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I was/am a very slow thinker, and I've never met anyone with higher task switching costs, around 15 I learned how to be clever and quick witted. In high school
by fellowniusmonk 3y ago
I was/am a very slow thinker, and I've never met anyone with higher task switching costs, around 15 I learned how to be clever and quick witted.
In high school I got really into drama and improv, to succeed at improv AT ALL I had to effectively have to be in an altered mental state. When I am being quick witted my brain is literally functioning differently, there is no truth, no data, no thoughtfulness, it's stream of conscious ejected straight from my brain.
Mentally it's not unlike skiing a steep slope but the single internal directive isn't "oh shit, stay up" but "oh shit, entertain", it's not even an active thought per se, just an internal bent.
Fortunately my inner dialog and thought life isn't racist, evil or cruel, as no filter is no filter.
Before I learned that I had the capacity for this mental modality, I didn't even know it existed, I finally made the break through during "improv training" sessions and the "flight" response that caused me to stutter and choke just spontaneously disappeared, I'm not sure if everyone has the capacity.
I usually engage in slow thinking, in highly social situations where I'm "On", it still feels like flying down a ski slope, fun, very mentally "on" and damn scary.
- tinfoil3843 3y agoI do the same, but I slightly modify this. Sometimes I respond fast, but a lot of times I like to say “I have an idea that is not thought out but what if…” and go on. That gives me time to process it and I can bounce a terrible idea out of others and I can say “ok yeah like I said I didn’t think it through but it was a bad idea” or it can be refined and clarified. I use the group to think it through with me. It helps.