My thoughts don't come with an off switch. Any of you twice exceptionals having this problem?

Something I've been thinking about, and thinking about making a post on. My thoughts don't come with an off switch. At least they don't come with an off switch the way most people think of it. I know everybody can have a tendency to dwell on things, but that's not the same. In the past, when people would say, "Just stop thinking about it," I usually just chalked that up to being a useless piece of advice—harmless, perhaps even irritating, but not helpful. It never actually occurred to me they were serious.

When I realized people were serious, it was a bit of an epiphany for me. What! People can just stop thinking about something, even if they're interested in it? With an act of will? That NEVER happens with me. The more interest I have, the more unlikely it is that I'm going to be able to stop thinking about it until I'm done with it. I think this needs to be mentioned more often when people are looking for red flags on divergent thinking. It seems to be one of the ones that isn't mentioned enough.