psychoanalysis

Reality comes to us in a raw and unprocessed form, often too intense, complex, or overwhelming for the mind to fully grasp. The mind processes reality, softening it through thought production. 

Grotstein: What we believe we experience is a kind of virtual reality. 
a "virtual reality"—a Reality that is "virtued/laundered" by the refractions of light created by fantasy, imagination, illusion, and symbolism. 

Thinking is a tool for thought production. Sometimes no matter how much you think, nothing comes out of it. Because it is still raw and has time to cook.