So...there's this thing my head does when someone mentions something anywhere near my areas of expertise, where my head will immediately begin tracing out how it works - what it interacts with - what the base requirements are - possible attack vectors - mitigative strategies - unless I suppress this reflexive thought pattern by force.

Is there a term for this?

@munin it's called "racing thoughts" and regardless of what it's a symptom of there are magical pills that help slow it down a drop without any other cognitive effects.
but there are plenty of non medical ways to "reign in" the flow gently. much of meditation is learning​ how to, at times, choose your thoughts as opposed to them choosing you.

never-the-less as someone who hardly took any medication OTC or otherwise until now, I'm a big fan of the magical pills