Maybe not narcissistic, ig lonely. In which case you probably shouldn’t overdo it, like with any cope really. It’s like streamer parasociality but backwards and also.. imagined? Idk.
I’m gonna be totally honest and hope no one irl finds my account. lol but yeah I’ve always done something similar to this. Long before the existence of twitch though, so different things like talking on the radio or being in front of fans. lmao I think it stems from chronic loneliness since childhood. But yes it is probably deranged.
Me and my best friend recently discovered we both do this, tho I pretend I’m on reality tv or a tik tok live and she pretends she’s on Instagram live lol
I absolutely do this internally. Some added context is I’m agoraphobic and a recluse and granted I still have a lot of friends, I’m mostly shut off from the world. For me it’s definitely a cope and a result of loneliness and not being close to any friends I feel comfortable enough hanging out with.
That sounds like Maladaptive Daydreaming. It started, for me, when I was a lonely and neglected child. It gets bad when I’m stressed and isolated. I’ll end up having a full on conversation while just talking to a wall, imagining that it’s a real situation. See a mental health professional about it if it gets in the way of living your life.
Yes and I’m reading in comments that it stems from loneliness?? I spent a lot of time alone as a child. So much so that I became severely depressed and even attempted suicide. Damn. Does this mean I’m probably kooks for real? Hahaha but seriously I don’t do it so much anymore now that I’m older but I definitely did and way before the internet too.
I live my life sometimes like I’m one of those YouTubers like “so I’m going to brush my teeth and do my skincare first thing in the morning…the cleanser I use is this…”
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From my POV that sounds deranged but I mean no offence, just chiming in. Lmao
Ask your chat if this is normal behavior
First I’ve ever heard of it, that’s pretty weird honestly
That’s a very gen z thing.
I am on a 3 camera sitcom.
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Maybe not narcissistic, ig lonely. In which case you probably shouldn’t overdo it, like with any cope really. It’s like streamer parasociality but backwards and also.. imagined? Idk.
This is like the kids in my classes who refer to everyone else as “chat.”
Fuck no.
no wtf
I’m gonna be totally honest and hope no one irl finds my account. lol but yeah I’ve always done something similar to this. Long before the existence of twitch though, so different things like talking on the radio or being in front of fans. lmao I think it stems from chronic loneliness since childhood. But yes it is probably deranged.
When I was a kid I used to pretend I was filming a YouTube video.
So say I was downloading a mod for a game, I’d pretend I was giving a tutorial.
Or if I was playing a game, I’d intro it and talk to people.
But this was mainly around 9/10 years old maybe a bit later.
Yes actually. I am 29. No idea where this came from.
Me and my best friend recently discovered we both do this, tho I pretend I’m on reality tv or a tik tok live and she pretends she’s on Instagram live lol
Yeah, except I’m like on a talk show. I think it’s called maladaptive daydreaming.
Are we cooked, chat? 🤣
I sometimes live my life like others are watching, even if they’re not. I’m 53.
Not really. I just fantasize about delicious food and beautiful girlsl like a normal person
That sounds like Maladaptive Daydreaming. It started, for me, when I was a lonely and neglected child. It gets bad when I’m stressed and isolated. I’ll end up having a full on conversation while just talking to a wall, imagining that it’s a real situation. See a mental health professional about it if it gets in the way of living your life.
Yes and I’m reading in comments that it stems from loneliness?? I spent a lot of time alone as a child. So much so that I became severely depressed and even attempted suicide. Damn. Does this mean I’m probably kooks for real? Hahaha but seriously I don’t do it so much anymore now that I’m older but I definitely did and way before the internet too.
I don’t fantasize that I am narrating a livestream, but I do play out conversations and scenarios in my head basically all day long.
I don’t even know what a twitch stream is. So no.
Literally all the time. Mostly, and especially when i’m doing something like drawing, playing video games, etc.
No but I often think of how I would word something as a Reddit post
Symptom of Chronically Online Illness
that mostly means you spend too much time on twitch
it’s not narcissism, it’s just your inner dialogue being mutated by too much screentime
I used to when I was a child, I stopped around high school but I still talk to myself just not in narration form
YES OMG YES I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME
I used to, but then I grew out of it
No. I don’t want to be part of that crowd.
chat is this real
Nope but I do fantasize about talking to people in general a good bit though
I live my life sometimes like I’m one of those YouTubers like “so I’m going to brush my teeth and do my skincare first thing in the morning…the cleanser I use is this…”
I’m on stage with a red curtain behind me like I’m doing stand up. But my life is a joke
No, never.