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trickthekick

“I’m just going to watch Shrek in my head.”

As a little kid, I was SOOOOOO damn obsessed with Shrek.

I mean the kind of obsessed where I’d watch it over and over again days in a row. It was all I ever wanted to watch.

It got to the point where I had memorised it word-for-word, and beat-for-beat. This meant that, somehow, I could watch it in my head—timed perfectly. No fast forwarding, no skipping.

Now this was fine for car trips and such, because my dad would be like “Hey do you want some colouring-in to do?” And id be like “Nah, I’m going to watch Shrek in my head.”

Ocassionally my dad would ask where I was up to in the movie—just to check on me.

Youre probably thinking Huh that’s weird but cool I guess?

Wrong. Sort of.

It got so bad that I’d watch it in my head at night before I went to sleep. My dad would literally check on me at night, notice I was blankly staring up at the ceiling, and have to yell “Stop watching Shrek and go to sleep!”

I cant remember how this faded from being one of my abilities, but it sure was cool while it lasted.

But for a while, Shrek really WAS my life.

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going-ghoul

Just want to say this isn't typical, nothing wrong but it is actually indicative of being somewhere on the autism spectrum...this isn't something many people can do even if very interested in something. "Restrictive and repetitive patterns of behavior and interest". Can sometimes be a gift. (No one come at me with the whole autism isn't a gift thing you have no idea, I am aware and have born witness to many fits of rage turned onto onesself as a result of autism). Just thought I'd share the thought in case you see...

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what do people in their twentys do except go to the grocery store……….

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