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i'm brand new to this. Therefore, attempt to exercise patience with me in my antiquated communication systems. My desired goal is to expand the language with which we think and communicate. I believe we're capable of deeper levels of thought.
I think we all do have deeper levels of thought, the problem we have is communicating those thoughts in a way that is understood by others
In my case it's alcohol-induced incoherence! []
What do you mean by "deeper"? If you mean "more profound", then I would agree that most people do not think about things as much as they could (or should?).
My desired goal is to expand the language with which we think and communicate. I believe we're capable of deeper levels of thought.
Maybe related to Paul's later response, but there is the maxim that thought is the death of action (it is something that I often find myself, that I am so good at thinking about every possible angle to something, that I can think of all the risks in every possible action, so tend to avoid taking any of the risks, instead of just turning a blind eye to some of the risks, and not thinking about them).
By, "what would you put this down to" i mean do you think it's a personal trait, a form of neurosis, personal defence mechanism or what, there must be a reason why people do this.
Quote from: paul.fr on 10/07/2007 12:51:40By, "what would you put this down to" i mean do you think it's a personal trait, a form of neurosis, personal defence mechanism or what, there must be a reason why people do this.It is arguable that any habit, if it is taken to an extreme, is a form of neurosis - but no doubt DoctorBeaver will have an opinion about that.I think it is more about each of us having different talents, and we use the talents we are given to offset the areas where we lack talent. We are good thinkers, so we use that as far as we can take it to allow for other areas where we may be less adequate, and sometimes we take it too far, because it is still what we are most comfortable doing.
Quote from: paul.fr on 10/07/2007 12:51:40By, "what would you put this down to" i mean do you think it's a personal trait, a form of neurosis, personal defence mechanism or what, there must be a reason why people do this.It is arguable that any habit, if it is taken to an extreme, is a form of neurosis - but no doubt DoctorBeaver will have an opinion about that.
I totally agree. One only has to look at how disruptive to the sufferer's life OCDs are. But is what you & Paul have described a habit?Thinking too much (?) about something rather than acting could be a sign of indecision, caution, or even fear. I certainly would not class those as habits.