Is it normal that i ''free think?''

Hi people. I'm not sure if anyone has ever tried this before, but is it normal to have ''free thinking'' sessions?

What I mean by that is that I write down WHATEVER it is that comes to mind. For example, a sentence could say: ''I went to the park, ate the 5th shoe on Sunday the 14th of every October this year.''

Sounds messed up, I know. But I find it fascinating what comes out and re-reading and seeing how goofy and sometimes funny it is. I do it purely out of entertainment. So my question to you is: has anyone ever tried this and is it normal?

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Based on 69 votes (51 yes)
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  • wigsplitz

    Could I make a chandelier out of lollipops? If I did the squirrels would come in and steal them. I saw squirrels eating lollipops in Niagara Falls....barrels of fun...tightrope...ballet shoes, smelly mall Santas, like hot dogs and whiskey. The noises from basket ball are so annoying with the shoes squeaking all the time. I don't even understand the rules to sports. Too many points and it gets silly. Too few points and it's agonizing. How do cats figure out to lay by the toilet when it's hot? They never go in the bathroom. Pubes. haha, pubes.

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  • dappled

    Why is only one tree moving and does he deliberately make his hair look like that, her neck is so thin I feel like the clouds are trapping me, like I'm on Venus; I feel underwater, with those clouds and hungry but I don't want to eat but I wish he'd shut up, I don't want to be here, shut up, I'm not interested, I want to be in a cherry orchard and please stop bothering me, or a meadow of straw in Devon in August and the beach in the afternoon, after sandwiches for lunch, with the waves, the dog, an inflatable boat, exploring the rock pools and I should go back, but can I do that alone, is a man on his own suspicious, and I hate being a man.

    This really is a concrete jungle, sometimes I like it but sometimes it makes me want to escape, but people escape to a jungle, not from one, this isn't a jungle, it's the opposite, not the same, I like it when two people meet who have the same name and they refer to each other, even though it's their name too and it's odd to say your own name, I like similarity, like when people meet someone from their own town while abroad and the first thing they do is work out who they both know, and it's always the butcher or the landlord of a pub so some public figure, and yet they're still surprised, and why can't he shut up, I'm so very tired and it is humid, and I'm fraying at the edges, and I'm surprised to be typing the thoughts as they arrive, to share them with people, and what will they think, does it matter what they think, do they feel included now because "they" is "them" is "you"?

    And now I should end, I want to tell them this is/was a chunk of my thought and how I think, but I can't tell them without breaking out of saying my thoughts but they see this anyway, they know, what would it be like to carry on like this forever until I die, expressing everything, every little thought, even the perverted ones that we all have and don't admit to, and which - thankfully - I've avoided having while typing this, although this is a dangerous time, because now I'm leading myself down that path, and I should... kittens!, that's better, I love kittens. Mew.

    Mew.

    Stiff little tails and comic gait.

    Mew.

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    • kupokupo

      Wow, i never realised it could be so much fun & so insightful to read about someone's thoughts :o thank you for typing that!

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      • dappled

        Thank you! :) I quite enjoyed doing it, although I felt a bit exposed after posting it.

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    • lalaaa

      Wow that's soooooo great!!!

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      • dappled

        Weeee! Thank you. It was so difficult to write because people kept wanting to talk to me about really unimportant things. It was fun to do, though. :)

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    • EbonyDark'nessDementiaRavenWay

      Oooh dat iz bootiful! R u a stanist by any chance?

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      • dappled

        I don't know. Nobody has told me one way or the other. Maybe I'll get a letter in the post or something.

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    • bananaface

      Wow, that was really interesting! I just put the first story which popped into my head rather than put my actual everyday thoughts, I'm not sure why:/.

      Mew. :D

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      • dappled

        That was my actual thought processes (albeit interrupted by an idiot who wanted to disturb them by talking some crap at me). In the end, I just included him by including my thoughts about him. I wish everyone would post something like this (as long as it was honest; mine was). I'd love to know how people think. :D

        P.S. It was really weird to do it, but kind of liberating. And if there's anything that didn't make sense, I just left it there anyway.

