I turned to mindfulness/meditation as a tool when I was about to burn out. My brain seems sensitive in general to any kind of stimulation I should add...
At my fourth or fifth attempt at a so called “body scan” my mind just “dropped” - it was as if everything went silent and I could not decide whether I was asleep or wake.
The best way I can describe my experience in this state, that I’m able to reach from time to time, is like being in between frames of film - I’m in the dark part after one frame, not reaching the next, and everything is just still.
Controlled but yet completely uncontrolled and a few minutes feels much much longer, but nothing makes me want to leave.
After the first time it happened I ran out to my wife and yelled “holy expletive! Now I get what this thing is about!”.
It really made a change for me and it makes my brain/mind feel about the same as it does after a run. Fresh.
The best way I can describe my experience in this state, that I’m able to reach from time to time, is like being in between frames of film - I’m in the dark part after one frame, not reaching the next, and everything is just still.
Controlled but yet completely uncontrolled and a few minutes feels much much longer, but nothing makes me want to leave.
After the first time it happened I ran out to my wife and yelled “holy expletive! Now I get what this thing is about!”.
It really made a change for me and it makes my brain/mind feel about the same as it does after a run. Fresh.