why do people tend to hold their heads when they’re thinking?
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Your head has a lot of extremely sensitive nerves, it’s the second most sensitive to touch place on your body. If you want to focus on thinking then you need to drive out the input from the environment around you, and one way to do it is by focusing on a single strong sensual stimulus so that it can “overshadow” the other things you perceive and allow you to look inwards, which we do kinda instinctively by looking into a single point in space, concentrating on the background hum, or by focusing on the sensation of your hand touching your face.
Another thing is that being touched on the head by someone close generally calms us and might relieve the anxiety of not knowing something or lower the stress caused by the need to find a solution to a problem or by remembering a certain information, and you know touching yourself is always the second best thing you can get if there isn’t anyone else to do that for you
Alright, kiddo! Let’s think about this step by step:
1. **Comfort:** Holding our heads can feel comfy, just like hugging a teddy bear.
2. **Concentration:** It can help some people focus on their thoughts better.
3. **Stress Relief:** Sometimes, when thinking hard, our heads might feel tight or heavy. Holding it helps a bit.
4. **Body Language:** Without realizing, we show others we’re deep in thought.
So, holding our heads while thinking can be a mix of comfort, helping us focus, feeling better, and showing others we’re thinking hard!
I would say probably because looking up means looking at something benign to help you zone out and focus better. Sky is blue, my ceiling is white. Less distractions
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