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God I hate when my husband says he isn’t having any thoughts. HOW? Lmfao. My thoughts have thoughts.
Comment by RemarkableBeach1603 at 08/03/2025 at 20:41 UTC
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That's part of it, though.
My thoughts have thoughts, too. The thing is that there may be so many mixed together that I wouldn't be able to accurately articulate exactly what I was thinking in particular, in that moment it's way easier to just say "Nothing (of any real importance)." than to try.
Comment by FerricDonkey at 08/03/2025 at 18:36 UTC
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Comment by jeffzebub at 08/03/2025 at 18:05 UTC
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Haha! Try meditating and you might experience it for yourself.
Comment by Kandiru at 08/03/2025 at 19:35 UTC
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Imagine your thoughts are trains on a track. Most of the time the track is busy with trains. Having no thoughts is just the gap between trains. If you calm and relax you can focus on nothing at all, you can get a long gap between trains.
If you are anxious then you can't think about nothing. If you aren't anxious, it's actually pretty easy.
Comment by phonemannn at 09/03/2025 at 03:17 UTC*
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I’m really enjoying reading everyone’s different ways of explaining their thought process. How about when you do a task? If I’m doing a monotonous task like sweeping or peeling potatoes or whatever, I’m usually not thinking of anything at all, just focusing on accomplishing the tasks. On a walk I might be occupied enough by observation and walking to not have anything on my mind. I suppose I could explain my observational thoughts but they’d usually only be “what’s that bird trying to do” or “I wonder if that guy is on his way to work” or “if this train got attacked how would I get out”. If I’m sitting on the couch staring into space then “nothing” is probably something meaningless not worth explaining, like wondering what spiders do in the winter.
Comment by Parking-Branch14 at 08/03/2025 at 18:30 UTC
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Ikrr how am i supposed to believe his train of thoughts is empty