Miscellaneous Items
Does anyone else need to have misc/randoms thoughts in their brain when working on something or if it just me?
Example:
Working on a project at work that of course needs my attention, there’s lots of research involved (which doesn’t bother me, it actually entertains me), but for some reason I feel the need to image/create some sort of scenario in my head about some random *** that has absolutely nothing to do with what I’m doing or even my job. I used to call them fantasizations (yes I know the spelling is incorrect) when I was in high school. And the scenarios will range from meeting someone famous, writing a book, getting lost somewhere and trying to figure out how to get out, being in a relationship with someone. Okay just realized that some of those things are things that I want or need to do, lol. Either way I just always feel the need to imagine all this and create the story in my head as I’m working on something else.
Also I have a bad tendency to think of things I need to do, and I’ll write it down so I won’t forget but then I don’t do them at all.
Anyways just felt the need to vent about this since it’s an everyday thing and today I just wanted to put it out there.
Hey,
my psychiatrist gave me a good way of thinking about this -- it's like having a child's brain that craves stimulation and the more the better. If a child sees a toy that may be fun, they approach it. The second they spot something even more engaging, they simply drop the current toy and move on.
Anyway, definitely not just you 😅. And like, not even among the whole population.
And when it comes to things you needed to do and dropped them, well, doesn't it mean that they were not that necessary?
Kind regards
Mel.
I still do the same now. I'm constantly playing scenarios in my head in order to focus on a specific thing. For me personally, the scenarios help block out the outside world and the noise so I can focus better