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        • bananaface

          I know, it would be very interesting to see what people think. OK, here's what I'm actually thinking:

          Hmm I don't know whether do to this even though I'm already doing, is that ironic? I don't know, I fudging hate that word, it's proper confusing. I hope I'm not boring dappled with my thoughts, his comment wasn't an invitation to do this but I feel like doing it anyway, which is what I'm doing, obviously. Ha. God, I love ice lollies, but I should really stop eating so much sweet food, what if I end up like that man with no teeth. I should make soup. I wish I liked savoury food as much as I did sweet. Why do I never get brain freeze, what's wrong with my brain? I like this keyboard, it has the tappy keys and not those giant clunky ones which are impossible to type with and remind me of that dodgy key in harry potter. Am I the only person who thinks that Daniel Redcliffe looks like that crazy frog sometimes? Why do I use words on here that I don't use in real life? Why do I say real life? Is this fake life? Ahh, someone will read my thoughts, this is weird, I don't know if I like it, too revealing and I'd hate to waste anyone's time with my jibba jabba. Ahh god, I'm kinda embarrassed now that I've actually done this, even though I'm still doing it, ha that's funny, even though it's really not. Fudge I'm just gonna press the send button before I wimp out and go hide under a rock or something. How would that even work? How can you hide under a rock?

          SorryD:!

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          • dappled

            Okay, it's official. EVERYONE should do that. That was actually kind of fascinating to see someone's thought processes and doubt and randomness. I know I did it, but mine was my own so it was familiar to me. Yours kind of made me want to give you a hug. :D

            Am I the only person who thinks the world would be a better place if everyone just said exactly what they were thinking?

            Awww... *hug*

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            • bananaface

              Yay, hugs:D!

              I feel weird now that I've done it, I kind of want to go around and leave exactly what I'm thinking whenever I comment. I'm glad I did it now. Although it feels weird that someone will read my thoughts I like being honest, it's actually me.

              And I'm glad my thoughts didn't bore you, I'm so use to my own jibberish that I can't help but think it's boring.

              I really want everyone to do it as well:D! And I completely agree, I love hearing what people actually think, although it's hard for me to do it on here for some reason. You're right, that was liberating:D!

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  • omg! i cant believe it, the charisma and cutenss of this man, hey the weightlifting anyone see the , a gorilla can walk, smack me jack on the back ill see you in the morning, free thinking gets the capilliaries working (red face) haha... bang!.....no , cork!!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee im free wheelin free wheelin .....slam oo the wreslitng bang bang he hit the ground bang bang that awful sound .....la dee dah de dah deee dah does it always have to go to that???? i wish i could stop, stop! hey the toilet brush! How funny is this, .....See op in the hands of fools this free thinkings dangerous ...take it easy eeesy eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezeeeeeeeeeeeeeee easy on the eye and.. dont say tooth do nOt say tooth !................. tooth hahahahaha:) ,

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  • Brawnyboy

    Yeah.....fuck in already screwing up. Well can't much fuck this up can you seeing as you're just kind of free thinking. Hmmm I wonder....I don't know what I wonder I forgot. I really like soul music man. Its got such an infectious beat. Now I'm talking bout getting my groove on.sheesh no wonder everybody rambles on in these posts. It's quite easy to become immersed in your little mental analog. Very nearly apologized for my cursing but said to myself "fuck it I don't care"

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  • maslover04

    well there's a first time for everything! here goes:
    James maslow walked out of the ocean at sunset with his surfboard and hot abs to save me from drowning. he gave me mouth to mouth and we french kissed for hours before having sex on the sandy beach under the moonlight then we heard so black dolphins talking they said ay man this is some crazy shit! we be watching like real life porn yo! then peter griffin walked up and said hehehehehe black dolphins.
    wow that sounded more like a sexy fantasy gone wrong haha

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  • sassafrassi

    There once was a man named Jimmy Crockett. Hmm who's that? I should Google. Jelly beans. randomjelly. I don't know her. Oh I love this song. First heard of it from IIN. Rin Kigamine. Now what?? I want to go outside and stare at the sky. I wonder what Sushi's doing right now. Do you think she's staring at the sky? She's indoors, but it would be nice knowing we're looking at the same thing. She's a dog. I want to take a picture of her eating sushi. Is that fucked up? Sushi eating sushi.. Some perverts on IIN might think something bad when I say "sushi." I actually enjoy those stories sometimes. Especially the ones about stealing girls panties...not the stealing your mom's panties though..or that one story about wanking over his sister while she sleeps.

