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Question: How do I give my mind freedom!?
I my mind is always locked up in itself trying to find meaning in everything and trying to analyze complex things!. I feel like this is not what everybody else thinks!. I feel like everybody else who doesn't do this just lives life and thinks that things are amazing and do not need to be understood!. I want to think like this because I feel like everything has to have an explanation!. I think this is ignorant thinking!. How do I just live life and accept everything!. I feel that because I need to know the explanation I am making the amazing thing smaller and less amazing!. I want to!.!.!. Let my mind go and not need to understand everything!. It feels like my head is locked up, my mind is screaming to be let out, and my brain needs to stay safe and the only way to do that is to know everything!. Please help!. Is this normal!? How do I let I let it go!? Thanks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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I think it's normal!. I am like that and your complaint rings a bell!.
You are so right about explanations making things less "amazing!." But they also make them more amazing, in a different way!.
I dunno about you, but for me this is way I free my mind - finding what is truly amazing even when explained!.
I think maybe your mind could be grasping to overanalyze for 2 reasons - 1, that's what it's good at, and it needs practice, on anything, to develop ever more abstract analytic ability!. It really does take practice to get to the next level, so to speak!.!.!. and 2, because you have learned to relate to the world by analyzing, and that gives you emotional satisfaction of some sort!. If the latter, well, you could try affirming that everything you don't understand does have an explanation even if you don't know what it is, and refocusing your attention on the experience you are having in the current moment, of effects - and checking yourself to see if there is anything there, that is troubling you and you would be escaping by "stepping back" to analyze!. But going through the analysis is usually an effective, if roundabout, and no less humiliating, way to eventually work through whatever your issue is, if that is how your personality functions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Have intelligent people around you who you can bounce ideas with!.
Talk it out, thats what I meant!.
When you hear yourself think, it gives your mind wings!. When you hear these ideas that are normally simply churning around and around your mind it gives you a different perspective on it!.
You are LISTENING instead of MULLING on the thoughts!.
The judgment section of your brain then gets engaged and deals with these ideas by digesting it and dealing with it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
As counter intuitive as it seems you only have control over yourself!. Once you let go and be happy with yourself you will be surprised how happy and content you will be!. If you need to understand things that's great but do it for yourself and don't project that in to others!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
My ex-bf had the same issue!.!. he couldn't sleep sometimes because of it!.
try relaxing music and try to just!.!.!.be there where you are and listen to it!.!.there's nothing to be understood there!.
try Zero 7!.!.it seemed to help :)Www@QuestionHome@Com
Maybe it's normal for you!. Everybody thinks differently and some people are naturally more rational/analytical than others are!.Www@QuestionHome@Com