Twin flames aren’t thinking about each other consciously 24/7. It’s more like you’re tuned into each other’s energy all the time, a background hum that’s always on, draining your mental battery.
But just because you are not consciously thinking about them doesn’t mean you are not constantly connected:
You can try redirecting your focus, but the second your mind wanders, you’re right back to them. Those random, no-trigger thoughts could be their energy hitting you. The bond activates when one thinks of the other, so some of those moments might be their feelings bleeding through.
It does settle, though. The intensity fades as you acclimate and do inner work (that helped me stop the compulsive checking). The panic eases up.
But at a soul level, that connection stays. Two halves of the same whole, you can’t fully switch it off.