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im working on a theory and id like some opinions about it
please understand that im not trying to say that this applies to everyone
and these are just MY thoughts... which i know, could very well be wrong...
but...
i think for a lot of people, lack of stimulous is causing panic and anxioty issues
we may think we're overstimulated because we're watching tv and playing games and doing so much on the internet, but when you compare the amount of information you recieve from these sources with the information we get from being outside, it pales in comparisson
(im just using "Being outside" as an example)
when we're outside, we're getting all sorts of information, constantly... we're feeling the temperature, which is rarely 'room temperature', and the light levels are always different, and maybe its raining sometimes, and theres the flowers over here and the trees over there, and there might be birds singing or crickets churping, and the ground under our feet isnt completely flat all the time so we need that information and maybe theres even grass growing under our feet or perhaps its gravel or stone or mud or whatever
the point is, its a lot of information and we're cutting ourselves off from it when we come inside and stare at a screen all day
well, the brain NEEDS all of that stimulous... and when it doesnt get it, it starts to make stimulous of its own... but it doesnt know how to handle it... so it gets confused... and we get anxious...
when we get anxious, we start to isolate ourselves, causing an even greater lack of stimulous, causing more anxioty, and continuing the cycle untill we're curled up in little balls, crying our eyes out, cause we just cant do anything else
if i were a proffessional writer, and/or if i had any training in how things like this actually work, then perhaps i could word all of this better... but i think it helps to explain why panic/anxioty disorders have been happening more and more and more and more and more over the last few decades
what do all of you think?
please understand that im not trying to say that this applies to everyone
and these are just MY thoughts... which i know, could very well be wrong...
but...
i think for a lot of people, lack of stimulous is causing panic and anxioty issues
we may think we're overstimulated because we're watching tv and playing games and doing so much on the internet, but when you compare the amount of information you recieve from these sources with the information we get from being outside, it pales in comparisson
(im just using "Being outside" as an example)
when we're outside, we're getting all sorts of information, constantly... we're feeling the temperature, which is rarely 'room temperature', and the light levels are always different, and maybe its raining sometimes, and theres the flowers over here and the trees over there, and there might be birds singing or crickets churping, and the ground under our feet isnt completely flat all the time so we need that information and maybe theres even grass growing under our feet or perhaps its gravel or stone or mud or whatever
the point is, its a lot of information and we're cutting ourselves off from it when we come inside and stare at a screen all day
well, the brain NEEDS all of that stimulous... and when it doesnt get it, it starts to make stimulous of its own... but it doesnt know how to handle it... so it gets confused... and we get anxious...
when we get anxious, we start to isolate ourselves, causing an even greater lack of stimulous, causing more anxioty, and continuing the cycle untill we're curled up in little balls, crying our eyes out, cause we just cant do anything else
if i were a proffessional writer, and/or if i had any training in how things like this actually work, then perhaps i could word all of this better... but i think it helps to explain why panic/anxioty disorders have been happening more and more and more and more and more over the last few decades
what do all of you think?
It does not apply to me: my anxiety stems from childhood abuse, and now having to help care for my abuser while his brain rots from early onset Parkinson's and dementia; and since he's my Dad, that could be my future too. yipee.
But I see where the idea came from, and it may very well apply to some people.
thanks for your thoughts, i appreciate them