ikr being a regular xqc viewer im really used to reading chat at the same time, but here u really need to focus because the chat is so retarded to the topic
Resonates with me a lot. After trying for years to get better(I was suicidal and many other problems.) I woke up at 3:30 (am) to watch a meteorite shower. The weather was perfect and I went to a quiet place and watched. As I was watching a lot of things clicked and I undertook action. It pretty much saved my life. And now I'm in the final weeks of treatment. Coming out the other side as a fully functioning person.
I am 31 years old and from india.i just landed on Dr K's channel yesterday night .I keep reading about meditation and practice it around 10 mins a day.i have searched about it on the internet but this is the first time I have seen someone so on point about the whole deal.this is more relevant to me than probably even a lot of what sam harris has to say about it.respect to both though.
Once I was really depressed, so much so that I lost the motivation to do basic things like eating, for months I barely ate and lost a lot of weight and it wasn't intentional. One day, I thought, I don't want to be so miserable anymore and then I got better. It wasn't quick but I still remember that as the point when I started to get better. I don't know what happened inside my head but my recovery was led by that one thought.
I used to be like that too until I tried to find it fun. I was an F student from 4th-6th grade until I just snapped out of it and became a straight A student. You just have to find the love for it. For me, it was the discovery that I enjoyed learning and being “smarter” than others. You just have to look from within. Hope this helps.
Meditation also makes you aware of your mind a lot more. This way you can “kill” invasive thoughts, and start to place your mind/self in pressure in order to get tougher/stronger
This is so beautifully put together. This is exactly what I've been experiencing over the last few months as I've gotten more serious about meditation.
Thank you so much, your videos have helped me so much in such a short amount of time. The way you analyse and breakdown complicated topics into memorable analogies is amazing. I hope you continue to help people and change people's lives for the better. Thanks
This really made me realize how weak my mind is... I refocus my attention so much while im working, studying, reading, etc. and now i understand why I'm capable of reading books or comics for 1-2h withouth touching my phone, but I can't do the same with work.
Would you consider doing a full video/talk on meditation in some kind of a structured way? For example, how to start meditating, best sources for meditation practices, how long should you meditate in the beginning etc. I've been trying to piece the information together from all of your videos but it's just simply too much content to go over. Or maybe I missed something?
I haven’t looked deep into what Dr K does, but I personally just sit down, close my eyes, and focus on how it feels for the air to go in and out of my airway. I’ve heard that’s a way to do it
Watching this video, I tried to focus and I lasted 15 minutes, then I opened up another tab to browse while listening to this video. I closed the new tab in realization that that was the point in which I lost focus.
Just like a meditation, the skill is to notice that you've been distracted and return to the task. This strengthens that mental muscle. The point is to get distracted and bring back your attention.
18:30 I just experienced this moment yesterday when listening to your video on body fat! I have always been a person that can accept something you tell me is true but, until I understand the mechanics or science behind it, I don't know how to apply the information to my life. (That's the best way I know to describe it.) I was the annoying kid that always asked, "But why...?", growing up - because I genuinely wanted to know. I have always struggled with weight my whole life, but especially since I was diagnosed with MS and had to switch from a very physical job to a sedentary job. I have been trying to motivate myself to exercise regularly and place exercise as a top priority, but I have been able to come up with excuses to not exercise. Your video titled, "What New Fat Research Actually Says", made me realize I have misunderstood a LOT of stuff around body fat and how it affects everything, probably because a lot of this is newer information from research. When you talked about what happens when we get stressed and energy is released, and how fat is linked to so many mental issues along with the physical issues, I had this moment where it just clicked - it was the "light bulb moment", and I felt my focus and determination to exercise every day completely shift and grow. I haven't felt this committed and focused on exercise ever in my life, and I grew up playing soccer starting at age 4. I am so glad that TH-cam randomly recommended your videos, Dr. K, and I have been listening to them with a concentration I haven't experienced in a long time.
My attitude towards studying changed alot when i watch your channel Would say that its life-changing. Easy to digest contents (but sometimes i dont have the time to watch 30-1hour vids :
One way I see focus and distraction: Focus = micro-distractions, leaves-scale distraction Distraction = macro-distractions, forest-scale or maybe tree-scale distraction
If you think about one leaf, then another, then another, and can't think about one leaf for long, you're distracted. If you think about one forest until you choose to stop, you are very focused.
