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Making things up.in my mind

Kenny_1622

Hi

I have a problem were I make up scenarios in my mind of challenging situations involving people that are annoying me, and get emotional wound up about it, it's like I'm believing what I'm making up in my mind and I'm resenting the people involved more and more for thing they havent done but could potentially do. My mind never stops. Is this the anxiety or related to the ASD ?

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  • I think making up scenarios is in order to prepare, the conversations are scripting so you know what to say, it is related to masking. So I would say it is ASD.

    The issue comes with thinking about all the unlikely possibilities as it uses lots of time and, more importantly, emotional energy working out how you will feel for things that never happen. I used to do it a lot.
    I still fantasize about random things. Sometimes I think it is my subconscious just checking to make sure the emotions are working.

    Not sure what you do about it, other than to control your thoughts and steer them away towards something nice instead.

    You can also fact check your feelings. If you are resenting people for things they haven't done then write down what they have done and check if your emotions are based on fact.

    Also be careful about deciding what other people are thinking. It is easy to assume you know what others think or may do, but it may all be based on misunderstandings. If you know them well, you can always try checking with them which may save a lot of energy being wasted on nothing. (Be aware they may not tell the truth, so you have to have some sort of feel for that, but that's another issue.). 

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  • I think making up scenarios is in order to prepare, the conversations are scripting so you know what to say, it is related to masking. So I would say it is ASD.

    The issue comes with thinking about all the unlikely possibilities as it uses lots of time and, more importantly, emotional energy working out how you will feel for things that never happen. I used to do it a lot.
    I still fantasize about random things. Sometimes I think it is my subconscious just checking to make sure the emotions are working.

    Not sure what you do about it, other than to control your thoughts and steer them away towards something nice instead.

    You can also fact check your feelings. If you are resenting people for things they haven't done then write down what they have done and check if your emotions are based on fact.

    Also be careful about deciding what other people are thinking. It is easy to assume you know what others think or may do, but it may all be based on misunderstandings. If you know them well, you can always try checking with them which may save a lot of energy being wasted on nothing. (Be aware they may not tell the truth, so you have to have some sort of feel for that, but that's another issue.). 

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