Activities when too tired

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I design homes for myself in my head.

Yes. A happy place you can retreat to when needed.

 

[Rodafina]

Yes. A happy place you can retreat to when needed.

I’m trying to make that place in my own mind and then I can take it everywhere I go like a turtle.

 

[Masked Man]

I have one thing I do when I am wound up and can't relax. It sounds weird and it's hard to explain to someone. But what I do in my mind is describe my day, like I'm speaking to another person but not really, and I literally describe what I do, step by step, every minute detail, until my brain gets so bored that it shuts down and usually I fall asleep.

For example: First I drive to the parking garage. I go into the parking garage, go up the first ramp, turn left, go up the second ramp, turn left, go up the third ramp, turn left, go up the fourth ramp, turn left again, then start looking for a parking spot. Once I find the spot, I turn into the spot and park the car. Before I get out, I put up the sun visor, and pin my badge to my jacket. I get my bag and exit the vehicle, making sure to lock the door. I walk to the elevator, push level 2...

You get the idea. Rarely do I ever make it to the office in my mind.

 

[Rodafina]

I have one thing I do when I am wound up and can't relax. It sounds weird and it's hard to explain to someone. But what I do in my mind is describe my day, like I'm speaking to another person but not really, and I literally describe what I do, step by step, every minute detail, until my brain gets so bored that it shuts down and usually I fall asleep.

I do the very same thing.

 

[Shevek]

One night I was too tired to move from the recliner to the bed, so I read "miscellaneous for sale" in the paper. I saw a tool I wanted, and called about it the next morning, because the tired was from earning money. It was sold, but while on the line, I asked about the model of another machine in the ad. It was very rare, and just what I wanted, so I still have it.

 

[maleonolo]

Yes. A happy place you can retreat to when needed.

Can you imagine the cross-section of walls in your home?

 

[Shevek]

Can you imagine the cross-section of walls in your home?

Yes. I have built walls, and cut through the layers of siding on this one to install a vent.
I can also imagine how walls and other structures deform microscopically to carry their loads, and how that produces weak spots.

 

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Can you imagine the cross-section of walls in your home?

Not sure how this question was intended. If the insides of the walls is a happy place for you then that's all good, whatever works for you.

As per Shevek's answer, yes. I've watched styles of construction change over many decades and I know exactly what's inside my walls.

And if you're asking if I have the ability to imagine such things, also yes. I have a weird mind that can visualise multiple objects in 3D, rotate them to see them from different angles and see how they do or do not fit together.

 

[Shevek]

I'm not sure if this is an autism thing, but I suspect it is? Sometimes I get really tired and:
1. I can't warch or listen to electronics, because media are too bright and too loud
2. My ADHD gets out of hand and I stim constantly and it's annoying for me and gets in the way of doing anything
3. I can't focus on reading and move too much for it. Same goes for playing the guitar and other activities
So I sit or lay there and stim. But it's depressing and boring, I would rather have something to occupy my mind a bit. I usually watch a film or read a book to relax, but it's sometimes impossible.

So... if anyone feels the same way sometimes, how do you cope? What do you do to occupy your mind if everything is too much?

I meditate, quite badly at first. I have noticed that various schools of meditation promote a wide variety of things to focus on, claiming them as the best. I think that the ranking is just to quell doubts and encourage effort, so I now ignore my own particular training and meditate on my breathing, and on counting breaths. I count from zero to twelve, and repeat. If I'm really stressed, I lose count before six. A bit farther along, I may get to 12, and notice that the counting has been in the background, with daydreams in the foreground. The next stage might be focusing on the numbers, and how they relate. Some are prime, some are products of lower numbers, and they all have values in numerology. When I'm finally really in meditation, there is just a vast empty space between each one.

 

[Shevek]

Not sure how this question was intended. If the insides of the walls is a happy place for you then that's all good, whatever works for you.

As per Shevek's answer, yes. I've watched styles of construction change over many decades and I know exactly what's inside my walls.

And if you're asking if I have the ability to imagine such things, also yes. I have a weird mind that can visualise multiple objects in 3D, rotate them to see them from different angles and see how they do or do not fit together.

Tesla could design a machine in his head, run it, and then check for wear.

 

[maleonolo]

I can't seem to find a photorealistic image of the components of the walls of apartments, these are just diagrams with no colour

 

[maleonolo]

I'm not sure if this is an autism thing, but I suspect it is? Sometimes I get really tired and:
1. I can't warch or listen to electronics, because media are too bright and too loud
2. My ADHD gets out of hand and I stim constantly and it's annoying for me and gets in the way of doing anything
3. I can't focus on reading and move too much for it. Same goes for playing the guitar and other activities
So I sit or lay there and stim. But it's depressing and boring, I would rather have something to occupy my mind a bit. I usually watch a film or read a book to relax, but it's sometimes impossible.

So... if anyone feels the same way sometimes, how do you cope? What do you do to occupy your mind if everything is too much?

About stimming, I've been trying to find out if people can imagine certain sensations vividly enough such that they can stim discreetly in their minds while masking. For example, visualising yourself under a compression blanket or in a rocking chair

 

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I can't seem to find a photorealistic image of the components of the walls of apartments, these are just diagrams with no colour

Types of construction vary greatly depending on what country you live in, and even what part of a country you live in.

In most of Australia homes have outer walls of ceramic bricks and a frame of either steel or timber inside that to support the Gyprock sheeting (plasterboard) for internal walls.

 

[Shevek]

Tall apartments need stronger walls than the house-style construction used for low-rise. Better apartments have extra sound barriers. Try looking at pictures or even visiting during construction. There's wiring and plumbing in there, too.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

All this talk of construction is making me too tired.