how much time do you spend thinking every day?
how much time do you spend thinking every day?
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.
I never stop. It actually took great effort to teach myself to actively quiet my mind.
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
Seems ironic that "mindful" is when you don't think.
Feels like a taunt tbh
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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.
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
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
All day every single day, unless I get high
I'm not really sure what is really meant by thinking.
Strategizing: Only when necessary
Internal monologue: every moment of wakefulness
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Not all that much. Right now, my brain has the super Mario rpg battle theme on loop.
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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
I want less
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As little as possible hopefully
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.
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?
I can answer that no, I do not. The words just kind of come out as I type.
Huh. I guess sometimes I do that too. Lots of thinking going on though.
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.
If it's a weekend and I'm awake for 16 hours, I'll be thinking (aware of internalised vocal thinking) for half of those. If it's a work day, then maybe four hours (during commute and walking/exercise, cooking). I'm 'thinking' during work but it's not an internal monologue, it's either routine or subconscious.