I have found a pattern with learning. I take on information that I am truly passionate about and interested in well. Sometimes to the point of living through the information where it kind of starts to restrict me. Then I will swing to the complete opposite and almost unconsciously forget everything I have recently learned, reverting back to the ways before this new knowledge was discovered, usually to my surprise... I am not sure if this is a pattern of my own, or the integration process of ... Read More
Depression; to press down, depress
For years I suffered with depression on and off. It was clinically undiagnosed because I didn’t trust the medical system (and i worked in it briefly) and refused the idea of going on any type of medication that was suggested every time I mentioned how I felt to a doctor. In my opinion, for me, medication was just a bandaid, I didn’t want a bloody bandaid. I didn’t like the idea of mainstream psychology because it was so clinical and the questions that were asked made me feel like they were ... Read More
Heart Mind
This is a really interesting article. Very thought provoking, got my blood pumping. http://www.brainpickings.org/…/30/daniel-kahneman-intuition/ Do you not think intuition goes much deeper than compiled predictions created through processes of the mind? I’m not sure intuition is as black and white as they make it out to be - just a bunch of cognitive processes. I think there are multiple levels of ‘intuition’ and even the label does not do it justice especially in context to this ... Read More
Dude Cycles
Did you know that men’s moods are just as variable as women’s moods? But women can at least predict when their moods will be less than optimum. In a study done by a woman named Alice Dan, she measured mood every hour, every single day for 1-2 months of men and women. She found for men there is a circadian rise and crash in testosterone everyday, but the rest was kinda irregular. However, I think there are larger cycles at work here with men, perhaps greater than a month, almost quarterly, ... Read More
Using the compass
I have been quiet recently and it is because I have been feeling pretty disconnected and crappy in myself, lots of low self worth stuff coming up without really realising it. Every time I’ve gone to post something I’ve thought ‘what’s the point?’ I’m travelling at the moment, settling into a new space for a while and kind of put my cycle compass down for a few months. Sure, I know what phase I’m in but I have found myself asking lately ‘what does that even mean? Soooo I’m in reflective phase ... Read More