Thinking: try to see what happens when you turn it off.
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I have a (completely unproven) hypothesis that a lot of the self-talk we experience is a direct reaction to the fuckcluster of sensory overload you get from living in cities.
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Almost all sensory input provides some kind of behavioural cue:
"Nasty smell, avoid."
"Sound of familiar people, safety." - "Sound of unfamiliar people, danger."
Etc. etc.
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If you keep all the channels open, you are prone to going psychotic. Latent inhibition keeps you sane.
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It's not the only risk factor for psychosis, but it's a fairly big one for many groups.
That little, deluded voice in your head? "For your own good."
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brain is a radio, three pound reciever
seven billion stations all leak out my speakers
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It's getting hard to go to sleep at night
And hard to get up in the morning
I tell myself, I'm going too hard, too rash, too long, too long
But this is not the truth
There's no sign of no big break down
It's just these little things that keep putting me of the track
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My internal chatter stops nearly 100% if I'm away from people.
Literally 100% if I have no impending tasks.
Around people/at work, it's constant.
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An emotional reaction is a task to do.
A thought is a task notification.
Enough notifications, and the signal becomes cacophonous.
Oversimplified, but not by much...
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