Attention to thoughts

After a brief conversation with someone, I wanted to find out about attention to thoughts in autistic people. Quite often when faced with too many options for something, say, a task, I don't know where to start, all options are shouting just as loudly as each other. I think this is the same for thoughts. I can get fixated on something insignificant which seems to shout loudly but when this shift moves to something else such as existential matters, this shouts just as loud. It does often feel like my brain is full to the brim like a room full of people chattering away. And I don't know which conversation to join. It's like I have difficulty prioritising what's a little thought or problem to what is a big thought or problem. 

I found this link really interesting but I haven't checked the references properly yet.

https://embrace-autism.com/autism-and-disorganized-thoughts/

I just wondered if anyone can relate to it or if you had any comments.

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  • imagine quipu

    your thoughts are like strings in quipu

    when you add a conclusion to particular chain of thoughts, you make a knot on a particular string, they all flow with you through time, and behind you turn into your memories

    don't forgot to crossreference for stability and easier finding /locating

    I imagine it like that, to instill some order