So i have a really bad habit of continually saying the same stories many times to the same people. I never remember saying it though. I know it annoys them and i feel bad. Like i have nothing new to contribute. Then i start worrying that everything i say ive already said or is annoying and say nothing which further weirds them out. How do you remeber what youve said how do you avoid it. Maybe i should just stay in my work and avoid everyone.
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I have the exact same problem. I wish I had some good advice for this but I don’t. At least you can know that you’re not alone in this. 
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Thanks i appreciate that. Just is part of me i guess. Least it weeds out those people that dont really like me enough to put up with it.
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The same thing happens to me except I remember I repeat myself. My thinking just won’t get out of small loops and it irritates the people around me. It started with the meds. I didn’t used to have problems. I try to practice mindfulness meaning focusing on things right now besides the one or two things I can’t get off my mind. Watch movies, read a variety of topics, try thinking about the present. I worry too much about the future.
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It’s not the repeating stories per se, because a storyteller can make you feel like it’s new every time.
What happens is, when you feel like you’re irritating the folks around you, you’re really aware of this truth and it comes across in your hesitancy in your voice.
Then it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
When you feel your irritating, keep the silence. Better to irritate with nothing than to speak and remove all doubt.
When your voice loses it’s hesitancy, and you’re more animated in the story, it draws in the audience and helps keep relations good.
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Yea that must suck i only remember a bit if someone says something then im like oh yea…
True but after the 5th time or so no matter how well you say it people start to get annoyed. They dont tell me most of the time and let me continue on im not sure if that is better or worse…
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I do the same with posts, repeat myself forgetting I did that already, read the same one over again to lol
Yea that wpuld be rough. I do the rereading thing. There are some things and subjects that i swear i have read 1000 times saying the same thing. I cant stop.
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My husband does the same thing. It can get kind of annoying. He copes by prefacing his stories with,“Feel free to stop me if I’ve already told this story,” to let people know he won’t be offended if they stop him. Most people enjoy hearing his stories at least three times before they get sick of it. Since I married him, I am obligated to listen to them all for eternity. I don’t mind. I have brain damage, so I forget most of what he says. Every story is always brand new to me! Maybe you just need more friends with brain damage?
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I kinda do. But people forget and sometime new people come in and they don’t know the things that I have said before. So I wonder if most people don’t know the stuff that I have said. I just try to repeat stories every once in a while just in case.
I repeat stuff a lot. I also talk fast when I’m excited or irritated. I also blurt random sentences out. I’m an endless supply of useless knowledge.
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I am guilty of repeating the same stories. Usually about a hurt I have suffered. I never get closure. I think I am just looking for empathy. I dunno. I limit it only to my best friend and kids though. I am more light in conversation with acquaintances.
My dad, though, gets the repeater freakin’ award! I have never, in my life, heard someone repeat themselves like my father. He knows he does it but doesn’t have any desire to stop. He talks a shyt ton and just repeats and repeats. His brain is stuck in a circle.
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