Excessively wondering about other people

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Hi there. I live in a major world city that is both heavily populated and visited by other people. I'm not an especially social person, but I've found that while walking in crowds, I find myself wondering about the other people around me. I imagine their names, jobs, lives, where they're going, where they're coming from, etc.

Even when sitting on the porch of my apartment late at night, I watch the little twinkling headlights of cars crossing the bridge into the city, and repeat the same process. I'm not disturbed by it, though I am occasionally mildly annoyed by it. This is a daily occurrence, and it almost makes me feel happy in a weird way. Does anyone else excessively wonder about complete strangers?

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  • PoisonFlowers
    14 years ago

    I do it all the time.

    Perhaps you should write stories or songs. At least you'll put all that wondering to good use :)

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  • Overside100
    13 years ago

    It's really interesting and poetic, like great artists of music or novels throughout history. You sound like you have a beautiful spirit :)

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  • wackydumpsite
    14 years ago

    It means you're not self absorbed. I have never done that, and I'm sort of self absorbed.

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  • funkman
    14 years ago

    I think it is a healthy sign of the desire for social contact.

    Personally I have pretty muchno social contact at all, Im reclusive beacuse Im scared of interacting with people. So my social need is being filled by reading these posts and feeling like I am somehow connecting with what is happening in the lives of others.

    Its a similar thing.

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  • kkarnii
    13 years ago

    i always do that. its gets me super irritated, to say the least

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  • juliaa
    14 years ago

    I do that all the time. Just be lucky you're not one of those people that goes people watching at a park or mall to watch people on purpose. lol

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  • oneday142
    14 years ago

    Always. I always do that. I wonder about their lives, and where theyre coming from and going, and what kind of friends they have. I also try to be in their shoes and imagine how i would look through their eyes. Do i look as strange to them as they look to me? i do the same thing... but i am not sure if it is normal or not.

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