weird thoughts

Altho' I am on pretty good meds that usually work for me, sometimes I get odd/paranoid thoughts. I am retired & so it's OK for me to sleep late. Sometimes, when I go outside to get the newspaper, I think that all my neighbors (real nice people) are watching me & thinking "She just got up Now" (9:00 or 9:30 a.m.)
Does anyone else get strange thoughts like this??

Oh yeah...I get stuff like that all the time...oh people are work thinking this or that about me, that likely has NO basis in reality but...or that the 4 piles of dog poo I haven't picked up yet are pissing my neighbors, though they likely have no clue they are there...and they have a dog themselves...

Yeah...you're not alone.

I get weird thoughts all the time....and it is common for me not to get out of bed till at least 1030...lol...and I work full time...but I always think that I am going to get in trouble for something...I am a social worker and I do a lot of work for the court system and I always think the judge is going to call me and tell me I am some sort of wack job for making a recommendation I made..or I feel like the cops are out to get me when I am a really good driver..or my boss is going to tell me I am doing my job wrong when I am a really good employee...or people are going to think im a joke when I teach my classes. I just hve to use a lot of positive self talk and remind myself these thoughts are normal for me, its not like I have low self esteem, I just have a warped thinking process and cant help my thoughts and they get out of control sometimes. they come and go thankfully. I don't have to put up with them all the time. take care.

Yup...I see a pattern here....I wonder how many of suffer from poor self-esteem, and that plays into this?

I get paranoid in public like everyone is staring at me thinking oh she shouldn't be in a store like this. I get this way at work too, like I'm being judged all of the time. Don't know if this is what you're talking about but I get very paranoid about things.

Thanks, Everyone! This makes me feel so much better, knowing others feel/think the same or similar ways! Big hugs!

I always think my boss is going to fire me even tho I'm a good employee...that the cops are after me too. It's horrible. I think people at work are talking bad about me too. It's so frustrating to think like this but it comes from trauma as a child. So yr definitely not alone hunny! :-)

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I can relate to this, especially the work. I've never been fired in my life, but I am always anxious that my boss is going to chew me out for something, even though I'm a good employee... Just stupid anxiety.

Most of your shared accounts sound like paranoid thoughts, but they are in fact what is called "intrusive thoughts" by the psychiatric profession. And yes, they're commonplace with those who suffer from bipolar disorder. In other words, it's all in your BP head (and mine too).

I have issues all the time with people following me while I'm driving. I find myself leaving roads and highways I need to travel because I'm afraid that different cars and trucks are following me. It's easier to fight this feeling these days. I just keep telling myself they're just going to the same town as you they don't know who you are etc, etc....

I have thoughts lie this but they are dependent on mood state as in they show up and intensify during depression. They are terrible during mixed because they come to my head all at once. If I am pure hypo or manic I'm cool because I think I'm the best anyway. And if I'm baseline (which I don't even know if I can recognize that anymore) I may have a thought pop in but I can dismiss it pretty quick.

You too? And I thought I was the only one who got paranoid about drivers following me on town roads for more than a couple of miles. I also get that way sometimes about being spied on by the neighbors.....I have to remind myself that they're way too busy with their own lives to worry about mine.