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Sorry but i have to get this off my chest.

This fits me so well. I wonder how many nights i have simply wished i could think less. That is, stop twisting old events hoping to grab some new insights, or ruminate about whats to come given X Y and Z.

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Maybe you might view that as strength, something about your brain chemistry that lets you achieve deeper insight than your peers, and makes you a better innovator? I say this as someone like you, who replays events in the past or future, over and over to gain deep insights (or maybe confirmation biases), and i also wonder if it is related to my seratonin-dopamine imbalances (i have adhd), as it is very clear that my obsession with understanding the why behind the world is not normal and i wish i could just let it be

Meditate. It won't fix everything but it helps.

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