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  • Saycheese

    Hmmm... man why do I still have that diet pepsi taste in my mouth... blah... hmmm...what dessert should I make tomorrow? A cheesecake or a cold pie... hmmm? What to make with the cream cheese and heavy whipping cream we have. It is very hot and summery outside. So something cold a sweet would be great. But wait maybe I should make a frozen icecream pie instead or even try out a frozen cheesecake... man I think about food and cooking and baking a lot. I love just looking trough all sorts of cookbooks and magazines with recipes and pictures. mmm... Man my face itches... so does my back and it feels like something is crawling on my back but nope it's just my fan blowing. Ooo... I just realized I smell like Arby's food. Yuck! Man I need to stop biting my nails, they look horrible. Ouch I just poked myself with my nail by itching. Oooo my blanket is sooo soft and comfy. I'm kind of nervous about tomorrow going in at the nursing home to turn in papers which I can't remember which ones she asked me to turn in. Aw... and the 2nd injection I have to get for the TB test... man... Ah. My arm is tingly and numb now and my head itches. Hmm I wonder when my brother will be home. It was very unusual him popping in my room last night bugging the hell out of me when I was playing Mario 64. Very unusual... hmm... glad he seems happier than usual though. :)

    I love the outdoors, I can't stop thinking about the sunlight shinedown on the beautiful green plants and trees through our woods and on the bright green grass of our yard. Awe... I just love the beauty that the sun provides. I love thinking about me lying on top of the roof just looking up at the beautiful black sky and seeing all the stars and finding all the different constilations. Ooo. I love looking at the big dipper. Oh look there is Coco down below looking up at me while she is looking for a spot to pee by the buckeye tree. Oh and over there to the right is our neighbors house and their garage lights are on and oh yeah their swing just sitting in the middle where they have some grass and their driveway circles around that little bit of yard. Ooo yeah our nice sunroom glass window ceiling. Oh yeah I just remembered me shutting the blinds so the piggies wouldn't roast too much out in the sunroom. Oh and I remember when I moved them to the living room so they could stay cooler. Awe they are so fuzzy and cute. Little soft pudgie bellies.

    Haha wow this is fun! I'll have to look back over what I typed, can't even remember.

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    • that is beautiful

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  • deepthought33

    K I'm gonna do this before I read everyone else's comments otherwise my thoughts might be deterred by whatever everyone else was thinking. Only too bad now I'm not quite sure what I'm thinking and I more worried about rambling on about nothing...which come to think of it (and probably according to my husband who would agree) that mode of thinking is very normal for me. Oh god...should I be spell checking during this? Because I am. I swear, mine will probably end up being the most boring out of all of these. God forbid! lol I was hoping something random and profound would come out but I usually need to be in the shower for that to happen...or listening to good music on Pandora. Which I actually AM doing.

    Unlike the couple of responses I DID read before taking part in this little game (also, I always thought Dappled was a female-I remember Dappled from a long time ago assuming it is still the same person) crap where was I that was way too long of a parenthesized phrase. OH well whatever I guess it doesn't matter. My mom always told me that if I can't remember then it probably wasn't important...which honestly I think is BS because my husband forgets important stuff all the time :P

    Wait...did I just THINK a smiley-with-it's-tongue-out face? How is that even possible? I mean, I do sometimes think lol and wtf in my head (I blame internet) but a smiley? Pictures. That'll be my excuse. I also think in pictures.

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    • dappled

      Wow, blast from the past. Yes, it's the same dappled. There was a widespread belief that I was female and I didn't do much to disabuse people of that idea.

