A thought that is creatively made up in your head about one thing or another. This only really bothers me because I have somehow chosen the topic of something that interests me a lot and I know the thought/idea is comepletely insane and not at all a chance of being true in one thousandths percent chance in the world. How do you just ignore that?

In the usual way.

[pachyderm]

Originally Posted by LabLover23

A thought that is creatively made up in your head about one thing or another. This only really bothers me because I have somehow chosen the topic of something that interests me a lot and I know the thought/idea is comepletely insane and not at all a chance of being true in one thousandths percent chance in the world. How do you just ignore that?

Maybe there is a grain of truth in your wild thought, and you could concentrate on finding what that is...

[Perna]

I had such a thought (it related to something that was true 20+ years previously but wasn't anymore when I was having the thought) and began to look at "when" I had the thought, what I was doing/thinking so I could see what purpose the thought served. It turned out I seemed to think it when I didn't know what to say to another :-) and wanted to start a conversation; it was kind of a what-do-you-do-when-you-don't-know-what-to-do response.

I worked on fixing the initial problem that was "causing" the thought and the thought went away because it wasn't needed.

[FooZe]

Originally Posted by LabLover23

A thought that is creatively made up in your head about one thing or another.

You mean there's some other kind?!

I guess I look for the method in my madness.

[50guy]

Insane thoughts......................I have those all the time, generally I just try to divert my attention to something else. If I acted on those thoughts I'd be in a lot of trouble.