@@nomukun1138 You have a great idea in there. 1 One can say they are focusing on the same forest while going from leaf to leaf. But then which case is true? 2 The leaf can be as complex as a forest (if you don't include the leaf level details here). 3 If you look at 1 thing and then look at 0 things, that sounds like meditation. What if there's a spectrum from distraction to focus to meditation? 4 The problem I see is how to define focus. What if a better definition of focus is on what you avoid rather than what you do? 5 The other issue is a classification issue. For example, in the points I'm making, they seem somewhat wild and random to me. Yet, they are on the same topic. Am I distracted or focused? I would say both. I am distracted if I planned something else. I am focused if this is something I intend to do, setting aside time to not do anything else. This create a boundary in my mind against other useful things I could do. When they pop up, I can give the reason that I sorted my time to do that task x hours from now.
@@mintee8638 We could be thinking about very different stretches of time. You might be discussing an hour-long study session, but I was discussing moment-to-moment or second-to-second focus (which was closer to what Dr. K meant, and it's what the practice of meditation strengthens, to my understanding.)
@@nomukun1138 Time scale is a good point there. What I see matters is one's intent and goal. If one wants to compare 2 leaves, then switching back and forth between them makes sense. I prefer not to define distraction as switching between objects, if you like that definition. I would classify meditation as distinct from focus. Some meditations are about not focusing on any one thing, but quieting the mind to one's best ability. If they do focus on some thing, I see it more about relaxing the mind than focusing it in a direction.
@@mintee8638 You're right, I lost sight of the many valid meditation practices in which strengthening one-pointed concentration isn't the objective. One-pointed concentration isn't needed if comparing different objects is the intent and goal, but that comparing process can still be very focused.
This is the reason why i always mute all in games like LoL. I release i enjoy the game and perform better when i don't have someone to tilt me and throw my concentration off. Sometime it annoys me though because i cant just ignore these people but i have to mute them. There is no mute button in the real world.
This makes me even more worried about the consequences of our brains being less able to focus on 1 thing the more we use the instant quick and easy gratifications things like social media give us
11:36 its also your presuppositions about the movie or what mood you're in you can enjoy. Being open to whatever and just experiencing a movie or game as it comes can improve your enjoyment massively. Which is why its hard to recommend something to friends sometimes cause they wont get it the way you did they'll expect something entirely different from the experience.
I really wish I could have meditation experiences like the people who come on stream. I've tried establishing a meditation routine throughout my life, but I can never stick with it.
It's easier to focus on the goal of getting all the leaves raked up when there is rain in the forecast for the next week. I know this works so I look at the forecast whenever I don't feel like doing yardwork.
I am so good at hyperfocusing, but it causes me to get obsessed and to neglect other priorities like eating or drinking water or cleaning my room or brushing my teeth, etc. Then, when I snap out of this flow state, sometimes days later, I have anxiety when I realize the things I've been neglecting. Then I procrastinate because I'm worried I'll get sucked back into hyperfocus mode. I agree that flow is enjoyable and helps me ace my classes, but at what cost? How does one achieve a happy medium? What's the best way to get out of a flow state? I set alarms to snap me out of it, but they annoy me so I turn them off and resume hyperfocus.
so you are saying focus is what keeps us productive and motived and so on. but does our mind not need some boredom too, to be creative? the mind has to wander a bit so u think about stuff u would normally not think about. for example tipical shower thoughts. this is where im getting confused, buddhism is all about mindfulness and being in the now, with meditation to becoming very focused. but can the brain be focused every day all day? or will it get exhausted ? and if the brain gets exhausted is this a "good" exhaustion or a bad one?
What I believe is this: Boredom is the cause of no to low focus. Now stay with me. With continued focus and meditation, you may reach a point where nothing is boring. Life itself with excite you. Just siting there. I believe wondering thoughts are just a cluster of thoughts you already know on some sort of level. It may be conscious or unconscious. The ability to organize and use the unconscious information/thoughts is the ability to focus. You will be a whole lot more creative with a focused mind then a wondering mind that goes in circles. That’s my understanding and what I’ve experienced. I think those wondering thoughts are just unconscious, but thoughts you already know, which makes them honestly not as useful.
