Can't See The Forest For The Trees (Bottom-Up Thinking)

I understand how you feel with having a busy brain, people often think because I’m quiet, there is nothing going on. It’s quite the opposite. I’ve become quiet because there is no space on my hard drive for speech. We don’t seem to have a ‘spam’ filter, everything floods in until the brain is overwhelmed.

I would give anything for a spam filter. I have days where I just want it to stop because it's just too much.

Have you found anything that helps you? 

Pikl - this is the thing that I am currently engaged with ie active investigation and testing.

H E A L T H W A R N I N G - Some of this is probably pretty dumb for all manner of reasons.  I'm not advocating that anyone else should try this stuff, I am merely reporting what I have been looking at / playing with.

Pikl said:

Have you found anything that helps you? 

1.  Music.

Different types, different volumes, different beats, different principal instruments, different moods.

2.  Breathing

Paying attention, ignoring, being mindful, hyper ventilating, holding, speed and duration of intake or exhale.

3.  Forward motion

Speed, mode of transport, visual and auditory input during, distance, duration, setting.

4.  Sleep

Deprivation, excess, different settings, different times, different durations.

Added to that mix, up until 7 months ago, was booze.  I can now, definitely say, that from my perspective, booze worked VERY effectively as a spam filter for me.  However, I can also say that bleach probably does clean your insides too - but that most certainly does not make it a sensible thing to do - my booze consumption falls under this same logic.

At this point in my journey of self-exploration, I am coming to the conclusion that "what works" not only depends on the individual - but also on which way the flipping wind is blowing !!  All of the above list and their sub-parts - in various combinations - at various times - have proved useful to me.

To be perfectly honest, however, I am finding that "unhealthy" and "unnatural" sleep deprivation is enabling me to find a place of calm, focus and concentration most reliably.  However, I need to waste 24 hours to approach this sacred spot of circa 25-35 hours awake when I seem to hit optimal thought and focus performance....and then effectively waste a further 12-16 hours lost in VERY deep sleep.

Like I say - don't try this at home folks (and Pikl)......although we are a like in many ways.....I tend to feel that I really am a very peculiar snowflake!

Pikl - this is the thing that I am currently engaged with ie active investigation and testing.

H E A L T H W A R N I N G - Some of this is probably pretty dumb for all manner of reasons.  I'm not advocating that anyone else should try this stuff, I am merely reporting what I have been looking at / playing with.

Pikl said:

Have you found anything that helps you? 

1.  Music.

Different types, different volumes, different beats, different principal instruments, different moods.

2.  Breathing

Paying attention, ignoring, being mindful, hyper ventilating, holding, speed and duration of intake or exhale.

3.  Forward motion

Speed, mode of transport, visual and auditory input during, distance, duration, setting.

4.  Sleep

Deprivation, excess, different settings, different times, different durations.

Added to that mix, up until 7 months ago, was booze.  I can now, definitely say, that from my perspective, booze worked VERY effectively as a spam filter for me.  However, I can also say that bleach probably does clean your insides too - but that most certainly does not make it a sensible thing to do - my booze consumption falls under this same logic.

At this point in my journey of self-exploration, I am coming to the conclusion that "what works" not only depends on the individual - but also on which way the flipping wind is blowing !!  All of the above list and their sub-parts - in various combinations - at various times - have proved useful to me.

To be perfectly honest, however, I am finding that "unhealthy" and "unnatural" sleep deprivation is enabling me to find a place of calm, focus and concentration most reliably.  However, I need to waste 24 hours to approach this sacred spot of circa 25-35 hours awake when I seem to hit optimal thought and focus performance....and then effectively waste a further 12-16 hours lost in VERY deep sleep.

Like I say - don't try this at home folks (and Pikl)......although we are a like in many ways.....I tend to feel that I really am a very peculiar snowflake!