      Where have you been hiding? You still get mentioned now and again in posts. People missed you. Me too because I'm a dreadful sentimentalist and there are only a handful of people still on the site from when I started. :)

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      • deepthought33

        Yea, I've just been around I guess. I go through fads with favorite websites. My current one is AboveTopSecret.com and even though I've thought of IIN quite a few times these last couple yeears I have no clue what made me come back now and start posting some more again. Maybe its fate :O
        This time though it doesn't look like I'll have Discoduck following me around :P

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        • dappled

          God, that really does take me back. You know he still checks in once a month or so, posts a comment or two and then disappears again. Maybe he's been pining for you. :P

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  • kupokupo

    ok here goes!

    Hmm... I wonder if this is hard? i wonder if the others cheated & actually thought about what they were writing!? no i don't in fact. who cares really? its just a bit of fun. i feel trapped in this house. i want freedom. i wanna explore & go to italy & become an assassin. or free-run. i feel like free-running. but i'm sure its harder than it looks like everything in life. i know i'm gonna be bored after finishing this. there's not much to do. i want a cup of tea. maybe some chocolate too. oooh i have fudge brownie milkshake left. i wonder if this is boring to everyone. maybe i should delete it. but i better not because i know people wanna see. i wonder what they'll think. do they realise i care about how they see me? should i even care? after all i'm anonymous. maybe i shouldn't. jeez i feel so self-conscious. need to calm down, i'm getting worked up over this. i feel stressed. maybe i should learn to meditate. i've always liked the idea so why not. ok it's time for that milkshake.

    Wow :|

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  • ThatsWhatWeDeerDo

    I don't think I'm gonna apply for Walmart now... they're a piece of shit, they don't treat their employees fairly.. Caleb does everything he's supposed to do, and yet he still gets treated lesser than his co-workers.. He does everything the same as them, and yet he gets in trouble. We're probably not gonna get an apartment till November or December because Walmart is shit.. We definitely can't go on dates anymore since his stupid mother won't let him take care of his own bills on his own. He's fucking 21! He can do what he wants. Oh my gosh that a/c is loud! Ughh! Driving me crazy.. I look tan today... that's weird. I never tan.. I miss when me and mom used to tan. That was fun. Then Bob died =( Nothing has been the same since he died... Ok, no more being sad.. think about... BOW TIES!! Noel got me a bow tie for my birthday! I'm so happy =D Now I can dress up in my striped pants, guy shirt, Converse, trench coat and BOW TIE and run around looking like The Doctor!! =D Altho, last time I checked, the Doctor doesn't have boobs........... I'm hungry.. but I don't want to go downstairs.. I hope Jenn isn't here.. I think Gma is here. I dunno.. ughh.. I hate living here..

    Well.. that was my "free thought"
    Sounds more like my blog.. I can't do much of that tho. I have OCD, and I like things to be planned out. I can't just do things willy nilly like that =P haha

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  • dom180

    I do it when I'm angry to get it out of my system. I then roll it up and throw it away or delete it so nobody finds it and thinks I'm a murderous psychopath :P

    You could say that (so long as I'm in a focused frame of mind) a lot of my IIN comments start that way and then get edited down and re-jigged until they make actual sense.

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    • bananaface

      You should post like how me and dappled (and hopefully Spacey soon) have. We all want to read your thoughts, haha:P

      I hope everyone joins in, it's really interesting and it feels surprisingly good to be 100% open about what you're thinking.

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      • dom180

        I'm bored, so I might as well. Might even be fun; a journey of self-discovery as it were. In fact, I'm going to do something I never do: not edit this comment :O

        Why am I bored, though? There are so many exciting things I could be doing. Or useful things, like work or school stuff or researching universities. I wonder how important going to a good university actually is. Probably fairly important, but there are more important things. Maybe I'll make an IIN question about it.

        Whether I go to a good uni or not, I'll owe them £27000 in 3 years. I guess I might as well make it a good one. But, instead of researching unis, or drafting my personal statement for unis, or doing work to help me get into unis, I'm on IIN, writing this. THAT won't help me.

        Brr, it's cold in here. That's not summery enough; I should sue the weather. I was promised a summer, and instead my shoes are so wet they'll still be wet tomorrow. Guess that's my own fault for only having a single pair of shoes. And suing the weather would be a bad idea; because this seems to constitute "summer" here :(

        I like these little rambles of incoherency. Is that a word? It should be a word. If it isn't already a word, I claim that word for my own. It's like documenting my internal monologue ^_^

        How was that? xD

        EDIT: Okay, just one edit. I love ice lollies too much too :D

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        • bananaface

          Haha, that was actually really great:D! Yours made so much more sense than mine, I ended talking about Daniel Radcliffe looking like the crazy frog for goodness sake, haha.

