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Originally Posted by thinktank  Does seeing too much movies really impair brain functioning? Nowadays
I dont seem to be able to think that well. I am such a sham. |
Hi Thinktank!
First - this is likely due to mindset rather than your ability to think. Your lack of progress leads to a lack of self confidence, which affects your mood, thoughts, actions, and leads to more lack of progress.
Its a cycle, which must be broken.
One good option is
exercise. Exercising helps balance mood altering hormones in your brain, increasing endorphins and reducing stress. This has a quality long term impact on your mood. Regularly go out and seek physical activity at your local college if you can find it. You may also find it easier to interact with other people who are also exercising.. as your sharing a common activity.
Another option is exploring your interests, and finding something which you
really enjoy. If you can engage in a passion, you can develop it into an expertise and possibly even an income stream. This will also improve your self confidence, as you will feel better about your progress.
Something else: confront your fear. Find activities (like exercise) that you are most comfortable engaging with other people in. Start with people that you are most comfortable around. If you already have one or more friends, try to bring them along to group activities for encouragement. Perhaps find volunteer or paid positions in which you interact with the public. The more you confront fear & shyness, the less it will hold you back.
Instead of TV or your normal computer activities, try reading. Fiction, non-fiction, reading anything will enhance your learning and creativity.
Try creating a blog, or other journal type system, to write about what you think and feel as you go through the day. In the case of a blog, you can submit the contents to others and have them provide you with feedback to help self growth. Writing like this can help organize your thoughts for better problem solving and less worrying.
Worrying: no matter how bad things are for us, it often helps to stop and consider outside perspectives.
For example, people who may be
much less fortunate: People with physical handicaps that can never enjoy certain activities; people in other countries with dictatorships that control every aspect of their lives, people too poor to acquire basic needs, people in war zones who deal with constant threats to their survival... there are still many of us in the world who suffer from these types of things. Sometimes just stopping and considering outside positions like these helps us to reorient our own perspectives so that we worry less.
An alternative to this is to simply think the opposite: how complex and intricate life on our planet is, the unimaginable massive size of our solar system, galaxy, and universe, the monumental achievements of past individuals and civilizations in the face of all obstacles.
In any instance, there is always a chance. Your thoughts alone have the power to change anything, or create anything. Simply know this, and give yourself the chance to understand it, and nothing can prevent you from achieving any dream you can imagine.. not even time itself.
Kevin