Is it weird?

[beetlequeendiva]

I was talking with someone earlier about living in your head. I live in my head most of the time, because it's safe their... I started doing it when the abuse started and just continue it on. What does this mean? Is it weird cause i do it all the time. When I'm walking around I just live in my head.... I only pay attention when I have to - otherwise I'm thinking about other things - I usally make up stories in my head!! I don't know if this is weird or not!!+

 

[Snow Angel]

Sound's like you might need A Counselor,especially if you have been abused:
God Bless You:

 

[20misti05]

I don't think it's weird...I do it too. But then again, it does make people like my mom think I'm selfish and stuck up. But oh well...they just don't understand.
Perhaps you would benefit from seeing a Christian therapist--especially since you were abused....just a thought.
Misti

 

[Endearing lil Influenza]

what is it like???

well as for me... besides my anxiety my MDD debilitates me to a point where I'm rarely alert or aware of what's going on around me and... I have difficulty focusing/concentrating on what Im doing... it's like I'm living in a fog... I'm zombie like...

of course my depression is not as bad as what it was 8 months ago when I was hospitalised... besides living in a fog/being zombie like... I felt no emotion for weeks... never happy or sad.... i could sit all day staring out the window and have no collection of what my thoughts were... I did not feel the difference between a 5 minutes and a 1 hour... this went fow a few weeks... I have little memory of it now but I remembr feeling like... I was not me... don't know who I am... it was like... inside my physically liveing body there was not a living person... (it felt weird in that... it was like I'm physically living, walking, sleeping but there was no one living inside the body)

is this what you are talking about?

 

[Mr.Cheese]

I think detachment is probably a pretty normal response to what you've been through.

 

[paulus7]

to what you are saying about living in your head. I've lived most of my life that way; so much so that I have trouble accessing my heart.

Currently, I'm reading books by John Eldredge, such as "The Sacred Romance" and "The Journey of Desire," which speak about heart-centered living and being close to God. You might consider them.

Meanwhile, you have my sincere prayers of support,
Paulus7

 

[Kehaar]

I think detachment is probably a pretty normal response to what you've been through.

Agreed. I think it's perfectly understandable, and quite possibly a form of self protection. You're in control of the thoughts and stories in your mind - as you quite rightly said, it's safe to be there, it gives security.

I don't think there is anything wrong with daydreaming, we all do that I think, but if you feel it's interfering with your life or holding you back or if it's creating a barrier that's stopping you communicating with others then perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea to chat it over with a counselor.

 

[invisiblebabe]

No, it's certainly not weird.

I'm hesitant to say whether it would seem you are detaching yourself from "real life" or whether you simply have a vivid and rich inner world.

I'd be curious what Myers-Briggs Type Indicator would say your personality type is (do a search on Google for "MBTI" and you should find several versions of tests for it...although not the original, they are reasonably accurate and they are free). I'm INTJ, myself... and I am an extremely high N (iNtuitive) type... basically meaning I have a strong imagination and think in terms of possibilities and creative ideas. That, combined with being a moderate level introvert, means I am naturally oriented toward the inner world. So I am wondering whether you might be that way as well. IN** types would be quite likely to have these qualities, I presume.

God's blessings

Kayli

 

[beetlequeendiva]

I am INSJ - i've done the test!!! I am very introverted. I do prefer to live in my head - i find is safer there. I have lived in my head since i was about 7 or 8 years old because i was protecting myself from my childhood. I guess it's one of those things that went on in to adulthood. i also prefer animals to humans - i find it hard to make relationships with people - i have 4 people who i trust and who i am really close too. i have some friends online who i am good friend with too but i find relationships with animals easier.

 

[invisiblebabe]

I am INSJ - i've done the test!!! I am very introverted. I do prefer to live in my head - i find is safer there. I have lived in my head since i was about 7 or 8 years old because i was protecting myself from my childhood. I guess it's one of those things that went on in to adulthood. i also prefer animals to humans - i find it hard to make relationships with people - i have 4 people who i trust and who i am really close too. i have some friends online who i am good friend with too but i find relationships with animals easier.

Hehe, I can so relate.

INSJ... *confused* did you mean INTJ or INFJ? 'cause there is no INSJ...

What kinda animals are your favorite? I love kitties!!!

 

[beetlequeendiva]

okay sorry it's INFJ - I love giraffes!!! they are my favourite. but i generally love all animals

 

[Kvikklunsj]

I don't know...I "live" in my head too most of the time, and I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing.

 

[invisiblebabe]

okay sorry it's INFJ - I love giraffes!!! they are my favourite. but i generally love all animals

Hehe Sweet!

INFJ is statistically the rarest type overall. INTJ (what I am) is statistically the rarest type for girls/women.

 

[Hope_0004]

I don't think it's "weird" at all... I tend to introvert as well. However, it does get scary when people only live in their heads... you must be a part of the world too!

But no, it's not abnormal.

 

[beetlequeendiva]

I don't only live in my head - sometimes I live on this planet too

 

[CLN]

Hey beetlequeendiva and invisiblebabe, I just took that test. I'm a INFJ too. Now I have to go find out what that means. Ya, It sound just like me.

 

[RSteel]

When I was a teenager...right before I went to bed every night I would design something in my head. Either I would design a house, a computer, my room...a lot of different things. I really don't design anymore, but I still dream and what not.

 

[beetlequeendiva]

When I was a teenager...right before I went to bed every night I would design something in my head. Either I would design a house, a computer, my room...a lot of different things. I really don't design anymore, but I still dream and what not.

Wow designing - that would have been interesting!! I think alot of people who are dealing with hard stuff use their minds to get away from it

 

[Endearing lil Influenza]

When I was a teenager...right before I went to bed every night I would design something in my head. Either I would design a house, a computer, my room...a lot of different things. I really don't design anymore, but I still dream and what not.

I used to design things too... and I'd draw them on a peice of paper... I designed my ideal school, with ideal teachers and students, ideal classes... I designed the school building... full blue-print and all, I designed school uniform...and then I will make up stories

 

[beetlequeendiva]

I can't believe how many people actually live or lived in their heads - I realy belive most people do it for the safety