Why this feeling of formless dread?

[El_Kabong]

It's a quiet evening after a pretty day, it's a brand new year, I've got work, I've sent all the bills on time, I'm not under indictment for anything and it looks like the NFL playoffs will include at least a couple of teams I give a damn about. So I'm at a loss to explain why I have this horrible feeling that something awful is about to happen.

You Doper folk know everything worth knowing, so what is it? What am I overlooking?

[Alice The Goon]

I usually get that feeling when I'm PMSing. So, maybe you're getting your period?

[Tapioca Dextrin]

Impending Zombie Apocalypse? New boss at work? New zombie boss at the office??

[CalMeacham]

Maybe you haven't received your Forms yet.


Go to the local Public Library. They usually have copies of all the relevant Forms.


Then at least your dread won't be Formless.

[El_Kabong]

I usually get that feeling when I'm PMSing. So, maybe you're getting your period?

Speaking as a 55-year-old guy, if that's the case then I do have something to worry about. But then, I guess it means I'm not pregnant, so there's that.

[Alice The Goon]

Speaking as a 55-year-old guy, if that's the case then I do have something to worry about. But then, I guess it means I'm not pregnant, so there's that.


Try drinking a glass of cranberry juice, then- should clear it right up. :D


Seriously, maybe it's just a minor case of SAD or post-holiday letdown. Get some extra sleep, eat some comfort food like macaroni and cheese or mashed potatoes, and if it doesn't go away in two weeks or less, see your doctor.

[El_Kabong]

Get some extra sleep, eat some comfort food like macaroni and cheese or mashed potatoes, and if it doesn't go away in two weeks or less, see your doctor.

SEE MY DOCTOR?!

Oh, no; I knew there was something very wrong. . .

[Alice The Goon]

SEE MY DOCTOR?!

Oh, no; I knew there was something very wrong. . .


I'm just saying, it could be a symptom of depression. More likely if it doesn't go away soon.

[El_Kabong]

Impending Zombie Apocalypse? New boss at work? New zombie boss at the office??

Well, no; while there are perhaps a few zombies around the office, they're pretty much the same ones we've always had.

[needscoffee]

If it doesn't subside in 4 hours, get professional help.

[C3]

I had this feeling just yesterday, out of the blue. I just had this weird "premonition" that something horrible was going to happen this year. For me, I think it's because there are a lot of big, good-but-stressful things that are going to take place soon, so I'm happy but nervous. Do you have any big life events that you're planning?

[iamnotbatman]

It means you are about to die.

[El_Kabong]

Do you have any big life events that you're planning?

Er, I'm thinking about buying a car in the spring, but that's about it.

[El_Kabong]

It means you are about to die.

Nosense. I feel perfec

[pravnik]

Oh no! He fell right on the "submit reply" button!

[Tapioca Dextrin]

If you want you gormless dead cured (or possibly made much, much worse), I have a solution (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587883).

[El_Kabong]

tly fine, except for this weird fugue state I fall into every once in a while.

[even sven]

It happens to me sometimes. If you are able to step back and rationally consider it (which I think you are doing) it'll probably go away pretty soon. I just chalk it up to "a weird thing that happens sometimes" and try not to worry about it.

[iamnotbatman]

It means you are about to die.Nosense. I feel perfec

tly fine, except for this weird fugue state I fall into every once in a while.

It may take 20 or 30 years.

[Bam Boo Gut]

The doom ... it impends .... I know what you mean though, like you've forgotten to do something important. Call someone, it might jog your memory.

[Sunspace]

DOOOOMED!!!! You're DOOOOOOOOMED!

The Cooler of Death/Evil Death Highway of Doom/Zombie Apocalypse/Something Even More Horrible awaits.

[Bam Boo Gut]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgsPzydgzxE&feature=related Can't find the exact one I want, but these clips are pretty good.

The Old Empty Barn is at the end ....

[Ruken]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

[El_Kabong]

DOOOOMED!!!! You're DOOOOOOOOMED!

The ...Evil Death Highway of Doom... awaits.

Yeah, I thought maybe that was it, but I-45 was almost devoid of traffic this morning.

I'm putting my money on either the Yellowstone caldera going up, or that volcano in Canary islands collapsing and unleashing a giant tsunami.

[lisalan]

Speaking as a 55-year-old guy, if that's the case then I do have something to worry about. But then, I guess it means I'm not pregnant, so there's that.

You are hilarous! ROFLMAO

[3waygeek]

Well, the Republicans are about to take control of the US House of Representatives, so your feelings of dread have some justification. :eek:

[Roland Orzabal]

Your problem was that it was Sunday. They always start that way. I recommend two ounces of Stolichnaya or equivalent; clears it right up. If you can't obtain the necessary pharmaceuticals because it's Sunday, well, that just serves to confirm the diagnosis. Be better prepared next time.

[Chefguy]

As we get closer to May 21st, that feeling will intensify.

[jjimm]

I get this on a hangover, or if I drink too much coffee. Doubly so if I combine them.

[tdn]

I sometimes get this, and I usually can't find a reason for it. And sometimes there's some unresolved issue that I've pushed out of my head.

And one time it was because I ordered The Sixth Sense on Pay Per View and it was repeating throughout the day. It has a really creepy soundtrack!

[kapri]

As we get closer to May 21st, that feeling will intensify.

Why? What happens then?

I get this feeling every now and then--dread. It's not a good feeling. I often chalked it up to hormone levels, but since the OP is a man, that explanation is out the window.

Maybe reading about the dead birds and dead fish made you feel a sense of . . . foreboding? I live in FL and the fish thing doesn't bother me too much because we so often have red tide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tide)here.

[El_Kabong]

Why? What happens then?

A bunch of mooks are disappointed to discover the world didn't end. (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=581503)

Maybe reading about the dead birds and dead fish made you feel a sense of . . . foreboding? I live in FL and the fish thing doesn't bother me too much because we so often have red tide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tide)here.

Funny, I read about both those incidents only after I posted the OP, so at best I was having a sense of foreboding that a bunch of birds and fish were going to go tits up all at once.

Hey, that still means I'm a prophet! I wonder how I can profit?

[BlinkingDuck]

It means you are about to die.

Not only about to die...but in a long, lingering, extremely painful way. Otherwise the OP wouldn't be getting the premonition.

[Lasciel]

On a (hopefully in your case totally irrelevant) alternate note, apparently when your heart stops beating temporarily (usually because of an arrythmia or minor heart attack or (darkly amusingly) also caused by the treatments used to correct the above issues) the major reported symptom by patients is a 'feeling of nameless dread or impending doom.'

Our brains are a little used to feeling/hearing our pulse, and get subconsciously freaked out when it's not there any longer.

Maybe check your pulse once in a while to be sure you're ok?

Otherwise, break out the cryptic writings handbook and start issuing prophecies.

Don't give any away for free, or you'll undermine your potential market!