echoes

[pthalo]

Has anyone ever had a problem with someone saying things like "she said" or "she asked" after you say or ask things? It's getting kind of annoying. I don't know who it is and they won't stop. This has been going on for a decade or so, but they don't do it all the time. Once they start they don't stop for a while and I never notice them stopping, just notice when they start up again that they haven't for a while. I think if I were to shout "knock that off!" I'd just hear "she shouted" in return. Adult voice. No one I recognise.

I know it's a minor thing, but it's getting on my nerves.

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[appadil.livejournal.com]

::nods::

My own brain does that a lot even without sharing it with anyone else... I actually mentally narrate so much that it would be more odd to me if it stopped. The only difference is I get mine in first person rather than third. Because I do it so often, it's not really a nuisance to me except when it distracts me at crucial moments during a sport or video game or something requiring precision timing.

It's kind of weird- I "see" the world in words, but express myself by drawing, whereas my sister, who writes, imagines and remembers the world in pictures.

Anyway, I hope you figure out what it is that's been bothering you. ::hug::

[pthalo]

I'd like to narrate in 1st person. It seems more normal. When I was a kid, I took the narrating thing a bit far and would even use colour symbolism in my life. I could never just wear a blue shirt. It had to /mean/ something. And then I was surprised that no one picked up on it. In a novel, you pick up on those things. I just wasn't right in the head. :D

I tend to see the world in words or signs (ASL). and I'm a writer too. I think seeing things in pictures can be helpful as a writer though, there's more there to describe.

Pthalo