What helps shut your brain off

MeltMyWay · January 23

For me it’s listening to music, being near or in the water, cooking something simple, or getting a good workout in. Anything that lets my body take over so my brain can finally chill. I think my favorite is floating in water while listening to healing frequency music.

Curious ... what works for y'all?

AuraOfComfort · January 23

Unfortunately, I haven't really found anything and I've tried everything. Even if I wake in the middle of the night, my brain is firing and a lot of times I can't get back to sleep.

When I'm tired I lay down and I visualize my happy place and I create a scenario and that turns into a dream. But I have very vivid dreams almost every single night and I remember most of them.

Maybe this thread will help me find something new.

tony67 · January 23

Music for sure. I also like going for a ride on my motorcycle but unfortunately that’s not an option with the weather

MeltMyWay · January 23

@tony67 I completely forgot driving .. it's another favorite of mine... Windows down music up

MeltMyWay · January 23

@AuraOfComfort have you ever tried a guided meditation?

Krisha · January 23

For me only sleeping, singing and dancing to up tempo music.

@AuraOfComfort I feel ya, AD(H)D brains are a curse.

Christabear · January 23

The sound of the ocean, or sitting on a beach. And a good work out

JohnR1972 · January 23

Prior to this week, physical touch was about the only thing that pulled me out of my own head and into the present moment in my body.

Thankfully a good friend just taught me a meditation I’ve been practicing this week that has allowed me to turn my mind off by myself.

January 23

Hiking! Moving my legs moves my mind into this place where I can just focus on the nature around me. And then when you turn a corner or crest a ridge and hit that view you've been dying to see ... it's perfection. Everything is quiet and you hear the birds and the wind sighing through the trees. It's a feeling like nothing else.

Cuddlesofcuddle · January 23

Coloring. I never complete the page but it really helps me shut off

pmvines · January 23

MeltMyWay · January 23

@diegosensible hiking is a good one too... I just took my first 3 hiking trips last year.
@pmvimines look at all your babies too cool
@cuddlesofcuddle I love coloring but it doesn't really quiet my mind much ... If it did I would so much more of it.
@johnr1972 so glad you found a new way to quiet your mind. I'm happy meditation worked for you. I've tried it so many times it just doesn't work for me.
@cheistabear same here
@krishna I love dancing ... didn't even think of that one.

Huggycatbear · January 23

I fantasize I'm on another planet or I'm in a post apocalyptic time. I play meditative with ambiance like rainfall or quiet thunder. Wind. The more I can imagine myself away from this mundane era, the less my mind is occupied with the soap opera of life.

MeltMyWay · January 23

@Huggycatbear I have to play ocean sounds or rain to be able to fall asleep

SqueezeBuddy · January 24

Check Moongate app (iOS and Android), really good

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moongate-binaural-beats/id6471041035

disneysamurai · January 24

Nothing really. The wheels keep spinning

Livyatan · January 24

Flights and train rides.

MeltMyWay · January 24

@SqueezeBuddy cool I'll check it out
@Livyatan oh wow ... Flying does the opposite for me ... Mind goes into overdrive.
@disneysamurai ugh I had spans of time in life like that, it's exhausting 🫂

HappyHikes · January 24

@Christabear I am with you. Beach ... slow rolling waves ... relaxing music in my ears ... that is the best!

MissAdventurous · January 24

I'm a puzzle girl ☺️ I did two 1000 piece puzzles this week while on my island vacation in the San Juans

pmvines · January 24

I have an amazing talent of blocking out the rest of the world as if it doesn't exist

LetsCuddle44 · January 24

If even for just an hour or so, sipping my iced coffee while I watch the sunrise over the Atlantic.

Then I get out in South Florida traffic and that zen is gone immediately lol

TheFunCartel · January 24

I google lobotomy.

7gem · January 24

My brain has too many tabs open.

DarlingNikkii · January 24

no sexual comments even in French -Stormy

coolrunnings12 · January 24

Prescription ketamine

MikeSugs · January 24

Xanax

CuddleDuncan · January 24

Computer games.

downy101 · January 24

@diegosensible wow
@MissAdventurous so pretty, i love puzzles

Velvet_Heart · January 24

no sex related comments. -Stormy

DarlingNikkii · January 24

@stormydaycuddle heard! Glad someone speaks French lol. Tried to make it as PC as possible.

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