Recognizing paranoia after the fact

So this morning I went out to breakfast with my mom. We were in a secluded booth. I kept getting paranoid that we were going to be attacked. At one point a couple walked in holding hands and I took that to be a sign that they were the ones who were going to kill everyone.

All that was going through my head but it was totally normal thought at the time. I didn’t really recognize it as being abnormal until this evening. Does that happen with anyone else? Like you don’t see it at the time?

7 Likes

All the freaking time. It’s difficult being in places.

3 Likes

Yep. I was in walmart once and saw a guy with a kid and thought that it meant i was gonna get shot. Didn’t think i was paranoid at the time.

1 Like

I was going for a walk in the woods and came across a hunter with a little boy. I also thought they would harm me.

1 Like

Thanks for sharing, everyone. Makes me feel not so weird about it.

It’s still weird but the good part is that we can know it for what it is.

1 Like

Yes, absolutely. Covid was the absolute worst. I was Covid-paranoid and went around sanitizing everything in my workplace every hour or so.

1 Like

Not exactly with this sort of thing, but woof, do I realize I’m paranoid after the fact. I remember one time I was trying to make lamb steak seared in a pan. Knew what I was doing, knew what internal temperature to get it to to kill off the bacteria, had a digital meat thermometer, the works. Took it off the heat once it had reached the right temperature, took a bite, only to have my brain be like “IT’S GONNA KILL YOU”. I then proceeded to panic, recook it four times, and totally kill the lamb a second time. Ended with me being in tears, eating tough meat.

Looking back, yeah. Extreme paranoia.

@R00nT00n …check out the date on posts. It’s in the top right corner of the thread. Usually we leave older threads alone for the reasons as follows. This thread for example is from feb this year and two months is pretty long in these worlds as things move fast. Please keep this in consideration when moving forward when you post.

Typically, we like to leave inactive threads alone and just start a new thread instead. This is different than how some forums are run, but we do it this way because it frequently upsets users to have old topics revived when they are no longer relevant. It can also be frustrating to the person who revived the thread when they don’t get a reply, because the original poster is no longer active or no longer finds the topic relevant. Feel free to start a new thread on this topic.

Thanks,

Volunteer Moderator

This topic was automatically closed 95 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.