Hey Dr. K, Could you talk on stream next time about Panick Attack ? I may need it, really need it. I have a lot of problems about a bit of everything. For example anxiety, social anxiety, depression or near it, ect. I try my best to find baby steps to help me get out of each of them and Panick attack is one of them.
Hey man, I tried to look for some resources to help, try www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-Yourself/Panic I haven't looked too far into it but it seems like it will provide you the necessary understanding of what you are talking about, please be safe and if you are experiencing these then definitely a real psyocologist is a good option to consider, be safe :)
@@peteappleseed827 I do understand the difference between meeting a real one and Dr. K and I may do it for my own good if it isn't fixed yet. Thanks a LOT for this link. You weren't forced to do it yet you did and it's a great act of kindness and I like it a lot
@@Picodoux. I second a IRL shrink if you can, so that he can follow up with you every fortnightly. I was initially adamant about doing it as I thought I could self treat just using Dr K's video, but I went to 3 sessions of IRL counselling and it drastically improved my quality of life. They really try to understand the root cause and ensure you dont lapse back into your self destructive cycle. The follow up is key. Good luck to you man.
Funny thing is you can waste energy thinking about doing something. Doing something immediately or setting alarm and forgetting quickly saves energy guys.
If meditating isn't working for you, try a dopamine detox. At least in my experience, the detox gave similar benefits to meditation in a very short amount of time. It also makes the actual act of meditating SO MUCH EASIER!
Enjoyment isn't that simple though. If there are toxic teammates, less enjoyable game. Supportive teammates, a more enjoyable time. In both cases though the mind loses focus from the game.
What if you don’t have a problem of focusing on one thing but directing that focus to the correct thing? I’m interested in “too many things” and can easily focus for hours or days on something that isn’t useful to me. My parents are biologists and biology is interesting to me. So one day instead of studying for my exam I just got distracted by the love life of penguins and ended up looking up every single research paper I could find on that topic, taking like 20 work hours researching penguins nearly without eating.
Learn how to prioritise certain things in your life I guess… for me, my mind wanders a lot and I get distracted very easily. One method I used to help with completing tasks is by knowing what’s a want and a need. For example, there’s a difference between wanting to research on penguins and needing to study for a big exam. Knowing what is at stake definitely helps you focus on the more important tasks.
@HealthyGamerGG Do you drink coffee/caffeine? Also, what meditation did you use while studying in university to make it so you only needed 2 hours of studying a day?
Is it a good idea to leave chat on to practice ignoring it? I for one never mute to practice not getting angry when somebody flames me, I'm not sure it has worked though. Now that I think about it it's probably because I get angry at the fact that I get angry in the first place, instead of accepting it for what it is. I have a lot of trouble in general accepting the size of my ego, and the fact that I haven't managed to reduce it.
I honestly think it's about your mindset, I look at it from the other person's pov and decide if they're being rational or not. If they aren't then it's genuinely not worth thinking about it because it's just their emotions in the moment which usually misguides their judgement, making it pretty pointless to get angry at it. I try to be as logical as possible but again that's just me
Interesting. Does this have perhaps any effect in your surroundings? For example, if I studied and want to take a break by playing videogames, will the break be affected if I have the book still in front of me while playing the game? Does the focus wander from one thing to the other subconsciously?
i tried doing a couple different types of meditation and whenever i did them my brain and concentration just broke away within a couple of seconds, no matter how hard i concentrated or tried, any advice?
That's what it's like when you start out. When you notice your mind wandering off, just return it to your breathing. Like Dr. K says, each time you do that is a "pushup" for your brain, attention span, focus, etc. You can't suddenly expect to do one hundred pushups if you've never done any before. Keep at it :)
You completely missed the whole point of meditation. It's not to achieve a goal (quiet mind), the journey *is* the goal (bringing the mind back to calmness after it wonders). Keep trying, it's that simple.
