Ahmed Shaami
Being a deep thinker can be challenging in the society where there are materialistic values. The consumerist society kills deep thinking and cultivates ignorance and shuns people from questioning themselves ad the world they live in.
This is a big reason people avoid thinking deeply about the things and end up lonely and unaccomplished. As a deep thinker, you have to face so many struggles but it has a drawback that you are mostly unaware of.
Following are the few struggles that as a deep thinker you can relate to:
Lack of meaningful conversation:
One of the main struggles of deep thinkers is the lack of meaningful conversations. It is not easy to talk to someone about things that actually matter, therefore, deep thinkers often end up alone as the prefer loneliness to forced conversations.
Profound frustration with modern society:
The ignorance and superficiality of modern society often make you think that there is no future for human race. It happens when you deeply realize that the human race is constantly moving away from their true values and do not reflect on the world’s problems. As a deep thinker, you get genuinely concerned and disappointed with all the injustice that is going on around and you think you as the only one person cannot do much to change things as they are.
Failing to take real action:
When you think deeply, you become highly aware of your own emotion. But for deep thinkers, it is a lot of struggle to take action when it is actually required. Because a theoretical mind prefers to live in their own head and remain engaged in their thoughts. This stops the deep thinker from taking real actions.
Overanalyzing things:
It is often hard for a deep thinker to stay away from overthinking because you tend to overanalyze everything. You think a lot about your behavior, actions, and thinking. It often makes you find mistakes and flaws in yourself which do not actually exist. This makes you have negative opinions about yourself and worry too much on insignificant things.
Not taking interest in aspirations that are common:
When as a deep thinker you find others not having a depth in their conversation, you don’t take interest in the aspirations that are common among people. The common talk about the everyday activities usually irritates you and you feel like your time is getting wasted.
These are the reasons that can prevent deep thinkers from succeeding in life, therefore, if you think of yourself as a deep thinker, pay attention to all the behaviors. This attitude can stop you from moving forward to achieve your goals and you must change in order to live a better life.
