30+ Signs You Are Losing Your Mind

Scratching Your Head

Image Source/ HealthlineAn obvious one here, and perhaps is a sign that you've already lost your mind, but scratching your head can be a major sign that you're losing the plot. You might scratch your head if you're trying to concentrate on a task, or even if you're sat doing nothing at all.

Losing Your Belongings

Image Source/ Angie's ListAnother obvious one but constantly misplacing your belongings. We've all been there when we've put down our phone and suddenly... gone! We can swear that we just put it down on the table, but turns out it's down the side of the couch. Is this happening too often?

Forgetting What You Were Saying

Image Source/ News24How many times a day do you go to talk to your colleague and forget what you were about to say? It can be the most annoying trait to have, especially as the words are literally right at the tip of your tongue. Maybe get yourself checked out if it's happening too much.

Forgetting Where You Were Going

Image Source/ The ConversationI can say very confidently that I have done this more times than I can count. Have you ever gotten up from the sofa and walked out into the hallway before stopping to realise you forgot where you were going. Was it to the toilet or to the kitchen for a snack?

Putting Things Where They Shouldn't Be

Image Source/ Business InsiderHow many people can admit that you've put butter in the cupboard, milk in the oven, cereal in the fridge? Well, if you're one of them, it's a very common sign that you might actually be losing the plot. Don't worry though, plenty of sane people can do this too.

Disassociating

Image Source/ Quest Psychology ServicesDisassociation is a common symptom of many different conditions and disorders, but could also just be a sign that you're losing your mind. If you find yourself zoning out during times of stress or importance, and struggling to come back to Earth, then it might be a sign.

Seeing Things That Aren't There

Image Source/ Carehome.co.ukIt could just be a glimpse of something out the corner of your eye, or maybe you're seeing shapes of things in your bedroom at night, which just turns out to be the pile of washing you haven't got round to yet. Maybe you're losing the plot or maybe they're ghosts...

Hearing Voices

Image Source/ Mental Health TodayDo people speak to you in your mind? What type of voice do they use? What do they say to you? It's perfectly normal to have an internal dialogue, but a bit more uncommon to actually hear other people's voices in your mind. If that sounds like you, you might be losing it.

Tripping Over

Image Source/ The MirrorHow embarrassing is it when you're happily minding your own business, walking around the town, before you trip up on the pavement. I think we all swear at ourselves when this happens. How often does it happen to you though? Do you think you could be losing the plot?

Falling Asleep At Random Times

Image Source/ Medical News TodayOkay, so as much as this could be narcolepsy, it could also very much be a sign that you're losing your mind. It can happen to the best of us when we're watching a boring film, but while you're driving, or while you're cooking, or in work? Yeah, not so good.

Losing Your Car Keys

Image Source/ CarsGuideLosing your car keys is the worst one because you only ever lose them when you're in a rush and at the most inconvenient time ever. While it can be quite a normal occurrence, if you find yourself doing this at least once a day then you might want to address the fact you're losing your mind.

Overanalysing Things

Image Source/ The Daily GuardianOveranalysing things is definitely a sign of you losing your mind. If you're worried about the way that your colleague spoke to you, or how the bus driver looked at you, or whether a car was following you, you were probably overthinking it and could be losing your mind.

Forgetting What Day of the Week It Is

Image Source/ The Economic TimesI think it's fair to say that we've all done this, and we'll say "Wow, it's only Wednesday, feels like a Friday!" or "This is the most Sundayest Saturday ever." But if you find yourself losing track of time, the date and the day every day then you might want to address that.

Getting People's Names Mixed Up

Image Source/ Inlingua EdinburghThis is fine if you've only just met the person and can happen to the best of us. There's nothing more awkward than calling someone by the wrong name. But what about when you've known them years, you're their best friend and you call them by the name of your worst enemy?

Being Jumpy

Image Source/ Calm ClinicI think we can all agree that having someone make you jump is an awful feeling and is enough to incite an angry episode. But if you're jumpy when people are just walking up to you, or something completely unexpected happens, then you might be losing it.

Speaking To Yourself

Image Source/ TODAYApparently speaking to yourself can be a sign of intelligence. Well, it can also be a sign of losing your mind as well. So the next time you're having a full-blown conversation with yourself, make sure to give yourself a good talking to about losing your mind.

Tripping Over Your Tongue

Image Source/ CommunicourtIn addition to forgetting what you were going to say, you might completely remember what you were going to say but just struggle to get the words out of your mouth. It can take you seconds to be able to say a certain word or make a certain sound and can be very frustrating.

