Hello and sorry for the wait!!

I've been sleeping better and trying to be healthier lately and I was up at productive time in the morning over the summer where it was normal I was already awake at the before the time they started chirping. I already somewhat miss them.

i know a lot of people feel comforted by sharing a bed with someone else, but for all my life it’s been so difficult for me to sleep unless i’m by myself.

it doesn’t even matter if i’m in my own bed or not. it also doesn’t matter how comfortable i am with the person in bed with me. if im sleeping with someone else, it’s like i become so aware of my own presence that i just can’t fall asleep as easily as i would alone. i usually have to take melatonin gummies or some sort of medicine so that i can fall asleep. and im someone whose main love language is physical touch and who lovesss cuddling, hugs, etc., but i need my own space in order to sleep well.

i’m only 21 but sometimes i think about marriage and how i might have to tell my partner “look, i love you, but i cannot share the bed with you every night, it’s impossible for me to sleep with you next to me” LOL

I don't often consider using it, but any time I do, I find myself consciously rephrasing it now because I am concerned people might think what I wrote was written by AI if I use it, especially if the rest of the comment is formally worded.

I've used Reddit since a teen, and the past year I would say I have noticed my feed just become more and more detached from anything I care about, to the point now I am opening Reddit and closing it in moments.

I guess it's a positive for my productivity and time management, but being remote for school and by myself most of the time, it feels like there's no place to go on social media anymore and subs I enjoyed just feel so watered down and outright toxic in the comments

I’m not talking about the ones who have a musical tone almost. I mean the ones who sound similar to a data center. It gives me a feeling of doom when I hear it. It’s beyond irritating in my opinion. Almost like that noise shouldn’t exist. I’m not sure why. Does anyone else find it very unsettling?

Wasn't quite sure what to title this. But, does anyone else have completely random memories of flavors/textures pop into their head, with absolutely no associated information about what food or drink it is? Super vivid, too, like I swear I can taste the . . . whatever . . . as if I were eating it. But within seconds the memory starts to fade again. And so, if the taste was good, I have only that long to figure out what the heck I'm eating so I can actually eat it for real.

It's like when a snippet of a song gets stuck in your head and you drive yourself crazy trying to figure out what song it was and your brain won't tell you.

It feels like 95% of the time, whenever I see a promising new software project on GitHub, Claude ends up being one of the "contributors".

Even if you set aside the the ethical issues that come with AI, it's not a good sign when software is coded with it, because instead of actually creating the software themselves and understanding how it works, people are handing the reins to an algorithm that doesn't even deliver deterministic results.

This is not good for long-term maintainability, and it's prone to introducing weird, unexpected bugs. I know this, because in addition to using vibe-coded software, I've gotten AI to spit out some spaghetti code scripts myself.

I'll admit that I've found it useful for solving problems sometimes, but I'm not a programmer, and I'd probably come up with better solutions for those problems if I actually knew what I was doing.

Nobody else I know does this but I think it makes sense and want to know if anyone else does this too.

To clarify (poorly), if I want to ask someone 3 questions I start with 'Three questions. (question 1)'. Or it can be combinations like 'Two questions and a statement.'
And then I start talking.

I just think it's useful so both people know how long it's going to take and when to change the topic. Idk really.

I've seen people talk about several times in the past, people claimed "Youtube is dead", but seriously, the vast majority of content creators stopped posting. I mysteriously once found out several (pretty old) channels also vanished. In the past (Pre-Covid), I'd go there and there would be several videos I'd open in new tabs, and watch, and it could take days before I get to all of them. Now, it's just AI news, low-quality stand-up comedies, and podcasts of people I've never heard of.
Some mentioned it's because of Tik tok, and others said they made some algorithm change that won't highlight content to users unless it's super frequent.

I mean like past friendships/relationships, interactions, bad memmories and just parts of their life in general.

Idk why but for me it doesn't even matter if its big or not

I just feel haunted by some pld memmories and im running from them everyday

I may sound crazy but that is just how i feel

How about you guys tho

when i say everything, i mean everything. even the simplest of concepts, such as what a name is. i’ve had whatever this is for years. it happens once in a blue moon, and always comes out of nowhere. i’d be still for a couple of minutes while struggling to comprehend or recall anything, and it’d almost scare me. i tried explaining this to my mom once and she looked at me as if i became a flat earther. if anyone could point me in the right direction of identifying this i’d really appreciate it. i’m 23 btw if that matters.

edit: i’ve read all the suggestions and will definitely take them into account! thank you :)

bro i guess its like when people bite their fingernails or peel off the skin
but especially when i study, concentrate or anxious i start to chew on the inside of my lip and the sides 😭

i had to chew gum when i studied because it genuinely became automatic lol

As the title says, I never get invited to events outside work. I recently joined the company I work for back in April of this year and all my coworkers go out at least once a week or two to do fun activities outside work. I’m never invited. It’s now been 6 months since I’ve been at the company, and still no invite. I’m talkative at work, super kind and people seem to enjoy my company and outwardly make conversation with me. What’s wrong with me?!

Yesterday I just broke down when one of my coworkers posted all of them getting drinks at dinner last night. There were like 10 coworkers.

Honestly I feel like something is wrong with me and I’m weird and not likable. I’ve been on and off crying all day.

Like not even an exciting big fun day. A genuine "I'm super hyped and stoked about this" like going on and on about some show or game you're excited for and blah blah blah and then the next day you're utterly drained and exhausted and embarrassed and it feels like rlly bad post nut clarity/shame?

I work in a typical office area with cubicles, everyone glued to their computer screens. We are allowed to listen to music with earbuds. I'm sure the vast majority of people just listen to music, and I do too occasionally. But I also often listen to movies and TV shows but don't necessarily watch them. They are usually movies that I've seen many times before that I know very well. It's in the background so I'm not really paying attention to it. Its more of like a familiar/comfort thing. Anyone else do that?

And I don't even listening to music that often, its kinda concerning me cuz I also sleep bad maybe smth is wrong in my head

Was about 13 when I thought this. I believed I was secretly not related to my parents and thats why I didn't feel quite connected to them.

I’m not sure if I’m the only one who confuses people’s faces for others, but just today I almost went in the wrong car because I thought the driver was someone I knew (have actually done this before on accident)…while that person was actually parked the opposite way. I have trouble with recognizing people’s faces as well. Does anyone else have this trouble or is it just my bad memory?

Like do they not realize how many folks don’t update their posts? I get it may be annoying but it’s just annoying to buyers when you refuse to comply lol.

It’s not just on Facebook marketplace either but other sites like OfferUp as well will have over a month to year old posts.

Just a lil rant trying to buy a used car lol

Very troubling. Multiple times now, I’ve reminisced with my friends on what I THINK are real memories, only for them to tell me it never happened. Just a dream. Sometimes my dreams pick up exactly where real life leaves off, and are mundane and perfectly realistic, prompting me to need to check with others if what happened actually happened or if I was just dreaming. Or I’ll have to check my camera roll to verify if photos are/aren’t there.

What’s been torturing me more than anything though have been my false awakenings. I keep having dreams where I wake up (from a dream) and go through my day, only to inevitably realize I’m still dreaming. This happens over and over and over again trapping me in a loop. Dreams within dreams within dreams. Sometimes a creature will follow me around from dream to dream. And then, when I actually wake up, I have trouble trusting it. Most mornings, I have to do checks to make sure I’m actually awake, which don’t mean much because I do these same checks in my dreams.

I worry that this is a warning sign I’m losing my mind. I’m only 24, if I’m this distrustful of my reality already what are things going to be like decades from now?