What is your own particular brand of ridiculousness? Anything like mine?
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March 30th, 2012
I find myself doing things that make no sense whatsoever while my brain is apparently disengaged and perhaps taking time out for its own agenda which clearly does not include me.
I will be having thoughts about something other than the here-and-now and slowly realize that I’ve been attempting and failing to pick something out of my purse, over and over again. I can see it down there, and feel it but for some reason I can’t grab it. And instead of shaking my purse or changing the angle of my hand I just keep repeating the same motion and don’t even realize it because my brain is elsewhere! How the hell long have I been standing here only moving my fingers?
At least four or five times in the past couple weeks I’ve come home and on my way to the front door I’ve pointed the car unlock thingy at it and clicked. More than once when I didn’t hear the lock release! Only to realize my mistake, mutter and harrumph, checking to see if there are any witnesses to my silliness that I now have to destroy.
My spatial acuity also seems to be diminishing as I’ve several times shouldered door jambs as if I had the right of way. (Note to self; have that moved!)
I’ve done doofus-y things all my life and they seem to change over time, just to keep things fresh, I guess.
Is anyone else a member of this club?
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It sounds as though you are distracted. Do you have a lot on your mind? Going through something stressful? I know I can do things like this on occasions when I am not really focusing on the task at hand and my mind is off doing something else. If it becomes a problem and you find this happening a lot or it is affecting your life in some way other than being a little irritating, mention it, and definitely the spatial acuity, to your doctor. It is probably nothing more than you being less focused but it won’t do any harm to ask the question and just be sure.
@Trillian My brain does things that make me wonder. Don’t worry about it too much.
@Trillian – I just walked into a wall that has been there or at least 10 years while I was busy chattering away to my husband. It happens!
Yep. Just the other day I tried to double click my coffee pot!
@janedelila @Bellatrix Okay, I’m not that bad. Maybe you should worry. Kidding. It happens.
(You really double clicked the coffee pot. Cool)
@Bellatrix My mother would say; “I’ll have that moved.”
Y’all give me hope. ;-)
I just said “who the heck put that there!”
Today I parked in front of our little library, went in, checked out some books and then read the local paper and some magazines for 30 minutes. When I came out, I couldn’t find the car keys.
Not only were they in the ignition, but the motor was running. That was sobering.
Don’t feel bad, @Trillian. I’ve totally tried to open house doors with my car’s electronic key clicky-thingy, too! I’ve also plowed right into the front door, expecting it to magically open on its own, like the ones at the grocery store do. Things in my house attack me all the time… doorways, corners of desks, other things that clearly have no business being where they are. I think they stalk me. I always have some random song stuck in my head, and I’m unaware of it for long periods of time. In a moment of silence, I’ll realize I’ve been singing something like the Sponge Bob Square Pants theme in my head all damn day. Whoooooo lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Well, you all make me feel much better. Cheers!
I’ve been like that for the last few years especially. Feeling like my body is an annoying, clumsy accessory to my brain. I walk into door frames so often at home but I don’t care because I know I’ll still end up going through them. That just sounded weirdly philosophical.
My mind is constantly elsewhere. Walking through a door without bumping into the sides requires too much unnecessary effort damnit!
It’s called not being present/self aware. It happens.
I have caught myself twice in the last month flipping on my turn signal when I am pulling into my garage at the bottom of my driveway. lol Subconscious programming.
Working on being present and giving all of our attention to the “just this” moment is part of self awareness work, most don’t really care enough to go there and when they do it’s an accident. haha
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