Cosmetic flaw in watch suddenly no longer there :/

Post Reply New Topic

I just noticed that a watch that I got two years ago no longer has the cosmetic flaw in its design, anymore, that I noticed shortly after getting it (however, after some time, I concluded that it may in fact not even be a flaw, but part of its design, which got me relaxed about it). I almost can't believe that it no longer is there. I have seen it every time I have looked at that part of it, until now (I haven't used it much, recently, which possibly may be part of why my perception of it has changed). This is making me question if there may be other things that aren't real, that I think are real, as well. The bugs I posted about on another section of this forum, some time back, definitely were real, though, but what if there are other things that aren't? Aside from my very controversial beliefs and interests, I am kind of "normal", though - most people I meet wouldn't even guess that I am on disability, due to depression and lack of energy (along with Asperger's) - but what if I still see things that aren't there, that don't affect me enough for me to notice that something is wrong? Is it normal enough, for one not to be concerned, to see small things that aren't there, for such a long time? Or does this indicate schizophrenia? :/

Addition: After I started this thread, I have read by another poster that severe depression may lead to hallucinations... which is unsurprising, due to the stress it can cause, but a hallucination that you have seen for almost two years? Surely severe depression cannot lead to *such* hallucinations? That would sound completely unbelievable, to me... :|

Actually, while resting, before, I started thinking if I maybe am hallucinating, now, instead... hallucinating that the flaw *isn't* there, instead. Or maybe the flaw actually was there, before, but just isn't, anymore... maybe a quantum fluctuation caused it to disappear. O.o Maybe. I'm going to photograph it, to be on the safe side... a few months ago, when something exceptionally strange happened, I would've possibly started questioning it, afterwards, if I hadn't had photographic evidence of it.

You are over-thinking the situation.

The flaw was there, now it isn't. Life is good. Have a cookie.

Well, isn't it a little weird that I have observed that flaw, all too many times, but now it just isn't there? It's not like I've sent it in for repairs, or anything. I don't think I'm over-thinking it - it's exceptionally strange.

Actually, my life isn't good. I also had five yuletide buns, before, so I'd rather not have a cookie... but thanks anyway.

Maybe it has something to do with aliens? Maybe you're being sought after for some reason? Maybe they swapped your watch for an identical duplicate with some kind of probe that allows them to have access/control of your thoughts? This could be very bad my friend. I would quit worrying about your watch's flaws, because you have much more serious problems right now....don't ya think?

Ha ha, very funny. Fùck you. :/

Maybe you wouldn't find it as funny if you yourself had seen something being in a particular way, all too many times, and then it just isn't that way, anymore, with no normal explanation in reach as to why that could be. Especially when you actually have had possible psychosis, in the past, and been told by a disgusting head psychiatrist, some years back, that you have schizophrenia... an assumption which you rejected with hatred towards him - but now you ask yourself if that disgusting, thoroughly arrogant psychiatrist maybe wasn't wrong, after all? Would you find it humorous, then? Probably not.

Not even sure why I started this thread. I guess mostly because I wanted to tell someone with similar experiences about it.

Last edited by Beauty_pact on 13 Dec 2011, 7:29 am, edited 1 time in total.

Redacted

Last edited by nat4200 on 19 Apr 2012, 5:13 am, edited 1 time in total.

It's definitely not been repaired or replaced by someone else - I'd have noticed that, very quickly, and even in such a hypothetical situation, it'd have to be sent to the UK or Switzerland. Adding to that is that the other more or less visible to barely noticeable flaws, that were there, before, still are there. The flaw in question isn't a mere scratch, but a mark in a gem on the inside of the watch. I've kept thinking about if it just could be possible that the flaw never was there, to begin with; that all the flaw ever was was a fraction of light; but that is just not possible. I have looked at it in many various light settings, now, and such a fraction of light just won't show. Also, it was always clearly visible on the surface of the gem, anyway... it wasn't inside of it. It looked like a carved line on it... now it's just with an even surface, there.

