Mental White Noise

[LuciferSam]

As some of you may know, I've REALLY flip-flopped around on the subject of religion. I've gone from atheist to Taoist to Christian, and now I'm back to Taoist. But what seems to happen a lot lately is that when I start to go over theological arguments in my head, they stay there, and won't go away. They become a sort of white noise milling around at the back of my head, and they cause me to become almost dissociated from the world around me, drifting through life without really focusing on anything (which is a big problem for a Taoist!). Just when I think I've settled into a logical philosophy, other thoughts, thoughts that I've previously proven to be illogical, creep up on me and work their way into my head and I have to spend several hours, if not days beating them back. I have an almost physical feeling of a wall of unwanted thoughts that only lead to difficulties trying to wrap itself around my brain. Does anybody else have this problem? How can I stop this from happening?

[sqishy]

I have had that problem in the past, getting caught up in my own mind. What I did was do something that would get me back in or at least get reminded of the real world, such as exercise, talking to other people, watching comedy and/or news, etc.

[Luminous]

I sometimes get completely wrapped up in my own mind. Once I realize what's going I stop what I'm doing, take a deep breath, hold for a few seconds, let it out. I do that a few times. Then I go and lay down on my bed and relax for a few moments, concentrating on my breathing. I go over to my computer (which I use from my bed) and watch some lighthearted Youtube videos to take my mind off the world. I especially love the Shaytards and CTFxC, two daily vloggers (they make a video of their life every day). They are extremely inspirational, amazing people. The Shaytards is a family, they currently have four kids (one coming within the next 2 weeks!!!) and a dog, and they live in LA, and they are amazing. CTFxC is a married couple, the husband Charles has had seizures, they found out he had a brain tumor, had surgery to get it out, a few weeks ago he had to have surgery again, they found out it's actually cancer. Super inspiring people, and their two dogs are cute. Charles is in a band called We The Kings and they hold a Guinnes World Record for the most days vlogging (Shaytards have been vlogging longer, but they have missed days, CTFxC hasn't) Watching their videos is calming and helps me feel better, and it clears up my head. I suggest you try it.