When I over think, like a non stop working machine, over worked, tired but can't stop, it was emotionally distressing and over accumulative time it could lead to a darker and confused life.
I am aware that scattered confused thoughts leads to afflicted suffering but despite knowing this, why can't I let the thought go so easily? I realised I am had this problem that i'm attached to just the process of thinking (regardless what the topic is), that I am scare of letting it go, because I felt the need to hold on to thoughts otherwise I would lose thoughts and the existence of it in my world. And losing existence becomes really scary as I was afraid of the sense of void or loneliness.
However, this is entirely not true. This complex had caused me enough problems.
So what helped me in this distressful attached to thought state?
1) Meditation: even though I just meditate for a short period of time, it really helped me to calm and still the mind, and yet focus/concentrate the mind so that scattered mind is reduced.
2) Have trust that it's alright not to think, and that "everything is ok", so that we can let go of thoughts and with a better state of mind solve it more effectively in the future.
3) Know that a cultivated (non-scattered, calm and tranquil mind set) is actually the most important thing in the world. It may not seem like it in worldly sense, but in terms of spirituality, cultivated mind is the important thing here and in the future. Note that it doesn't mean you don't have to be not practical and get on with your daily life, it means not to be engulf with thoughts.
"When the mind is still, everything falls back into it's right place"
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