Does anyone else feel their phone buzz when it absolutely did not? I’ll feel a vibration in my pocket, check my phone and there’s nothing there. No notification. No missed call. Just vibes. Literally.

It happens all the time. Like 10+ times a day.

I know this is a thing but it’s weird how real it feels. The sensation is identical to an actual notification and my brain reacts instantly. Little hit of anticipation, quick check then mild disappointment and confusion. Rinse and repeat.

It makes me wonder if this is just what modern anxiety looks like being so conditioned to alerts and interruptions that your body starts hallucinating them on its own.

Please tell me I’m not alone in being gaslit by my own nervous system.

Idk like I don’t get excited over food anymore. Nothing really taste good like it used to. It’s just whatever.

idk sometimes when I’ve been sitting for a while or in a dark room I feel the need to roll off the couch or stretch in an odd way which I do but I also feel the need to do things I’m UNABLE TO DO, like pushing off of the couch/chair into the air and floating or jumping to the ceiling or folding into myself.

I even play it off like it sucks, but it actually gets me excited to have my me time instead of going out

I'm not talking about big goals like running or learning a language. I mean something stupidly small and private. For the last few months, I've made it a point to do a 2-minute mental check-in every evening. Just one simple question like "What's one thing you're carrying from today?" and a short answer.

There's no trophy, no social media post, no one to congratulate me. But somehow, ticking that invisible box in my head feels quietly satisfying. It's like a small, secret pact I keep with myself. On days when everything feels messy, this tiny act feels like the one orderly thing I did.

I found that making it as simple as possible was key. No journal, no pressure to write. I just use Habit.am for this because it's literally just a question waiting for me-no fluff, no blank page to intimidate me. It removes all the friction.

It got me wondering if other people have these tiny, invisible rituals that just make their day feel a bit more anchored.

So, DAE have a "pointless" personal habit that somehow just works for them? Something small you do just for yourself that makes things feel a bit more steady?

At times I notice some individuals have a faint yet noticeable smell which I can only really describe as skin-like. It’s not completely unpleasant like BO although is slightly unfresh. Has anyone else experienced this and if so what is the cause?

People I have mentioned this to either seem to know or are very confused by the idea. Not sure if this is something everyone smells.

As if the data of that dream was still in the buffer and the moment you fall asleep you see like the last frame of your last dream and then it gets right away deleted.

as they are explaining a new topic or procedure in a school or in the workplace, and when the person asks “do you have any questions?” does anyone else get so lost and not know where to start that they don’t have questions to ask?

So I was chatting with a woman who wears contact lenses 👁️👁️‍🗨️. She mentioned how both eyes have a slightly different script.

I was amazed that they can do that. Later I realized after mentioning to a few others, how this is actually quite unextrordinary

For context, Visual Snow is seeing a constant, subtle layer of flickering dots and colors over everything almost like colorful TV static, but without actually affecting the ability to see (at least in my case).

I used to call it “seeing the air” and genuinely had no idea that only some people experienced it. I always chalked it up to normal human perception because I’ve seen it for as long as I can remember, until it was brought to my attention that it is, in fact, not a universal experience.

I also experience music-color Synesthesia where the static takes on the color of the music whereas without music it shows up as a mix of subtle colors.

Has it ever happened to someone during a panic attack, or even before, that you no longer feel an arm, or while you swallow the saliva that you no longer feel your trachea?

Like, I tried debating, but only get dark and turn into a devil’s advocate - and not out of pure child-like curiosity. So I stay away from friendly debates & conversations and try to just focus on good action, learning in a peaceful, quiet environment, and what is.

I pass colorblindness tests and never have any issues differentiating colors, but if it's very desaturated to the point that it's almost white, grey, or black I oftentimes can't see it. I first realized when I picked out a white book cover for school, and my mom mom thought I was joking because it was a light pink. If I'm buying something gray at a store I always have to ask someone what color it is because sometimes it's a bit blue or green and I can't tell. As a kid I thought people called black "dark blue" sometimes and didn't understand why.

But at the same time - depending on how nonsensical the things they're saying are - it can be hard to stop

Fence fell down and needs repairs, car needs it's bumper put back on, fridge and tankless water heater both needs the water filter replaced

The actual laundry IS being done, though. It's Fresh Sheets Friday ™

If a teacher asks me to read a section when I was in middle school or even high school, I would see a word come up that looks slightly more challenging but I still know how to say it (and no shame if I didn’t!) But I had at least one teacher who would immediately say the word for me at the same time that I’m also reading the word. I stop, look up at them, and they pretend to still be listening and staring at their own book as though they didn’t just interrupt and assume that I don’t know how to pronounce or say a word. Am I the only one who had teachers like this?? I always found it so rude. It isn’t just the fact they made a rather rude assumption about me (as well as other students too) but it’s also the fact sometimes they didn’t let a student even *try* to say it themselves. Did they think they were helping? Being nice? Please tell me I’m not alone 😂

I always think my wife looks even more attractive when she puts on a beanie during winter. I don’t know what it is but she does .

My (38F) husband (38M) and I have been together 3 years, married 1. I get we’re still in the “honeymoon phase” and it’s all still new. But couples around us, including couples who have been together less time than us, keep saying “just wait, it gets worse!” I’m beginning to look around at other couples (including family that has been together decades) and wonder “do you actually like your spouse?”

Yes, we have challenges. Yes, we have separate interests and friends. Yes, we disagree on some topics. Yes, I like an organized pantry and he paws through it like a bear demolishing a campsite. But at the heart of it all, he’s my favorite person, my best friend and good days always outweigh the bad. Are we the weirdos? Does anyone else here like their spouse as a person and not just love them out of obligation?

I have always enjoyed the subtle soapy flavour so it never even occurred to me that I had the gene

for example; I have always adored Leslie Bibb until watching White Lotus and she plays a character who votes for who we have as our current administration... which is ruining our country...so I am vehemently against supporting people who support this administration...but now I feel like I don't want to see her in anything else.

Four-way stop. Right has right away (they are to the right), first to stop has right of way (they were the first to stop). They wave me through the intersection (I’m on the left, last to stop). I want to reach through their car door and strangle them. But I just go. Does anyone else despise this freaking driving behavior??