Hands up who's done this?
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So I get in the shower in a foul mood. Don't know why. I'm obsessing over some problem or other. Something's pissing me right off.
(You know, to the degree where I could quite easily wash my face with shampoo or something.)
5 minutes in, it's gone.
There's nothing on my mind. I'm not ecstatic or anything, just a bit blank.
😐
So then, this little voice pops up in my head and says,
“It's a bit quiet in here. Now, what was I fretting about?”
…and I catch myself delving around in my brain desperately trying to re-fucking-activate my worries!!!!
What's THAT all about?!
😂
Just me?
We have a perfectly good, expertly evolved, absolutely genius, personally tailored mental self-clearing mechanism that we all take for granted.
Our psychology is just as beautifully homeostatic as our pancreas, or our blood, or our lungs.
Stop fiddling around in the machinery, people – you'll lose a finger in there!
💟
Giles
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