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Thinking comfortably

At times I feel uncomfortable with my own thoughts. You could liken it to mental angst, I guess. Every now and then I'll evalaute my thoughts and be disappointed by them: frustration will follow at my inability to think of anything lofty, original or revealing. I would prefer to simply 'live' and not be worried about the content of my thoughts; 'Go with the flow', as it were. Rarely I will be disturbed at the very notion of thought itself. A moment when I think 'Isn't it odd that I can think at all?'. Prone to introspection I want to remove myself from this and find a new perspective from which I can view the world (more easily) from. Perhaps I just need to relax. :confused:
Reply 1
cant help what pops into your head...probbly need a distraction/chillaxation/pillaxation
Reply 2
Mangaroo
cant help what pops into your head...probbly need a distraction/chillaxation/pillaxation

haha pills are bad! and its true you cant help what pops into your head
Reply 3
Anonymous
At times I feel uncomfortable with my own thoughts. You could liken it to mental angst, I guess. Every now and then I'll evalaute my thoughts and be disappointed by them: frustration will follow at my inability to think of anything lofty, original or revealing. I would prefer to simply 'live' and not be worried about the content of my thoughts; 'Go with the flow', as it were. Rarely I will be disturbed at the very notion of thought itself. A moment when I think 'Isn't it odd that I can think at all?'. Prone to introspection I want to remove myself from this and find a new perspective from which I can view the world (more easily) from. Perhaps I just need to relax. :confused:


Happens to me all the time. Just do something to take your mind off it. I would recommend listening to music, watching some absurdly cheesy blockbuster or other that requires absolutely no thought, playing an equally mindless and preferably violent computer game, going for a walk, or just getting very, very drunk. The last one might lack subtlety but it's certainly effective.
Reply 4
maybe your thoughts are lofty but ur mind is so lofty that even lofty thoughts seem mundane to you, and only the truely loftilicious can make u satisfied. mayb you just need to go a little easier on yourself
Reply 5
squigaletta
maybe your thoughts are lofty but ur mind is so lofty that even lofty thoughts seem mundane to you, and only the truely loftilicious can make u satisfied. mayb you just need to go a little easier on yourself


'Loftilicious' might well be the greatest word I have ever seen. It's certainly something to aspire to.
u're in love with someone, i know. thats your problem
weird dude, weird post

Maybe u need to face the crude fact that humans need to be more than they ever can be?

Maybe u need to face the fact the pieces of everyday life, unlike a story, is just brutal coincidence?

Loftiliciousness comes with suffering...
Reply 8
Don't worry, I have the strangest thoughts at what can be the most bizarre time (even when falling asleep, I can be fixated on something really random and useless).
There's the odd occasion that my brain decides to think of something philosophical, but it doesn't take long before I confuse myself or even forget what I was thinking about!
In conclusion, you are fairly normal. Well, whatever "normal" means.
Trying to ignore strange thoughts won't help you at all. If you are disturbed by what you find in your mind, blocking it out will just mean it will pop up at annoying times and worry you even more. I've always been extremely introspective - and I think it's very important to be introspective to some degree - and I think the best way to deal with unpleasant thoughts is to accept them. I think about all kinds of things which I should probably be arrested for just imagining, but I just accept the fact that that's how my mind works and try and understand why I think that way.
Reply 10
I've been stuggling with similar.. thoughts. I'm angry with myself for momentarily believing that what I have in my head is someway special, and then I come to really analyse the content of them, and it's my head had translated them at a previous time into being something of worthy, when actually I can condense them... and they appear stupid and cliched in hindsight. The only things you can do are talk to people, and let them out. Don't let them repeat inside your head. I watch alot of films and listen to alot of music so my head isn't focused on me. But it's nice when i can make lyrical comparisons, or comparisons with myself to a character.
Find a friend who is capable of understanding those thoughts, go to Starbucks with them, and talk it through for hours over frappuccinos. That's what I do. :smile:
I recommend an enema, to help 'with the flow'.
meditate, after practice it helps to clear your thoughts and have an empty mind free from thoughts. its an amazing tool.
pm me if you want to know more.
Reply 14
im like that..i think..all i know is i constantly evaluate every thought and everything i do and i have an obsession with planning what i will say and do in the next few days..it does get in the way of living life sometimes. i hope it changes when i get to uni though...
Reply 15
Thank-you for the advice so far everyone. I think that I attach too much significance to the thoughts that I have which leads me to worry about them overly so. I like Chumbaniya's idea that acceptance is not only necessary but fruitful. All in all keep the replies coming, many of them have brought me comfort! :smile:
afire_insideme
meditate, after practice it helps to clear your thoughts and have an empty mind free from thoughts. its an amazing tool.
pm me if you want to know more.


Yes, I agree entirely- this really helps me with my OCD, which pretty much clogs up/crashes my brain.