I specifically experience this when doing conscious, deliberate thought. In particular if it strains the bounds of my current skills, or my working memory. This most often involves thinking strategically in a careful way (i.e. I get this when playing Chess).
Yes.
When I’m writing characters or imagining talking to people I know (i.e. simulating another person in my head, or pretending to be another person) I also get a headache if I keep it up for over an hour.
Not sure, but suspect no.
For me this is actually something that cuts me twice. Because it’s a signal that I’m hitting the limits of my ability, I then get anxiety on top of the cognitive strain (“what if I’m not good enough to do this?”). This of course both adds to the cognitive strain and causes aversive negative feelings to be associated with the experience.
As an example, I just got done with a Go game where I spent quite a bit of time thinking worried about my performance in an ‘even’ game, only to realize at the end that I’d gotten beaten embarrassingly badly. This caused a burst of anxiety which forced me to take a break. (Nevertheless I plan to go back and analyze what I did wrong.)
Yes.
Not sure, but suspect no.
For me this is actually something that cuts me twice. Because it’s a signal that I’m hitting the limits of my ability, I then get anxiety on top of the cognitive strain (“what if I’m not good enough to do this?”). This of course both adds to the cognitive strain and causes aversive negative feelings to be associated with the experience.
As an example, I just got done with a Go game where I spent quite a bit of time thinking worried about my performance in an ‘even’ game, only to realize at the end that I’d gotten beaten embarrassingly badly. This caused a burst of anxiety which forced me to take a break. (Nevertheless I plan to go back and analyze what I did wrong.)