I can't think

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It is difficult for me to get my brain working into any type of thinking. Problem solving or anything.

I feel I could stare into space for extended periods of time.

I am pretty sure this is an AS thing.

Any other people that have this problem?

Not all of the time. If this is only a recent condition, then you should consult a psychiatrist. Thought gridlock such as this could be signs of: depression, cognitive migraines, depersonalization, derealization, manic depression, or even (God forbid) a catatonic psychosis, such as schizophrenia. Yeah, you should definitely get that checked out... not to scare you or anything, but this could be serious.

I'm pretty sure that "spacing out" is a common ASD thing. I've always tended to do it a lot, as far back as I can remember, though it never seriously interfered with school or work (except occasionally by people misinterpreting it) or anything. At times when I was chronically overloaded it would happen more frequently.

There is a condition that seems like a severe worsening of that, that a small percentage of ASD people get, but that condition is apparently pretty obvious since it gets to the point of affecting daily living (survival) skills.

I have this problem but I had assumed it was just an AS thing? I don't have a voice in my head, I rarely have thoughts in my mind, it is usually peaceful and quite yet I know very well I am smart... I have talked to my girlfriend and friends and family and all the NTs in my life say they have a constant flow of mental noise and thoughts...I don't. So is this normal with anyone else? I am able to think and problem solve when I really need to but some days are harder then others, I call them "aspie" days as my social skills are worse on these days aswell. Caffeine greatly boosts my performance in all areas for me tho when I drink it, but I try not to too often as I don't want my body to get addicted... but it's been the best helper, especially socially, getting my brain to perform at the speed i want.

I have this problem as well, but possibly to a lesser extent as it only seems to become an issue during talks or lectures (unfriendly usually)
when I know for a fact that I could say something relevant but my brain just shuts down, the same thing when I experience any sort
of largely emotional or opinionated speech towards or specifically about me.

i find the spacing out to be benificial actually; it gives me the equivalent of a half-hour powernap in just a few minutes, or it allows my brain to go fully 200% overdrive on a single thought; both making me better capable of handling the situation i'm in more efficiently when i 'return to the living'.
this only becomes a problem if i try to take notes indeed, although i usually remember spoken words better if they were spoken while spaced, or dangerous if it happens in traffic...

Trying to watch myself think seems kind of like the centipede who tried to watch himself walk: he fell over paralyzed, not knowing which foot came next.

When I want to solve a problem, I don't really do logic chains, I believe. I look at the problem, and after I've done that for a while, I'll see the answer (or maybe I won't: in which case I eventually give up). I don't see anything inside my head while I'm looking at the problem, though. I can do logic problems by making charts on paper, but that isn't the same kind of thing, and there's nothing in my head that I can write on and retain that way (I can visualize writing on a surface, but what I've put down doesn't stay there when I go to another part of the problem.)

"spacing out"? YEAH! Unable to think? NO!

I used to zone out a lot as a kid and I would have problems processing things. Have you looked into inattentive ADHD or SCT? Inattentive ADHD is like the opposite of hyperactive ADHD. There's more fogginess in thinking, learning and a lot more tiredness. It's been found that when the brain must be alert it's in a sleep mode and the opposite is true when it's in rest.
SCT is like severe inattentive ADHD. It's stands for Sluggish Cognitive Tempo.

That's one thing to look into.

I have combined ADHD and I'm just coming down from a hyperactive burst so I feel really inattentive today. Not really wanting to do much reading, really pushing myself to get things done.
I'm medicated most days which helps me 'get' things a lot easier.

Question: do people who feel like this have less sensory issues? When I was younger I was hyposensitive to everything but now I'm hypersensitive and I never stop thinking. The only time I zone out is when I get so absorbed in a thought.

If you say that you can't think is it that you can't focus or are too close minded to figure something out?

looking out in the skies is indees something very common..., i'm gonna stare at Jupiter in one hour of wheather conditions allow me