1. Making stuff up. One may not know that one is doing this, and the term confabulation has been applied to this. Doing it on purpose should be recognized as a more enlightened and playful form of this. Shall we call it \u201cconscious confabulation\u201d? I like the fabulous word root in that word and if truth be told, on careful study, I strongly suspect that everyone to some extent confabulates his or her own history, and continues to re-construct this phony autobiography—based of course on many true events—though few would agree on the exact interpretation given to these events. <\/p>\n
2. \u201cPueranoia,\u201d which describes a tendency to become paranoid about childish things, such as \u201csomebody will tell on me,\u201d or \u201csomething under the bed is going to get me,\u201d or \u201cscared of the dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. \u201cAnnoyia\u201d is a distinct feeling that \u201cthey\u201d or other forces yet unknown are out to annoy you. It\u2019s not as strong as paranoia, the fear that they are persecuting you, but… well, why else would I be feeling annoyed?
I suspect these reports may not be even footnoted in the various psychiatric journals. But they should, somewhere. Maybe they\u2019ll go onto my permanent record. (Don\u2019t we all have permanent records of our school grades, various misdemeanors?)<\/p>\n
In addition, there are a near infinite variety of quirks and oddities of mind, some more common than others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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