I need help
i recently realized that my mind is just blank a lot of the time. I never really thought about it or anything, but even when I’m talking I’m not really thinking. I kinda just talk, i don’t think I just speak. It’s the same for most things I do, I don’t really think about it I just do it. If someone asks me something and I don’t know, I “think of an answer but really i just wait for a response to just come to me. I just sit there basically waiting and not even thinking about the question. Can anyone help me? I don’t know what to think about this
@impartialLime3259 Can you give some context? What kind of questions do you not think of? If I were to ask this, “The U.S. is 3000 miles wide and take up a third of the circumference of the earth. Based on that, what is the circumference of the earth?” Do you have to think through it?
@hopefulPond6108
that question is way to advanced for me. But really I meant more like personal questions I guess. It’s really hard to explain and you can ask all the questions if you want to help. I just mean a lot of times I don’t really think, it’s just blank. Even if I sit there for some time to “think” about it, I’m mainly just sitting there waiting to see if something just naturally comes to me I guess
@impartialLime3259 I think that is fine. We humans have a chatty brain and sometimes mistake the chatter for “thinking”. There are some answers that are more about our internal state that don’t really require any kind of deliberate thinking. Do you like sunsets or rainy days or the taste of cinnamon? Those don’t take thought, people either like them or not, or maybe feel neutral about them. In fact I think it is good to spend time feeling more than thinking - at least while I’m meditating. I bet if you set a timer for 2 minutes and sit and close your eyes and try to not think, you may find your mind comes up with something, and possibly something quite random. Is any of this helpful?
@hopefulPond6108
yes I guess it does, and honestly I do feel a little better now. But really when I sit and try not to think, it’s just my voice talking in my head. Like maybe it will just be a talk with myself, but only in that one voice if that makes sense. And maybe this is completely normal, it just doesn’t feel that way. It feels like I’m just way different then everyone, but I suppose I don’t really know.
@impartialLime3259 It’s cool that you have these questions. I can tell you that sometimes I can solve a problem without thinking, and if I “try” to think through the problem with words in my head, I get really far away from the solution. I’ll be interested to see how others respond to your post. All the best!
@hopefulPond6108 Thanks very much