Think

@genericbeing

How cool it would be to take out our brain sometimes and just go all "can't brain today because no brain today" @every brain-requiring situation. *-* 🤯

@genericbeing I used to try to stop thinking but the mind naturally thinks and so that did not work for me. 

Now I try to focus on my breathing and everytime the mind wanders I gently bring it back to focus on the breath cycle without judgement. Over time my mind gets used to focusing and wanders less.

@genericbeing

Omg!!! That's laterally me 

I think 24 hours of 24hours 

Even in my sleep my brain doesn't stop thinking 🤦‍♀️🙄

And it's totally true! A disease that kills you slowly if you let it brings you down! x)

@genericbeing I disagree. Thinking too much isn't the problem. It's how and what we think too much about. There are coping skills and tools to help you think better and more efficiently than what we do naturally. Thinking too much in the broad sense is generally seen as bad because it's restricted to our negative feelings and thoughts. But, if we can focus that into a more productive method of thinking, and cutting out the nonsense, we can think more without the negative effects of overthinking. 

Sorry to hear that you find this related to your personal experience.

@genericbeing I think this is really interesting. On the one hand, I agree and relate with it. On the other hand, I think it might not be too great to pathologize it. A mental health struggle becomes a disorder when it is distressing, causes dysfunction, deviates from the norm in society, and/or becomes dangerous. Excessive thinking may not always lead to these things, though. Anway, this is not me being critical. This is just me taking it really literally and pondering on it.