I don’t know about you, but the quiet only makes things louder for me. I hear the building creak, the wind pushing against everything, the hum of electronics, cars in the distance, voices carried on the wind…
Even if you can cut off all that, even in a sensory deprivation tank, your body is full of noise and sensation. If it’s quiet enough, you can hear the blood pumping through your body
Luckily I’m one of the many where the trick where you slide your fingers to tap your skull works on. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, let me know… It doesn’t work on everyone, but it’s really effective when it does work
Thank you for this suggestion. I hadn’t heard of this, but I’ll try to remember it the next time I get a bout of tinnitus. Mine is pretty intermittent for now.
My noise cancelling headphones do a good job of blocking all the random building and electronic noises. They don’t work on voices though. Which would be nice…
Yeah not for nothing, but as cliche as “touch grass” sounds…some days you really just need to.
Don’t necessarily have to touch the grass, directly, with your hands. That’s kinda gross. Animals poop there. But like…walk on a trail somewhere. Or a park. Fresh air. Nature.
As an entirely non-spiritual person, it kind of does “mend the soul”, as they say. Not a literal soul, but your metaphorical, metaphysical, psyche.
I suddenly feel real bad for people who don’t have adequate “nature” an accessible distance from their home. That must be actual torture. Humans need to move, to explore. We need to breathe fresh air. Being stuck in a concrete jungle a few blocks wide is no different than being a caged hen, or a bunny in a tiny hutch…with the outdoors surrounding you constantly…freedom taunting you openly.
Humans evolved to be in nature. We can function without it, but it’s very easy to throw our minds out of kilter. Spending time in a natural environment provides a mental reference. It’s a level and type of stimulation we are optimised for. It’s a lot easier to later hang onto that balance, back into modern life, than re-establish it under those stresses.
Try going outside!
Choose one
There’s no such thing as zero stimulation
But being out in nature makes it much easier to just sit and exist. Or wander around and exist
Black room, no light, no noise, close eyes. Dont even have to leave the house, even easier with less stimulation.
I don’t know about you, but the quiet only makes things louder for me. I hear the building creak, the wind pushing against everything, the hum of electronics, cars in the distance, voices carried on the wind…
Even if you can cut off all that, even in a sensory deprivation tank, your body is full of noise and sensation. If it’s quiet enough, you can hear the blood pumping through your body
And then there’s the tinnitus
Luckily I’m one of the many where the trick where you slide your fingers to tap your skull works on. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, let me know… It doesn’t work on everyone, but it’s really effective when it does work
Thank you for this suggestion. I hadn’t heard of this, but I’ll try to remember it the next time I get a bout of tinnitus. Mine is pretty intermittent for now.
Me too, but this works like a charm
Here’s a better description if you or someone else needs it. For me, 4 or five times at the correct amount of force does it right away… It’s weird but it works
And the phosphenes
My noise cancelling headphones do a good job of blocking all the random building and electronic noises. They don’t work on voices though. Which would be nice…
Yeah not for nothing, but as cliche as “touch grass” sounds…some days you really just need to.
Don’t necessarily have to touch the grass, directly, with your hands. That’s kinda gross. Animals poop there. But like…walk on a trail somewhere. Or a park. Fresh air. Nature.
As an entirely non-spiritual person, it kind of does “mend the soul”, as they say. Not a literal soul, but your metaphorical, metaphysical, psyche.
I suddenly feel real bad for people who don’t have adequate “nature” an accessible distance from their home. That must be actual torture. Humans need to move, to explore. We need to breathe fresh air. Being stuck in a concrete jungle a few blocks wide is no different than being a caged hen, or a bunny in a tiny hutch…with the outdoors surrounding you constantly…freedom taunting you openly.
Or maybe I’m just high. Idk.
Humans evolved to be in nature. We can function without it, but it’s very easy to throw our minds out of kilter. Spending time in a natural environment provides a mental reference. It’s a level and type of stimulation we are optimised for. It’s a lot easier to later hang onto that balance, back into modern life, than re-establish it under those stresses.