Am i insane? iin?

I am 17 years old, I have aspergers and OCD syndrome (The OCD is self diagnosed) and I have a list of things I do in my mind that I think might not be normal. Here's a list of the things.

1. Even though my native tounge isn't English I still think to myself in English a lot of the time, especially after watching American media. I am good at writing English but I am terrible at speaking it since I'm not used to it but I still think in it sometimes.

2. I think about these scenarios in my head for hours when I can't sleep, such as "What would I do if I could become invisible?". A popular one is "What would I do if I could relive my life from kindergarden but with this brain?", that means that I live my life again but I still remember my past life so if I get to do this I know that when I was 17 in 2013 I got this "wish" fullfilled or something and that I still have the same personality and talents as now. I sometimes start to think that it's real and then I get a little deppressed when I realise it's not real. This also makes me dream about it sometimes so when I wake up I get sad because it isn't true.

3. I have conversations with myself in my head and explain things to myself even though I already know what it is. For example, when I first thought of the "relive my life" scenario I knew what I meant after 10 seconds but I still explained it in my head for like a minute to myself.

4. This is the weirdest one I can think of and I think I might be the only one in the world who does this because it's stupid to be honest. So what I do is that I play a movie in my head and enjoy it a lot. It's EXTREMELY hard to explain what I mean but it's like this, let's say I play the Battlefield story mode and after I want to do this, then I choose a character and then I imagine his "adventures" and stuff but it's only the action. So it's a bit like a game, you know I root for the character and imagine his fighting and dialogues and sometimes it gets so intense that my heart raises and I get sweaty. It doesn't help that when I think about something (I've always done this) I have this kind of weird thing I do with my hands so I like hold my ringfinger as a pen and I sort of shake it.
It's hard to explain like I said but one of the things I think about is this: I have the character Patrick McReary from GTA IV and I think about his adventures in Irac and that he got screwed over there even though he's like the best at fighting. So he comes home to NY and realises how the government run everything and that people get killed in the streets by the cops and that everything is corrupted. Then Patrick decides to start an organisation to take over NY by fighting the government. Here comes an aspect from Assassin's Creed, he gets people that has it rough like gangsters and robbers and then he trains them to become assassins. After sometime they get a tattoo of the AC logo on their chest, then they get the people on their side and take over small sections of NY. After a few years when Patrick has a small army he attacks the "fort" that the mayor has and then against all odds the assassins win the battle. That scenario takes like 2 hours to complete usually.

Am I insane or something? I just realised this now and I'm actually starting to think that I am litterally insane.

P.S. Sorry if I misspelled some things, my native language isn't English like I said and I don't have spell check on this browser.

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  • q25t

    1. Completely normal. Whenever you're immersed in another language (TV and media do count), you can end up thinking and speaking in that language without really even conscious thought.

    2. Have you ever actually considered writing a fantasy book to try and get a lot of this out of your head? There's no real problem with running thought experiments in your head; they help to develop your critical thinking skills to some degree.

    3. Completely normal. I think the only reason anyone thinks it's not is because everyone does this in private. Voicing your thoughts helps to organize and retain them, which is why it's so common among people.

    4. You have an imagination, nothing wrong with that. If you're able, drawing out or writing out some of these scenes may be helpful for you to work your mind down.

    I wouldn't have known English wasn't your first language unless you mentioned it.

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    • CannibalVegan

      Thanks.

      I feel a bit more normal now, but I still find the fourth subject very unusual since I have Googled it but still haven't found another person who does this.

      Also as you can tell from my description I play a lot of games which I believe might have something to do with my "Mind films" since I image the characters from games I have spent much time in playing such as "Assassin's Creed" and "Grand Theft Auto IV". I don't image a character from a movie that I've seen however, maybe the plot but not the actual people in it.

      And yes, maybe I could write a story down, it could be fun to read in the future when I'm older.

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      • If you were insane you wouldn't be aware of it in the sense that you'd ask others and be able to point out specifics.

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  • NotStrangeBird

    Maybe excessive video gaming isn't the best thing for your mind if your thought processes are as you describe?

    Read a book, paint a wall, dig a ditch. Do something that requires some concentration and does not allow your mind to wander.

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    • CannibalVegan

      I do play a some games (Only a few hours a week now) when I feel like it but it's not an addiction so don't get me wrong on that. And I do other stuff than playing games, basically all I do in my spare time is, cooking, drawing, animating (In Flash) and listen to music. But I was kind of addicted to GTA a few years ago when I played constantly for maybe a few months so that game is kind of "stuck" in my head so that's why I image a lot of aspects from that game. NOT the crimes and violence from the game, just the setting and a bit of plot.

      I want to read but I get very bored unfortunately because there's only a few different books that I have enjoyed so if I read a book there's a 99% percent chance that I will get bored. I've tried so many times but it's just for me.

