Does anyone else have anything like this?
Sometimes, when I come into a room with objects on the floor, or perhaps objects in a pile, one of the objects will stand out for no apparent reason. I will then feel a compulsion to keep looking at it. As I do so, I will itch all over. I then need to pick up the item and cover it with my hands so it is no longer visible, and I will squeeze on it. As I do this, the itching is relieved.
Sometimes, while thinking about something, I'll get a thought. I find the thought is very important and must be answered. As the thought weighs in, however, I will start to itch all over again. It feels like it is stuck in my head, like a bullet lodged in my skull, like an object somebody slipped into the cushion that is my brain and is irritating it. I will then start tensing my head to squeeze the thought into oblivion. I had it just now, when I was thinking about transgender issues, I started muttering the word "autoandrophilia" under my breath and then I stopped muttering, and "autoandrophilia" felt like something I had to answer to in my thoughts. However, the thought remained and it felt like it was stuffed into my brain. I started itching all over and tensed my head to squeeze the thought. It still feels a little like it is lodged in my skull.
Has anyone else had anything like this?
14 Oct 2013, 6:01 am
