Are you addicted to thinking

Lantern Light · 25-10-2018 10:28PM #1

Thinking is one of the worst addictions, people cycle through the same old useless thoughts again and again. It disconnects them from their presence, which often leads to depression or other issues such as anxiety.

You are not your thoughts, you are the space of awareness behind your thoughts. Drop your story of who you think you are, let it go, let go of the self image, it's an illusion of who you think you are. Enjoy presence, observe thoughts, emotions and sense perceptions without being consumed by them.

McMurphy · 25-10-2018 10:30PM

Nope.

Just Bass.

Totally.

For Forks Sake · 25-10-2018 10:30PM

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_Brian · 25-10-2018 10:30PM

What ??

But I’ve spent 46 years building up this pretence of a persona, I can’t just throw all that away on a whim.

Lantern Light · 25-10-2018 10:31PM

_Brian wrote: »

What ??

But I’ve spent 46 years building up this pretence of a persona, I can’t just throw all that away on a whim.

You'll feel better without it. Life won't feel so heavy.

spix · 25-10-2018 10:32PM

I dunno, lemme think about it

Lantern Light · 25-10-2018 10:33PM

People keep talking about mental health, but often talking about it and thinking about it jist makes it worse, as it feeds thr addiction to thinking and the "story of who you are".

Presence is the key to mental health.

McMurphy · 25-10-2018 10:34PM

Lantern Light wrote: »

People keep talking about mental health, but often talking about it and thinking about it jist makes it worse, as it feeds thr addiction to thinking and the "story of who you are".

Presence is the key to mental health.

You've watched one flew over the cuckoo's nest too many times, haven't you?

bodice ripper · 25-10-2018 10:34PM

I can't say I have ever looked at the world around me and thought "the problem here is people think too much".

Lantern Light · 25-10-2018 10:36PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

I can't say I have ever looked at the world around me and thought "the problem here is people think too much".

It's a big problem, it's not constructive useful thought, merely addictive repetitive egoic thought.

manonboard · 25-10-2018 10:37PM

Lantern Light wrote: »

People keep talking about mental health, but often talking about it and thinking about it jist makes it worse, as it feeds thr addiction to thinking and the "story of who you are".

Presence is the key to mental health.

That's too much of a simplification imo.

compulsive thinking, or the inability to distinguish between what is being experienced and what you think should be experienced (and therefore often overlooking the real) is a problem.
However even that has multiple benefits. It just needs to be controlled and skilled up in to make sure the consequences are healthy and ethical.

Thinking, and being present with thought, and using it to solve problems is a very useful, ethical, beneficial, and required aspect of our minds.

A proper balance to being able to be use multiple states of being offers a rich and productive life, and even then.. only within limits. We are very vulnerable to many external events. Being OK with being a vulnerable human, helps us understand it in others too.

bodice ripper · 25-10-2018 10:39PM

Lantern Light wrote:

It's a big problem, it's not constructive useful thought, merely addictive repetitive egoic thought.

Ah, you have convinced me. I'll just nip out and stock up on Himalayan salt lamps, shall I?

Lantern Light · 25-10-2018 10:41PM

manonboard wrote: »

That's too much of a simplification imo.

compulsive thinking, or the inability to distinguish between what is being experienced and what you think should be experienced (and therefore often overlooking the real) is a problem.
However even that has multiple benefits. It just needs to be controlled and skilled up in to make sure the consequences are healthy and ethical.

Thinking, and being present with thought, and using it to solve problems is a very useful, ethical, beneficial, and required aspect of our minds.

A proper balance to being able to be use multiple states of being offers a rich and productive life, and even then.. only within limits. We are very vulnerable to many external events. Being OK with being a vulnerable human, helps us understand it in others too.

Acceptance is key to mental health, using thought as a tool to use when needed is healthy, addictive thought is unhealthy.

Being able to sit a look at a tree with judging it, labelling it or conceptualising it is important for mental health.

BeerWolf · 25-10-2018 10:42PM

Procrastination?

Franz Von Peppercorn · 25-10-2018 10:42PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

I can't say I have ever looked at the world around me and thought "the problem here is people think too much".

The quantity of thought is not the same as its quality.

Wesser · 25-10-2018 10:42PM

Yes the problem is this. Too much thinking. Not enough doing. Most of all thinking about ourselves. Total self obsession and inward focus. As a health care professional I see this everyday. But I could never say it because then I would be accussed of telling a patient ' it's all in your head'. Key to good mental health is to help others by do kind things for other people.

Lantern Light · 25-10-2018 10:44PM

There is a good app called headspace which is useful for helping you become present.

25-10-2018 10:44PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Nope.

Just Bass.

Totally.

A wah wahoh

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 25-10-2018 10:47PM

I find many people don't think enough.

25-10-2018 10:48PM

Yes, always looking inward for my next fix.

bodice ripper · 25-10-2018 10:49PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote:

The quantity of thought is not the same as its quality.

But some is better than none at all.

wexie · 25-10-2018 10:51PM

Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

realitykeeper · 25-10-2018 10:51PM

Lantern Light wrote: »

Thinking is one of the worst addictions, people cycle through the same old useless thoughts again and again. It disconnects them from their presence, which often leads to depression or other issues such as anxiety.

You are not your thoughts, you are the space of awareness behind your thoughts. Drop your story of who you think you are, let it go, let go of the self image, it's an illusion of who you think you are. Enjoy presence, observe thoughts, emotions and sense perceptions without being consumed by them.

In my experience, what you are describing is a symptom of stress. If the person who is feeling like that can get away for a week to relax, and enjoy whatever takes the stress or of life, that would help. For me, that is clean air, long walks, peace and quiet.

Hysterical, wound up people and those who go berserk over the slightest little thing would be the sort of thing that stresses me.

tom1ie · 25-10-2018 10:53PM

Lantern Light wrote: »

Thinking is one of the worst addictions, people cycle through the same old useless thoughts again and again. It disconnects them from their presence, which often leads to depression or other issues such as anxiety.

You are not your thoughts, you are the space of awareness behind your thoughts. Drop your story of who you think you are, let it go, let go of the self image, it's an illusion of who you think you are. Enjoy presence, observe thoughts, emotions and sense perceptions without being consumed by them.

you mean unplug from the matrix? Morpheus is that you?

dusty207 · 25-10-2018 10:54PM

I think
I think I am
Therefore I am
I think

PokeHerKing · 25-10-2018 10:54PM

Ignorance is bliss

Cee-Jay-Cee · 25-10-2018 11:37PM

Lantern Light wrote: »

Thinking is one of the worst addictions, people cycle through the same old useless thoughts again and again. It disconnects them from their presence, which often leads to depression or other issues such as anxiety.

You are not your thoughts, you are the space of awareness behind your thoughts. Drop your story of who you think you are, let it go, let go of the self image, it's an illusion of who you think you are. Enjoy presence, observe thoughts, emotions and sense perceptions without being consumed by them.

Is that a quote from Stargate where Daniel Jackson suddenly understood the concept of enlightenment and passed over the other side in a ball of light???

bnt · 25-10-2018 11:50PM

I regularly get told that I think too much. Usually by someone whose life or work could benefit from having a bit more thought put in to it. :rolleyes:

endacl · 25-10-2018 11:52PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

I can't say I have ever looked at the world around me and thought "the problem here is people think too much".

If it is, we really are fcuked.

26-10-2018 12:36AM

I read recently that that repetitive thinking gets worse with a lack of sleep. I notice it myself if I feel strung out, where I'll end up spending a good while consumed by one thought over and over.

AllForIt · 26-10-2018 12:40AM

I think therefore I think

Are you addicted to thinking

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