          And I can't believe you haven't already researched unis:O! I've known which unis I'm applying for for months now (although, I am a nerd, so you're probably normal:P)

          Edit: Who doesn't love ice lollies:P?!

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          • dom180

            All my friends know - or at least have a very good idea - where they want to go to uni. I'm so indecisive, and there's so many factors... the course, the location, the grades I'll need, the respectability of the uni, the cost... I hate compromising on any of them but in the back of my mind I know I'll have to :( I'd love to go to a Russell Group, but I just don't know if I can make the grades :/ It hinges on the results I get this summer how high I'll set my sights. ARGH, worrying time :(

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            • bananaface

              God, I know the feeling, my performance during these exams was completely mediocre. I'm expecting to see Bs and Cs (I know that should be a good thing, but for me it isn't)! D:

              I've decided to just not think about it or care, which I'll end up chucking out the window a few days before results day. God, I've never been so scared of a piece of paper in my life:P!

              And I'm sure you'll get into a Russell Group uni, you're very smart. I personally refuse to compromise, even if it means that for the next year I'll be spending all my time absorbed in a textbook, ha.

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  • howaminotmyself

    Fun! Stream of consciousness is a great way to spill thoughts out just to see what might happen next. Where does the mind wander when you just let it go? Question after question interupted by a noise that sends your mind somewhere else that reminds you that you forgot to take out the trash, damn. Oh well, time to water the plants.

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  • independantmindset

    I accidentally voted no because I'm retarded but YES it's normal. I usually do it by writing my feelings. I read them back and sound insane

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  • NotFloydzie

    It's not messed up at all. I do think it's extremely interesting and deep what you say sometimes, how you say it, and the examples you sometimes set up. I think sometimes what you say has a double meaning or a secret hidden beneath it. Even when what you say are things that just come out from the top of your head, I don't think you know how valuable some of it is.

    That's why I fucking keep them all.

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  • shuggy-chan

    thinkings for squares & NERDS!!!!!!

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  • GreatArt

    This is cool when you're dating someone and want to know what they're thinking.

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  • NothingxCrazy

    This day sure has been going by fast. It's always the good days that slip right through your hands, it's a shame because it's so beautiful outside. I couldn't have enjoyed my walk home any more. Hm, my phone is going off.. and again.. distractions. The fan is blowing the wonderful outside air right at me. Maybe I should go outside while the sun is still up, before it gets cold. Should I make food? No it's too early, I can wait. I need to find something more entertaining to fill up my time. Angry Birds is open in another tab and it's addicting. I don't want to play it anymore. Maybe I should go out. No, that's no fun. Man, my nails are dirty from work. I'm glad I'm feeling better than last week. Maybe I'm well enough to go to the gym. I hate how I can hear the cars outside. So noisy.. I need to use my new thermos sometime. It's so cute. I wonder how many tbsp of tea I will need to mix in it. The only thing I can hear is the fan.. buzzzzz.. maybe I should put some music on. Bored. Boredboredbored. I guess typing isn't boring but sitting here on my lounger isn't too exciting with nothing going on in the background. It's peaceful though. I'm all alone relaxing after work and typing. Typingtypingtyping. I wonder how fast I can say that in my head.. typingtypingtypingtyping. I guess you will never know! Hah. I'm getting sleepy just sitting here thinking. Hey, I just got a FB update. Woohoo. I haven't touched my guitar in over a month. I'm a bad owner. It must want some attention. I'm gonna go entertain my guitar!

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  • Sillygoose

    Expansion of self, worth everything (even materials).

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  • It's no different to brainstorming really, except that it has no use.

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  • disthing

    I believe it's called Automatic writing, and was a practice used by the Surrealists as a means of expressing their subconscious (or perhaps more accurately - their uninhibited conscious).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_writing

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  • dirtybirdy

    That's gonna cost you.

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