Comments on: How I get my brain to sit still sometimes http://blog.melchua.com/2007/04/06/how-i-get-my-brain-to-sit-still-sometimes/ Braindump of the Mel. Seek coherency and relevance at your own risk. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » Retrospective decompression http://blog.melchua.com/2007/04/06/how-i-get-my-brain-to-sit-still-sometimes/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » Retrospective decompression Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:14:07 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/04/06/how-i-get-my-brain-to-sit-still-sometimes/#comment-2435 [...] Wherein Mel copes with ADHD. Somewhat related: wrestling with the issue of credentialism and wondering where the heck I’ll ever fit into this world. [...] [...] Wherein Mel copes with ADHD. Somewhat related: wrestling with the issue of credentialism and wondering where the heck I’ll ever fit into this world. [...]

]]> By: [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » Language and fixing my keyboard http://blog.melchua.com/2007/04/06/how-i-get-my-brain-to-sit-still-sometimes/comment-page-1/#comment-454 [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » Language and fixing my keyboard Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:03:07 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/04/06/how-i-get-my-brain-to-sit-still-sometimes/#comment-454 [...] Got a good number of people’s XO issues fixed (yeah, the volunteer gang is basically tech support), set up things for the meeting at Google tomorrow, went through a lot of emails (I have to evolve my email-coping strategy, because my current one is not working under my new mail-load) and learned about cooking mishua in a wok (mom). And several other semi-major things that I also did not expect to get done today. On the other hand, some wiki cleanup stuff I’d planned to do never got done, and several ‘zine articles were left half-finished. So I still can’t eat the spinach. [...] [...] Got a good number of people’s XO issues fixed (yeah, the volunteer gang is basically tech support), set up things for the meeting at Google tomorrow, went through a lot of emails (I have to evolve my email-coping strategy, because my current one is not working under my new mail-load) and learned about cooking mishua in a wok (mom). And several other semi-major things that I also did not expect to get done today. On the other hand, some wiki cleanup stuff I’d planned to do never got done, and several ‘zine articles were left half-finished. So I still can’t eat the spinach. [...]

]]> By: Grant Hutchins http://blog.melchua.com/2007/04/06/how-i-get-my-brain-to-sit-still-sometimes/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Grant Hutchins Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:31:00 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/04/06/how-i-get-my-brain-to-sit-still-sometimes/#comment-227 I feel like I posted about this on here before, but it relates again.<br/><br/>When my brain is buzzing, which is also when my knees don't stop bouncing by the way, there is almost <i>always</i> music playing in my head, and once I noticed that, I was able to stop it by just thinking about silence.<br/><br/>Sensory deprivation is a great way to cope. Just don't limit the depravation to "real" sensory experiences!<br/><br/>Also, realizing this and thinking about the silence was one of the biggest Zen successes I've felt in a long time<br/><br/> Some people could easily decide to treat the symptom and take some sort of pill, but now I understand part of the root cause and can stop it at will. I have a similar experience with hiccups. I have found a way to relax the back of my throat that I cannot easily describe that ceases the hiccups immediately. I feel like I posted about this on here before, but it relates again.

When my brain is buzzing, which is also when my knees don’t stop bouncing by the way, there is almost always music playing in my head, and once I noticed that, I was able to stop it by just thinking about silence.

Sensory deprivation is a great way to cope. Just don’t limit the depravation to “real” sensory experiences!

Also, realizing this and thinking about the silence was one of the biggest Zen successes I’ve felt in a long time

Some people could easily decide to treat the symptom and take some sort of pill, but now I understand part of the root cause and can stop it at will. I have a similar experience with hiccups. I have found a way to relax the back of my throat that I cannot easily describe that ceases the hiccups immediately.

]]> By: Katie Rivard http://blog.melchua.com/2007/04/06/how-i-get-my-brain-to-sit-still-sometimes/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Katie Rivard Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:20:00 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2007/04/06/how-i-get-my-brain-to-sit-still-sometimes/#comment-222 Except... I feel the spinach thing, <i>all the damn time</i>. So it can't be that incoherent. Except… I feel the spinach thing, all the damn time. So it can’t be that incoherent.

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