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The more you don't move, the more you

The Sedentary Mind Trap: A lot of thinking. Not a habit, but the result of a "stagnant body." 🧠🚶‍♀️

Many people see overthinking or anxiety as a problem caused by mental structures and try to solve the problem by sitting still to review their thoughts, which in neuroscience is an action that fuels stress.

Humans are not evolved to sit in a chair for 10 hours a day. When we face challenging problems, the brain instructs the body to secrete chemicals to prepare for physical preparation. But when we do, just sit frowning in front of the screen, those energy and stress hormones have no way out, so they flow back into, destroying concentration, slowing down the logical part of the brain, and encouraging the emotional part of the brain to imagine bad things to explain the body's stressful state.

The most pertinent and rapid solution to Overthinking is not to force yourself to stop thinking, but to "change physical conditions."

Getting up and walking forward with a consistent rhythm is the most effective mechanism of detoxification of cortisol from the bloodstream. Building an Optic Flow eyesight yard from walking will naturally signal the nervous system to calm down.

So if you start to feel that your thoughts are getting tangled up or mired in unsolvable problems, don't try to throttle your brain while your body is still, get up in your shoes and take yourself out and walk your body forward.

Because when the body starts to move,..Thoughts that once clung will also begin to decay.

Scientific References:

Voss, M. W., et al. (2013) .Exercise, brain, and cognition across the life span. Journal of Applied Physiology. (research linking body movement to brain structure enhancement and BDNF secretion).

Mikkelsen, K., et al. (2017) .Exercise and mental health. Maturitas. (delves into the process by which shifting drains stress hormones and reduces thought quagmire).

Raichle, M. E. (2015). The brain's default mode network.Annual Review of Neuroscience. (describes the function of DMN when the body is stationary and its connection to loop thinking).

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... Read moreจากประสบการณ์ส่วนตัวที่เจอภาวะ Overthinking หลายครั้ง การนั่งนิ่งพยายามแก้ไขความคิดกลับยิ่งทำให้รู้สึกตึงเครียดมากขึ้น จนได้ลองนำเทคนิคเดินไปใช้ พบว่าการลุกขึ้นเดินออกไปนอกบ้าน หรือแม้แต่เดินบนลู่วิ่งที่บ้านอย่างสม่ำเสมอ ช่วยให้ความคิดที่เคยพันกันยุ่งเหยิงเริ่มผ่อนคลายลงอย่างชัดเจน ตามที่งานวิจัยทางประสาทวิทยาศาสตร์ (Neuroscience) ระบุไว้ การเดินทำให้ร่างกายเผาผลาญฮอร์โมนคอร์ติซอลที่สะสมจากความเครียด นอกจากนี้ การเดินก่อให้เกิดปรากฏการณ์ Optic Flow คือภาพวัตถุเคลื่อนผ่านลานสายตาแบบต่อเนื่อง ซึ่งส่งสัญญาณถึงวงจรประสาทว่าสถานการณ์ปลอดภัย ช่วยชัตดาวน์วงจร Default Mode Network (DMN) ที่มักทำงานเกินพอดีเวลาความเครียดสูงจนทำให้ติดอยู่ในวงจรคิดวนลูป อีกทั้งการเคลื่อนไหวยังเพิ่มการหลั่งสาร BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) ซึ่งช่วยซ่อมแซมเซลล์สมองและกระตุ้นการสร้างจุดเชื่อมต่อใหม่ของเซลล์ประสาท งานนี้จึงไม่ใช่แค่การแก้ไขชั่วคราว แต่เป็นวิธีการฟื้นฟูสมองให้มีความยืดหยุ่นและประสิทธิภาพดีขึ้น เทคนิคง่าย ๆ ที่ทำได้ คือเริ่มจากตั้งเป้าหมายเดินวันละ 7,500 ก้าวเพื่อสร้างนิสัยเดินอย่างสม่ำเสมอ ในช่วงเวลาที่คิดฟุ้งซ่านมากให้ปล่อยใจไปกับจังหวะก้าวเดิน ไม่เปิดเพลงหรือพอดแคสต์ เพื่อให้สมองได้มีเวลาจัดระเบียบความคิดตามธรรมชาติ พร้อมออกไปรับแสงแดดอ่อน ๆ เพื่อเสริมสร้างฮอร์โมนเซโรโทนินที่ช่วยเพิ่มความรู้สึกสุขสบาย จากที่เคยเจอปัญหาคิดมากและวิตกกังวลจนเก็บตัว การขยับตัวมากขึ้นทำให้ผมรู้สึกเชื่อมต่อกับตัวเองและโลกภายนอกดีกว่าเดิมจริง ๆ ทุกครั้งที่กลับมาจากการเดินจิตใจก็สงบและพร้อมรับมือกับปัญหาอย่างเป็นระบบมากขึ้น การเคลื่อนไหวจึงไม่ใช่แค่การออกกำลังกาย แต่ยังเป็นการบำบัดจิตใจที่ได้ผลลัพธ์ชัดเจนและยั่งยืน

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