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submitted 11 months ago by logflume@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

i realized that i usually don’t think most of the time and maybe that’s weird. i’ll just kinda vomit out actions and words with no reflection like i’m doing right now.

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[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago

I never stop. It actually took great effort to teach myself to actively quiet my mind.

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Constantly, all day long. I don't really have a moment to myself where I'm "mindful" and just vibing in the present. Practicing meditation was helpful in the moment when I did it but I don't know that it made a difference when I wasn't meditating. It's awful

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

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[-] edge@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

Seems ironic that "mindful" is when you don't think.

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

Feels like a taunt tbh

[-] JuryNullification@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it never stops for me. I’ll be lying in bed at like 2 AM shouting “SHUT UP” in my head sometimes as I keep going over meaningless shit.

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Ugh yep; it's the worst. Luckily it's not consistent that I'll not be able to sleep due to it but when it does affect me. That's the worst. I just hate being so exhausted all of the time from it

[-] ElGosso@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

When I was a kid I had real bad sleeping problems and I would just lay awake in bed and ruminate until I gave myself depression so I try to do as little thinking as possible

[-] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

All day every single day, unless I get high badeline-anxious

[-] socialistbusdriver@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm not really sure what is really meant by thinking.

Strategizing: Only when necessary

Internal monologue: every moment of wakefulness

[-] CrimsonSage@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

None, thinking is bourgeois.

[-] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

Not all that much. Right now, my brain has the super Mario rpg battle theme on loop.

[-] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago
[-] kristina@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

I want less

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

It's split, sometimes I'm constantly thinking and can't stop and can't act on my thoughts either bc executive dysfunction. Other times I just do things and don't have a single thought in my head for hours

[-] ScrewdriverFactoryFactoryProvider@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I spent 10 minutes tops thinking while present. There’s wandering thoughts while I zone out, which takes up more of my time, but still not the majority. I’d say I’m not present for most of the day. My mind never stops, but I’m still not there.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

Is this a weird definition thing? Like thinking meaning a running inner monologue?

OP, do you not plan out what you will type and editing it prior to typing?

[-] MerryChristmas@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

I can answer that no, I do not. The words just kind of come out as I type.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

Huh. I guess sometimes I do that too. Lots of thinking going on though.

[-] Cherufe@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

As little as possible hopefully

[-] macerated_baby_presidents@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Probably 10-12 hours, I think for work. My brain doesn't have to think about common tasks: Walking, cooking breakfast, speaking/writing conversationally, driving etc. I can be thinking about something else while I do those, or zoned out and not thinking about anything at all. I actively think when I'm feeling contemplative, about to go to sleep, meditating, and also when I'm reading/listening or doing something tricky like writing concise prose or figuring out a math or programming problem. Living alone it's fairly easy to spend a whole day going through the motions, but I try to avoid doing that.

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