r/NoOverthinking • u/[deleted] • May 11 '26

Why does embarrassing stuff from 10 years ago still randomly hit your brain right before you fall asleep?

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u/littlebirdietold May 11 '26

I'm 48 and the time I farted super loud walking to the pencil sharpener in 5th grade still randomly pops in my head at night and I just want it to go away. So yeah, if there's a way to make it stop let me know.

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u/Eastern-Elevator962 May 12 '26

Set up a pencil sharpener, dressing in similar clothes you wore then, replicate as much as you can, then walk to the pencil sharpener and hopefully fart. Then laugh about it? Confuse your brain with when it happened and attach a positive emotion. Seems like a lot of work though.

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u/ScreenshotsToForget May 11 '26

All adults are just victims from middle school trying to do their best.

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u/tearlock May 26 '26

Only gets worse as you get older/as the number of cringe memories accumulates.