Overthinking.

Thinkin'
Steve Forbert

Well, don't ya go thinkin' and thinkin' and thinkin'
And thinkin' so much til you're stranded behind
Don't ya go thinkin' and thinkin' and thinkin'
And thinkin' so much til you're losin' your mind

There's so many depressions all plowed in your brain
Trace 'em too far and they'll drive you insane
You're twisted so tight now, you hardly can talk
Get out in the daylight and go for a walk

And, don't ya go thinkin' and thinkin' and thinkin'
And thinkin' so much til you're stranded behind
Don't ya go thinkin' and thinkin' and thinkin'
And thinkin' so much til you're losin' your mind

All the tension inside has gone through to your face
You're flashin' your madness all over the place
You stand in the hallway an' try to explain
I look in your eyes, I see shackles an' chains,

(Harmonica solo)

You're chasin' some notion you've misunderstood
You're tryin' so hard, can't you tell it's no good?
You analyze everything into a "No"
You're fallin' apart, you got nothing to show

And, don't ya go thinkin' and thinkin' and thinkin'
And thinkin' so much til you're stranded behind
Don't ya go thinkin' and thinkin' and thinkin'
And thinkin' so much til you're losin' your mind

Pentacle queen wrote:
"But basic understanding is just as much a form of delusion as any more 'complex' forms of thought. A basic thought is still a distortion of our sense experience"

what do you mean by this, that there is no such thing as knowledge?

Life just is - everything else is just our interpretation of it.

Marriage, Morals, Laws, Committements, Goals, attachments etc...are creations of our own minds. When we 'overthink' things, are we not thinking about these creations of our own minds (or other peoples minds)?

We feel, and those feelings, while they exist, are generally based on our interpretation of occurrences in life, pitted against the creations of our own minds.

...often those creations of our own minds become more 'real' than the simple fact that life is, and more real than our own basic human nature/physiology/spirituality.

Is a 'cheating spouse' bad? Or is he/she searching for happiness / trying to fill a void in their life....or does he/she have a distorted 'view' of life (creations of ones own mind?). What if the spouse doesn't like what he/she is doing, think's it's wrong, and is still doing it anyway? Why does it happen this way, and what does it have to do with creations of our own minds Vs our basic human nature / physiology / spirituality ?

Probably many other questions that one could ask...most likely not even along the lines of what I asked above

Over thinking is when your thinking hinders your action. If you intend to do nothing, you cannot overthink.