Mind-wandering. What you think?

[branfeynt 101]

Hi!

 

Other day I watched this video

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOETUvaOxDA

 

(by the way, could you explain me how actually show YouTube clip here   )

 

In short, mind-wandering is bad. It leads you to unhappiness. If you live only here and now, you are happy.

 

The most happiest people ever don't mind-wandering.

 

As for me, it's impossible to imagine to live without this activity. I mean, how I even be able to dream, if I should live only here and now!

 

And what about all fiction media? How people could create that!?

 

So, what you think?

[Something Floaty 1,334]

Hm? I'm sorry, what were you talking about? 

[Planty 1,053]

Hm? I'm sorry, what were you talking about? 

 

You prove it, there is no way that your mind did not wonder and your still happy riiiiiiiiight?

 

I think what it really means is that its important to live in hear and now in the sense that:

 

 

1. You shouldn't wish your life away allways looking to the future and not enjoying there here and now

 

2. You should not live in the past and always talk about the good old days and miss the amazing days you are having now.

 

Mind wondering as in imagination is a bit different (but English is a bad language so it sounds like the same thing).

[Best Username Ever 211]

You prove it, there is no way that your mind did not wonder and your still happy riiiiiiiiight?

 

I think what it really means is that its important to live in hear and now in the sense that:

 

 

1. You shouldn't wish your life away allways looking to the future and not enjoying there here and now

 

2. You should not live in the past and always talk about the good old days and miss the amazing days you are having now.

 

Mind wondering as in imagination is a bit different (but English is a bad language so it sounds like the same thing).

I have a friend who does nothing but the second one it is really quite sad because he doesn't have any friends anymore since he moved to far away.

[branfeynt 101]

Mind wondering as in imagination is a bit different (but English is a bad language so it sounds like the same thing).

 

 

Gosh, now I get it! At first I thought that was about imagination too! Thank you, Happy Plant!

 

With the two statements above I agreed.

Edited March 4, 2014 by branfeynt

[Planty 1,053]

I have a friend who does nothing but the second one it is really quite sad because he doesn't have any friends anymore since he moved to far away.

 

That really sucks :/

 

If you live in the past then you will sabotage your present! 

 

I mean I have moved around a lot, and although pat friends are great and we stay in touch, it's really important to try and "throw yourself in" to where you now live and really make an effort to meet people (I know this is hard and some people like being on there own and thats fine).

 

In my experiences it's all about confidence! (I forced myself into the introvert box for to long, thinking that it meant I couldn't have friends, I was wrong!).

[SomariFeyWright 776]

(by the way, could you explain me how actually show YouTube clip here )

 

You put it between media brackets.

 

 

 

[ Media] [/media]

 

Don't worry, took me a while to get too.

 

Hm? I'm sorry, what were you talking about? 

I come in here wanting to make a joke to that effect and when I come in this is literally the first reply.

 

You took the chance of some pretty good comedy from me.

 

... Okay, anyways, what were we talking about?

Edited March 4, 2014 by SomariFeyWright

[Doc. Volt 2,561]

i always let my mind run away!

 

then it come back with murderial proposes and wish to destroy stuff!

 

then i put on music and i pretend to be animating ponies with this music!

 

easy! XD

 

nah kidding when i let my mind wonder i usually end up with new projects and shit to build

[deadprofile 1,122]

It's hard to not let your mind wander towards things of the past, or worries towards the future.

 

If you look pragmatically at the world we live in, we'd all be full of nihilistic thoughts in regards to the future, so it's best to live in the present because only in the NOW can we make our tomorrows better, one day at a time

 

If you are someone who has a bad past, have suffered and are still seeking healing, it's extremely hard to be happy overall. I am in that boat. That's why it's good to have a support group, and to find things that you find interest in and keep with them, even if you don't feel like it. Fighting depression and PTSD because of past events is extremely difficult, especially if you cannot escape the consequences of the past. Again, that's why it's good to take things one day at a time.

 

If you really are looking into focusing on the here and now in regards to this type of subject, the one book I can recommend offhand is, "The power of NOW" by Eckhart Tolle...

[~Silver Essence~ 2,625]

Mind wandering is always neutral depending how you view it.

 

It can be good if your thinking straight, or bad if you let your negativity get the best of you.

[Espurr 449]

I let my mine run away and it comes back with pokemon and then reality hits me like a brick. I like mind wandering.

[Felix 1,363]

While looking into the future and past can be bad, so can the present. If something happens to you and you don't like it, your mind can easily begin asking itself "Why? Or why not?" And from there you can easily dwell on who you are and become unhappy in that sense. So, the present counts too. However, I suppose if everything's all cool in your life then you don't have those feelings to worry about much. But either way, while present is the better mindset, it still has it's issues in which you can mind wander.

 

I ask myself many things and they are present situations. Yes. I mind wander a lot.

Edited March 4, 2014 by FeIix