>>12310350Not really. I can't sleep sometimes because I can't shut down my thinking.
It usually happens if I was hyperfocused before I went to bed. In hypefocus, internal monologue (of which I have 2, one is usually lower in volune and can't do complex stuff, usually looping songs), visual thinking (if truly in hyperfocus, I can manage 3 separate visuals, each doing their own thing and in "different places". It feels like one is in front, one in the back, and third can swivel from side to side. I usually use it to separate parts of bigger main visual and work them in detail. When not in hyperfocus, 2 takes a lot of effort and usually only one is enough),
and conceptual/abstract thinking (only one of those, but it's so quick and undetailed that I don't really need more) work at the same time.
Meditation and focused breathing can silence main internal monologue, but not the one looping stuff. In this case, since main is silent, it can overtake. Problem with that is, it then loops words and stuff the visuals spew out and is harder to control than the main. So I usually use my main to count number of exhales and the seconday loops songs or whatever (easy to ignore). Then I have to visualize big numbers, in 3D, with colors, shadows etc to focus on. Otherwise I'll contine thinking about whatever I was hyperfocused on. I can silence all but the main voice and conceptual thinking if I'm very tired and early in the morning.
