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Ask HN: How to Learn 'To Think'?

61 points cannnot_think | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.225s | source

I am writing this desperate to find out what to do. Most of my life, I have been 'listening' passively, without thinking. I don't have an internal monologue. I had a neuropsych evaluation which commented on my poor memory and inability to think.

How do I learn how 'to think'? How do I learn to create an internal dialogue to comment on my surroundings and tasks?

I am hoping for a book recommendation, or maybe a blog post. I've heard that Ulysses is a stream-of-consciousness book, but I have not checked it out.

I would hope that books help - but I have read a lot of books and still don't think. I am hoping for a tutorial or something to practice.

1. tylerchilds ◴[22 Oct 24 11:12 UTC] No.41913144[source]▶
this might be out of the blue, but have you tried music?

i’m 35 and only got into music a couple years ago— not from a sheet music, but from play

i think the same neurological pathways you use to sequence musical tonality is the same as stringing any sequence of thought together.

my hypothesis as to why reading hasn’t helped train thought— the way people write isn’t how they think. it appears words go from their brain to the page, but there’s so much thought that goes into making the flow of their content more like music than their raw brain feed.

good luck!