Showerthought: I tried logging every 'coincidence' for a week versus just letting them go, and the first method made everything feel way more spooky.

I wrote down stuff like seeing the same license plate three times in a day or hearing a song right after thinking about it, and it built this pattern that felt unreal, but when I just ignored those moments, my week felt totally normal, so maybe we're just building the glitch ourselves by paying attention. Has anyone else tried this and had the opposite happen?

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the_seth1mo agoMost Upvoted

You said ignoring things made your week feel normal, but I had the complete opposite happen. Last month I decided to NOT write anything down, just let it go, and it got weirder. I kept bumping into my old boss in random cities, and my friend texted me the exact weird phrase I had just said out loud to my dog. Not tracking it made it feel like the universe was screaming at me and I was just ignoring the message. Paying attention later actually made it feel less spooky, like I was finally taking notes on a real signal.

ruby_grant13d ago

Amy858's right, brains just love patterns.

amy8581mo ago

Yeah, that's the thing, it goes both ways. I tried your ignore-it method once and it felt like I was missing obvious signs. My mom called right as I picked up the phone to call her, three days in a row. When I finally admitted it was happening, the weirdness stopped. Our brains are just pattern-finding machines that can't shut up.