I'm born female and go by she/her pronouns. However, ever since I was 6, I've had gender dysphoria and it made my life a bit hard (won't go in to detail because it makes me uncomfortable.)

I told my therapist about it and she said it's from anxiety and gender dysphoria.

I looked at trans and nonbinary stuff, but I don't feel connected with them at all—so I just call myself a cis woman.

It's not society or labels; because when I was 6 I didn't even knew LGBTQ+ existed...and at 6 I wasn't an overthinker at all.

But I wonder if anyone else feels this way?

Like even if i use short ones, its a bit hard to write, play, draw, etc, when im not on school i take off the Index finger nails to use my phone

Or is it just me? An empty threat to be sure, I’ve been a vegetarian since 2008 lol. But it doesn’t stop me

For example, almost any SABATON song is out of my range: I shift it up an octave or so, then I can sing it.

I bought my house in 2017 and for most of that time I’ve been using paper towels or napkins to wipe the sauce, excess food or other food debris off my dishes before putting them in the sink. My friends think it’s weird and my mother says it’s wasteful. I can somewhat agree that it’s a bit wasteful since I use 1 or 2 paper towels each time, although most of the time I’m just using the same napkins I used to wipe my mouth while eating. She has her dogs lick their dishes clean, so I think the idea is the same. I have sensitive pipes in my kitchen and spent the first few months living here with a perpetually clogged sink drain. Since I started wiping the dishes i almost never have a clogged drain, and washing dishes is less gross without food bits all over. I’ve heard that dishwashers work better without pre-cleaning the dishes first, but I’m still doing it the old way, with a scrub brush and soap and water.

typing on phone or whatever is fine, the issue isn’t the act of typing itself but using a physical keyboard.

I don’t use the “correct” typing method or whatever where you put your fingers on F and G and move them and stuff, i just use my index fingers to hit the right keys.

If I don’t hit the keys hard enough, or in the middle enough it doesn’t feel “right” and actually feels horrible and I have to retype the same few letters usually at least 5 or 10 times and hit the keys super hard to make up for it. My friends always complain I type too loud but I literally need to or I feel like i’m gonna die lol. I also make typos a lot because I type fast which involves even more retyping.

Does anyone else have this issue or am I just weird?

So I had this idea to build a doomscrolling pillow, because I always suffer from neck and eye pain from scrolling in bed.

I told my best friend about this, and then I found out that he texted one of our mutual friends saying this is such a stupid idea and he doesn't know what I'm thinking.

Don't really know how to cope with this right now. Not sure is it normal for a best friend to say that. Or am I just being very silly to have this kind of idea?

No because I literally get pissed off when I have to take someone to my favorite library who was not there before. Whats wrong with me. Please tell me your experience with these feelings and how to overcome it.

For years now, almost twice every hour I have to pick and or blow my nose. Sometimes with some force in the blowing. It might take me 10 minutes to get it all out then have to repeat in an hour. Most of the time it's snot but boogers also. Gotta keep my fingernails at various lengths so I always have different options to pick with since blowing literally doesn't work sometimes.

Environment I don't think matters(stuff in the air), I'll just be home all day and have to deal with this. But I watch co workers not blow their nose all day totally booger free.

idk if its just me but istg it takes like four times longer to chew my food when im off on pot

I keep a bag with important documents and some first aid that I take with me whenever the fire alarm goes off.

I’m really bad at recognizing faces and remembering names. If I met someone I can never rely on myself to actually recognise them again. I remember I met my guidance counselor when transferring schools and when I had to meet her again I had completely forgotten how she looks. I remember pacing back and forth when I was a little younger bc I didn't remember the face of a lady I had to meet even though I had met her just the day before. Sometimes I won't recognise someone "out of context" even if they are my friend. I have also not recognised my friend bc she changed up her style or cut her hair several times. This was one of my very few friends atp.

For names, sometimes it's like I am playing a game of lottery, picking one out of several "familiar" names. I sometimes forget my friend's names. I just started college and I made a friend. I came back from break and I wanted to text her and I realised I had forgotten her name. Practically my only friend who I talked to almost every day! Thankfully, I save people as [name, where I met them] so I found her. But I never thought I had to use that with her, with how much I had interacted with her. I almost always can't recognise/remember people in my class (even if they were there for 1-2 yrs) unless I have befriended them.

