When something happens or someone says something I do this thing where I see myself in third person in whatever situation I'm in and use that vision to try to figure out what reaction would be appropriate and funny. The times where I do have a truly genuine reaction is when whatever I'm reacting to is so powerful that the emotional response overpowers everything else and I don't really have the time or resources to imagine myself in my head.

I don't know what to really feel about it since part of me feels like it means I never really have a genuine reaction to almost anything, but the other part of me says that whatever my "genuine" reaction would be it would probably be worse than what I decide on. The problem is I can't know since I can't stop myself from imagining myself.

Does anyone else recognize themselves in this or is it just me? Do you feel that you "fake" or predetermine your reactions in any other way? Any recommendations to make it better?