Putting Your Clothes On Back To Front

Image Source/ The GuardianA less common sign of losing your mind, and could just be a sign that you got dressed in the dark, is if you've accidentally put your clothes on backwards. If this sounds like you, and you regularly leave the house with leggings on inside out and back to front, then you might just have lost the plot.

Letting The Dog Out When You Don't Have A Dog

Image Source/ IStockA very niche one and will only apply to those that have or have had a dog. In those days of mourning, after your pup has passed, it's completely normal to open the door for the dog in the morning. But what about months later? Well, it might just be a sign.

Forgetting To Pick The Kids Up From School

Image Source/ Snopes.comFor those of you with kids, it can be completely normal to enjoy the quiet and downtime of your home while the kids are at school, but how often have you forgotten to pick them up? Just maybe you might be losing your mind, or you just don't want the kids back.

Not Recognising Someone

Image Source/ Getty ImagesAn awkward moment is when you're out and about and someone approaches you and says "Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you in such a long time!" and you have to pretend that you know who it is. If this happens quite often to you then it's definitely a sign you're losing your mind.

Being Irritable

Image Source/ bpHope.comSometimes we have bad days and that's fine. The smallest thing can set us off like our pencil snapping, a door slamming loudly or our computers running slow. However, if this is something you're experiencing on a daily basis, and the most menial things are triggering you, you might have lost your mind.

Forgetting How To Play Your Favourite Games

Image Source/ Collegate ACThis doesn't happen to everyone but might happen to you. We all have our hobbies and sometimes that might be gaming. But have you ever come to play one of your favourite games, looked down at the controller and realise you'd forgotten how to play? Might be a sign.

Not Showering

Image Source/ The Active TimesForgetting to shower or bathe is 100% a sign that you're losing your mind. It means that you're not focused, your body is out of rhythm, and you're losing track of time. All of these added up just might mean that you've already lost your mind and there's not going back.

Leaving The Tap Running

Image Source/ DWLeaving the tap running is definitely a sign you're losing your mind. You might only realise after you've left the bathroom and you can hear the tap running from the other room and question how you'd even left it on. Good job you noticed though! Don't want to rack that water bill up.

Forgetting You Have Something In The Oven

Image Source/ TwitterHave you ever popped a pizza in the oven, sat down to watch TV and completely forgot it was in there? Then when you go back to it an hour later your pizza is charcoal black. Well, if this is you, you're a massive fire hazard AND you're losing your mind.

Forgetting To Eat

Image Source/ Eat This, Not ThatSkipping lunch might just be the norm for those of us that lead insanely busy lives. But if you're frequently skipping meals and skipping more than one a day then it might be a sign that you're losing track of your days and subsequently losing your mind.

Waking Up At Random Times Of The Night

Image Source/ Eat This, Not ThatOn the odd occasion we can have a disrupted night's sleep where we just can't seem to stop waking up at random times throughout the night. But if this is something that's regular with you, and you'll wake up at an ungodly hour thinking it's time for work, you're mind could be gone.

Having Vivid Dreams

Image Source/ Richmond MagazineVivid dreams can be the worst, especially when they turn to nightmares. A lot of us have dreams so realistic we actually wake up thinking that this stuff happened, or so traumatising we struggle to sleep. If you're this kind of person your mind could be on its way out.

Wearing A Coat When It's Warm

Image Source/ Gear PatrolDo you ever see people wearing the most bizarre clothes in weather conditions and ask yourself, what were you thinking? Like someone darting about in a thick black coat in the summer. Maybe you're the person who wears the ridiculous clothing... well... I may have news for you.

You Only Eat Vegetables By Accident

Image Source / HouzzYou've long since given up trying to keep up with healthy vegetables and if you do eat something green, it's usually by accident. Maybe you bought a ready-made vegetable sauce with the greens already in and it surprises you when it's tucked underneath your pasta.

Your Clothes Are Permanently Kept In The Laundry Basket

Image Source / The Frugal HomemakerYou have more clothes in your laundry basket than you do actually hung up, so you've just accepted the fact they live in the laundry basket now. You probably avoid actually doing the laundry, too, and just rotate the same pair of joggers and comfortable hoody.

You Catch Up With Your Friends Through What They Post

Image Source / TheNextWebCatching up with friends is a lot of hard work, both physically and mentally. Maybe you're losing track of time and realising you haven't spoken to them in a while so you start quickly scanning their social media profiles to see what they've been up to.

You Have No Idea What Month It Is

Image Source / ALTA Language ServicesIt's one thing not to know what day it is, but not knowing what month it is is next level. Everything blurs into one and you may think it feels sort of like July but actually it's March, or maybe you just have that feeling that it's getting to winter season but you don't quite know which month. It's just dark and cold.

