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reply posted on 11-1-2012 @ 09:38 AM by Stormdancer777
reply to post by MrUncreated


A new book claims the amount of time we spend on the internet is changing the very structure of our brains – damaging our ability to think and to learn

MY brain doesn't work right either, but I never was the brightest bulb, many of your symptoms sound like depression.

I have issues with trust too, who wouldn't?

Sometimes I wonder if the internet effects or minds.

How the internet is altering your mind
www.guardian.co.uk...
A new book claims the amount of time we spend on the internet is changing the very structure of our brains – damaging our ability to think and to learn


that the modern world's relentless informational overload is killing our capacity for reflection, contemplation, and patience – but that our online habits are also altering the very structure of our brains.


Now take into consideration cell phones and the rest of modern technology.

Is Google making us stupid?

This is the full-length version: an elegantly written cry of anguish about what one admirer calls "the uneducating of Homo sapiens", and a rewiring of neural pathways and networks that may yet deprive the human race of the talents that – ironically enough – drove our journey from caves to PC terminals.


Among the most hair-raising passages in the book is this one: "If, knowing what we know today about the brain's plasticity, you were to set out to invent a medium that would rewire our mental circuits as quickly and thoroughly as possible, you would probably end up designing something that looks and works a lot like the internet."


"After just five days of practice, the exact same neural circuitry in the front part of the brain became active in the internet-naive subjects. Five hours on the internet, and the naive subjects had already rewired their brains."

www.guardian.co.uk...

Step away from the computer put down your cell phones, spend time in the country, enjoy life, read a book, take up a hobbie, go fishing,

good luck

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reply posted on 11-1-2012 @ 11:04 AM by Iamschist
If this is true: "I think therefore I am" René Descartes. Then if I cannot think, I am not? Since you are able to post coherently, it follows that you can indeed, think. Perhaps your issue is remembering?

www.fi.edu...

I also agree with all those who suggested walking, very helpful.

It is a bit more difficult to adress your depression. If it helps you are not alone, I can identify with your concerns and fears. Hope is a part of our makeup, cling to yours, on your walks speak with God, He will answer.



reply posted on 11-1-2012 @ 11:49 AM by Xtraeme
reply to post by MrUncreated


In all seriousness ...



Coffee does marvels.

Also if you're having trouble focusing it doesn't hurt to give yourself a bit of isolation. I find when I want to focus I typically just throw on the old noise cancelling headphones and load up some ambient or classical music (Orbital, Tiesto, Mark Morgan, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven).

After about 30 minutes I'm fully focused.

Edit to add ... On especially bad days I just go for a long run. Never underestimate a good workout!

If all else fails take a nap.
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reply posted on 11-1-2012 @ 12:14 PM by wrdwzrd
Hi,

Not sure if this will help but I have definitely had periods in my life where I can relate to feeling like this. For me, meditation was the answer, it changed my life.

For a quick explanation, it works like this - you sit in a quiet space, no music, no nothing and focus on your breath. focus on the IN breath. focus on the OUT breath. Say in your mind each time - "I am breathing out" "I am breathing in".

You will do this for about 2 seconds before your mind gets bored and starts to think of some other # like girls, how life sucks, how jealous you can be, etc. THIS IS NORMAL. this is how the mind works. You just gently guide your mind back to "I am am breathing out" "I am breathing in".

At first you might only be able to do it for two minutes and that's fine. consider it a job well done! Just keep working at it every day that you can until the time increases. I can sit for 40 minutes now easy, at first, just one minute would kill me! Believe me, it gets easier!

So, whats the point of doing this? The thoughts in your mind are not yours. What? Sound weird right? The mind thinks, that's what it does. For some reason it thinks of negative things about 90% of the time. What was most important for me was to figure out that these thoughts are not mine. thoughts do not define us, WE ARE NOT OUR THOUGHTS.

So we change our relationship to anger, fear, jealousy, etc. We can never get rid of these feelings, they are just a part of human nature but we can change the way we REACT to them.

When you are sitting, focusing on your breath, and jealousy comes by to hang out, you recognize it "hey wdup jealousy, thanks for hanging out, I am not YOU. I can not going to react to you". And then, YOU LET IT GO.....

This might sound dumb out of context. I did a lot of listening to audio and reading books about meditation before I actually joined a class and started my own practice.

If you are not a "new agey" person, Dharma Punx is a great organization that I enjoyed when I first started, they helped a lot. You can listen to talks about these topics on the website.
www.dharmapunx.com...

Here are some other links I recommend - (for audio in particular)
www.diydharma.org...
www.dharmaseed.org...
dhammatalks.org...

Of course, youtube is filled with great videos as well.

Take care man, it does get better. We just have to put in the effort to make the change. Thing is, our lives are exactly how we want them to be. We created them. Nobody else. If you don't like how things are, you can change it, simple as that. Not complex, not hard to grasp, we have to get out of the mind, it sucks in there. Get inside the heart. Its waaaaaaaay better in there!

Much Peace!


reply posted on 11-1-2012 @ 05:10 PM by absolutely
reply to post by MrUncreated


soon with global war coming u will get what u want, if u r not well u cant do anything and noone whatsoever can when u cant bc u r one
one can only be well of a positive result so a true stable one

so all is to destruction dont fight ur negative state it u r actually smart, but i guess it wont last lucky u, u gonna rest fast and once dead u wont have to bare ur existential issue, while u could not b the reason of making ur situation worse by acting negatively towards ur negative self

so take that free idea positively, it is 2012 the year of all death
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