> I can’t understand what people mean with “let your thoughts float by”. For me, noticing them is synonymous with interrupting them, and it feels like I’m suppr

> I can’t understand what people mean with “let your thoughts float by”. For me, noticing them is synonymous with interrupting them, and it feels like I’m suppressing them most of the time. The way this works for me, say, when I meditate, is to acknowledge a thought and put it in a box labelled "for later". I'm not ignoring it, I'm just dealing with it when I _want to_, not when my anxiety kicks in or when my brain tries to fill the silence in my head. If it's important, I'll remember it. I still suck at this, but I'm somewhat better than I used to be. So, it's a bit like exercise, and one can get better with time. It's also very personal (ymmv). Again, this way of looking at it worked for _me_.