I believe that.
Personally, I absolutely love thinking about shit and look for opportunities to do it as often as possible. In fact, sometimes I’ll go for quiet walks in the woods and just think about things for hours and hours, and have a great time!
And I know I’ve tried to explain that to people and afterwards they treat me like an actual alien lol
As someone who highly values spending time just thinking, it does take a level of privilege to do so. If your needs aren’t met, or your life isn’t safe/secure, letting the mind wander is giving it the ability to latch onto these distressing topics and create loops of anxiety and stress.
As much as I value spending my time thinking, I also value ways of shutting my brain off so that I don’t have another panic attack about how I can’t afford groceries yet or not knowing if my housing situation is secure. I can’t feel like my life is collapsing if I distract myself.
And more people than not are struggling to make ends meet, so I imagine more people than not have stresses they need to put out of mind, just to retain their sanity.
