I get that fairly often.

Liz & Allan MacDonald wrote in message ...

Hi Liz,

It's good to know I'm not the only one that has been down that path. I've
always been amazed at how an inocuous thought pattern can escalate out of
control. I find myself wondering about when had I crossed the line from free
will to determinism. At the very start of the process I would feel totally
in control of my thoughts and actions. But there was an emerging sense of
dread, whereby I wished I could turn the clock back one minute and not think
the thought that put me into that loop. I felt strongly that it was a
conscious decision that led to that state of being, but at the same time I
wondered how long I was going to be able to continue to make conscious
decisions. It was as if I had consciously decided to go down the wrong path.

I'll probably continue this topic in the newsgroup later on if anyone else
is interested. My gut feeling now is that in the scenario that both of us
have described, there is some kind of conflict going on in the language
centre of the brain. It's as though words are being prepared in your mind as
if you're going to say something and then you "listen" to what you're about
to say in readiness to prepare another sentence and so it goes. I would
guess that many self-conscious types would be aware of the symptoms.

dj