Relax, give in, surrender to the present by paying attention to it. Think of your thoughts like you do the birds singing, it's just noise, and you don't try to get rid of the bird noises... Just feel them
Yo DR.K you should check out the book named: "21 lessons for the 21st century" by Yuval Noah Arrari the famous author of the book Sapiens He destroys religions and then goes on to give dharma as a way of attempting at finding meaning in life
Do games really count as concentration? Because there are a zillion things going on all at once in videogames. Just like in real life, when you're playing Minecraft you can get distracted by many tasks that you're managing even from within the game. I will never finish the final 10% of my minecraft house because I started three other construction projects. Or in Ark, nobody likes the guy that you keep asking to gather iron because he keeps finding dinosaurs he wants to tame.
I think depends on the game you are playing. For example, if you are playing an objective driven game (Call of duty, League of legends, etc.) Then your mind does not wander as much, you have a goal and objective, win by meeting certain conditions. Open worlds, generally speaking, have a lot more things to do, it's not only doing a main objective, is having multiple side quests while doing a side quest. So is normal that you wonder Alot Minecraft lacks objectives, the mission is one of your doing, yourself is the goal and Minecraft provide the tools. I think Minecraft is a fascinating way to study our minds and a cool way to understand ourselves.
Listening to Dr. K gives you brain cells,
Looking at the Chat loses them.
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
Same. Whenever im not listening to him like a podcast, i open up another minimized tab to block chat lol
The chat is so bad, people trying so hard to be funny
Watching this was like meditation because I had to make sure I focused on Dr. K and not chat so I wouldn't lose brain cells
This is the best comment I've seen in a while 😂
ikr being a regular xqc viewer im really used to reading chat at the same time, but here u really need to focus because the chat is so retarded to the topic
Chat was hilarious it wasn't easy😂
Couldn’t say it better. Dr K tells me I have a weak focus, but I can’t even listen because I am watching the chat.
How can you even read it? It's so small.
It is a blessing to live in the time of the mental health revolution.
Too young to explore the world, too old to explore space, just right to explore our minds.
@@fernandotrevinocastro1018This goes so hard
@@fernandotrevinocastro1018Goes hard, screenshoting.
Man, Dr. K has so much patience to deal with chat, my god they are so annoying and disrespectful
his secret is that he doesn't read it most of the time lol
Resonates with me a lot. After trying for years to get better(I was suicidal and many other problems.) I woke up at 3:30 (am) to watch a meteorite shower. The weather was perfect and I went to a quiet place and watched. As I was watching a lot of things clicked and I undertook action. It pretty much saved my life. And now I'm in the final weeks of treatment. Coming out the other side as a fully functioning person.
I am 31 years old and from india.i just landed on Dr K's channel yesterday night .I keep reading about meditation and practice it around 10 mins a day.i have searched about it on the internet but this is the first time I have seen someone so on point about the whole deal.this is more relevant to me than probably even a lot of what sam harris has to say about it.respect to both though.
Once I was really depressed, so much so that I lost the motivation to do basic things like eating, for months I barely ate and lost a lot of weight and it wasn't intentional. One day, I thought, I don't want to be so miserable anymore and then I got better. It wasn't quick but I still remember that as the point when I started to get better. I don't know what happened inside my head but my recovery was led by that one thought.
This happens with me offen... I guess it's because of pressure or because of harsh reality
That explaines why I dread Class so much. I just can't concentrate ever and it seems all so uninteresting to me. I hate it more then anything else.
I used to be like that too until I tried to find it fun. I was an F student from 4th-6th grade until I just snapped out of it and became a straight A student. You just have to find the love for it. For me, it was the discovery that I enjoyed learning and being “smarter” than others. You just have to look from within. Hope this helps.
Meditation also makes you aware of your mind a lot more. This way you can “kill” invasive thoughts, and start to place your mind/self in pressure in order to get tougher/stronger
This video actually improved my understanding of the word "immersion" as a word in the field of game design by a HUGE margin, thank you Dr.K!
I'd say laziness is more choosing not to do things, even though you can. Getting distracted is more along the lines of procrastination.
This is so beautifully put together. This is exactly what I've been experiencing over the last few months as I've gotten more serious about meditation.
