I've been doing this as long as I can remember. It's usually pretending a favorite celebrity or someone I respect and would want to respect me is watching me. It's not usually as myself either, at least not always. I usually pretend they're watching me as my alter ego (which is a male version of myself with a very different life and personality from mine, although not quite opposite of mine). Sometimes when I'm alone I will even pretend like I'm in some dramatic situation (like taken hostage or something) and the person is watching. I've developed quite a detailed story going along with this alter ego, a lot of it based in traumatic events that he has to overcome. I never experienced serious trauma as a child, and while I suffer from chronic depression and generalized anxiety I'm pretty certain I don't have schizophrenia. Sometimes though I do simply just pretend someone whose opinion matters to me is watching me (actual me, not alter ego me). I could go farther into detail with this but I've already written a lot lol. Btw I'm 21.
When I'm alone, I pretend that someone else is there.
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I've been doing this as long as I can remember. It's usually pretending a favorite celebrity or someone I respect and would want to respect me is watching me. It's not usually as myself either, at least not always. I usually pretend they're watching me as my alter ego (which is a male version of myself with a very different life and personality from mine, although not quite opposite of mine). Sometimes when I'm alone I will even pretend like I'm in some dramatic situation (like taken hostage or something) and the person is watching. I've developed quite a detailed story going along with this alter ego, a lot of it based in traumatic events that he has to overcome. I never experienced serious trauma as a child, and while I suffer from chronic depression and generalized anxiety I'm pretty certain I don't have schizophrenia. Sometimes though I do simply just pretend someone whose opinion matters to me is watching me (actual me, not alter ego me). I could go farther into detail with this but I've already written a lot lol. Btw I'm 21.