sunlight and running thoughts

[ruminator]

I tend to get running thoughts, but noticed that whenever I sit in the sun, my thoughts automatically slow down. I stop getting running thoughts and can think about one thing at a time. In fact, I get into this mindfulness state where my brain is totally in control and focused.

Any ideas on why this is?

 

[Lapis Lazuli]

Vitamin D from the sun is good for depression. Maybe there is a link. IDK.

 

[onesteptwostep]

No, it's because the OP is a vampire.

Do you know why the sun has 's' as its first letter? It's because it's a 's'ensor catalyst.

Being out in the sun only leads to sun worship, you should avoid it at all costs.

 

[Lapis Lazuli]

Being out in the sun only leads to sun worship, you should avoid it at all costs.

So you’re a Dionysian after all.

 

[onesteptwostep]

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OP if you want to control your running thoughts, you should try to make a makeshift journal where you can jot all your ideas down when they come around. Mechanical work like washing the dishes/doing laundry help you stop it also.

I think the cause could be in the Ti-Ne loop; i.e. living inside your head. The warm sensation and the atmosphere of nature that the sun brings probably actives your sensor cognitions. Touch, sound, smell- these qualities come to life.

Maybe it's sensor part that brings the Ti out into Te?

 

[Pyropyro]

Being out in the sun only leads to sun worship, you should avoid it at all costs.

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Being grossly incandescent is the only way to go.

As for OP, limited exposure to sunlight has a lot of benefits. Perhaps the slowing down of thoughts is a good thing and a side effect of being relaxed by exposure to sunlight.

 

[Yellow]

I tend to get running thoughts, but noticed that whenever I sit in the sun, my thoughts automatically slow down. I stop getting running thoughts and can think about one thing at a time. In fact, I get into this mindfulness state where my brain is totally in control and focused.

Any ideas on why this is?

I've experienced the same, but I always assumed that it was because warm, sunny conditions make me feel happy and sleepy. Of course, there is a biological explanation for this. As Lapis suggested, sunlight triggers a few different chemical reactions. Beyond that, and more immediately, our bodies are forced to adjust to a new temperature, taking resources away from our racing thoughts. Also, sitting in the direct sunlight increases the rate at which you become dehydrated, again, making you tired and slowing your thoughts, but that takes a little time.

 

[TheAdditional1]

Like Yellow said, sleepiness could be a factor.

Personally I have a notebook where I write down everything I "want to do" - mostly planning to get to the next level - all the things I have to do to get the pieces in position to make the next big step. The list is perennially unfulfilled.

But in regards to the sunlight thing, it may be because an excess of thoughts may be a subconscious means of escape - we're not where we want to be. Even if we're inside having fun (unlike at work, like I'm imagining), we might instinctively be trying to escape and be free - planning and contemplating, etc.

Once we're outside, however, any possible thoughts might be alleviated. Additionally, or in a different case, sunlight could also trigger more physical impulses, over mental impulses, hence many of your thoughts taking a backseat.

I'm writing this out as I think of it and it's purely theoretical. Interesting question.

 

[Sinny91]

I get that, also in a hot bath, about the only thing that can turn my mind off.
I figure it's the sensory input providing the distraction.
Lmafo at the Sun worship comment.

 

[peoplesuck]

fire has the opposite effect on me total pyro <<<

 

[Sabreena]

I don't have running thoughts, but I've noticed that being outside helps your brain slow down. Don't know hether it's because of sunlight or because the wather is nice and you
're appreciating it.

 

[Call Me Fishmael]

Do you mean thoughts that you have while running, or thoughts that flow through your head semi-consciously (like Ne chain)? Because the former are more focused than the latter.

 

[Ex-User (11125)]

I hate the sun

 

[RicBC]

I tend to get running thoughts, but noticed that whenever I sit in the sun, my thoughts automatically slow down. I stop getting running thoughts and can think about one thing at a time. In fact, I get into this mindfulness state where my brain is totally in control and focused.

Any ideas on why this is?

You change from animating a virtual system inside you called 'the mind', to focus on the experience that the physical - you, your "real" physical body self - is experiencing when exposed to the heat of the sun and its effect of the human physical body senses.

The mind has few arguments to compete with that because that experience is real. The mind won't challenge it nor divert you from that. Thus the silence.

 

[Yellow]

You change from animating a virtual system inside you called 'the mind', to focus on the experience that the physical - you, your "real" physical body self - is experiencing when exposed to the heat of the sun and its effect of the human physical body senses.

The mind has few arguments to compete with that because that experience is real. The mind won't challenge it nor divert you from that. Thus the silence.

I really like the way you worded this.