Paranoia

[DaVeyWaVey]

Sorry if there is a thread on this already, but do any of you here get paranoid at certain, regular times? Just thought a discussion could start here.

I am really paranoid, which i've just discovered lately. Like today, my friend put his bottled drink next to my drink and when he picked his drink up, i thought it was mine, so i grabbed it off him straight away unintentionally as i was so paranoid that it was mine.

Also, i must check that the television and router is off atleast twice after a few seconds of actually switching it off before i go to bed.

And in the mornings when i pack my bag for school, on the way to school, sometimes i must check inside my bag to check that i packed my pencil case or certain books as sometimes i convince myself that i haven't.

Also, when i switch my radio off in the mornings, i go downstairs to put my shoes on for school but i must go back upstairs to check that i switched off my radio, a few seconds after i actually switched it off.

So how about the rest of you?

[Behemoth]

Oh my god - you are exactly like me.

When I set my alarm at night and I lie in bed I always have to get up again and look at my alarm to make sure I set it even though I know it did. And if I'm in the shower I always have to check at least twice that I locked the door even though I know I did. There are many other examples but I can't think right now!

[CrazyLea]

I am paranoid at times.

Like with the alarm clock, I have to turn it up and down at least 5 times before I sleep, as I never think it's loud enough. Now I've started to turn it right up full, but still have to check it about 5 times lol!

Amongst a hellish amount of other things lol!

[Skits]

i used to suffer from depression and i was paranoid then. i wouldn't go to the shops by myself as i thought everyone was looking at me or i wouldn't walk into the pub unless i knew for certain some of my friends were in there.

[Katy]

I am really paranoid, especially with the alarm clock thing, i really have to check loads of times incase im not up in time. Also if i ever have to get somewhere and im getting a train or a bus, i hate missing them so i check about 10 times just incase.

[samantha nixon]

the only thing i do is check my rabbits cages after i feed them ill go and do something else then will think i have to go check them but that dont happen all the time only sometimes

[Kim]

You sound like me as well, Dave. I don't do it so much now as I have a lot of stuff to worry about at school, but I have a big thing about checking the doors were locked. Last year, one of my dogs knocked an ashtray from the worktop, and it really sounded like there were burglers shoving things into bags, so now I have a big thing about that. Also, that the power is turned off to everything, but with my computer as an exception as the internet is a big pain the next day if it is turned off. And I do it if the red setter eats fast, because they can get a condition known as bloat. I have a big thing about my books, but more my pencil case as I forgot it on the day of a science test in year 8, but found a pen in my coat pocket, so I did that. Opened up the test paper, first question was to draw the path taken by the sun, but I did it wrong at first, so it looked a right mess and I'm surprised the teacher could actually make out where I meant it to be.

[di marco]

omg im so glad im not the only one lol! i have to check my alarm about 10 times before i go to bed lol to make sure ive set it to the right time! another thing i have to do before i go to bed (and i always do this in my uni house and when im on hols and sometimes at home but not that often) is that i have to check under the bed and in the wardrobe in case anyone is in there lol! and i have to check that ive locked my door before going to bed and that i lock it before going out. the bathroom door is even worse, some days i must spend about 5mins checking that its locked before i get in the shower lol! and other things like checking the ovens turned off, checking ive turned my lights off and my laptop and tv off. and i check my bag at least twice to make sure ive got everything lol! and loads of other stuff, im really paranoid lol!

[Behemoth]

omg im so glad im not the only one lol!

I know how you feel! It's such a relief to know I'm not the only weird person out there!

[di marco]

omg im so glad im not the only one lol!

I know how you feel! It's such a relief to know I'm not the only weird person out there!

exactly! especially as my mum always tells me off when i do things like that!

[Behemoth]

omg im so glad im not the only one lol!

I know how you feel! It's such a relief to know I'm not the only weird person out there!

exactly! especially as my mum always tells me off when i do things like that!

I haven't even told my mum I do it. I was worried she might have me sectioned!

[di marco]

omg im so glad im not the only one lol!

I know how you feel! It's such a relief to know I'm not the only weird person out there!

exactly! especially as my mum always tells me off when i do things like that!