Thank you so much, your videos have helped me so much in such a short amount of time. The way you analyse and breakdown complicated topics into memorable analogies is amazing. I hope you continue to help people and change people's lives for the better. Thanks
Ayy it's hachiman
Seriously, hes awesome
This really made me realize how weak my mind is... I refocus my attention so much while im working, studying, reading, etc. and now i understand why I'm capable of reading books or comics for 1-2h withouth touching my phone, but I can't do the same with work.
When in ignorance the ego is who we are and meditation is what we do. In Reality meditation is what we are and the ego is what we do.
13:23 just as he says “breaks your immersion” the video glitches out. My immersion has been broken. Bravo
I'm binge listening to you at work. Glad to have found this channel.
Thank you for this video, understand our mind is fascinating
Would you consider doing a full video/talk on meditation in some kind of a structured way?
For example, how to start meditating, best sources for meditation practices, how long should you meditate in the beginning etc.
I've been trying to piece the information together from all of your videos but it's just simply too much content to go over. Or maybe I missed something?
yeah you missed something
just sit down and shut the fuck up
typical overthinker
In doctor Ks guides, he has meditation practices and talks about meditation
I haven’t looked deep into what Dr K does, but I personally just sit down, close my eyes, and focus on how it feels for the air to go in and out of my airway. I’ve heard that’s a way to do it
check out his guide in the descriptions of his videos
This was extremely helpful! Thank you so much for this. Im gonna start meditating
Meditation is something that I need to start doing more
It’s been 4 years how’s it going
Watching this video, I tried to focus and I lasted 15 minutes, then I opened up another tab to browse while listening to this video. I closed the new tab in realization that that was the point in which I lost focus.
Just like a meditation, the skill is to notice that you've been distracted and return to the task. This strengthens that mental muscle. The point is to get distracted and bring back your attention.
18:30 I just experienced this moment yesterday when listening to your video on body fat! I have always been a person that can accept something you tell me is true but, until I understand the mechanics or science behind it, I don't know how to apply the information to my life. (That's the best way I know to describe it.) I was the annoying kid that always asked, "But why...?", growing up - because I genuinely wanted to know. I have always struggled with weight my whole life, but especially since I was diagnosed with MS and had to switch from a very physical job to a sedentary job. I have been trying to motivate myself to exercise regularly and place exercise as a top priority, but I have been able to come up with excuses to not exercise. Your video titled, "What New Fat Research Actually Says", made me realize I have misunderstood a LOT of stuff around body fat and how it affects everything, probably because a lot of this is newer information from research. When you talked about what happens when we get stressed and energy is released, and how fat is linked to so many mental issues along with the physical issues, I had this moment where it just clicked - it was the "light bulb moment", and I felt my focus and determination to exercise every day completely shift and grow. I haven't felt this committed and focused on exercise ever in my life, and I grew up playing soccer starting at age 4. I am so glad that TH-cam randomly recommended your videos, Dr. K, and I have been listening to them with a concentration I haven't experienced in a long time.
My attitude towards studying changed alot when i watch your channel
Would say that its life-changing. Easy to digest contents (but sometimes i dont have the time to watch 30-1hour vids :
One way I see focus and distraction:
Focus = micro-distractions, leaves-scale distraction
Distraction = macro-distractions, forest-scale or maybe tree-scale distraction
If you think about one leaf, then another, then another, and can't think about one leaf for long, you're distracted. If you think about one forest until you choose to stop, you are very focused.
@@nomukun1138 You have a great idea in there.
1 One can say they are focusing on the same forest while going from leaf to leaf. But then which case is true?
2 The leaf can be as complex as a forest (if you don't include the leaf level details here).
3 If you look at 1 thing and then look at 0 things, that sounds like meditation. What if there's a spectrum from distraction to focus to meditation?
4 The problem I see is how to define focus. What if a better definition of focus is on what you avoid rather than what you do?
5 The other issue is a classification issue. For example, in the points I'm making, they seem somewhat wild and random to me. Yet, they are on the same topic. Am I distracted or focused? I would say both. I am distracted if I planned something else. I am focused if this is something I intend to do, setting aside time to not do anything else. This create a boundary in my mind against other useful things I could do. When they pop up, I can give the reason that I sorted my time to do that task x hours from now.
