AIBU to think you cannot think of literally nothing?

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Frequency · 08/02/2026 03:10

As in you do not see the word nothing in your mind, or there is not a blank sheet of nothing in your head, but someone has unplugged something important and you can still send a power signal to basic life functions, but your RAM is corrupt and you no longer compute.

IDK how else to explain it but my mind is blown that some people can have nothing, literally nothing, in their mind but not be brain dead.

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Emelene · 08/02/2026 04:06

My husband genuinely says he can! I feel like I constantly have about 25 “tabs” open in my brain and it just clicks between them.

BoredReceptionist · 08/02/2026 03:46

I can’t see images in my head but sadly I do have a constant monologue ongoing. I know people who don’t have either and I can’t imagine how that would feel! Very very quiet I guess.

canklesmctacotits · 08/02/2026 03:35

I think that’s what meditation is for, isn’t it? Emptying your mind so there’s nothing? Impossible, for me. I can’t last more than 2 seconds. They say you should focus on your breathing, how your body feels blah blah - but that’s not nothing is it? Literally a list of things to think about. Apparently being able to think of nothing is nirvana 🤯

Whatifitallgoesright · 08/02/2026 03:30

Its difficult to understand what you mean. I don't know anyone who has 'nothing' in their mind. People who are on heavy medication like hypnotics and anti-psychotics might have nothing but this more an absence.

How do you define 'nothing'?

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