Jen over at It's a Beautiful Life shared some of the things she is paranoid about.
Because I'm in a blogging rut, I'm challenging myself to list the top ten things I'm paranoid about.
Why top ten?
Because if I didn't stop there this post might go on forever.
Ready, go.
1. Jake is going to die any minute now.
2. You guys wouldn't like me if you knew me in real life.
3. I might be a sociopath and everything I do in life is a desperate attempt to fight that.
4. I'm not as smart as people at work think I am. -or- People at work are going to discover that I'm completely retarded and they have made a huge mistake in keeping me on the job.
5. I'm not as pretty or as funny as I think I am.
6. I will never get a good night's sleep. I spend most of the darkhours convincing my brain that I am neither awake nor interested in what it has to say.
7. I have nothing to offer anyone. You are all just nodding and smiling and pretending to listen and shaking your heads as you walk away.
8. There are cameras everywhere. Even in my house. Or tape-recorders, now that the economy is in the crapper.
9. I might wake up tomorrow and my eyes don't work or my teeth are missing.
10. Either my house or my car is going to explode in a firey inferno. And I'll be trapped inside and die a slow death and my mind will be so full of regret over things I never did or said that I can't relax and let death take over and it will be slow and wicked and painful and I will interpret it as punishment.
And press "print", and what speed dial number do I have the therapist on again?
He might want to take a look at this.
disclaimer: I am well enough to know this is all ridiculous and outlandish and silly, but not well enough that it doesn't plague me from time to time.
2.16.2009
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Hmmm...my FIL may be a sociopath.
If I started listing out things Im paranoid about, I'd have to give myself a cut off as well. It's amazing but these things really only plague me while I'm in bed trying to fall asleep or while I'm in the shower or driving to work by myself. Basically - whenever I'm alone or extremely overtired.
I too, am terrible paranoid about my house catching on fire. It totally freaks me out.
And I'm pretty positive that if I knew you in real life - I'd think you are just as great as I do now!
Thanks for the mention and I cracked up about the missing teeth. I genuinely love your blog and think you are a great person.
This post could have been written by me...seriously!
Maybe you are a part of the whole scheme with the cameras and everyone is watching me and laughing.
I think most of us are holding our breath waiting for this to all come crashing down on us at some point.
It feels good to know I am not the only one who has irrational fears.
That list kinda strikes close to home. #1 scares the shit outta me
I have a reoccuring dream that my teeth are falling out of my mouth and I am spitting them out in chuncks...it is horrible...and it really, truely has nothing to do with my dental dork.
So I'm not the only one who thinks like this?
I am paranoid that my house in going to be broken into. (even though i live in a town with almost no crime). I dream about it aallllll the time. I did just last night.
I also have a reoccuring dream about bees flying up my nose. Scares the poo out of me!
lady, if that's crazy you can sign us up for adjoining rooms at the nuthouse.
as for #2 -- I do and I still like you.
I can't leave a comment because now I'm paranoid about the fact the we have all the same paranoia's and that i think you somehow got into my brain.
Oh but i will add that sometimes i am paranoid that i have a hair/teeth/eyeball twin in my brain, that never fully developed during childbirth because my chubby baby body stole all the nutrients...and that my hair/teeth/eyeball twin will cause me to either have crazy headaches that lead me to blackout and do things...or that it will eventually start to grow and steal my nutrients and take over my body.
Why oh Why did my parents let me see the movie "The Dark Half" when I was 12!!?
#1 has been a major one for me lately - not your kid, mine. I think that's part of being a parent.
Everyone is nuts. People who appear "normal" are faking it.
OMG- #4.
Totally with you on that. I compare it to what I think adults who cannot read must feel like. Faking it with the constant fear that someone will find out and that would be a DISASTER.
Yup, #4.
But really, we're all so normal- it does make me rest a little easier knowing that its not just me.
Whew~
Ha! I love neuroses.
*nodding and smiling*
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