Yes I have mental modes like this. Things I do in my brain to regulate, what you are calling cognitive stimming include listening to the same song over and over, doing a not too challenging jigsaw puzzle, or an easy sudoku. Finding patterns and putting order into chaos. Doing these things is as necessary as tapping my fingers or other stims and I need to do them more when I am struggling with information processing. When I am trying to solve a social or interpersonal or past trauma. So the two can happen at the same time but they are distinct processes.
Yes I have mental modes like this. Things I do in my brain to regulate, what you are calling cognitive stimming include listening to the same song over and over, doing a not too challenging jigsaw puzzle, or an easy sudoku. Finding patterns and putting order into chaos. Doing these things is as necessary as tapping my fingers or other stims and I need to do them more when I am struggling with information processing. When I am trying to solve a social or interpersonal or past trauma. So the two can happen at the same time but they are distinct processes.