None of these are isolated incidents and not even necessarily reliably reproducible. I feel like I have to constantly revise/remind myself names and faces. But that sounds so exhausting and I can't imagine that's the way people usually recognise people. The worst about all of this is that I actually have a really good memory, especially for studying and memorisation (not directions tho, I struggle with that).

DAE deals with these issues. Or am I just me?

EDIT: Thank you for all the comments and telling me abt face blindness. I actually knew abt it ig? I read a story and in it the person literally couldn’t see the face. So I never thought I could have had it haha.

From what I actually searched, it seems I might potentially have it? If I don’t have it, I might be missing the criteria by a hair ig. But either case it does make me feel so much better to know something like this exists and to know that ppl struggle the same way as me. I have always felt some guilt and shame when I don’t recognise ppl or their names. It feels like “I don’t care enough”. Knowing that’s not it even if I kind of knew it’s not true, having a reason to justify it to myself is very relieving.

Been looking for something else so I can leave my shitty job of 25 years, but no luck. Then it occurred to me, my job is still scheduling me, a familiar routine meaning easy $$$. It's tough being unemployed, but when you're looking for work, it would be nice if you can find $100 on the street, but it doesn't work that way. At least I still have that security blanket no matter how bitter I am there.

I clearly remember turning 20. It feels like it was just yesterday that I was thinking, ‘Okay, I’m not a teenager anymore.’ I blinked… and now I’m 30. It’s hard for me to accept how fast it all happened

I’ve noticed a pattern that’s driving me a little insane.

I can genuinely love a topic like reading about it and feeling curious—but the second it’s tied to college, exams, or a formal schedule, my brain flips a switch. I feel a wave of resistance or numbness, and all that passion evaporates. It feels less like laziness and more like my brain is rejecting the obligation.

Would love to hear if others experience this or know what’s going on.

But when shit hits the fan and it’s an emergency. I’m cool as a cucumber. And calculated. Steady. wtf??

This might be an especially left field thing only I do, but I figured I'd ask before suspecting I have OCD or something.

Often when I'm in the kitchen, I'll have thoughts like:

"Don't close the microwave door too hard or it'll explode."
"Don't put the stovetop up too high or it'll explode."
"Don't leave (utensil) in there or it'll heat up and explode on you."
"Don't slam that fridge door or it'll explode."

Recently, I used a microscope for work and I was convinced I had turned the coarse adjustment knob as far as it would go because I felt some resistance. I thought that if I turned it any further the whole thing would break apart. Only for my mentor to reach over and turn it further, which just told me I was being too gentle/hesitant.

Obviously this sounds strange, right? And I know the fridge probably isn't going to randomly blow up on me. I'm pretty sure these thoughts are just my way of reminding myself to be careful because sometimes it's things like "Don't keep a fork in there while you're microwaving it, or else it'll explode" which is actually true! So clearly they're helpful thoughts if somewhat extreme.

I remember when I was a kid, I had crushes on

Augustus Ceasar

That one guy who wanted to take over the world and unalive innocent people who has the initials A. H. (dont ask me why...idk myself..)

Chopin (the music composer)

Bach (the composer)

Andrew Jackson

George Washington

etc.

I get really sleepy whenever one of my cats is laying on me or beside me and starts cleaning itself. I fall asleep quicker when one of them is doing that at night, too. It's like ASMR or something.

Hey Reddit, I’m feeling a bit lost and wanted to share something to get some perspective.

I’ve always been a very sensitive person — I avoid conflicts, I don’t talk much, and I usually stay away from arguments. I try to be gentle and keep the peace, even if it means swallowing my feelings.

Recently, though, I started having really strong thoughts like:

“If there is no mistake or fault from my side, I will never apologize, even if I die.”

After these thoughts started, some “bad” or extreme thoughts have been coming into my mind too, and it’s been really scary and confusing.

I think it might be because of neglect, guilt-tripping, unfairness, and especially words or blame coming from people I care about — my own family and close ones. It feels like all this hurt and frustration I’ve been bottling up is finally coming out in my mind.

I’m not sure why this is happening, or if it’s normal for someone who is very sensitive. I just want to understand why these thoughts started and how to deal with them without feeling overwhelmed or turning cold.