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OfflineDistortedEyes
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i seriously think i have ADD or something.
    #5726704 - 06/08/06 01:30 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Most of the time i just can't concentrate, it's if i have a thousand thoughts going on in my head at the same time.

Sometimes in social situations i just can't wait for my turn to speak, i keep trying get a word in, i know when I'm doing it and i keep trying to get my self to shut the fuck up but then it seems like it's my turn to speak so i go to speak then realize someone is still talking and that they had only paused during a sentence.

when I'm doing something I'm usually intensely involved in it and i do whatever I'm doing as fast as i can. It's as if everything can be done 100times faster than people do stuff .

Sometimes I'm pretty hyper, not as much as i was when i was a child though, i was INSANELY hyper as a child. sometimes it's fucking cool though. but no-one seems to be able to keep up with the speed and/or amount of stuff i want to do.

Is there anything i can do to help me concentrate more and get all these thoughts in my head to shut the fuck up for a while. It's not a bad thing all the time but sometime it's just too intense and it can sometimes make me feel drained.

most of the time i can deal with it though,I'm not complaining, its just that my brain is on turbo mode ALL THE TIME.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5726732 - 06/08/06 01:35 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

meditation.

sit down, take some deep breaths and let them fall to normal.

then count to 10 slowly while exhaling. or 5 or 7. time the counting to end when the exhale ends but you want to keep it a fairly slow pace. you also want to breathe naturally for the most part.

you can think all you want as long as you count every single exhale and try to be mindful of the fact that your mind is doing things on its own.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5726758 - 06/08/06 01:42 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Meditation is far from an instant cure to your problem but it will gradually allow you to develop a degree of control over your thoughts. If you stick with a daily routine of meditation you should be able to notice some changes after two weeks or so. It might be difficult for you to get into since your mind sounds super-active but I believe it is the best cure for your problem. While just beginning, don't get frustrated with yourself if you can't quiet your mind for more than a few seconds. Like any skill it takes time to develop, just remember that we all started at that point.

There should be plenty of threads on meditation techniques, just search the boards and try one that seems right for you.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: TheDude]
    #5726778 - 06/08/06 01:47 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

The thing I like about this zen technique is the nuns teaching it to us said that unlike other kinds of Buddhism/meditation it does not matter at all whether you are thinking or not. It is only that you are aware of what is going on and you keep with counting the exhale.

It feels like it sort of puts you in a river, and the river is untamed thoughts. Normally you are swept away but instead you just stand there and count to 10 repeatedly... so the thoughts keep going, and they aren't necessarily dammed up right away or anything, but you are not swept up with them like normal, so in time perhaps you learn to swim....

and you can swim to the top of the river and place a dam in the most gentle waters....

or like how they say the story of the mind as an untamed OX. at first you can't even find it. then you find it and it is very rough. but eventually you tame the ox and ride it to liberation.

they were quite supporting in that with this Zen method you don't need to worry about your thoughts at all, you just count while you are exhaling and the rest comes.

so there's no progress to be made really! all you are doing is counting. and yet progress will be made.


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....I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human......
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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: leery11]
    #5726860 - 06/08/06 02:06 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

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so there's no progress to be made really! all you are doing is counting. and yet progress will be made.




:thumbup:In my experience you eventually get to a point where the mind just doesn't have anything left to throw at you.  As long as you're aware of the game it is playing it can never win.  To go with your river analogy it is as if the mind is a dam, holding back a ton of thoughts.  One has to stand their ground as the flood gates open but after a while only a trickle remains.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: TheDude]
    #5726887 - 06/08/06 02:11 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

my mind has a lot to throw at me.

the jeapordy theme song. endless songs and tv shows and things. you would think all i am is the media. maybe that's true?

that's the kind of focus "problem" I have.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: leery11]
    #5726933 - 06/08/06 02:19 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I hear you.  Sometimes I'll have part of a catchy song stuck in my head and no amount of 'bundling it up and setting it aside' will get rid of it.  Kind of like trying to flick a booger and having it stick on your finger:lol:.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: TheDude]
    #5727039 - 06/08/06 02:37 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

i have had this for my entire life, i have learned to utilise it and hold it in high regards as a skill, or a gift.

although i must admit that sometimes part of that thought, where you think that you could do somthing 100x faster than someone else will lead you to a very short patience with other people, as they are slow and dumb about it....

its a good thing :smile: i swear.

just curious how old are you? as i have gotten older its somewhat waned, where ill be like it for the majority of the day, but towards the end of the day i just dont have the energy.


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"People do it every day, they talk to themselves ... they see themselves as they'd like to be, they don't have the courage you have, to just run with it."


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: TheDude]
    #5727078 - 06/08/06 02:48 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

well it's kinda crazy when you are trying to work out a math problem while thinking of a recipe for some food, with a song in your head and wondering how to play it on the guitar, while listening to the birds chirping outside, and how you could mimic the sound of those birds chirping with a softsynth and then getting a really cool idea for a song and wondering what you could add to the song to make it cooler with random thoughts appearing in between all those other thoughts.  :nut:


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5727081 - 06/08/06 02:48 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

i'm 18


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5727300 - 06/08/06 03:44 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Just try at what you're doing and stop considering the other stuff. Even if you are thinking of other things all the time, you will still be able to do what you're doing if you try.

