...and then my id told my superego to shove it

Thinking Too Much

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by , 10-21-2010 at 06:04 AM (272 Views)
At home, being the only intuitive one means I hear the following all the damn time:

"You think too much."

Admittedly, that is somewhat true. Sometimes I can't get out of my head at all. I'm stuck there. I don't know any other way to be, even.

However, is it not a good thing to approach life from a skeptical and analytical perspective? I don't think surface information should be accepted at face value at all. When people are speaking to me, I note in my mind what they are saying, and then I ask myself, "What do they really mean?" When I watch a television show, I look for influences from other shows, symbolism, (oftentimes the costumes will literally reflect a character's journey from "rags to riches" or something like that) etc.

Now, at school, I never hear that I think too much at all. I hear these things.
"You are very intelligent. What is your major. What do you want to do?" (Implied: I could be doing anything.)
"You are so insightful."
"You ask the right questions."
etc.

Well, damn. I wish I could have skipped everything else and went right to college. It would have made me feel like I was at Hogwarts or something, a magical place that just happened to be perfectly fit for me.

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Updated 10-26-2010 at 07:24 AM by rowingineden

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Comments

  1. waterviolet's Avatar
    I'm happy for you! Until recently I had never heard those things...I'd only get the "You think too much" feedback! It feels good to know other people appreciate you and beyond that, they may even understand you! How great is that!
  2. rowingineden's Avatar
    It is nice to have a whole community of people who, like me, are interested in the world, ask questions, and think about things. Also, some of my professors now that see my intellect and potential may eventually be the people who get me whatever job launches my career.
  3. Raichan's Avatar
    ''However, is it not a good thing to approach life from a skeptical and analytical perspective? I don't think surface information should be accepted at face value at all.''
    Yes it helps being a skeptcal cynic, even when you feel like saying,''shut up!!'' to the ones who are cynical about the way one intuitively sees things.

    Surface information shouldn't be accepted at face value or else there would be risks of getting brainwashed/ adapting values that are of no use at all. It is good to view things that way, so that we can discern deception from media, human nature and even globalization itself.

    Yes I know I'm such a cynic But it's the truth.
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