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How do you stop thinking?

cire113

cire113

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I have a huge problem with thinking.... I just think way too much about everything... seems like i have to overanalyze or complicate everything life.... Its starting to make my life very unpleasant...

I mean just thinking about me thinking too much :(...


In anything that i do in life i always think way too hard instead of just letting to and experiencing it...

Any tips? my goal in life is to stop thinking... or thinking so damn hard about EVERYTHING...

a blessing or a curse i dont know i guess its in my genetic make up but its god dam annoying......

I seriously wish i was just sleeping all the time because the only time i ever feel peace or in relief is when im asleep... maybe that is what its like when i die?

I think i am crazy or have mental disorders ... i dont know
 
^ Yep. My technique is quite easy. Get comfortable (lying down works) close your eyes, and begin by withdrawing your awareness of your feet - they don't exist. Slowly work your way up your body till you reach your head. If you lose progress then go back, it's important to do it right. Shut down your senses (you've already done touch) one by one by focussing on the next in the series - smell, then sound (includes thought). At this point all your attention is on sight, i.e. the back of your eyelids, and the final step is to instead of focussing on something, just releasing that last sense. The last release is the most difficult but it get's amazingly easy after a few attempts.

The benefits of meditation don't just apply while you're doing it, it'll also quieten your mind throughout the day.
 
Perhaps invest more of your effort in really thinking on your own motivations and aspirations as you make decisions and undertake projects during the day. Many people spend so much of their thinking effort not on this, but on trying to see how others will see them - if they do a specific thing, make a specific decision, etc. Thinking about what others might be thinking, about our thinking. Subjunctive recursion.

I'd argue that wasting time on what others might or might not think is, well, wasting time. But that's sort of a treasured trope of mine, so use sparingly. Some assembly required, etc.

Actually focusing one's analytic process inwards, with honesty and unblinking clarity, is a sobering experience. It's also tiring. So, pretty quickly, one comes to do it sparingly, and with alacrity. The rest of the time, mental space opens up to simply. . . be.

“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”

- Marcel Proust

Peace,

Fausty
 
Rated E said:
This goes at the end of the rant not the start.
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Depends on the markup language being used. If one is calling more of an OO-type metaphor in "tagging" the aforementioned rant, it'd be reasonable to tag in advance to speed real-time interpretation via the conceptual VM. After all this isn't a pre-compiled language but rather interpreted "code" sitting two levels over the hardware. Plus, inheritance/group management would be a real bitch (with apologies to female canines) if one tried to force post-code tags. Ouch.

Thus, I'd argue that a <rant> tag - or syntactic equivalent - is as appropriate prior to a "code block" as it is afterwards. In fact, if we all wanted to be more precise in our syntax, we'd use pre- and post-tags.

Along the lines of:

<sobriquet>Peace,</sobriquet>

Fausty
 
^ lulz killed.

After that you still ended it adhering to the very idea I was touching on

<sobriquet>Peace,</sobriquet>
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The "/" indicates the end of the tag. Hence why "/rant" means end rant, not "rant mode on".
 
i iv k and then some magical things happen and then i find myself in that strange place
 
we are supposed to be about harm reduction, let's not act like an iv ride on any drug is like a roller coaster ride on another.
 
^^ thanks for pointing it out, i wasnt aware that this site is about hr, thank you - you know, report button is always there for you:)
 
cire113 said:
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I have a huge problem with thinking.... I just think way too much about everything... seems like i have to overanalyze or complicate everything life.... Its starting to make my life very unpleasant...

I mean just thinking about me thinking too much :(...


In anything that i do in life i always think way too hard instead of just letting to and experiencing it...

Any tips? my goal in life is to stop thinking... or thinking so damn hard about EVERYTHING...

a blessing or a curse i dont know i guess its in my genetic make up but its god dam annoying......

I seriously wish i was just sleeping all the time because the only time i ever feel peace or in relief is when im asleep... maybe that is what its like when i die?

I think i am crazy or have mental disorders ... i dont know
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i was just about to start a new thread because i have the same problem. its worst at night, god its so bad at night i just cant relax.
i suppose thats why i drink, i find it suppresses my racing thoughts

does anyone know if there can be anything perscribed for anxiety or something? like if i were to go to the doctor and tell him?
 
Rated E said:
^ lulz killed.

After that you still ended it adhering to the very idea I was touching on



The "/" indicates the end of the tag. Hence why "/rant" means end rant, not "rant mode on".
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more lulz killing.... In LUA the slash commands are in the beginning (ie. /<command> <options> ) :)

Anywho, to the OP, stress makes your mind race at night. Are you at a time in your life where you're stressed out? I am the same as you in that I think on tons of things at night. I don't have the will-power to meditate, so I watch TV until I'm just so tired that I can't stay awake. lol
 
Daily exercise. Daily meditation--a quiet and solitary activity of your choice (painting, reading) to focus your thoughts and to let all of the cluttersome ones float away.

And stay away from caffeine.
 
I think having a creative outlet is a good way to channel your thought. Like d-phex said, painting is a good example. I personally like to play a musical instrument to clear my mind.
 
....use drugs. I think thats what a lot of people do. I have the same problem. Thats the problem with being bored or having a job stocking shelves, it gives me far too much time to think and I end up hating my life more than I did before.
 
^^^^ I tried using drugs became a drug addict.... the worst part of when drugs actually stop working and makes things worse...

drugs became an answer to the problem but then the answer became a problem on top of a problem....


Drugs are not the answer for me unfortunately.... it deepens misery and everything ten fold....

I dont really have a stressful life... on pen and paper everything is fine ...

pretty funny

meditate, medicate, you also forgot masterbate.. the triple MMM .. lol
 
I wasn't so much saying its the way to go as its what I do. I get stoned enough that their isn't a thought in my head as a stare blankly at the wall. Its the only time I don't think...
 
I think that racing thoughts are largely a product of boredom/depression. Try not to stress about it too much- it'll pass, and emotions are fleeting. Try a change of scenery; try something new!

Also, this:
d-phex said:
Daily exercise. Daily meditation--a quiet and solitary activity of your choice (painting, reading) to focus your thoughts and to let all of the cluttersome ones float away.
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