The death of distraction

in #philosophy6 years ago

I was meant to have my bi-monthly treatment today but because I am down with a flu and my fever is too high, they decided not to treat me. So, instead I will treat myself and have a quiet coffee and write in a café. I am way too often sick over the last year for someone who used to get a troublesome flu every few years an I guess I am just run down and need a little rest.

Note: the fire alarm just went off and an auto-announcement in 4 languages is on repeat very loudly... distraction.

I just read a post by @nonameslefttouse about taking a break from Steem and getting some space.

The art you see here on a regular basis; behind the scenes here, that's all I'm doing. Working myself to death, and I don't want to die yet. I'm not even being dramatic. From the time I wake up to the hour I crash, there isn't a moment where I'm not working on something for this blog.

I understand. Some people here spend a massive amount of time developing their content, learning, educating, developing, engaging, reading, building and all the things a good Steem user should be doing. Even though it isn't a job, doesn't mean it isn't work. Some make high amounts of reward, some get a little and many get, none. Still, work. It isn't just about the reward for many people here.

@denmarkguy wrote a post about writing as a mediatation and catharsis and he mentioned this:

As a teenager, I wrote because it was a way for me to get what was inside my head OUT of there. Although I had no conscious sense of what I was doing, by writing my troubling ideas out I somehow felt able to "no longer worry about them," because I could always revisit them in my journal.

Perhaps, if more people had spent time exploring their issues through writing in their youth, less people would be carrying around mountains of unnecessary baggage that drives their behaviors now.

And in a frank talk on depression with a view I agree with, @kyriacos wrote:

And that is really the main issue here. Much like with a swollen wound, we are trying to treat depression with pills, therapy or lead a life that completely avoids it. We are not treating it as something that is naturally a part of our life.

He calls it an unpopular opinion and it may be, but it is one that I have held for a very long time. People work on a process of avoidance, they want a quick fix, no discomfort, safety, security and the solutions to always be painless. They are fooling themselves, avoidance of pain is about fear and what one occupies the mind and body with an illusion more potent than most prescription drugs.

This life is full of ups and downs, full of conflicts between past, present and future events, desires, expectations and a whole range of experience that is going to clash with how we see ourselves. It is easy to feel victimized when one doesn't get what is wanted from this life.

We are hardwired to over-weigh the negative events and our nervous system is wired to hold on to them as learning to protect from similar in the future. It is wired for physical protection though, not emotional but, the brain hijacks the circuitry and extends the body out into the ego and says, we are the same, protect the ego as if it is real.

It is not, it is an illusion too but, it feels all so real as our emotions work to wire it into our bodily reactions. Words taken as offence can create the most strong of bodily actions but, nothing was hurt, there was no real pain caused, just words. It is easy to see because if those same words were said in a language not spoken, there would not be the same physical reaction. It is only through the identification of the words that that a slight is felt, that pain surfaces.

There are many reasons to write at Steem, but if you aren't exploring who you are and how you can use that to improve your experience in this life, you are missing an opportunity of the grandest scale. The opportunity of freedom from the constraints you have placed yourself in oh so many thousands of ways.

Every time you sit down at the keyboard and begin, know that going forward is an opportunity to give yourself a little bit of space, to let go, to discover and, to learn who you are in this world. If you are unsure of where to begin, stop consuming the noise of the world until you know.

Turn off the TV, switch off the music, become quiet and, face yourself. Stop looking for a magic pill or person to save you because unless your body is under threat, you were never in danger.

People can argue, people can get offended, people can throw up their hands and say You just don't know what I have been through...

So, tell me. Perhaps then you will let it go and move on in life.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]

The alarm announcement stopped. My coffee is cold.

