Tag: overstimulation
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You finally sit down after a busy day. Nothing is obviously wrong. There is no emergency. Nobody is demanding anything from you. Yet your body still feels tense. Your thoughts are moving too quickly. You feel restless without knowing what you are supposed to be doing. Your phone is nearby, but checking it does not…
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You open social media for five minutes. Half an hour later, you put your phone down. Nothing particularly bad happened. You didn’t argue with anyone. You didn’t read devastating news. You didn’t watch anything especially upsetting. And yet… You somehow feel worse than when you picked it up. More tired. More distracted. Less motivated. Mentally…
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Why quiet feels uncomfortable is not difficult to understand once you look at how most of us now live. We wake to alarms. We check messages. We listen to the radio, music or podcasts while getting ready. We drive with navigation instructions, calls or audio playing. We work around conversations, notifications, emails and meetings. We…
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You sit down to read something important. Within minutes, your hand reaches for your phone. You start watching a film but feel the urge to check messages before the opening scene has finished. You open an email, switch to another tab, remember something else, check a notification and then return to the email having forgotten…
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Constant input and your brain are now almost impossible to separate. From the moment you wake up, information starts arriving. Messages. Emails. News. Notifications. Podcasts. Videos. Meetings. Music. Social media. Other people’s opinions. Even when you are not actively looking for information, something is usually trying to reach you. It can feel normal because almost…