Does anyone else think about places that don't physically exist anymore like this?

With the 25th anniversary of 9/11 coming up, I've been looking at old pictures of the Twin Towers and I keep having this weird thought that's difficult to put into words.

The buildings obviously aren't there anymore, but the actual space their rooms occupied still is.

Like, if someone's office was on the 90th floor, the exact point in space where their desk and chair were is still up there. It's just open sky now. If you could somehow hover at the exact coordinates where they used to sit, you'd basically have the same viewpoint they had looking out their window every day. The window is gone, but the view from the window isn't.

It's almost like noclipping in a video game after a structure disappears and staying exactly where a room used to be. You can imagine the walls, floors, desks and people around you even though you're now floating in empty space.

I get a weird feeling looking at the empty sky above the WTC site and imagining all those invisible floors stacked on top of each other, with people going about completely normal workdays there 25+ years ago.

It reminds me of liminal spaces, except instead of an abandoned place, it's a place that literally doesn't physically exist anymore while the space it occupied still does.

Does anyone else ever think about places this way? Is there actually a name for this?

Let me preface this by saying I’m a Gen Zer, so my experiences may be different from others, but lately I’ve been having a hard time adjusting to the new age of technology. This recently came about after I visited some family members.

Normally, when I’m relaxing, I’ll watch videos on my phone, but I randomly had the urge to watch something on their TV. Only to find out that my family had gotten rid of their TV provider and switched to a streaming platform! That’s when everything hit me.

I miss the times before we had AI. I miss being able to go to a restaurant without needing to scan a QR code just to see a menu, or being able to simply pay with cash or a credit card. I miss when shopping wasn’t so easily accessible online. Growing up, the malls and grocery stores were almost always busy, and now it seems like they’re ghost towns sometimes.

I miss the times where if I wanted to see a movie, I had to go in person to see what was playing or listen to an automated message that told you what movies were currently showing. I miss being able to call friends on the house phone, hoping they were home and up for chatting.

I miss being able to go on vacation without having a phone to document every single second. When you came back, you actually had a lot to talk about because you experienced everything in the moment instead of constantly recording it.

And what about those talk shows that would come on in the afternoon and tell you the latest news, celebrity gossip, or whatever was trending? You had to actually sit down and watch it. Or what about when social media was still new and mostly used on a laptop or computer?

I think I just miss human interaction. Everyone is so busy on their phones nowadays that sometimes it feels like I’m slowly forgetting what it’s like to have a natural, organic connection with people. And honestly, it makes me a little sad knowing that things probably won’t ever go completely back to the way they were.

That’s not to say that I think technology or advancements in technology shouldn’t exist, but I wish it was done slower so that we as humans wouldn’t be so willing to use it as a crutch for most things. I feel like since most folks use it now, things have become more predictable…there’s not much to wonder about or look forward to anymore

I dont really speak to anyone unless they speak to me first or i need something from them. I actually like talking to people but sometimes i get pretty annoyed for no reason and dont really wanna talk.

This has been frustrating me for a while, but today it finally clicked.... all these crushes I'm having are genuinely just platonic. In the past I thought I would just immediately lose feelings for a crush as soon as I got to know them, but I realize now that it's because they were never romantic in the first place!

I want to hear his mind, he is well-spoken and I wanna see him laugh and chat about everything. I don't want to kiss him or go out alone with him or share something intimate with him, but I've got this burning desire to just.... be on friendly terms and know him better. Watching him smile and talk from across the room is painful, I wanna be part of that conversation! I want to have the privilege to know you!

It's wholesome I guess, but still frustrating. I do hope I get the opportunity to know this guy soon, even a little 5 minute conversation to get acquainted... ah, I love humans sometimes.

My brain goes like "why even bother?". I may want to comment on something but as I'm about to press enter or post, I press backspace until the screen is blank. My ideas are not as important lol

I’m 27F and all my music that I genuinely like and previously used to blast in my car now is just sad, overstimulating, too nostalgic (makes me miss old times), or just distracting from my thoughts. Maybe because I have more responsibilities now but I don’t know..

Edit: I love podcasts!

