How do you think?

[Tabby]

There is a cleaner that comes around every evening at work. He is a nice enough guy, but he tends to talk to himself. Maybe I shouldn't, but I find it fascinating listening to him. He keeps repeating the same mumblings to him self over and over. Maybe somebody has over filled the bin, and things like that start him off.

The worrying point is, I have realised is my own thought process is quite similar to his (but not out loud). If I 'listen' to myself 'think', I often find I repeat the same thought over and over, like some sort of a rehearsal! Any body find the same, or is it just me?

I think there is also a link to dreaming here. They say you often have the same dream over and over in the same night. That's why dreams can sometimes feel familiar. It's a way the brain is trying out slightly different scenarios to find an 'acceptable' outcome. Any thoughts?

Tabby.

[bruce5755]

Tabby, I wonder if its a memory thing!!!!  i.e. if you have a bad memory, is it a subconcious way of remembering things?  Almost a way of reassuring oneself that information will not be lost.  I myself have a terrible memory and I find myself mulling things over in my mind for hours, sometimes days!

I don't know about you but I find it does my head in sometimes!  :~?

[Englishbird]

I have this tabby, i find myself repeating a line over and over (in my head, thankfully).  It's probably OCD! lol ;o)

[jno]

sometimes things stick in your brain for no reason at all - music is the most common one, I suppose. For several days now I've had Guy Mitchell singing She Wears Red Feathers and a Hooly Hooly Skirt, which is so dumb I'm almost embarrassed to admit it; I heard it played the other day, but I've heard plenty of music since that hasn't stuck in my mind. So I'm not sure everything the brain does is purposeful; and I'd say the same of people (including me) mumbling to themselves over and over. Sometimes, at least, I suspect the needle just get stuck in the groove (sorry, this is a 1950s metaphor, doesn't happen on iPods) and you repeat things without really being conscious of it.

[Tabby]

Thanks for your answers,
I'm glad to know it's not just me. I just wonder what I'll be like in a few years time (probably best not to know!!)
Tabby.