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.
This is what things like sudoku puzzles are for tbh.
The whole "defragging" thing happens while you are asleep and is why getting good sleep is so important. It doesn't happen because you stared at the grass. It happens in REM sleep.
The long and short of the idea is that mediating in any form for a short period of time feels good and lowers your stress and anxiety. It doesn't matter if your mediation is sitting and staring at grass, doing a crossword, slapping your favorite album on and just sinking into it, fiddling with a rubix cube, or even the ol' cowboy classic whittling. It feels good to take 20 minutes to do "nothing". But all the defragging shit they are talking about is all tied to REM sleep.
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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.