@@mintee8638 We could be thinking about very different stretches of time. You might be discussing an hour-long study session, but I was discussing moment-to-moment or second-to-second focus (which was closer to what Dr. K meant, and it's what the practice of meditation strengthens, to my understanding.)
@@nomukun1138 Time scale is a good point there.
What I see matters is one's intent and goal. If one wants to compare 2 leaves, then switching back and forth between them makes sense.
I prefer not to define distraction as switching between objects, if you like that definition.
I would classify meditation as distinct from focus. Some meditations are about not focusing on any one thing, but quieting the mind to one's best ability. If they do focus on some thing, I see it more about relaxing the mind than focusing it in a direction.
@@mintee8638 You're right, I lost sight of the many valid meditation practices in which strengthening one-pointed concentration isn't the objective. One-pointed concentration isn't needed if comparing different objects is the intent and goal, but that comparing process can still be very focused.
Doc's videogame analogies are A1 loool tysm healthygamer staff, i love you all
Man Dr. K is awesome, thank you so much for this videos, they truly help.
This is the reason why i always mute all in games like LoL. I release i enjoy the game and perform better when i don't have someone to tilt me and throw my concentration off. Sometime it annoys me though because i cant just ignore these people but i have to mute them. There is no mute button in the real world.
I swear his twitch streams give me more info than his Guide to Mental Health XD THO I love both
Thank you Dr K, you are a fountain of wisdom and I am so pleased to have found your channel! Peace
i wish i would've found dr k when i was wayyy younger
11:05 Dr K on the relationship between enjoying something and focus
I am really glad to found you at 21
This makes me even more worried about the consequences of our brains being less able to focus on 1 thing the more we use the instant quick and easy gratifications things like social media give us
11:36 its also your presuppositions about the movie or what mood you're in you can enjoy. Being open to whatever and just experiencing a movie or game as it comes can improve your enjoyment massively. Which is why its hard to recommend something to friends sometimes cause they wont get it the way you did they'll expect something entirely different from the experience.
Dr. K is a Saint
if i could double like this, i would! Great content, thx!!
Relaxed Mind - 9:43
Concentration = Greater Understanding - 13:40
The Effects of Gaming on the Mind - 21:43
Thanks for another great video, these explanations are great and also relatable 😂
Very deep video!! the content is amazing, congrats!
I will donate when I start earning. Thank you!
I really wish I could have meditation experiences like the people who come on stream. I've tried establishing a meditation routine throughout my life, but I can never stick with it.
Dharana
It’s my belief that the “clicking” you’re describing, the lightbulb moment, is actually memory reconsolidation.
Ima be bold and brave here: thank you mr k.
I think I speak for all of you
just felt like dr K has been saying the same thing in different ways for years
It's easier to focus on the goal of getting all the leaves raked up when there is rain in the forecast for the next week. I know this works so I look at the forecast whenever I don't feel like doing yardwork.
I did not compare dates but they used this clip twice. I love my memory.
I am so good at hyperfocusing, but it causes me to get obsessed and to neglect other priorities like eating or drinking water or cleaning my room or brushing my teeth, etc. Then, when I snap out of this flow state, sometimes days later, I have anxiety when I realize the things I've been neglecting. Then I procrastinate because I'm worried I'll get sucked back into hyperfocus mode. I agree that flow is enjoyable and helps me ace my classes, but at what cost? How does one achieve a happy medium? What's the best way to get out of a flow state? I set alarms to snap me out of it, but they annoy me so I turn them off and resume hyperfocus.
Seems like you dont have control over the focus of your mind meditation can improve that
That happens a lot to me, found out that is was ADHD, you should seek a professional for this.
you are changing the way i look at things. You are helping me to make the changes i wanted to do for a long time
It’s a series of little tricks. Once you learn the trick it’s very easy. The problem is learning the trick. -Stanley Miller
This guy is real shit talker but some videos are real waste of time lol but majority are great full respect
28:49 "what is dodged?" lol
Ruined his focus lol
every video is a gift from u
Tormasan facts
"Once u accept you are cringe you are free." ~ Buddha
I feel like I'm a pretty focused person, it's just that I don't have the energy to do the things I want to.
so you are saying focus is what keeps us productive and motived and so on. but does our mind not need some boredom too, to be creative? the mind has to wander a bit so u think about stuff u would normally not think about. for example tipical shower thoughts.
this is where im getting confused, buddhism is all about mindfulness and being in the now, with meditation to becoming very focused.
but can the brain be focused every day all day? or will it get exhausted ? and if the brain gets exhausted is this a "good" exhaustion or a bad one?
