Geminis have you ever?

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Posted by blackphase
I do this A LOT! Nice to know I am not alone 😛

The problem is that when I do this I quite often do it out loud and do not pay attention to my surroundings.. I know that people have seen me and likely think I am completely insane.
I'm glad that I'm not alone too. Gemini moon only here.

In the days before cell phones the risk of being seen as insane was much much higher. lol

I often have conversations with a character I invented to help me deal with difficult feelings and anxiety. The character is basically my rational mind personified. I can sometimes pep talk myself out of down states by imagining talking to the character. I don't pretend that the character is real with anyone, lol, it's just a private thing that, ironically perhaps, helps keep me sane.
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I do this A LOT! Nice to know I am not alone 😛

The problem is that when I do this I quite often do it out loud and do not pay attention to my surroundings.. I know that people have seen me and likely think I am completely insane.
I'm glad that I'm not alone too. Gemini moon only here.

In the days before cell phones the risk of being seen as insane was much much higher. lol

I often have conversations with a character I invented to help me deal with difficult feelings and anxiety. The character is basically my rational mind personified. I can sometimes pep talk myself out of down states by imagining talking to the character. I don't pretend that the character is real with anyone, lol, it's just a private thing that, ironically perhaps, helps keep me sane.
I do the exact same thing, I just did not know how to properly explain it without people thinking I am nuts! So thank you for putting that into words for me.. You wouldn't believe how many made up conversations I've has with therapists.. So saddd. But I think you are right, it helps keep me sane as well. I don't have many people that I can talk to.. so fictional characters seem to do.
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I'm glad you relate! 🙂 I wasn't sure after I posted that if I would seem really strange and I might seem crazy. I don't tell most people about it.
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Posted by blackphase
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I do this A LOT! Nice to know I am not alone 😛

The problem is that when I do this I quite often do it out loud and do not pay attention to my surroundings.. I know that people have seen me and likely think I am completely insane.
I'm glad that I'm not alone too. Gemini moon only here.

In the days before cell phones the risk of being seen as insane was much much higher. lol

I often have conversations with a character I invented to help me deal with difficult feelings and anxiety. The character is basically my rational mind personified. I can sometimes pep talk myself out of down states by imagining talking to the character. I don't pretend that the character is real with anyone, lol, it's just a private thing that, ironically perhaps, helps keep me sane.
I do the exact same thing, I just did not know how to properly explain it without people thinking I am nuts! So thank you for putting that into words for me.. You wouldn't believe how many made up conversations I've has with therapists.. So saddd. But I think you are right, it helps keep me sane as well. I don't have many people that I can talk to.. so fictional characters seem to do.
I'm glad you relate! 🙂 I wasn't sure after I posted that if I would seem really strange and I might seem crazy. I don't tell most people about it.
Haha. Yes, it's hard to explain without sounding a bit crazy, but you've seemed to capture it quite well 😛
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I'm glad. I've had some very good relationships with imaginary people, sometimes based on fictional characters created by others, other times characters created by me, including my current one. I decided on a birth day and time for my current one. Sheesh. lol
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@blackphase I do that too sometimes - imagine talking to people I know. But yes, my fully imaginary people are quite detailed and involved. They are always male, too.
That's actually quite interesting I think. It's very developed.
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Definitely very developed. 🙂 I have a special file in my computer with info on them that I've created and add to from time to time. It's my most detailed creation yet.

I was a bit spooked to discover that the chart I created for them (based on a real day and time and place of birth) is quite similar to my current progressed chart. I just checked that today. I didn't know anything about progressed charts when I first created this particular character, and when I created him my progressed chart would have been a bit different I guess, but as it stands today there are lots of similarities.
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Haha. I love this topic. I only have a Gemini moon, but I will say yes, I do this. I've never created characters though.

But I've refined it to recording myself talking through problems or venting, like those therapists who would record their patients and file them away. Except I'm my own patient. It's easier for me to separate from myself to give myself the best advice if I'm able to listen to what I'm saying, 'cause then I can imagine it's not me. If that made any sense!

It's better than going to a therapist. And I feel so relieved afterward. I get to say absolutely everything I want in a guaranteed safe space 'cause it's just me listening! It's also cool to look back and see how much I've grown 🙂 You guys should try it. All phones these days have a record feature.