I can't post a picture... it's a very unique watch, so posting it could reveal my identity. I'm going to show a photo that I took, before I went to bed, yesterday, to a friend, however, in case the flaw actually still is there, but I just can't see it, now. It didn't show on the photos, either, though, but maybe my perception of it can work the same way, when looking at a photo, too. Can you give the link to the object blindness thread? Maybe it could have something to do with that.

This is maybe not even the strangest that has happened to me, recently, however... something else happened, three months back, but I have photographic evidence of that incidence, and have shown it to others that also have seen it, and that way have gotten it confirmed. It's kind of odd that all these strange things are starting to happen... I probably saw a ghost, or other type of spirit, a few nights ago, too, which would be the first time I have ever properly seen one (a shadow I once saw doesn't count, as there could be a conventional reason behind that). I know, I'm sounding like I well could have schizophrenia, by saying these things, but I do have photographic evidence of that other event. And as for that psychiatrist I mentioned... he was the one who needed help, really. Some of the reasons he had for thinking I had it was that I was a vegetarian, hated Microsoft and clothed in black. Maybe part of why he didn't commit me (he was threatening to) was because I told him that I had Windows on my computer. Ugh, such an insane person. He's the one who brought me down so badly that I lost most of my dreams... he really was intent on ruining my life, back then... just decided to target me and crush the happiness I still had within me with threats of putting me in a psych ward, where they'd drug me with brain damaging substances and/or give me ECT, or worse. I wonder how many others he more successfully managed to predate on? =_= Ugh, I shouldn't even have brought him up. Even if I would have schizophrenia, it's clearly manageable... maybe it'd even artistically benefit me, sometime... or maybe it already does. He never was right, though, even if I would have it... it'd be hit and miss with the ridiculous arguments he had - he'd have to be "right", sometime, after all.

Redacted

Last edited by nat4200 on 19 Apr 2012, 5:13 am, edited 1 time in total.

If something seemingly irrefutable like this were to happen in my own life, I would not be taking it well, either.

Can you please be specific in describing the nature of this flaw and posting any pictures you might have? Without details, how can we possibly help you figure out what happened?

Blame it on the parallel universes.

Not seeing the flaw anymore sort of sounds like OCD in reverse. (e.g. a year or so ago, after a plumber came to fix the caulking in my bathroom in my old apartment, I was sure I saw that the pipe connection behind the toilet was extremely rusty, whereas I did not see that before. Did he secretly change this connection for some reason? I'm still extremely sure that it wasn't like that before, or at least I had never noticed it. However, the work he did would not have required him to change it, so quite likely it was just one of those things that I didn't notice before but that was suddenly an issue later. Or more recently, with a certain crack in the ceiling in my new apartment -- I was sure that it had changed, and was possibly the explanation for the small drop of water I saw beneath it (which was probably due to water from washing my hands instead.) It still does look different, in that there appears to be a bit less plaster on one section, but no place where the plaster went. Then it became something to worry about... will the ceiling start to flood and fall down? Will I come home one day to find my apartment collapsed? I resolved such worries by taking a photo of the suddenly offending spot. If I start to worry again, I could compare it with the photo and see that no, it hasn't changed lately, and probably didn't actually change before, and even if it did, it's stopped changing now.) So, like, take a picture of the face of your watch, in good focus, and then you can compare it if you suddenly notice the flaw again. Maybe it's a trick of the light due to a shadow on the watch or something, and the way you used to interpret it is different from now, due some sudden change in your brain.

On the psychologist issue, I recall reading a story about a psychologist who was actually a sociopath and who liked to prey on people that she thought she wouldn't get caught messing with. I think it was in this book by Martha Stout: link That case was kind of extreme, in that the person didn't get caught until she was found messing with the patient of another psychologist, who then ended up discovering she had even faked her degree. But still, less extreme cases could still happen. "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you." Or maybe your psychologist was attempting a confrontational approach, saying things that were extreme to see what your reactions would be (to learn more) or to motivate you to make changes that he thought would be desirable.