I haven't even told my mum I do it. I was worried she might have me sectioned!

lol! mine watches me do it! i think i get it off my gran though cos whenever she goes out she has to go back and check the front door

[DaVeyWaVey]

I'm glad i am not the only one either! I think i get my paranoia off my dad, he always checks the house phone to see if he has ended the call atleast 3 times after the caller hung up.

[Abi]

I'm really paranoid about saying Goodbye to people, properly. I wont leave people, without saying bye properly, and wont leave on an arguement, in case something happens to one of us, lol. Strange, i know, but thats me!

[Kim]

I'm really paranoid about saying Goodbye to people, properly. I wont leave people, without saying bye properly, and wont leave on an arguement, in case something happens to one of us, lol. Strange, i know, but thats me!


I know what you mean, Abi. One of the taxi drivers had a row with her Mum in the summer holiday and quit. Then her Mum died, she didn't want anything to do with the taxis because they had fallen out, and now she is on bad terms with her sister and her brother.

I don't know where I get paranoia from - It's random.

[Bryan]

My main two are:

checking the time on the bus every few seconds, even tough I know i'll get there on time I have to keep checking

checking my sent messages folder on my phone to check I've sent my message to the right person, as once I sent a text to my mate bitching about another mate, but it turned out i'd sent it to the mate i was bitching about... embarassing i can tell you :o

[Katy]

lol, thats something that would happen to me, i agre about the bus thats my main one too.

I forgot another one though, checking i have all my equipment for exams, calculator and enough working pens.

I also have to check i have the mouthpiece when i go to band and that the instrument is in the case, i am always forgetting one or the other.

[Abbie]

When I set my alarm at night and I lie in bed I always have to get up again and look at my alarm to make sure I set it even though I know it did.

I do that as well, I also get really paranoid if I see people like looking at me form a distance and they are talking to someone, cos I get it into my head that they are talking about me. I also dont like people looking at me when Im eating so Im like always overing my mouth.

[di marco]

I also dont like people looking at me when Im eating so Im like always overing my mouth.

im like that too, i hate eating in front of people, especially if no one else is eating at the same time. my friend the other day shouted at me cos i wouldnt eat my food cos there were people in the room lol!

[Abbie]

I also dont like people looking at me when Im eating so Im like always overing my mouth.

im like that too, i hate eating in front of people, especially if no one else is eating at the same time. my friend the other day shouted at me cos i wouldnt eat my food cos there were people in the room lol!

Thats the worst when your the only one eating as then you deffinatly feel like they are watching you.

[Kim]

My main two are:

checking my sent messages folder on my phone to check I've sent my message to the right person, as once I sent a text to my mate bitching about another mate, but it turned out i'd sent it to the mate i was bitching about... embarassing i can tell you :o


Surprisingly, I've never done that; I just sit there laughing at my friend because she's always mangaging to do it, sending so many texts to so many different people at the same time. Then I'm laughing because she never has any credit due to sending that batch of texts all over again to make sure that each person got the text that was meant for them.

[di marco]

My main two are:

checking my sent messages folder on my phone to check I've sent my message to the right person, as once I sent a text to my mate bitching about another mate, but it turned out i'd sent it to the mate i was bitching about... embarassing i can tell you :o


Surprisingly, I've never done that; I just sit there laughing at my friend because she's always mangaging to do it, sending so many texts to so many different people at the same time. Then I'm laughing because she never has any credit due to sending that batch of texts all over again to make sure that each person got the text that was meant for them.

ive never done that either, but thats cos im so paranoid about sending it to the wrong person that i check about 20 times lol! although sometimes my phone says that i sent it to the wrong person when i get the delivery report and im like omg but it actually sent to the person it was meant to, obviously my phone likes worrying me lol!

[Siobhan]

I don't know if it is paranoia or just weird but whenever I walk alone (day or night) I have the whole "crimewatch" thing going on in my head.. I think of what they would say if I went missing or was murdered.. what clothes i am wearing and i look at everyone passing by to see if they would "come forward" with enquiries.. maybe I am just weird!!!