Top 10 Situations That Have You Questioning Your Sanity

 

Have you lost it? 

How many times have you heard someone close say that to you? The first few times you come up with a clever rebuttal. The fifth time you hear it though, you begin to wonder if perhaps you have begun to lose it. 

Life presents you with so many unique situations that you end up on a mental rollercoaster, questioning your sanity and wondering if you are capable of keeping it together. I mean, everyone thinks they have it all figured out but the very next instant, you find that the one thing you had taken for granted was not only not reliable but also not true. 

Relax. You're not the only one. There are a lot of us out there who find themselves in the same predicament and have these tremendous existential crisis. 

One way of dealing with it is to look at it humorously. 

Here are Top 10 Situations that can have you questioning your sanity: 

1) Why did I buy that?

Who doesn't like to shop, especially during a sale? Unfortunately, impulsive shopping is a thing, and before you know it, your house looks like a department store.

But when it comes to dressing up, you find you have dozens of outfits but none that you want to wear.

Or you bought packets of creamers you're never going to use.

And that figurine you thought looked cute in the store, now looks obnoxious and distasteful sitting on your coffee table, and you wonder what prompted you to even buy it.

It's things like this that make you regret your purchases and make you wonder if you are actually capable of shopping for yourself.

2) The Misheard Lyrics

You listen to a song online, find it catchy, and immediately add it to your playlist. You now hear that song at least four times a day because it's so catchy.

When you're not listening to it, you're singing it.

That's when a friend or a relative hears you and points out that you've been singing the wrong lyrics all this time.

Cue, embarrassment.

You look up the lyrics online, and sure enough, you have been singing the wrong words. But now you think your lyrics are better and have been singing it like that for so long that you can't unlearn it.

You question yourself: Are you destined to sing the wrong song for the rest of your life?

3) Getting lost in grocery aisles

You may have roamed around the supermarket in your neighborhood lots of times, but when it comes to getting an ingredient urgently, the supermarket has turned into a maze. You no longer know which aisle you are in, and they all look the same.

You begin to feel bad about not being able to navigate in the supermarket you have roamed around in so many times.

4) Mind Blank during conversations

You're having a lively conversation with your friend and have the perfect anecdote that you are sure your friend is going to find hilarious. But there's a backstory to it, and just before you steer the conversation to your funny story, your mind draws a blank.

Your friend is staring at you, waiting for you to say something, and the best you can do is mumble a dull incident after such an exciting build-up. Your friend looks disappointed, and the conversation feels awkward after that.

You wonder if you should be holding note cards every time you partake in a conversation.

5) The 3AM thoughts

You promised yourself you wouldn't have any coffee later in the day, so that is not what is keeping you up at night.

It's some random thought that passed through your mind, and now you can't get rid of it. You have to know everything.

Sometimes, it's something as mundane as what came first, the chicken or the egg?

Other times, it is that one confrontation you want to have with the people who have been badgering you but knowing you can not because it will tip the balance you have kept in relationships.

In your mind, though, you have told them off and come out as a winner.

But in reality, you know you must live with the constant disappointment of never being able to tell people how you feel because they are never going to owe up to their mistakes.

6) The Forgotten Password

Everything requires a username and password nowadays or so, it seems. You may be able to sign up with a social media account but then still be prompted to create a password.

So now you have a dozen passwords and are certain you can remember them all.

Except you don't. Then, when you visit the website again, you are prompted for the login information and can't remember the password.

Now you have to go through several OTPs, CAPTCHAS, and find which block has which animal pictured on them.

You begin to question your mind and why you're expected to remember so many passwords.

7) The Elaborate Menu

It's great when you know what you feel like eating on any given day. But there are plenty of those days too where you feel hungry but don't quite have a craving for any particular food.

So you go to a restaurant, get handed a menu to peruse, and find a variety of dishes listed.

Now you're confused about what you want to eat, and the server is roaming around your table, waiting for you to order already.

The pressure mounts, and you end up ordering a sandwich. However, the patrons on the next table have ordered something that smells delicious.

You're stuck with a cold sandwich instead of a hot meal.

You have so many regrets. You wonder if you can ever order a satisfactory meal?

8) Recurring Dreams

Dreams are often the byproduct of our memories, ideas, and emotions we have encountered during the day or week.

But when we see a dream repeatedly, we begin to wonder: is the dream a waste product of our brain or actually a sign and indication of what is going to happen next.

You ponder on the dream the whole day until you begin to wonder if you're going nuts.

9) The Unfunny Joke

Sometimes, when the conversation is going nowhere or is too boring, you think a joke can still save the evening.

Since no one else is volunteering, you decide to take the initiative. You start the joke, and no one still finds it at amusing. You start to feel the pressure as you approach the punch line.

Things go south when you either forget the punchline or end the joke, and no one laughs.

You try to save face by explaining the joke, which makes your listeners wonder if you think they are dumb.

You are not making a good impression and need to stop, but now you can't stop explaining why the joke is supposed to be funny.

Is this the most embarrassing moment of your life... So far?

10) The Missing Object

You have so much on your plate already. Did the TV remote have to go missing?

You have two pairs of socks. Did one of them have to get lost when you put them in the wash?

Things go missing when you want them the most, and you begin to wonder if your memory is going worse or you are just cursed with bad luck?