I Prefer Listening To My Own Thoughts Over Books/Movies

[Jon86]

Anyone else? It seems I prefer to listen to my own inner voice, my own ideas, my own dreams than someone else's nowadays.

I do listen to music a fair bit but it's just a stimulant for my thoughts.

I almost never read books anymore and probably only watch 1 movie a month. I never play video games at all unless they are repetitive (sports games) where my mind is still free to wander, even that is rare.

I suppose I watch a fair bit of youtube but i'm pausing videos constantly to take time outs to daydream/think before I finish them. The dreams I create in my own mind are far superior to any movie. I am constantly trying to better understand the myself, the world around me and my place in it. I'm basically lost in thought for most of the day, even when watching a video i'm rarely present, my mind is often elsewhere. It's a strange feeling, I used to feel trapped by it but now in a way i'm starting to feel free.

 

[TooConscious]

Good for you... I think answers from within yourself are infinitely more valuable than anything you learn from hearing beig taught or buying.

 

[Good4Nothing]

I can't be alone with my thoughts anymore.
My mind goes to dark places.
I need something to listen to, background noise, at all times.
Lately I can't even get to sleep because my brain won't shut the hell up.

 

[262653]

Sometimes, but usually I need a reference point, someplace to start from. Movies and video games usually help with that, but so is any new experience, like talking to strangers or cooking meat.

 

[Good4Nothing]

... like talking to strangers or cooking meat.

Or talking to meat and cooking strangers.

 

[262653]

Or talking to meat and cooking strangers.

I'm quite sure that these activities would give plenty food for thought.

Which reminds me. In Jade Empire there was a cooking recipe for human leg. I really liked that game.

 

[BPD Barbie]

I'm often lost in my own head but it's neither nice nor voluntarily. I can't stand being with my own thoughts. I wish I could just enjoy my time with myself but it feels like torture.

 

[SpinningSong]

Anyone else? It seems I prefer to listen to my own inner voice, my own ideas, my own dreams than someone else's nowadays.

I do listen to music a fair bit but it's just a stimulant for my thoughts.

I almost never read books anymore and probably only watch 1 movie a month. I never play video games at all unless they are repetitive (sports games) where my mind is still free to wander, even that is rare.

I suppose I watch a fair bit of youtube but i'm pausing videos constantly to take time outs to daydream/think before I finish them. The dreams I create in my own mind are far superior to any movie. I am constantly trying to better understand the myself, the world around me and my place in it. I'm basically lost in thought for most of the day, even when watching a video i'm rarely present, my mind is often elsewhere. It's a strange feeling, I used to feel trapped by it but now in a way i'm starting to feel free.

Feel ya

 

[Xocoyotziin]

I used to. There's not much up there to ponder anymore. But entertaining my monkey brain with mmos while I'd space out and daydream used to be my jam. I can also empathize with the serial movie pausing , I like to imagine all of the characters' feelings and put them in hypothetical situations in my head to get a better feeling for who they are outside of just the actor's portrayal of them.

Independent thought is a rare gift that many people out there are out to steal. Don't give it up ever.

 

[purplesmoothie]

Me too. Exactly

 

[GrumpyFrog]

I used to be like that since I was a little kid, and up until I experienced a psychotic episode and had to be medicated. I think the meds permanently broke something inside of me (or was it the psychosis itself?), and now my imagination doesn't really work, I don't get many new ideas and tend to get stuck on the same depressing thoughts going in circles when there aren't any outside stimulants. I still find most movies and videogames boring though, so my life got pretty boring overall. So I'm kind of jealous of you, it's a great feeling to be lost in thoughts, if they aren't super dark. No matter where you are and what you're doing, your mind is always your best companion - that's awesome.

 

[Lupgevif]

I like both. Things made from other people can always add something new to what I already have in mind.