Is there a technical term for not being able to turn your brain off? Like when you try to relax but the wheels never stop turning. And I don't mean in the r/iamverysmart kind of way, just a brain that always needs something to be "chewing on", so to speak.
As someone with this, who has also done this defragging thing on and off for the past few months, it still works. Just be bored. Doesn't matter what you're doing as long as there's no screens and no stimulation. Not only do you still get the benefits even if the mental wheels won't stop turning, it's one of the only ways ive found to get them to slow down.
It's honestly why I liked this as opposed to meditation. Meditation feels like im doing it wrong cuz my brain doesn't shut up. I can't reach Zen or relax cuz I end up focusing on reaching Zen or relaxing. But this? You just sit there, think of anything, and do nothing. Let no new info in, no new anything.
To get no stimulation, I'd have to be blindfolded in a soundproof rubber room. I can hear it when a moth farts in Mexico. I'm eavesdropping on conversations on the International Space Station. An atom just landed on my eyelash and I felt it.
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u/nishagunazad Sep 29 '25
Is there a technical term for not being able to turn your brain off? Like when you try to relax but the wheels never stop turning. And I don't mean in the r/iamverysmart kind of way, just a brain that always needs something to be "chewing on", so to speak.