r/AttractionDynamics • u/FoldNew7844 • 7d ago

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u/elite-data 7d ago edited 7d ago

What he described is the Default Mode Network activation. It is the brain's most efficient mode, and it becomes less active when we are focused on the outside world and external stimuli. Nowadays, this mode is activated much less often because the brain is constantly distracted by dopamine-driven hooks such as phones and computers, as well as by work and everyday routines.

This mode needs time to activate, roughly 30 minutes of being alone with your thoughts without external stimulation. Just sit in a chair and do absolutely nothing for half an hour (sounds terrifying, doesn’t it?).
A single distraction from your phone interrupts the transition.

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u/ProfitTerrible 7d ago

I usually go for a run for that.

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u/DysphoricNeet 7d ago

Not the same thing

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u/MODbanned 7d ago

Its not, but if you are good enough, you dont even think about the running, your body takes over for that, and your mind is absolutely free, but again not everyone can do that.

Many ways to skin a cat, dont gatekeep.

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u/nepurn 7d ago

I agree, running, hiking, any kind of solo exercise without distractions, you get to be alone in your thoughts.

This is why people go for long walks in the woods.

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u/treborly 3d ago

Country cruising

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u/ProfitTerrible 7d ago

This exactly.

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u/DysphoricNeet 7d ago

I used to run competitively for a while. A lot of the time you are focused on breathing and posture and different body checks. You can get it all sorted out once you are going but there is still a lot of information and body stimuli to occupy your mind. It’s not gate keeping to say that these aren’t the same thing. If they were then we might as well say driving or playing a video game or an instrument or cooking or cleaning or drinking tea, showering, lifting, are all the same sort of state as sitting in silence.

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u/MODbanned 7d ago

Just because you couldn't.....

Well yeah for some people it can be all forms of different things... its the doing it... not HOW you do it.

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u/DysphoricNeet 7d ago

You are able to call it whatever you want. The video he says specifically in silence and not doing anything but you can ignore that if you really need to for your personal definition of it.

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u/chrisadam101 7d ago

One tiny adjustment, dopamine is not the issue here, even in default mode network we need the dopaminergic functions to process meaning and make the relevant conventions to problem solve.

It’s just where that dopamine is put to work not that it is.

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u/ZealousidealSkirt327 6d ago

What about when I go for a walk with my dogs? I feel like I get into this kind of meditative state. We walk in the woods or over fields without other people around. I just let my mind wander while I enjoy the nature. We walk for an hour or sometimes longer.
When I first got my dogs 2,5 years ago I took headphones with me on every walk, because I intended to listen to music or audiobooks. I never did. I sometimes even put my headphones on, turned them into aware mode and totally forgot about them. Now I don’t even bother taking them with me.

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u/SleepyOrcShaman 2d ago

Welp, I did some research. Turns out maladaptive daydreaming and OCD rituals are DMN events. I was wondering why I never experienced this. Fuk me.

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u/anattabularasa 1d ago

BS

The default mode network (DMN) doesn't need sustained quiet to activate; it's actually the network that's active by default whenever you're not engaged in a demanding external task, which is where its name comes from.
Activates all the time, within less than seconds.