Overlapping Thoughts

[J'qel]

So you don't mean you obsess over a single thing, but about everything as it happens?

Sorry it was sounding like you got stuck in a thought rut over one particular thing rather than multiples as they occur. If it is multiples as they occur-that is *definitely* overthinking.

Difference?

Example A (rut) Someone shuts the door on you before you come in. You spend the rest of the day wondering why they did that. Did they hate you? Were they just busy? Maybe you said something, or had a frown on your face? But you were dressed nice and had a coffee so obviously they should have held the door...

Example B (many things): SOmeone shuts the door on you. You wonder if he was just being a jerk, maybe you were looking mad? you obviously have your hands full.. hey why is security being so strict about your bagde now, surely they see you're already busy, I mean they ahve to know, you come in every day at the same time, are they making you late? Maybe it was the break in down the street? Oh god, I hope that doesn't happen here, what would I do against a gunman? Probably cry, maybe chase him? Maybe I could stop him? Hmmm..that potted palm looks heavy enough probably knock him out.. hey hold the levator, well that was nice, does everyone here smell funny or am I getting a cold??

Because that second one... yeah that's me. >.<

On Valerian it's: Someone shuts the door on me. Why did they do that? My hands are full. Were they angry at me? I don't know them, maybe they're in a rush, oh security is carding folks he's just being careful, and doesn't know the building. Maybe nervous. I should set my coffee down here and I can get the door, and should probably pull out my badge for security while I'm at it. Poor guy looks nervous, he must be new.

Not a lot slower but MUCH less tangental.

Sorry for typos btw. >.<

Was trying to follow a train of thought and fingers get mixed up with brain on the way. Think of it like an internet stutter :P

 

[Friday]

Does anyone have this? Where you have your brains initial reaction to things like opinion or emotion but you immediately think over it with something else and then think over that? Can someone tell me if this has an official term or how to help fix this issue?

This sounds like it could be one of several different things.

1. First off; any recent changes? New medication, insomnia, illness, injury?

2. Are the thoughts linear or parallel? (Linear one follows the next, like holding a deck of cards and laying one down after the other. Parallel, 2 thoughts at the same time, 3, 4, 5, etc,) AND is that new for you?

3. Do your thoughts replace each other as they form, or each exist uniquely? (1 card replaces another card, or do you have a whole stack of cards)

4. Clearly, the result is bothering you, but does the process itself? For example,

- When one is learning how to challenge thoughts, CBT style, when one is transitioning from negative thinking styles to healthy/realistic thinking styles, there's often a bit of an argument in one's head as two (or more) different ways of thinking about something are both trying to coexist in the same space. The old entrenched pattern, and the newer pattern. <<< The new ways of thinking & feeling are wanted, but the scattered mess & completely distracting series of arguments & general cognitive dissonance is driving you bonkers.

- Conversely, intrusive thoughts (of trauma, self harm, fears, anxiety, etc.) can create a frustrating thinking normally -Bam!- intrusive thought, reaction to intrusive thought, back to thinking normally -Bam!- intrusive thought- rinse, lather, repeat. <<<< The process itself is as unwanted as the end result of the process

5. How related are your thoughts to each other? One follows the next fairly easily, or wildly different subjects?

 

[Wyska]

This sounds like it could be one of several different things.

1. First off; any recent changes? New med...

So you don't mean you obsess over a single thing, but about everything as it happens?

Sorry it was sound...

No they aren't recent changes with medication or anything, I've been dealing with it for years. They are a mix of both but mostly parallel...like I go to remember how to do something and then it's interrupted and I forget how to do the thing. And I definitly get intrusive thoughts. It's hard to explain but I can have music going on over and over in my head and not even realize it because other thoughts are going over the thoughts realizing it lol.

 

[J'qel]

I usually have what I call my "mental backburner" it's what handles all the stuff I'm not fulling thinking about but my brain is still ruminating on. I'll have my upfront crazy tangents, and then in the back, some problem or issue is just puttering along until it hits a point to let me know that I've finally worked something out. I'm not sure how common it is though, or even what it's called, but I don't ever forget how to do things not for any longer than a stutter when I'm very tired or ill-part of my backburner is in keeping myself managed-lessening pain, balancing if I've got arms full (or the like), examining space for packing stuff away, doing basic educated guesswork on if I can/can't do something, remembering lyrics to songs as I sing along etc etc. It's more than autonomic (even maths gets in there sometimes) but less than conscious. Thus, my "back burner".

 

[Freedomfighter]

Does anyone have this? Where you have your brains initial reaction to things like opinion or emotion but...

Don't worry, that is normal. That is definitely PTSD. I have more intelligence than 99 percent of the people that I have to deal with every day. But when I am going through intense therapy or I am being violated by others then the intelligence can not break through, then your brain is not able to function correctly.

Predators love to use these stages to attempt to make a victim feel stupid, to actually attempt to hurt that victim because of their reactions to the health condition they are fighting.

Like I said, there are so many of so called people who attempt every day to get close to me, because they know that I am much smarter, because they know my level of functioning is way beyond of what they can even comprehend. They are attracted to that, and constantly attempt to punish me when they realize: well, I have to put it bluntly: they are too stupid to even be considered as a possible discussion partner or anything else.

Sometimes one has to be blunt: I never tell that to anyone out loud. But they get the message: because like I said, they get mad and attempt to abuse me every time they realize I want nothing to do with them.