Constantly having thoughts and ideas is both wonderful and stressful.
Obviously having ideas all the time is great, but having a brain that won't shut off means you're a victim to your own restless mind. Whenever and wherever.
It's obsessing over a thought...
Or a future event that may or may not even happen.
And replaying different scenarios, trying to control the uncontrollable.
It's repeating a thought to yourself dozens of times in the shower so you don't forget to make a note of it when you get out.
Or not talking to anyone because that will be a distraction from your current idea and force you to forget it.
It's stopping a conversation mid-sentence to write down a thought, which is almost always completely unrelated to what's currently going on.
It's having half-scribbled notes floating around you at all times that aren't even complete thoughts.
It's dealing with insomnia because, for some reason, your mind is most active when you're desperately trying to sleep.
If you have a brain that won't shut off, you're definitely familiar with waking up at 3 a.m. to write a note to yourself about something you just thought of.
And doing the same an hour later.
Or maybe just repeating the idea over and over again in your head, hoping you'll remember it in the morning.
It means you can't sleep.
Yes, having a brain that won't shut off is exhausting.
And even though it may be frustrating to be stuck in your own head, bouncing around from thought to thought...
Sometimes those thoughts are the best solutions/ideas you've ever had.
