Overthinking

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Don't you guys think a lot of this is just overthinking? Los of you worry about how your brain working instead of just letting it do its thing.
Also forget about being bullied, it is in the past. If it is happening now do something.

I wonder which part of feeling physical pain in response to certain sounds is "overthinking".

To most NTs everything is overthinking. even thinking at all is overthinking.

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Classic. Two thumbs up.

I'm deeply interested in my belly button thank you, and the smell of my own farts can launch a thousand ships

I think the excessive thinking is due to the individualisation of society, the financial commodification of our disorders, and needing to find the right answers that work for us due to extreme individualism.

If we all lived tribally or in communes with similar structure, answers would be copied and easy.....civilisation (to give space) means we our at the mercy of medical market forces.....

No, it is not.

My opinion is maybe... perhaps.

People are quirky and have their idiosyncrasies. Many others and sometimes myself try to link those odd behaviors with AS when there may not be a link. I am sure that sensory issues can/do exist, but not all of the strange things people do, like, hate, or detest is because of AS. I could say that the fact that for the past 25 years I have only eaten plain potato chips because the smell and even thought of bbq, cheddar, sour cream, or salt & vinegar (the worst-- seriously vomit-inducing) flavored chips makes me nauseous is a sensory issue. But most likely it is a dislike of artificial flavoring. Thinking about smell of peanut butter or ice cream is sickening (again nausea) but I eat plenty of both. Wait... maybe I do have sensory issues... Kidding. I think people are just trying to understand themselves and find commonality with others that they have not been able to find in the "real" world. I also think lonely people have a lot of time to spend in self-reflection.

(I hope this comes out right...)

I think a lot of what you see as overthinking is actually... well, where else are we going to talk about this stuff? It certainly won't work to ask random folks at the bus stop these sorts of questions. So the questions get brought here where there will (probably) be a sympathetic and understanding audience. What is it called -- selection bias? Something like that.

Letting my brain do its thing is what i do and apparently it does its thing a bit too much

and perhaps I wouldn't think a thing of it if my early days weren't spent being removed from normal classes to have tests run on me in order to find out what was wrong with my brain. They couldn't give me an answer but sure as hell left me with a complex

Thank god for that. I might have thought I was a completely normal person but now I cant decide if im a total imbecile or the smartest person in the world. And my friends get exhausted with my arrogant self-hatred. They're done dealing with me by the time I realize they actually liked me

The thing is, a lot of it is subconscious (unconscious?). We don't even realize we're doing it, it just happens. When you're pessimistic, it always happens.

Bullying, I don't know if it can be stated like that. Traumas like that are strange and don't work like that, though it would seem like that. Bullying ended for me by the end of the 10th Grade. However, I had a really severe depression episode near the end of the 12th Grade; two years after.


But possibly overthinking is common for AS? Just recently I was trying to figure out something (regarding printing off disc box covers), and I was trying too hard. I didn't consider the simplest approach, which did it instantly. This all happens all the time.

I do not eat certain things, but that is only because I associate it with a negative feeling. I think that is normal and not "sensory issues". We all also have our likes and silikes on food. However I don't eat things that are white just because they all taste bad.

I think too much. It's a given.

Many NTs are happy because they just live life with no deep thought.

I overthink LOTS of things. Could be why my sleep isn't very good anymore. XD

What's "this"?

I tend to overthink a lot of things. I used to overthink which avatar went with my mood. I've nipped that one in the bud, by using one that shows what I stand for. I overthink whether to buy food, before pay day and I end up not buying anything, starving on the edge of physical illness, eating little food for someone of my appetite, or body type - no more trips to the casino.