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or perhaps Am I normal?

I was recently Irene Adler walking seductively through London, being all mysterious and red-of-nail. Last night as I poured my chardonnay I was Bridget Jones. I'm often the posh lady who very nearly gets the better of Poirot, but doesn't quite and has a "damn you" moment. In my youth I was rather obsessed with Quantum Leap - I regularly leapt into my own body to somehow save a life / a business / the world.

Externally, I'm just an accountant with a happy homelife. Internally, I'm anything I bloody like.

Normal? Come on, I can take it. I've been a Russian spy with homicidal tendancies. In Asda.

No but I sometimes wish I was anywhere other than where I am... I might try and see if it helps!

Yes but a non-specific film - and only when I'm listening to my ipod walking down the road.

The vision of myself as a haunted, ethereal, willowy beauty is kind of ruined if I catch sight of my 40-something, short-arsed, scraggly self in a shop window!

You're just unleashing the creatives side of your accountant's brain. I am frequently Elizabeth Bennett.

Oh I'm always doing that! I'm usually in a documentary, or else being followed by photographers...

I thought it was just me who did this At least it passes the deadly dull morning bus journey...

Yeah damn that reality moment. I was the cunning murderess in Poirot, easily outwitting all with my fast talking and engaging persona - whilst decorating my living room.

Then the phone went to say DD had barfed over a teacher.

I do, when I'm cooking. Am so happy to hear there are other nutters people out there doing the same thing.

I gave a fabulous interview earlier. Parky and his viewers fell utterly in love with me. My anecdotes were the right mix of comedy and brilliant observation. Which is strange considering I was driving to Currys to pick up a washing machine.

Ah good, I'm looking more normal.

I'll be looking round at everyone now, trying to work out where or who they are in their own little worlds. Especially those with iPods.

Not exactly this, but I do mentally change character depending on where I am shopping.
If I go in Netto I immediately feel pinched of face, and like I might start slapping ds while I am trying to load my basket with crisps and fish fingers, whereas in Sainsburys, there I am fondling organic kumquats and talking loudly to ds about recipes.
There is nothing I can do to stop this. Is it a personality disorder??

My friend sometimes leans forward slightly and looks at the pavement whilst walking along; he's pretending to be Airwolf

I do this and have never told anyone for the fear of being seen as odd.
Like other posters it's usually when I have my iPod on and whatever is playing is the soundtrack for my movie.
It's never a specific real movie though.

I so do this. It makes me feel fabulous. I'm not characters in other films, I am just continuosly being followed by a documentary crew who are fascinated by my every word.



I'm happy, leave me be.

I'm in films but they tend to be documentaries. I have the voice over in my head as I walk along saying something like, 'Since the accident, Spidermama has been more determined to overcome her fears and take on the project. The stakes are high and thousands of people are depending on her'. That kind of thing.

Phew! So glad it's not just me.

I like to act to myself in the mirror whilst applying make-up. As you do...

ShowOfUm and tethersend and all you other outwardly normal yet inwardly batty folk!

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I do that. Loads. I win major awards too. And have affairs with a whole variety of different famous men, all of whom are absolutely obsessed with my general wonderfulness and handful of oscars.

Looks like I'll have lots of company on the ward when they commit us all then

Dh is an accountant - now I am wondering which famous movie star I am sleeping with at night?

I do this but I am characters in books I am mentally writing. [old fashioned]

All the time but it's usually films I make up in my head rather than already penned characters. I have conversations in my head when I'm on the toilet, imagine a tight shot of me on the bus with whatever is on my phone playing in the background, feign confidence borrowed from a fictional character when wearing certain clothes etc.

Are you normal? Probably not but you're not alone

Oh and characters from books. I have affairs with them too, usually whilebeing the character in the book who resolves the plot in a way that ends up with me looking highly intelligent and desirable.

I'm on Masterchef or Blue Peter whenever cooking.

Thank you 3ineachhole thank you thank you for making me feel less odd.

Actually NorthernWreck, am relating nicely to the supermarket-induced personality disorder. In Sainsbury's I'm the goodie or glamourpuss. In Aldi I'm hiding from the law.

aldiwhore you're more than welcome. I feel I can move on with my life now, fictional or otherwise.

I don't do it. I want to join in.