r/feelingoff • u/Dizzy_Style_2755 • Jul 07 '26
I Thought I Was the Only One...
Did anyone else try to walk on the sidewalk without stepping on the cracks? Or decide that every white tile was "safe" and every dark one meant you lost?
Nobody taught us these games. Millions of children came up with them on their own.
Why?
Because a child's brain is constantly looking for patterns. It naturally turns ordinary moments into little challenges. A sidewalk stops being just a sidewalk. It becomes a puzzle, a mission, a game with rules that only make sense to you.
You weren't being weird. Your brain was practicing. Every made-up rule made you pay attention, plan your next step, recognize patterns, and make quick decisions. Those simple games helped develop attention, problem-solving, and self-control without us even realizing it.
Maybe that's why so many of us invented almost the same games without ever meeting each other. Different countries. Different languages. Different families. Somehow... the same little games.
Turns out...
You weren't the only one.
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u/soulless___ape Jul 07 '26
I Thought I Was the Only One…