Quit thinking I think too much and embrace my thought process

im not sure what to write

by thinking that i think too much i am already thinking too much. man this is confusing.

I am so tired of people telling me I think too much and I worry too much. That just makes me think (and worry) more. Then I accuse myself of thinking and worrying too much, and worry and think about that some more. This then causes more thinking, and as a result, worrying.

Here’s a better idea. Just think as much as I’m going to think, and not beat myself up about it, then I will inadvertently end up thinking LESS!

Mindfullness meditation helped teach me this. They do practices where you kind of just let your thoughts wash over you or past you, and you sit back and observe them like a fly on the wall, then just feel what you feel. The absence of thinking about thinking about thinking spiralling into a limitless abyss that comes from beating yourself up about thinking too much, worrying too much, or feeling the ‘wrong’ things, or being negative, means that as a net result you think/worry/feel bad etc. less. Hoorah! In some ways it’s just abotu having realistic expectations.

Wow! I thought I was a tortured artist, and all goth and morose all the time. Whew… He thinks more than I do, he always has these really great random thoughts and actually wants my ideas and thoughts! I love it! I guess I dont think too much, next to him anyway!

It was refreshing to see all of these entries from people who think, alot, alot more than most people think. It makes me feel like maybe my many, many thoughts are gold in my own right. anywho, I think I’m gonna go think about this whole thinking thing. :)

So glad to know I’m not the only person who has a thinking problem. I can spend hours laying in bed just thinking about nothing and everything at once. But mostly what worries me is that I spend more time thinking about talking to other people than actually talking to people. I think that’s what I need to work on.

this is possibly a really good goal to work towards, ..or a really stupid one.

I DO think to much about everything. about anyting. i imagine crazy siuations and places. and people i’ve yet to meet. and i can waste an entire day just sitting on a chair dreaming. I DO waste entire days just sitting on chairs dreaming. argh, and don’t give me a pad and a pen coz then i will just doodle and waffle and write random shit on anything and everything and nothing. and i just realised that is exactly what. i. am. doing. now. DAnm iTT. shit. maybe i just have a problem with focus.

All my life I have kept my friends out of trouble! I have kept myself out of trouble too…I am 35 yrs. old…I have never really done drugs, I have never been arrested, never had my phone shut off(or ANY utility for that matter) never been evicted, never had to have an abortion, I have never even broken a bone in my body. Some would say I have led a boring life…I say NOT! I only do things I really want to do, and that I know arent gonna hurt me, hence I am quite happy thank you!

Develop them. Discuss them. Memorize them. Pray on them. Meditate.

I told a friend about this goal and she shook her head at me. She told me that I do think too much, but it’s going to happen so I MIGHT AS WELL embrace it. I’m working on it. <3
It’s just I have so much alone time- when I run 100 minutes on the road or drive on long trips… I start thinking negative or scary thoughts and it’s those that I don’t enjoy. Hmm.. how do I change this?