Anyone else do weird stuff they wouldn't admit to in real life?

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Go easy on me, I know MN can be a hostile time at the minute,,,,
I am currently obsessed with The Handmaids Tale, cant stop watching the series on Prime, and I was lying in the bath having a soak and I started to mimic the lead characters facial movements, and then I though since I have been watching it, I pretend I'm in it, pretending that I am also an oppressed woman and answer to men only etc, is this weird?

I do this with other things like books or other series, it doesn't affect my life, in a crazy way but more like a day dream sort of way and when the kids ask for a snack, i snap out of it. Am I the only weirdo around here, or do have weird things you do that you would never admit to in real life or do I need some professional help :)

This is hilarious! I don’t do any of these things and feel I’m missing out now!

@Disfordarkchocolate, I’m sorry to hear you’ve had a sad day and hope things looks up soon.

Also when i hate my husband, I have imaginary conversations with my favourite hot actors who are also my BFFs about my plans to leave him forever. Their answers are always the same. They’ve always been in love with me and so let’s have amazing sex now.

@SnackRussell

Thanks to this thread I just went for a quick canter. I felt so free, for the first time in ages!

@PenguinsOnParade I’m going to give it a go later. Do you fear toppling forwards or am I imagining entirely the wrong posture?

My balance is terrible so I don't know how I haven't toppled over yet to be honest. I panic I'll fall backwards so do lean forwards quite a bit. You should give it a few goes to see what you prefer, maybe on a flat floor before trying the stairs.

When I listen to Adele or a really powerful ballad I imagine I'm singing in front of everyone I know for the first time, they haven't seen me in 6 months because I've been away... now I'm back, knocking their eyes out with my secret talent finally revealed and on top of that I obviously look fucking amazing after losing 3 stone!

I am an oldie, and live alone, so always talking to my self, or more so to my cats. This morning, one of my cats was sitting on the window sill in the kitchen, he was staring at me, I said in a minute Tash, I am going in the shed to get a tin of emulsion paint, so back in a minute, This one of my cats, always raises his right paw up quite high when I speak to him, so I don't know if he was giving me a thumbs up for getting the paint, or if it was a gesture to shut up for once , and get lost.

@PenguinsOnParade I wonder if I should perhaps aim for a more attainable level of dinosaur first? Maybe an Iguanodon. Essentially bipedal but with the ability to become authentically on all fours if needs be. For safety reasons.

I need to stop reading this. I’m still snorting out loud. This is so funny.

OP when I was binge -watching the Handmaids Tale I spent two weeks thinking about my colleagues at work and assigning them roles. So there are two young fertile women who would be called OfAndy and OfBen, they'd be handmaids. There is a 40 year old with teenaged kids, she is crafty so I think she would be a Martha. There is a older lady who used to run a Brownies group so I felt like she could be an Aunt because I'm not sure her husband would have been a commander before he retired.

I would be a Martha, I can bake and make jam. It's far more work than I would want, but might be better status than an Econowife. I'm too old for childbearing otherwise I'd be OfAdrian.

I kept imagining everyone in their roles, quite detailed ideas.

I also think about death a lot, and funerals, it's not a bad thing to discuss funeral music etc, although sometimes the death thoughts can border on intrusive.

[quote SnackRussell]@PenguinsOnParade I wonder if I should perhaps aim for a more attainable level of dinosaur first? Maybe an Iguanodon. Essentially bipedal but with the ability to become authentically on all fours if needs be. For safety reasons.[/quote]
That might be a good idea. Give a few different dinosaurs a go and see which one is your real "inner dinosaur".

Although obviously I simplified it by giving the handmaids their current partners which I know wouldn't happen in Gilead.

I play out scenarios in my head such as imagined conversations. I can get a bit enthused and it turns into whispering to myself. My Dc have caught me a few times and it frightens them

I am definitely a fan of maladaptive daydreaming. I wasn't allowed to sit next to windows at high school as I would stare out of them day dreaming all day. I achieved well enough tho.

One of my daydreams at that age was where I would hide dead bodies if I was a murderer (I never wanted to kill anyone, I was just interested in their thought processes). I live in the same area now and some of my "good" ideas were terrible. Behind front garden fences, on roundabouts etc . I've long since given up this daydream

Once I introduced myself to a new neighbour. She was taken aback and replied "that's what I call myself for my pretend name". Clearly she's one of us, she just let it slip! She was really weird.

Wow, I have totally found my people here! Done most of these 😊 @SnackRussell bet you I can gallop faster than you 😉 never come across anyone else who did this, let alone admitted it.

I am a daydreamer too. But only at night and not in the day. It's my comfort. I call them my stories. I think we all need abit of escapism.

When I was a teenager I used to play my music through my headphones and picture my music video because obviously it was my song hahaha. I've outgrown that though 😁

All you disaster planners you would love the book Unthinkable-who survives when disaster strikes by Amanda Ripley. It is sort of a guide to plan how to react in an emergency-really interesting with lots of interviews with actual disaster survivers. She is a journalist who reported on the ground at disaster scenes and was fascinated by people's reactions. I bought it before flying to educate myself on how to escape a plane crash! It has added extra depth to my fantasy disaster planning!!!

I argue with myself in the mirror when I'm drunk. Like what you looking at you ugly horrible bitch. I turn all chav and argue back. Very weird. I usually end it with a laugh and call myself a weirdo.

I tell anecdotes about things that I've seen or done as though I'm doing stand-up comedy. Sometimes, I'm so funny I make myself laugh out loud.

I've reined it in a bit though, since I was doing imaginary stand-up while gardening, and my neighbour called over the fence to ask if I was ok.

@mrskjones yes I'm binge watching the same and have rsther a crush on captain hook

When I listen to my favourite songs, I imagine the song as part of a brilliant film that I’m the director of.

If ever i needed any proof that i have absolutely zero imagination, reading this thread is it!
Am going to try and think up some scenario now this evening before going to sleep.

@Goldenhedgehogs
This is the best book for us!

@PeskyRooks ooh thank you will add it to my Amazon list!

I spend my evenings jumping. I love it. Just me by myself jumping up and down in the living room. But if I do it in public people think I'm odd.

So for some inexplicable reason - last week Whilst stuck in traffic, I decided to reenact The horse dying cry scene from never ended story, alone in my car. Which is mortifying enough but would have been ok if I hadn’t been caught by four teenage boys standing at the bus stop.

Preparing for a disaster is definitely sensible, it should be normalised.