That I also telling me more or less my own stories, living them?
But what about life itself?
I guess, that is for what you have to train yourself, to be aware of “the present moment”, the “NOW”.

I meditate for that reason, but most of the time my mind is to occupied to relax. I’m often busy with the stories just for me, placed in my brain, created right by myself, for myself.

The secret is to not give it up, it definitely calms you down - at least it’s the case for me.

That is one of the best proofs, we have about how we manipulate ourselves and be manipulated easily - by stories - we are listening to, or telling our own brains.

I do think, if we can clarify this for ourselves and be fully aware of that fact, it becomes easier to succeed with a life worth living.