander and I still have to keep rewinding parts. Sigh.

Yes, I do this too. I am have ADD as well as being aspie.

Isn't this more a symptom of ADD instead of aspergers?

Certainly, I've been known to daydream. unless you are putting your life or someone elses life in danger I wouldnt worry about it

Yeah. I have this problem big time as well. And I have an imaginary "world" with people that I talk to in my head. Sometimes I wish that was real instead of the one I'm living in now...

I am also always talking to myself in my head. I didn't realize that this wasn't the case for everyone. I talk to myself as though I'm talking to another person- but without the anxiety and issues of that reality.

Yeah, used to a lot. It is a problem when you can't focus on something external for long enough to complete a task or listen to a person or whatever. Or it makes tasks much longer to complete, or you have to keep asking people to repeat themselves. There's also some science out there that suggests that being unable to focus on a task is depressing and fatiguing.

Ironically, you connect to people much better when you listen to what they are saying, even if you don't say anything back.

Yes, though it seems very common for aspies to also have ADD.

Do what I do.

Buy a Warcraft III battlechest (Reign of Chaos/Frozen Throne)

Install it.

Go on Battle.net via the shortcut WC III icon

start playing.

I do that, too. I think everyone does to an extent. I like it.