You Live With People, You Just Haven't Seen Them In A Long Time

Image Source / The New York TimesLike ships in the night, though not even that. You keep to your room, you don't know when they work, you don't know when you work... Somehow bills get paid and housework gets done but you haven't seen your roomies in an age and lie ins are preferable.

You've Started Daydreaming About A Non Life-Threatening Illness Or Accident Just To Have The Time Off Work

Image Source / The New YorkerA hospital stay, a sick note, a week or two on bed rest... all of this sounds like a Caribbean Cruise compared to what you're used to, and you're starting to think that you wouldn't even mind a little pain or suffering just to get the time off work so you don't have to think.

You Can't Remember The Last Time You Had a Vacation

Image Source / ALOT LivingYou actually can't. And, to make it worse, you don't even know the soonest you'll be able to plan another one. So you're now completely numb to that feeling of sun, sea and sand, of city lights, or other cultures. You're just in your own non-vacation bubble.

The Time You're Willing To Spend On Meals Is Becoming Shorter And Shorter

Image Source / Bored PandaYou just can't be bothered thinking about cooking anymore. You don't even understand meal prep anymore. Nowadays, all you want is the quickest prep time possible - a book of '10 minute meals' is like a kitchen bible to you and anything that takes longer you have no patience for.

And The Items You're Choosing To Cook Are Becoming Unhealthier And Unhealthier

Image Source / CheezburgerIt makes sense, seeing as the quicker things are to make, the less healthy they usually are. You just don't have the brain power for super healthy foods. You might be veering towards quick and easy comfort foods for every meal - if you even remember to make something.

And The Periods Of Time Between Washing Up Are Becoming Longer And Longer

Image Source / The Daily Universe - BYUIf you can leave it, you will. If you can leave it a little longer, you will. And suddenly you find yourself using a whisk as a spoon and a random item of Tupperware you found in the back of the cupboard as a bowl, just to be able to put off washing up a little longer.

You Have To Stop And Think For A Moment Whether You've Actually Showered

Image Source / RedditYou don't remembering showering, or you at least remember having a shower but aren't quite sure whether it was this morning or not. You have to smell your skin to see whether it's soapy or not just to try and work out the truth.

You Don't Remember Whether You Put Deodorant On

Image Source / InsiderYou have to take a test sniff of your armpit just to try and work out whether you have or not, because you definitely don't remember. And you don't even know whether that particular deodorant stick is still in workable condition seeing as you fee like you bought it so long ago (and used it so little).

You Get Emotional When People Do Things For You

Image Source / Teen VogueYou might not realise that you're feeling burdened all the time, but as soon as someone offers to do something for you, you realise just how much that's a load off your shoulders. It'd actually make you emotional if someone offered to cook or clean for you.

And You Full On Cry If Someone Makes You A Hot Drink

Image Source / WikipediaIt's a simple thing - no biggie - but it sure makes you well up. The offer of someone taking care of you with a nice hot drink is just too much emotion for you to handle. You're forever in their debt and don't know how you'll ever be able to repay them.

You Always Run Out Of Toilet Roll (Usually Right When You Need It)

Image Source / CheezburgerYou just don't understand why toilet roll goes. You didn't even know you used so much. You always think there's one more roll in the cupboard only to find there isn't and you always forget to put it on your shopping list. Empty cardboard rolls are just a norm in your bathroom.

You Always Forget To Brush Your Teeth

Image Source / Dr. DalesandroBrushing your teeth - you know, general personal hygiene - just falls on the wayside. And not just every once in a while - pretty much every day. You wake up, you down coffee, you eat, you have an existential crisis... and somewhere along the line you realise you haven't brushed your teeth.

Losing Interest In Your Favourite Things

Image Source / Psychology TodayA part of losing the plot can also be losing a sense of yourself. You might find you just don't have the urge to do things you used to enjoy, or just feel 'meh' about a lot of your usual stuff. As the days go on, you might find you do your favourite pastimes less and less.

Stupid Little Things About Your Appearance Bother You More And More

Image Source / Teen VoguePiece of hair that just won't lie flat? Cry. Body aches every time you try to work out? Cry some more. Suddenly hate the way your nose looks? Sob your heart out. Everything just seems to look and feel stupid all of the sudden and low self-esteem is your new best friend.

Paranoid Much?

Image Source / Scientific AmericanYou might suddenly feel like everyone is out to get you, get suspicious of even family and friends if they send an iffy message that you take completely the wrong way, or start jumping at shadows thinking it's someone at the window when it's just a pigeon.

Physical Symptoms Like The Sweats

Image Source / ImgflipYou might even find yourself suffering cold sweats, shaking hands or other physical symptoms that you don't usually have. Maybe you start frowning more, rubbing your forehead more, messing your fingers as a nervous tick sort of thing..