Why brain fog why

Do you guys feel a block or congestion in ththe front of your brain? I heard it’s hypofrontality or something... it’s really hard to think deeply and work not even complex problems. Memory is shot and it’s like in a state of confusion and doubt, even on easy things that you know is easy but aren’t sure... do you guys feel like this?

 

I feel it, yup.

 

Yes!!!! That feeling!!! It’s like, you should know it but you don’t. I have this issue at work, I feel like things that I should get after a couple of times seeing it, I don’t... it makes everything in life hard... everything...

Has anyone found ways to alleviate it? Brain exercises? Running? Herbs? I try to do complex problems sometimes to kinda flex my brain muscles, in a sense, but I get bored or I get burnt then bored. Anyone feel this way as well?

 

I just realized another problem. I notice when I know what I’m going to say, then as I’m typing it and getting ready for the next sentence, I would forget it. Anyone get this?

 

For me, I find it easier to concentrate and think in general without the fog. The pathways being clear of pmo/fantasies is how it’s supposed to be. It’s a wonderful feeling.

 

You’re saying being on this forum is helpful by bringing out and voicing our issues?

 

Whatever you do, or try, you have to do it consistently and have a good idea of what and how much to do in the first place. Just hearing about an herb and taking it sporadically won't tell you if it works for you, for example, or if you keep changing up your supplement regimen because you heard X or Y is "good for you."

The three parts of the eight fold path that falls under mental discipline in Buddhism are energy/effort, concentration and mindfulness. A lot of people may do a mindfulness meditation but never do any kind of concentration practice, so right there it could probably be balanced out. A concentration practice may be as simple as counting the breath. If you look at people with no real strategy to speak of rebooting is like all effort but very little concentration and mindfulness, so you want to have all three.

Of course a part of it is just rebooting, it's biological and our biology has its own time. A lot of people don't even know how to relax, and sleep may be a big issue since that is the one time we're supposed to rejuvenate but it doesn't happen successfully on a chronic basis. And re-juvenation is the point of re-booting in the first place isn't it?? There's a daily reboot as well as the longer, full reboot. Again you need to be consistent, and ignoring this is that same pattern of relying mostly on energy and effort, and the mental aspect that mirrors this is relying on intent but ignoring understanding. (those two are the wisdom qualities of the 8 fold path) Intent alone or 99% intent is a lot like the mental equivalent of brute force of relying on energy alone - neither is very intelligent.

There are a lot of things that can help, just pick one to start with, practice it on a regular basis and report back/reassess - chances are there is someone out there that's doing it. Any one of these things can be a challenge, if nothing else to yourself but it helps to put it out there.

Nothing works if you just try it once or twice.

 

yeah, I meditate but probably need to concentrate more. I just want to take herbs to help bring energy or kinda bring something to my organs or whatever.

Are you saying dont use willpower but be disciplined?

 

No I'm saying you end up using all of it like parts in a machine. You wouldn't only use one gear in the car or ignore the brakes or never change the oil, but only focusing on one quality is like that.

 

What’s the one quality I am solely focusing on? Are you saying I need to do a lot more. Like exercise, meditate better etc

 

It's not about activities, it's about the qualities. You can practice mindfulness any time, just like you can concentrate on whatever you're doing at any time. If you are mindful a little bit all the time you'll start noticing how you might be doing more of one than another. I was pointing out things like how people focus on intent just as an example, that's one quality of wisdom, the other one is understanding. If someone always focus on positive intent but really has no understanding of how things work then they will likely fail in the long run, that's what happens when people are always touting positive thinking of some kind. Sure that's all good, but positive thinking without understanding is still pretty ignorant by definition. It's probably where the saying the road to hell is paved with good intentions, because without understanding it's kind of blind.

The eight fold path is just the very basic Buddhist teaching. Of course just because you meditate it doesn't mean you're Buddhist, but it is a very simple model that's worth looking at and easy to understand when you actually study it a little bit. You start noticing how your mind automatically does all these things at different times in different activities, it's not about doing more but noticing more and understanding yourself more.

 

If positive thinking alone is enough nobody would be addicted to anything, they would be addicted to thinking those thoughts. It would also mean nobody would need to understand anything and just think positive, but success obviously depends on understanding.

I was correlating positive thinking with intent, but even intent is more subtle and nuanced than being positive. It can involve more than, say, being happy. Suppose ones intent was being healthy, that may involve exercise which doesn't always feel good, it may involve eating vegetables that doesn't taste as good as other foods - but that's understood to be positive because of understanding how they improve health, not how it tastes. You can't have one without the other.