Who would think that being intelligent could cause suffering and unhappiness? Yet, I often see people in my practice who complain of thinking too much. They say their minds give them no respite, not even at night. They are fed up with these doubts, these questions, this acute awareness of things, their heightened senses that miss no detail. They would like to switch off their minds, but above all, they suffer from feeling different, misunderstood, and hurt by today's world.
Who would think that being intelligent could cause suffering and unhappiness? Yet, I often see people in my practice who complain of overthinking. They say their minds give them no respite, not even at night. They're fed up with these doubts, these questions, this acute awareness of things, their heightened senses that miss no detail. They'd like to switch off their minds, but what they suffer from most is feeling different, misunderstood, and hurt by today's world. They often conclude with: "I'm not from this planet!" This book offers lessons in the mechanics and piloting of these overactive brains.
