"The ability to think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost."

I don't know how to wrap my mind around that one.

I hope it doesn't mean that the ability to not think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at no emotional cost.

The thing is, because of the nature of thought, I always think about things that are not happening. Yet still, at any time of the day or night, I also find myself not thinking about what is not happening. Because I am writing this post, not thinking about what is not happening is something that is definitely not happening right now, and thank God for that, or I would be in a hall of mirrors.

Perhaps I should try not to think about it.

Huh?

Have you ever consciously tried not thinking about not thinking about what is not happening?

As the slogan goes, freedom is not without cost.

Especially the freedom to think about what is not happening.