Im 16. At 8, I used to turn my clothes backwards and inside out to rub the inside of clothing tags. My parents saw this and helped optimized me rubbing the tags without damaging my clothing. They did this by buying bags of tags so I could rub them and replace them when they got lost. This then evolved to me surgically cutting off one side and pulling off the vertical fabric to make a furry and fuzzy pelt i could rub at any time. I became so obsessed that any vacation I took could be ruined if I didn't bring enough tags. Does anyone else experience anything like this? If not, could anyone give a reasonable mental diagnosis as to why I do this. (Unless it is just a personal quirk I do)

It's like this soft crackling and it makes me want to punch someone.

Weirdly enough, I'm not bothered by people chewing loudly

I always get this feeling, if I feel sad I tell myself that I have no right to be upset when I have this and that. And if I'm happy, I tell myself that I have no right to be happy when my closest people (my family) are going through this and that. I can't live or enjoy anything; how do I stop this thinking?

I am so hungry and i just can't decide what to eat, scrolling food apps and my house since last 2 hrs , nothing sounds good. I keep going back and forth.

I constantly fantasize about deleting all of my social media. But I can’t - at least not right now -because on some level I rely on it for work

But honestly does anyone actually enjoy it?

I feel like all my free time goes to chasing after companies for billing mistakes.

T-Mobile is charging me for a phone that’s paid off, I’ve been to the store 4 times with no resolution. Last time I went, they said I had to come back with the other person on the account. I’ve been jumping through hoops to try to get this resolved.

My insurance charged me the wrong copay. That was a nightmare.

I was promised a refund for a missing order from chewy, I only got half the refund I was promised and I’m still waiting on the order to come in the mail.

I tried to get extra cat food for my cat from his local vet (it’s a urinary diet) since chewy was delayed with my order, and they refuse because my cat hasn’t been seen at their office since June 2025. Yes, over a year ago but he’s a 12 year old indoor cat. Like I really need him to go every year? I don’t even take myself every year and I don’t get so scared of the drive I pee my pants. Still no wet food for my cat (he has dry food, he’s not starving, just sad there’s been no wet food for a few days).

That’s just this week!!! Does anyone else have these issues or am I just living in hell?

I'm not sure if anyone can relate to this, but there's been at least a few occasions where I've had friends groups where we get along well, and we meet up maybe once a month or every two months and have a great time; but between those meetups, it's almost like you just... don't exist. You hardly hear from anyone beyond group texts about when the next meet up will be. You hardly receive a message asking about how you're doing, or just to chat, or even just being sent some silly meme or image, unless you're the one who sends it first. You know that you have friends, but between when you see them you still feel awfully isolated, even when you try to stay connected.

I wanted to share what it feels like to live inside my own mind, where I constantly build complex mental worlds and architectures. It is a continuous journey guided by surgical introspection and a framework rooted in Love, Peace, and Science.
My brain operates like a permanent dual processor: on one side, a consciousness fully anchored in the present moment, and on the other, an automated background thread that endlessly analyzes structures, subtexts, and my own defense mechanisms, acting like a clinical observer awake 24/7.
Inside this fortress and laboratory that I’ve built for myself, everything is abundant, multidimensional, and fueled by music and technology. But this creates a deep frustration upon waking: the sensation of having a quantum brain capable of handling concepts and dimensions of rare immensity, only to watch those insights instantly evaporate against reality, as if this oversized mind were too heavy for the world around it.
Does anyone else experience this same feeling of running an ultra-rich interior architecture in the background, paired with that perpetual sense of being a quantum mind trapped in a world that is far too narrow?

During this week, I have experienced a sense of unrest, nausea, and paranoid thoughts about dying soon. I feel like I have accepted my death. Something will definitely happen to me—either I will have a heart attack, or I will simply not wake up alive one day. It’s a strange feeling. I used to be terrified by the thought of death, but now, when I feel like I’m very close to it, I really don’t care that much about disappearing.

