Mastodawn

Did you know that neurotypical folks just can not think about anything for a period of time? Yeah, me neither.

#Autism and #ADHD lead to less synaptic pruning which results in a higher density of synaptic connections. This leads to brain hyperconnectivity, which is the cause of sensory overload and reduced filtering of irrelevant stimuli. It is as well a reason for difficulties with executive functions.

I wish I sometimes just could NOT think.

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ReginaT 3d ago

@jascha
I was in a mental health institution to be treated for various mental health issues, including my #ADHD. They tried to teach us meditation. "Think of nothing!" I tried soo hard and failed miserably. When I learned, years later, that neurotypicals are actually able to think of nothing and this type of meditation only aims at teaching them to do that at will, I actually cried and laughed. I still wish I knew how that feels. Just for 5 minutes. I find thinking really exhausting at times.

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Die Katja mit den roten Haaren

@ReginaT @jascha
I (NT) cannot “think nothing,” and from what I know about meditation, this is true for almost everyone except perhaps some highly enlightened individuals.
Meditation is not about “thinking nothing” for ordinary people. Instead, it’s about creating a distance from our own thoughts—allowing us to observe them from a distance and not be swept away by the feelings they may evoke.[1/2]

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Die Katja mit den roten Haaren 3d ago

@ReginaT @jascha The same applies to feelings: we learn to watch them, rather than be consumed by them.
Constructing a “meta-mind” is not the same as “thinking nothing.” It’s about developing awareness and perspective, not emptiness. [2/2]