Peace and quiet is all about the noise in your head

Post by eigenbom » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 12:43 AM UTC

stevenwoo wrote: post #22

jimmies wrote: post #11

American culture of making noise and hyping is tiring and annoying at times. Sports events are the most prominent example. Going to popular sports matches in the US: football, ice hockey, basketball, etc. and you'll be bombarded with ads, noise, hype from the loudspeakers and flashing lights from the huge screens -- every single second you're there. When you watch the Super Bowl, you watch more ads than you watch the…

The laugh track in the last two series of Red Dwarf is incredibly off-putting, can't blame that on Americans. :)

Post by throwawyy92892 » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 1:15 AM UTC

colmvp wrote: post #52

DoreenMichele wrote: post #46

In a remote and quiet place, Vikman says, she discovers thoughts and feelings that aren’t audible in her busy daily life. “If you want to know yourself you have to be with yourself, and discuss with yourself, be able to talk with yourself.” I was a homemaker for years. A lot of housework is fairly mindless, allowing for uninterrupted deep thought because most folks will not bother you while you are doing laundry. The…

> A lot of people could probably skip therapy entirely if they could just arrange to hear themselves think. I'm sure you aren't completely implying this but as someone who went through therapy and attended group classes where I encountered dozens of people with significantly worse forms of anxiety, there are a lot of people whose problem IS their thoughts. Negative thoughts are capable of preventing people from doing…

Post by allenu » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 1:20 AM UTC

kqr wrote: post #21

FeteCommuniste wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where did you go? The only time I have heard applause at a movie is when the credits roll.

Yeah, but why? "Good job, projector. You shine ever so brightly among us. and you never missed the screen once during the whole movie!" Or perhaps the crowd applaud themselves for successfully going to the movies again. The possibilities are endless.

Post by intrasight » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 1:30 AM UTC

Post by hyperdunc » Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 1:40 AM UTC

flatline wrote: post #50

DoreenMichele wrote: post #46

In a remote and quiet place, Vikman says, she discovers thoughts and feelings that aren’t audible in her busy daily life. “If you want to know yourself you have to be with yourself, and discuss with yourself, be able to talk with yourself.” I was a homemaker for years. A lot of housework is fairly mindless, allowing for uninterrupted deep thought because most folks will not bother you while you are doing laundry. The…

> A lot of people could probably skip therapy entirely if they could just arrange to hear themselves think. I tend to agree, but it may take time to see therapeutic effects. That initial period of quieting, at least for me, through meditation, was more chaotic than the noise. It turned everything upside down, everything I thought I’d known about myself was pretty much wrong. I’d just been telling myself stories for y…