24/7 Brain fog?

Naruto_2025 said:

Has anyone found anything that helps?

Meditation has been a lifesaver for me more times than I can count.

I learned about it probably 25 years ago when I was working as a front line IT support engineer, spending most of my time with end users who had computer problems where I had to deal with upset people, sometimes tricky technical issues and social interaction attempts all going on at once so I was in a maelstrom of stress.

With practice it gives you the ability to identify when you are getting really wound up by stress and you can use various techniques to rapidly lower this. Some can take seconds, others 10's of minutes and others take longer (such as windinng down to be able to sleep well).

It isn't necessarily all hippy stuff. I use a technique that lets me use my physical senses to feel how my whole body is responding and can force relaxation of just the shoulders (for a quick unwind), the whole core of the body (the 10 minute version, great for after lunch before heading back into the office battlefield) or top to toe for bedtime.

It is surprising how much sensory info you can tap into with practice and can feel every inch of skin, your muscles and even some internal organs and be able to exert a level of control over these.

By doing these things you are soothing the effects of the anxiety / stress mechanism and it allows your body to relax, which in turn encourages your brain to relax too. The focus of doing these steps also draws the mind away from what is stressing it so also helps.

Combine this with mindfulness to be able to take what is stressing you and steal its power - an awesome combo. It has served me well for many years and allowed me to thrive in very high stress jobs.

Those are the tools I find work best to clear the fog, prevent burn out and give much better quality of life.

Naruto_2025 said:

Has anyone found anything that helps?

Meditation has been a lifesaver for me more times than I can count.

I learned about it probably 25 years ago when I was working as a front line IT support engineer, spending most of my time with end users who had computer problems where I had to deal with upset people, sometimes tricky technical issues and social interaction attempts all going on at once so I was in a maelstrom of stress.

With practice it gives you the ability to identify when you are getting really wound up by stress and you can use various techniques to rapidly lower this. Some can take seconds, others 10's of minutes and others take longer (such as windinng down to be able to sleep well).

It isn't necessarily all hippy stuff. I use a technique that lets me use my physical senses to feel how my whole body is responding and can force relaxation of just the shoulders (for a quick unwind), the whole core of the body (the 10 minute version, great for after lunch before heading back into the office battlefield) or top to toe for bedtime.

It is surprising how much sensory info you can tap into with practice and can feel every inch of skin, your muscles and even some internal organs and be able to exert a level of control over these.

By doing these things you are soothing the effects of the anxiety / stress mechanism and it allows your body to relax, which in turn encourages your brain to relax too. The focus of doing these steps also draws the mind away from what is stressing it so also helps.

Combine this with mindfulness to be able to take what is stressing you and steal its power - an awesome combo. It has served me well for many years and allowed me to thrive in very high stress jobs.

Those are the tools I find work best to clear the fog, prevent burn out and give much better quality of life.