      P.S. I have only experienced benefits from video gaming (Expect for the time it takes) and I have been gaming since I was four years old. I can't imagine my life without growing up with games actually.

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  • awesomeadvice88

    You said you had aspergers yes? This could account for most things of what you have said, especially if your memory is good enough to remember fighting styles and dialogue from a multitude of games like you have! Many of these things are things lots of people will do so don't stress about them and try to think of other things! If you have diagnosed yourself as OCD you try to become more Obsessive and Compulsive without knowing it, because subconciously your thinking to yourself I must do this because I have OCD if you get me?:) sort of a psychological thing! I think about things before I go to bed, some are upsetting sometimes to me others more a happy feeling sometimes both! Certain scenarios will make us feel this way such as and I know this seems ridiculous but 'Imagining the death of a loved one or family pet' etc. Just don't worry about things :) Back to the OCD I once proclaimed I had OCD and felt compelled to turn plugs with nothing in off, as much as it bugs the hell out of me I know that nothing inside of my brain was telling me I had to but it was my subconcious saying 'do it'! I have snapped somewhat out of that phase but on the odd occasion I still switch the odd plug off or rearrange things I shouldn't do such as leaflets into a neat pile or books to the right place etc. :) some people have mentioned schizophrenia which I know a lot about, message me if you would like to know more!:)

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  • Hannah2137

    I do 4 all the time, except usually while pacing around, lol. I don't really focus on the action though, I just usually create a fan faction movie based on something I've seen before

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals

    From 1-3 I'm similar but not 4.

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  • TheInfamousStranger

    Your just like me. Finally feels great to not be totally alone. However. I have massive paranoia that people are watching me and reading my thoughts. It drives me crazy amd I have to attempt to think normally but fail.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    party?

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  • RomeoDeMontague

    Takes one to know one. What a perfect question for IIN!

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  • squirrelgirl

    You're so good at writing in English that I was a little surprised when you said that it wasn't your native tongue. :)

    Anyway, I have Asperger's too and I also like to play out scenarios in my mind similar to what you described in #4: favorite fictional characters going on new adventures that play out either like a videogame or a movie.

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    • CannibalVegan

      Haha, thanks!

      You're like the first person I've heard of that does something similar, does it have something to do with Aspergers or what?

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      • squirrelgirl

        I'm no expert but I do believe that Asperger's contributes to, or possibly even causes, it. This website includes an excerpt from a book (I forgot which one it was) describing Asperger's subtypes, one of which is labelled the "Fantasy Type":

        http://life.familyeducation.com/aspergers/behavior/40204.html?page=4

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        • CannibalVegan

          Thanks for the link, very interesting.

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  • suckonthis9

    No, you are not "insane".

    in·san·i·ty\in-ˈsa-nə-tē\
    noun
    1 : a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia)
    2 : such unsoundness of mind or lack of understanding as prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or as removes one from criminal or civil responsibility
    3 a : extreme folly or unreasonableness
    b : something utterly foolish or unreasonable
    Other forms: plural in·san·i·ties
    Examples
    his incurable insanity requires that he spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital
    everyone laughed at the latest insanity from the town eccentric
    had the insanity to think that taking over a government building in protest of our foreign policy was a good idea
    First use: 1590
    Synonyms: aberration, dementia, derangement, lunacy, madness, mania, rage [archaic]
    Antonyms: mind, saneness, sanity

    You do have a vivid imagination, and perhaps some behavioural peculiarities, though.
    'Eccentric', is probably a better descriptor.

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    • CannibalVegan

      Thanks for the word definition, I never knew that "Insane" was such a big word. "Eccentric" definitely describes my personality better but only when speaking about my mind since I am usually very ordinary psychically.

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    • suckonthis9

      Then, you might actually be dead, and not know it.
      Truly.

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      • Maggie2000

        Greetings, Mr Pedant!

        "'Eccentric', is probably a better descriptor."

        I think you mean 'description'!

        Definition of DESCRIPTOR: something (as a word or characteristic feature) that serves to describe or identify; especially: a word or phrase (as an index term) used to identify an item (as a subject or document) in an information retrieval system.

        Or,

        Descriptor may refer to some one who's name is shown(example - as on a bank statement - $200 credited to - "Descriptor")
        file descriptor, an abstract key for accessing a file
        index term, also known as a "descriptor" in information retrieval
        molecular descriptor, which helps characterize a chemical compound
        segment descriptor, used for memory addressing in x86 computer architectures
        security descriptor, a Windows data structure containing security information
        data descriptor, a software or hardware structure describing data

        All the best!

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        • suckonthis9

          We are, all technically 'descriptors', since our subatomic 'signatures', are being stored digitaly in a database in null space.

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