A lot of people talk to me about how their minds are flooded with fast thinking, and then want to know how to make it all just chill out up there. It's just tiring and there's too much going on. Here are some ideas:
1. Occupy your mind intensely.
2. Change your physical state.
3. Check in on your physical, mental, emotional states, and take care of them.
4. Drown out some of it.
5. Identify what's going on: your mind is a speeding flood of thoughts.
6. Watch the flood of thoughts like it is a river you're standing next to.
I'll elaborate in future posts. In the meantime, try these out. But don't worry or judge if they don't work; different things work at different times for different people.
Thanks--all helpful suggestions! Looking forward to reading more.
Meditating regularly, even for short periods of time, helps me with this ... when I actually do it!
Posted by: Kathleen Christensen | July 01, 2009 at 03:52 PM
Thanks for your tip, Kathleen. Meditating does seem to work really well for some people. A while ago I posted about it on another blog, you can read the post here:
http://www.addcoachesblog.com/add_coaches_blog/2007/06/meditation.html
Posted by: Becca Colao, MA, Senior Certified ADHD Coach | July 02, 2009 at 12:56 PM
"4. Drown out some of it."
How?
Posted by: Kathy | July 22, 2009 at 01:05 AM