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Yes, get well soon @tarazkp. Interesting points :). Stupid alarm lol. I especially enjoyed the ego and the bodily processes, although nothing was truly hurt :). Nueroplasticity is a subject im studying and will begin practicing soon. Somewhat hijacking the brain and cns to reroute programs, especially chronic pain programs. Our nervous system is highly adaptable. Also the Wim Hof hack. Ive practiced his methods some and felt there power. Im actually wanting to restart that as well. Hes taking control of the autonomous nervous system, backed by science. Its hard for most not to somehow feel like a victim. I think in true understanding we are not victims, at heart amyway. I've had to fight these battles as i have pain 24hrs a day for 11 years now. It has molded me into something i could have never imagined. On the good side it has been a great teacher and has humbled me more than i ever would have wanted. I hope to one day completely heal and will hold that image til it happens or death. Also i can really resonate w "getting it out of my head". Also lol, expressing emotions especially the not so good kind has helped to let it out. I find i no longer hold so much hate and anger. Wim Hof Hack... just to share. Ty for the post sir.

For most of us, there are events in our lives that have taken the form of chaotic images and associated thoughts when they have been blurred by passing time. The simple fact that he memory persists means that it has importance or it would not have been retained.

Writing about those memories requires focus, time, analysis, and synthesis to recall and reconstruct them into our approximation of accuracy. The process of writing about past events is mental housekeeping where we can tidy up our memories by sorting out their impact on our lives. Once that is done, the memory is organized mentally and in writing and is easily available for perusal whenever needed.

Some are easily shared as building blocks of our lives and others may be
kept as close secrets, but writing about them is the key to capturing and controlling them.

Mental housekeeping is a good way to look at it as essentially, humans are mostly hoarders, never wanting to let go of anything, no matter how useless it has become.

Turn the baggage into exosomatic memory: store it in a database and it will be there if really needed, but at least you can clear it from memory where it wastes space and slows processing.

Learning to Be Still can be extraordinarily difficult in this modern day and age. I do hope you feel better buddy. When it rains... apparently it pours and pours... and then rains some more.

Beautiful piece. Is it just me or are you getting better? For some of us it isn't just about the money as people put their heart into this platform.

Quick recovery dear

Is it just me or are you getting better?

Ah, the illusion I weave is beginning to work....

I hope I am improving but it depends a lot on a few various factors I think. Sometimes it flows, sometimes it doesn't but, it is the continual negotiation I enjoy.

Thanks.

Well I am here because I enjoy being here. I do like the interaction and connecting with people! While I do like to become a great Steemians, I will probably never become one!
If I should count the hours which I already did put into the blockchain here and compare it with my earning, I should run away and stay away.
It would be better than to delegate to a bot, or sell of my votes. Which could be more lucrative compared with the hours I do put in here!
But I won't. I do care about the Steem I do possess, I would like to become a minnow and from then on grow to Dolphin!
And just like everybody I do sometimes have my doubt about Steem and lack the motivation to engage but I do always come back after one day!

Cheers,
Peter

If I should count the hours which I already did put into the blockchain here and compare it with my earning, I should run away and stay away.

This is only true at this point but hopefully at some future point, what is done now will hold a lot of value compared to the hours invested. It is hard to come to terms with that in the moment though, I know this well.

It indeed is. We are seeding the seeds, they we have to work the field and hope the we can harvest!
And just like a real farmer a hurricane can come by destroying the field!
As long as I do enjoy myself it is more like a hobby.
Maybe it is time to find myself a steem mentor to guide me.

I am among those struggling to remain relevant here. Maybe it's because motherhood and school occupy most of my time. That usually leads to me cutting down sleep in order to be here when I can which results to me not care of myself properly. Sad struggles.

Get better :)

I am much the same other than the motherhood/ school part but, you get the idea :D

Get better, enjoy your rest!

Absolutely, we need to cure our body by the ways which are there naturally... We should wash of the unnecessary baggage of worries and conflicts within our mind by properly socializing it... Thanks for the enlightenment

Take care of yourself. Lovely write-up. Following you To stay tuned for more..:-)

I work on the content for platforms all the time...

I am observing a lot, noting down ideas and working to make it polished. If you do something as a business, all power to you. And if you do it for fun, all power to you.

But identify who are you...and then work hard.

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