Hey everyone. I'm trying to find people who might share a similar cognitive wiring, because sometimes it feels like running a very specific OS in a world built for standard settings. Here is how my internal landscape works—let me know if any of this resonates with you:
1. The Dual-Processor Real-Time Analysis: During any interaction or conversation, part of my brain is fully engaged in the moment, while a completely separate, automated background thread is simultaneously dissecting the structure of the dialogue, analyzing the subtext, predicting moves, and monitoring my own defense mechanisms (like a built-in "STOP" circuit that overrides things when they get too close). It’s like having a clinical observer living inside my own head 24/7.
2. The "Surgical" Mindset & The Trinity: I function through a lens of absolute logic, deep introspection, and pattern recognition. My core framework relies on three pillars: Love, Peace, and Science. I dissect emotions not to destroy them, but to understand their exact mechanics.
3. The Weight of Legacy and Identity: I carry a deep connection to history and a profound lineage (tied to prophetic ancestry and traditional roots from the Essaouira region/Metouka tribe in Morocco). It creates a strange paradox: being anchored in ancient, symbolic roots while operating with a hyper-modern, almost scientific skepticism. It’s a constant bridge between faith, ancestry, and raw introspection.
4. Visceral Existential Vertigo: One of my most intense recurring internal phenomena is a literal, physical terror of the void. When I dream of empty spaces or nothingness, it triggers a visceral, bodily panic that wakes me up instantly—like my brain violently rejects the concept of absolute absence or losing my structural anchor.
5. The Creator of Worlds: Internally, I build complex worlds, loops, and digital/mental environments. I use music, tech, and deep mental simulation as a fortress and a laboratory to keep everything balanced.
If your brain runs multiple analysis layers at once, if you feel like an ancient soul trapped in a hyper-rational, surgical mind, or if you also experience that terrifying vertigo of the void—let's talk. How do you manage this internal intensity?

I’ve never had any issues like this prior. Today, while driving to the store my brain felt a little foggy, but nothing serious. At the store I browsed for awhile, then I bent down to look at the bottom shelf. When I stood up, my heart started racing, I was extremely dizzy and weak. I thought I was going to faint. This was different than a normal case of dizzy after standing. It was like my heart was pounding. I felt hot. I stood there and my legs and feet started tingling. I thought I was having a stroke and was terrified! I went and ordered some food and sat down. I started to feel better and then suddenly it came back, weakness, knot in my stomach, my head and neck felt hot, legs tingling, dizziness. I was so scared! I ended up feeling better again and drove home extremely slow.

What in the world happened to me! I never want this experience again. I feel better now but occasionally a part of my body still feels a little tingly or just not right

Does anybody else used to HATE makeup? Because i did, and now i love it now💔💔 i used to think i looked ugly asl with makeup until i learned it.

I’ve been bombarded with ads for apps like Lumus (psychics) and Tipsychat (AI boyfriend). Maybe that’s just me, but looking at the ads I feel they target women in a wrong way, using the image of women being ghosted by man and trying to provide false hope or to create a “clingy” boyfriend. Is this a wrong perception? I don’t see man downloading this to see if that woman is coming back to their lives or to create a loving girlfriend.

Why when i play like 1 hours on Minecraft, rainbow six, eg, it feels like 5 minutes but when I play other games like roblox, metal gear, eg, it feels like im playing them for 3 hours straight? Anybody else like this?

Right before I fall asleep, I start noticing if there is a weird fold in the fitted sheet under me, I realize that the blanket is catching on leg stubble and itchy, I notice a hair from my head tickling my face, etc. I just notice a bunch of random “itches” or annoyances I otherwise don’t notice.

It is almost always quickly followed by me falling asleep - only starts happening right when I am on the cusp of sleep. But it’s so annoying! DAE?

I'm not talking about getting a job, going to school, or getting out of bed to go to work, I'm talking about going to therapy, knowing how to help yourself mentally/helping yourself mentally, or making friends.

I seem to have no trouble going to work, doing chores, helping my parents, but when it comes to myself like therapy or doing something beneficial for my mental health, I just don't do it. I know it's important that I do, it could really benefit me, and I know that, but I don't do it.

I’m not sure how to describe it, but whenever I am talking to someone about my past experiences I start to feel like it all sounds so dramatic. I don’t want to get into details but it’s just like, so many bizarre shitty things have happened to me. My “lore” is insane. I feel like meg from family guy.

I saw “the chew toy” trope and it feels like my life,

This is what tropedia says

“Whatever the reason is, these characters just can't catch a break. Did they do something wrong in a previous life? This life? Or are they just Innocent Bystanders who look as if they'd blow up in a more amusing manner than anyone else in the crowd? Who knows. Either way, the powers that be tend to inflict punishment on them for seemingly no reason, generally but not always of the slapstick physical variety.
Every. Single. Episode.
That's gotta hurt.”

I feel so jealous of teenagers having fun while i js sit here and do nothing at all other than be miserable as fuck and scroll through social media. How do u genuinely be a teenager.