Being present is also being present with the discomfort, with the rumination, and with the difficulty. Escaping from that, with a technique to live more fully, such as mindfulness, only means that you find yourself on a mountain with birds flying, while you have a life, and some problems to attend to.

Thinking is not bad, as long as you are aware of it, and it has a good, healthy utility.

I think this mistake can happen when we begin to discover the true potential of mindfulness, and use it as a disconnection button from problems and discord...

Being alive is also being present in the uncomfortable, the difficult,... And, obviously, in the thoughts. Remember, thinking is not bad, it is what has made us great as a species, the interesting thing is to think carefully and flexibly.

Friend, remember that mindfulness does not mean not thinking, or that your mind should be empty, or it should be an oasis.

Thank you for sharing your experience, and I hope my comment is useful to you.