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OfflineOldWoodSpecter
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    #5874813 - 07/18/06 07:29 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

I've always had this problem with concentration. It's like hypnosis 24/7
I can actually pass by a large object many times and not even see it, as if it does not exist. Also I forget things, no matter how hard I try I just forget to do this or that..

For example, today I bought a new multimeter for measuring current and voltage and such things. And I've used this device a thousand times and know it by heart. Yet I managed to burn it up in the same day I bought it and I even burned a transformer that it was attached to, just because I forgot to reconnect a wire.
I know I am supose to, but I just don't see what I'm doing.

I can't even count the number of times I've failed college tests because I summed up a couple of one-digit numbers incorrectly in my head

You see this kind of concentration failure doesn't go well with what I'm supose to do for living. I'm not working yet, but plan to get a job as an electrical engineer soon. And that can be really dangerous.
That is a very responsible job, and engineers are often those who pay for mistakes because they design things like networks and people point fingers at them. I've heard about electricians being killed by engineers that simply forgot to mention this or that, or forgot to turn of this or that at the power plant.
I'm afraid that one day I might kill someone because of this. Not because I don't care enough to be carefull, but because my mind just doesn't see some things, like in hypnosis.
I should have been a painter or something like that instead

Anyone ever heard of such concentration "disorders"?


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Re: concentration [Re: OldWoodSpecter]
    #5874859 - 07/18/06 07:36 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

I think you need more peripheral awareness, which is developed from a lighter touch rather than a more wrinkled brow.

keep your brow clear, and begin to notice fragments and tolerate them even if they are not perceived fully.

if you are missing the obvious it is because you are too much into pidgeon holing. too rigid about matching things. getting exhausted by labelling and ignoring the unexpected.

to widen your scope of awareness you need less tension up top and acceptance of more incomplete scenery fragments. you brain will catch up afterwards.

let perception follow what you see rather than leading what you see.


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Re: concentration [Re: redgreenvines]
    #5874906 - 07/18/06 07:44 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Most of the time, when I walk into a room, I percieve the light, the texture and stuff like that, I don't see objects, I see images, if you know what I mean.
It's like when a computer loades a 2d image, it doesn't know how to analise the objects, it just sees an image. That's how I see. I get caught up in the esthetics of the image I am looking at, and miss the objects.


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Re: concentration [Re: OldWoodSpecter]
    #5874912 - 07/18/06 07:44 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

I know what you mean about technical application, such tasks can humble one real quick,

thats whys you need much practice and much experience in such fields as engineering, engineering is complicating stuff and requires much concentration and focus, also being gifted doesn't hurt neither,

you got to look at it with a organized agenda though when it comes to engineering

-define the problem
-outline the path
-define the desired outcome


sometimes you don't know the problem, but you know the solution , or may know the path, but you don't know the outcome your desiring, its good to outline your method


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Re: concentration [Re: OldWoodSpecter]
    #5874964 - 07/18/06 07:54 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

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OldWoodSpecter said:
Most of the time, when I walk into a room, I percieve the light, the texture and stuff like that, I don't see objects, I see images, if you know what I mean.
It's like when a computer loades a 2d image, it doesn't know how to analise the objects, it just sees an image. That's how I see. I get caught up in the esthetics of the image I am looking at, and miss the objects.



you are doing the right thing
try to do it with a lighter touch
a less wrinkled brow
a less squinty eye,
more open.


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Re: concentration [Re: capliberty]
    #5875048 - 07/18/06 08:09 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

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capliberty said:
I know what you mean about technical application, such tasks can humble one real quick,

thats whys you need much practice and much experience in such fields as engineering, engineering is complicating stuff and requires much concentration and focus, also being gifted doesn't hurt neither,

you got to look at it with a organized agenda though when it comes to engineering

-define the problem
-outline the path
-define the desired outcome


sometimes you don't know the problem, but you know the solution , or may know the path, but you don't know the outcome your desiring, its good to outline your method




I have no problem with solving technical problems. It comes naturally, but sometimes I just forget things, I'm sure that one day I'll kill myself with electricity because I forgot to turn it off before touching the wires. Those are the kind of things I have problem with: forgeting things.
It's a good thing I'm not a technician or an electric, so I don't have to come in direct contact with machinery and wires, so maybe instead of killing myself, I'll kill someone else

In pain english: I'm clumsy

The only thing that seems to work is fear. When I'm afraid I get obsessed by checking everything 10 times. Otherwise I might check them 10 times and still not see the obvious because my thoughts are wandering somewhere


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Re: concentration [Re: OldWoodSpecter]
    #5875254 - 07/18/06 08:46 PM (17 years, 6 months ago)

Fuck me!!!

See? I did it again..

It turns out my meter is just fine. Here is what I did.

The transformer burned up when I shortcuted it, and as I tried to see if my meter burned up too, it showed some wierd oscilating numbers close to zero, so I just assumed it went to hell too. Then I just put it aside and all dissapointed started this thread.

Now I go to sleep in 5 am (yea, sometimes I do that) and try it one more time just for the heck of it. And I notice the minus sign turns on and off. Then it hits me, Jesus, I tested it on 220V AC outlet, but forgot to switch it to AC.

I test it again, works like a charm.

See, I've used this piece of shit a million times for more than 5 years, and I still forget to adjust such things. I just forget, no matter how many times I do it.
But at least I don't have to lie to the salesman tomorow morning and fish for a refund.


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