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I sometimes experience a kind of random "stream of conciousness" type thinking where my brain tends to just make random connections either with words or sometimes a sound or song will pop into my head. I suppose I could just call this unorganized thinking or some type of ADD-like symptom as well. Does anyone experience this? When it happens it tends to heighten my DP. Makes me feel as if there is no organized self thinking these thoughts because the thoughts themselves are disorganized.
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My personal experiences are a lot like all of this too - sometimes in the morning my thoughts are somewhat disconnected and, perhaps, a bit "schizo"; by that I mean they are not always linear and logical.

For example, this morning I was halfway between awake and asleep when I started thinking about a particular item I thought I had lost (I can't even remember what it is now), and I remember - relentlessly - trying to not only remember where I had put it, but why I had put it there. Over and over again I raced deep within myself to find an answer, and it absolutely never came to me. After I woke up I remember why it never came to me - and it's because I didn't even own it, however, my mind wasted at least fifteen minutes in my half-dazed state thinking about it.

I don't really get too concerned about these kinds of things, though - as, after I've been awake for a while, they tend to lift - kind of like a fog off a valley or something. My thought is that I simply have a fairly active mind - and active in a lot of areas that are connected with those also active during sleep or a similar kind of trance/hypnotic state.

Our awareness runs deep within us, possibly the result of heavy analysis of our insides, and so it makes sense that if any one of the layers is a bit out of tilt, we experience the effects more.
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brainsilence,

It is the opposite of your pen name.

Ben
Why? When I like doing something, I do it nicely. When I MUST do the same thing, I stink.
There could be a lot of reasons, honestly - perfectionism and musterbation (the act of MUST'ing everything - I MUST do well or ELSE I'm a loser) could be another. Either one of these are complex issues and difficult to unfold.

Try looking deeply into your feelings at the time and see what went haywire.
Why? When I like doing something, I do it nicely. When I MUST do the same thing, I stink.
There could be a lot of reasons, honestly - perfectionism and musterbation (the act of MUST'ing everything - I MUST do well or ELSE I'm a loser) could be another. Either one of these are complex issues and difficult to unfold.

Try looking deeply into your feelings at the time and see what went haywire.
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