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Originally Posted by charles brough
I've noticed that I cannot think as long as I repeat a single word over and over again. This is because thinking is the use of language itself. When we think, we form the very words themselves in our minds. We cannot think without doing that!
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When I try the endless repetition of a single word to block thoughts from my brain, the opposite happens. Sometimes I will review schedules, reminisce about various homes I've had, wonder about people I haven't heard from lately, or go through a check of the current condition of my health, sometimes pretty much all at the same time.
I do not, no matter how many times I repeat a word, assume that other people have the same mental result I have. I rather enjoy having my own mental processes and facilities, and wish people would stop trying to tell me what I think or how I think.
I hereby promise not to tell you how to think or how you already do think if you will recognize my individuality and extend the same courtesy and simple human decency to me. Is that possible?
--lemit