I personally don't like counting while meditating. I feel like it's contrived and boring. I think of my posture, breathing, and the environment. Finding a place in nature is #1.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5727385 - 06/08/06 04:01 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

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I hear you.  Sometimes I'll have part of a catchy song stuck in my head and no amount of 'bundling it up and setting it aside' will get rid of it.  Kind of like trying to flick a booger and having it stick on your finger:lol:.


exactly

mass brainwashing although i'm not sure what it accomplishes... other than if you have the jeapordy song stuck in your head probably 100,000 other people also do at the exact same time.
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well it's kinda crazy when you are trying to work out a math problem while thinking of a recipe for some food, with a song in your head and wondering how to play it on the guitar, while listening to the birds chirping outside, and how you could mimic the sound of those birds chirping with a softsynth and then getting a really cool idea for a song and wondering what you could add to the song to make it cooler with random thoughts appearing in between all those other thoughts.  :nut:



damn dude are you a cyborg? do those all happen at once? or is rather you are never succeeding in thinking about any one thing, because the math leads to guitar which leads to birds which leads to other things?

if so that's kind of how I was during class last semester.... unless I was stoned (but then i'd think about religion) .....

but if that all happens at the exact same time i'm not sure how that's possible.

one time i was thinking about how to make a song on guitar and started sleep walking about 5 steps (i was very tired) while completely immersed in the thoughts and sort of day-dreaming... then i was like "man i just walked automatically while not at all present in my body, that's pretty neat"


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....I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human......
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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: leery11]
    #5727624 - 06/08/06 05:06 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Theres a lot of different things it could be.
First off it, its obvious you have tons of energy and its relieving itself by bringing up memories.
Energy is a tricky thing to try and conquer, what ive started doing is focusing on the out breath more than the in breath....my chem teacher in high school told our class that it takes more energy to breath out than it does to breath in because of air presure (im pretty sure thats true havnt checked any studies or anything though). The air is pushing down on us and wants to go into our lungs as long as we make our diaphram move in the right way. so focus on pushing all the breath out of your lungs and then letting the air rush in.

Also you could be subconsiously distracting yourself from a larger issue by putting your music on shuffle every 5 seconds so that you dont have to think about whats really bothering you. think about your life and actions youve taken and see if anything in your past bothers you.

trust me, control is great. learning to accept the world and the people in it for who they are with great open arms is even greater (but a shit load harder).


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: leery11]
    #5727644 - 06/08/06 05:12 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah i must be a cyborg lol

Well it seems like most of those thoughts are happening at the same time , it's not like i think of one thing then another it'slike i'm thinking about them all at the same time. This is probably what it is, my thoughts keep jumping around to different subjects but it happens so fast that it seems like they are all happening at the same time, it's freaking crazy.

I have a hard time choosing what kind of career i should have because if it's not full on intensely stimulating stuff i'll just zone out and go away into my head and think of other stuff....lots of stuff.
I'm studying electronic engineering right now but i don't know if it's right for me. I like it but i think there might be too much boring stuff for me to have it as a fulltime career.
I want to be creating stuff.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5727691 - 06/08/06 05:35 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

You say engineering is about boring stuff but most subjects eventually become boring. Without discipline you will most likely get bored of everything unless you turn out to be super good at something right off the bat.

you sure you're not distracting yourself from something?

are you having sex at all? watching porn?
If you watch alot of porn you could be desensitizing yourself to subtle vibrations and constantly craving larger intense ones, forcing yourself into a state of constant over excitement. And if you're not having sex, all those hormones and energies that they bring with them could be going straight to your brain.

If you think you are excited for other reasons definatly find something you can put all of your excitment to and then youll eventually get tired and calm down. That energy wont last forever untill you can learn to take some in, which i have found i cant do in an over excited state.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: Majawala]
    #5755995 - 06/16/06 01:14 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

does constant day dreaming and getting lost into a train of thoughts in your head sound like add? i cant focus on anything nowadays cause im so involved in my head and constantly thinking about abstract stuff.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: shane]
    #5756241 - 06/16/06 04:02 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

well it could be, i get the same thing, but to be honest i don't think it's a bad thing, i think it's a good thing because you can think about all kinds of stuff and its like you're brain is always switched on. the thing is though having your brain "switched on" so much can get kinda annoying when you want your thoughts to shut the fuck up.
ADD/ADHD isn't a bad thing i would say.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: DistortedEyes]
    #5757415 - 06/16/06 01:47 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

oh i hate it sometimes though. i feel like i can never turn my brain off and it just wrecks my moods.


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Re: i seriously think i have ADD or something. [Re: shane]
    #5758145 - 06/16/06 05:23 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

don't eat meat


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