Some Techniques to Cope with ADHD

For those of us suffering from ADHD, there are some good techniques available to overcome it. Basically everything boils down to variety and curiosity to the mind.

• Play games - a good way to focus attention, divert from addiction etc.
• Think pictorially or visually - a good way to stimulate the brain.
• Solve Crossword Puzzles daily - a good way to stretch the brain.
• Take deep breaths - not only does it give more oxygen supply to the brain, but also increases awareness.
• Avoid toxins - like coffee, tea etc. as much as possible, Drink water instead.
• Practice multitask - this advice is different from other similar ones which say do multitask. Practicing always helps.
• Have a good posture - sit up straight.
• Think stretchingly - pick any two random objects and try to connect them. See as many relations as you can.
• Relax - do nothing.
• Do something new - like picking new routes, learning a new skill, doing an existing thing differently etc.
• Walk - increase the physical activity and keep yourself active.
• Eat often and in little amounts - eating large meals shunts blood to the digestive tract.
• Listen to different kinds of music.
• No substitute for practicing.
• Besides avoiding fat, avoid carbohydrates - as it ends up in sugar.
• Take a lot of Vitamin B

Some things

that I have realized today.

• Human beings, though have formed allegedly great societies, do not seem to be good at having a long term vision. Especially the mass Indians. Whatever they do is only for short term benefits and almost always leading to long term sorrow/pain to either themselves or others. That is the reason why, with only basic human instincts, it is difficult to sustain given the fact that a man can do a lot more in this modern age than in the stone age where is more challenged.
  
• Practice makes a man perfect. Look at the timing with which you do it. Look at the neat way in which you drive your bike. It is all just practice. If one keeps on practicing, then it will make the man indeed perfect. We don't sustain practice because we want instant gratification. Discipline is necessary to transcend basic human desires in order to achieve a much bigger feat which only a disciplined person can see better.
  
• While we are changing our habits, our minds give a lot of resistance. A hell lot of resistance in fact. Either we can succumb unconsciously or we can be conscious and endure the pain in opposing our neural network signals. Again, discipline and consciousness is necessary to do this. The moment we lose consciousness, we will be doing what we were doing. Also only through consciousness (of the fact that enduring the pain is the only way to break habit), things can be fun. It is a challenge to ourselves. We are fighting against ourselves.
  
• We are given a fixed time on this planet - say 70 years. How much of ourselves we can expose, how much of learning we can do and how much we can achieve is very important. We can either live unconsciously in the current societies with all the matrices shown by it or we can live consciously within our matrix. Yes, everything is a matrix. Instead of getting influenced by other matrices, its much better if we can be in our matrix itself. That will give long term happiness - of having achieved the things that we always wanted to.
  

At This Moment

When I am feeling like I have not felt before too often, when my mind seems to be free of some worries that hog me generally, when my mind has some confidence, a sense of sudden yet not fully comprehendible clarity, I have realized some things:

• It is very important to have a mind that is not used to routine. An open mind, a creative mind.
  
• Such a state of mind is necessary because I think it is a state that knows no hatred. It is a state that knows no jealousy. It is a state that has curiosity. It is a state that has some puzzlement. All these factors interplay and gives enough energy for us to focus on something intensely without being distracted by other external, ephemeral factors. And the more we concentrate, the more we understand and the more we understand, the more our revelations are and the more our revelations are the more is the joyous perspective towards life. And that is all what is needed.
• Do the things that are fun and only fun. What is fun for others may not be fun for you. Approach things with joy and an inquisitive mind.

To quote from Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, it is very important to balance the id and super ego so that a sense of satisfaction is pursued.

Four Things

that are the characteristics of a great person - quality, care, meticulousness, exactitude. How does one get these attributes? Do they come naturally? What motivates a person to have/develop these attributes? Is it just a habit? Or a conscious decision to have it?

If it is just a habit, then how do those who don't have those habits start to inculcate them? What motivates them to cultivate those habits? What is that intrinsic motivational factor that keeps the spirit/soul kindled? How does one go about start answering the question?

So, for the nth time I have asked. :-) I have been leading an unconscious life for quite sometime in my life. Then suddenly, not sure when, I have become conscious. Then all the past seemed like a nightmare to me. Some amount (or rather a significant amount) of damage has already been happened. A great amount of effort has to be put in to overcome this past state and establish a healthy state. For that one should not worry. One should keep the mind relatively peaceful. One has to be at peace with oneself. Ditching old habits take time.

It is True That

you will see the same good old things daily around you, so it will raise the same bad old impulses, thoughts and hence the same bad old states of mind, but only if you are less awake.

But if we are more awake, things will change. Of course, you will still see the same good old things around you, but YOU WILL NOT ALLOW THE SAME BAD OLD IMPULSES AND THOUGHTS TO RAISE. You will force yourself to interpret the things in a different way - that wont hurt your mental health and helps you move forward. We have to make sure that we are more aware or more awake. Buddha, the illustrious one, used to say I too am a human, but I am just more awake than others.

How can we be more awake? More aware? For that do something weird. Wear a watch on the other hand, mark something on your hand, wear a band and such other crazy thing that will raise your consciousness anywhere, anytime. That way, you will remember that you have to be awake and want to interpret things differently.

Some Good Advice On Worry

I have finally found some good advice on worry. He has some very valid, yet common sensical (as usual), to make. Worry is a neurosis and it is a habit. It is not rid of by spending money. A habit has to be consciously gotten rid of. So whats the trick here?

Very simple - tell yourself "Let me worry later about this, for now let me do my job. I will, definitely come to it later, though". Silly as it may sound, it is very clever trick. I have been doing this since yesterday and the results are positive.

Contrary to the popular perceptions, the guy says that happiness is gotten by working hard is a myth. You are entitled to happiness no matter who you are and what you are. Nobody can deny that. Another popular perception that worrying serves a purpose is also a myth, says the guy. I myself believe both alleged myths. But it can be false.

Some bad habits

that I have noted earlier, but still lingering with me:

* Inferiority complex
* Low self esteem
* Attention deficit
* email addiction
* Carelessness
* Fear and hesitation
* Depression for no reason

I was wondering how will I push myself to get out of this. How to have a god damn positive outlook in life? I am convinced that having a positive outlook in life will definitely give me a lot of energy and open up a lot of options.

How to calm the flying mind and give it peace and optimism? To have a good world view. But seeing all the insanity around me daily, it is very difficult for me to have a positive outlook.