What I believe is this: Boredom is the cause of no to low focus. Now stay with me.
With continued focus and meditation, you may reach a point where nothing is boring. Life itself with excite you. Just siting there. I believe wondering thoughts are just a cluster of thoughts you already know on some sort of level. It may be conscious or unconscious. The ability to organize and use the unconscious information/thoughts is the ability to focus. You will be a whole lot more creative with a focused mind then a wondering mind that goes in circles.
That’s my understanding and what I’ve experienced. I think those wondering thoughts are just unconscious, but thoughts you already know, which makes them honestly not as useful.
Yes I think it helps. I was once so stressed I couldn't see straight.
I got this .. When im focusing on something and then when im being bother while im doing my thing.. And i feel angry..
Hey Dr. K,
Could you talk on stream next time about Panick Attack ? I may need it, really need it. I have a lot of problems about a bit of everything. For example anxiety, social anxiety, depression or near it, ect. I try my best to find baby steps to help me get out of each of them and Panick attack is one of them.
Hey man, I tried to look for some resources to help, try www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-Yourself/Panic I haven't looked too far into it but it seems like it will provide you the necessary understanding of what you are talking about, please be safe and if you are experiencing these then definitely a real psyocologist is a good option to consider, be safe :)
By real I mean real world* I get that dr k is qualified ok lol
@@peteappleseed827 I do understand the difference between meeting a real one and Dr. K and I may do it for my own good if it isn't fixed yet. Thanks a LOT for this link. You weren't forced to do it yet you did and it's a great act of kindness and I like it a lot
@@Picodoux. I second a IRL shrink if you can, so that he can follow up with you every fortnightly. I was initially adamant about doing it as I thought I could self treat just using Dr K's video, but I went to 3 sessions of IRL counselling and it drastically improved my quality of life. They really try to understand the root cause and ensure you dont lapse back into your self destructive cycle.
The follow up is key. Good luck to you man.
Ta mask thanks for your shared experiences
Funny thing is you can waste energy thinking about doing something. Doing something immediately or setting alarm and forgetting quickly saves energy guys.
I so anticipated him saying lazer beam, he did not disappoint
Ty doctor
0:52 Lazer beam
If meditating isn't working for you, try a dopamine detox.
At least in my experience, the detox gave similar benefits to meditation in a very short amount of time. It also makes the actual act of meditating SO MUCH EASIER!
Enjoyment isn't that simple though. If there are toxic teammates, less enjoyable game. Supportive teammates, a more enjoyable time. In both cases though the mind loses focus from the game.
This is so helpful not gonna lie
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I need to focus on focus training
my follow through is so bad it can be classified as executive dysfunction
Ight, so how do you develop this focus thing then? I doubt sitting with your legs crossed does the trick..
love this
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Dharma, to focus and concentrate
Can someone reply me the next part of this stream where he explains Dharana?
What spiritual path did you follow? Going to start Kriya Yoga potentially, and a lot of the thinking lines up with what you're saying.
Someone in chat said meow after he asked about what they think gaming does
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Your video’s are very interesting
Is there a link for the rest of this stream?
Stop reading comments... Focus!!!
What if you don’t have a problem of focusing on one thing but directing that focus to the correct thing?
I’m interested in “too many things” and can easily focus for hours or days on something that isn’t useful to me. My parents are biologists and biology is interesting to me. So one day instead of studying for my exam I just got distracted by the love life of penguins and ended up looking up every single research paper I could find on that topic, taking like 20 work hours researching penguins nearly without eating.
Learn how to prioritise certain things in your life I guess… for me, my mind wanders a lot and I get distracted very easily.
One method I used to help with completing tasks is by knowing what’s a want and a need. For example, there’s a difference between wanting to research on penguins and needing to study for a big exam.
Knowing what is at stake definitely helps you focus on the more important tasks.
@HealthyGamerGG Do you drink coffee/caffeine? Also, what meditation did you use while studying in university to make it so you only needed 2 hours of studying a day?
This video took me an hour to finish but at least I got it done.
Is it a good idea to leave chat on to practice ignoring it? I for one never mute to practice not getting angry when somebody flames me, I'm not sure it has worked though. Now that I think about it it's probably because I get angry at the fact that I get angry in the first place, instead of accepting it for what it is. I have a lot of trouble in general accepting the size of my ego, and the fact that I haven't managed to reduce it.
I honestly think it's about your mindset, I look at it from the other person's pov and decide if they're being rational or not. If they aren't then it's genuinely not worth thinking about it because it's just their emotions in the moment which usually misguides their judgement, making it pretty pointless to get angry at it. I try to be as logical as possible but again that's just me
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Interesting. Does this have perhaps any effect in your surroundings? For example, if I studied and want to take a break by playing videogames, will the break be affected if I have the book still in front of me while playing the game? Does the focus wander from one thing to the other subconsciously?
i have to open up a blank mspaint page and stretch it over the twitch chat while watching because of how annoying it is
i tried doing a couple different types of meditation and whenever i did them my brain and concentration just broke away within a couple of seconds, no matter how hard i concentrated or tried, any advice?
That's what it's like when you start out. When you notice your mind wandering off, just return it to your breathing. Like Dr. K says, each time you do that is a "pushup" for your brain, attention span, focus, etc. You can't suddenly expect to do one hundred pushups if you've never done any before. Keep at it :)
as Max said, thats how its expected to begin, you will be getting slightly longer and longer focus windows with practice
Don’t give up. Keep practicing. If you can only remain focus for a few seconds that’s okay, just keep trying. Don’t feel pressured or stress.
You completely missed the whole point of meditation. It's not to achieve a goal (quiet mind), the journey *is* the goal (bringing the mind back to calmness after it wonders). Keep trying, it's that simple.
Relax, give in, surrender to the present by paying attention to it. Think of your thoughts like you do the birds singing, it's just noise, and you don't try to get rid of the bird noises... Just feel them
Could you please link the VOD of the stream these videos are taken from in future videos?
Skippy McJimbo go to his twitch channel twitch.tv/healthygamer_GG you can watch all of the raw vods there
@@2hot4u435 Yes but it would be nice to see the specific vod that each video is from so I don't need to search through all of them
Skippy McJimbo ah, I hear you. Yea, that would be nice.
Mute your allys and have a good game. It works well. I do it for years. :)
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How many hours a meditation per day Dr . K more is better?
Watching this while chatting with my crush
Sorry for the ignorant question, but what are the foreign phrases you use and what are they from? Buddhist teachings?
What about ADHD ?
Yo DR.K you should check out the book named: "21 lessons for the 21st century" by Yuval Noah Arrari the famous author of the book Sapiens
He destroys religions and then goes on to give dharma as a way of attempting at finding meaning in life
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He's talking about focusing and all I'm doing is reading the chat. I'm so bad at this lmao xd
Just structure the display that you won’t see the chat (Problem Solved)
Do games really count as concentration? Because there are a zillion things going on all at once in videogames. Just like in real life, when you're playing Minecraft you can get distracted by many tasks that you're managing even from within the game. I will never finish the final 10% of my minecraft house because I started three other construction projects. Or in Ark, nobody likes the guy that you keep asking to gather iron because he keeps finding dinosaurs he wants to tame.
I think depends on the game you are playing. For example, if you are playing an objective driven game (Call of duty, League of legends, etc.) Then your mind does not wander as much, you have a goal and objective, win by meeting certain conditions.
Open worlds, generally speaking, have a lot more things to do, it's not only doing a main objective, is having multiple side quests while doing a side quest. So is normal that you wonder Alot
Minecraft lacks objectives, the mission is one of your doing, yourself is the goal and Minecraft provide the tools. I think Minecraft is a fascinating way to study our minds and a cool way to understand ourselves.
so when you go over the meditation where you cover your nostrils and swap, is that what you do for the entire time?
Raskia I think that’s a good start doing that for a couple mins everyday. There are other variations though
19:20, 16:40,
that's from an older vod right? Feels like I've seen this before