Flow

Discombobulated · Oct 17, 2024 at 01:38 PM

I’m doing online therapy modules at the moment and part of the resilience one is flow - that is the act of being absorbed totally in something to the point of losing awareness of time. It can be anything- something skilled that you’re accomplished at, or something simple like cleaning, or gardening…

The idea is, it takes you out of an emotional state of mind, it brings you to a place of peace hopefully.

So I thought I’d start a thread here … what brings you into a state of Flow?

Nammu · Oct 17, 2024 at 03:21 PM

Oh interesting. Reading for sure. But I can lose track of time when I’m at the lake, just sitting and watching the water being aware of nature.

Don’t know if that’s flow but it’s calming.

unaluna · Oct 17, 2024 at 04:06 PM

Sewing, esp hand-sewing. Like hemming a pair of trousers.

Discombobulated · Oct 18, 2024 at 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Nammu

Oh interesting. Reading for sure. But I can lose track of time when I’m at the lake, just sitting and watching the water being aware of nature.

Don’t know if that’s flow but it’s calming.

That sounds like ultimate relaxation!

Discombobulated · Oct 18, 2024 at 08:00 AM

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Sewing, esp hand-sewing. Like hemming a pair of trousers.

That’s good you can do that, I wish I was skilled enough to do it without jabbing myself lol.

FloatThruThis · Oct 18, 2024 at 08:56 AM

Great question! For me right now, it is knitting. I can knit all day long and the day zips by.

Discombobulated · Oct 18, 2024 at 01:45 PM

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Great question! For me right now, it is knitting. I can knit all day long and the day zips by.

Do you feel like you’re in the ‘zone’ when you knit?

FloatThruThis · Oct 18, 2024 at 02:18 PM

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Do you feel like you’re in the ‘zone’ when you knit?

Yes, absolutely. Everything else just stops existing.

Tart Cherry Jam · Oct 24, 2024 at 12:32 PM

I listened to Flow on audible. I believe thr author was Hungarian.

unaluna · Oct 24, 2024 at 01:15 PM

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I listened to Flow on audible. I believe thr author was Hungarian.

Yes his name is mikhael czynsceytcwqnmitxzn.

Or something like that.

ETA - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I was close!

divine1966 · Oct 25, 2024 at 06:04 AM

Drawing. Not necessarily something complex just doodling is fine. Coloring. Reading if a book is good. House work like cleaning. Some crafts like diamond art or other tedious crafts.

Discombobulated · Oct 25, 2024 at 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Tart Cherry Jam

I listened to Flow on audible. I believe thr author was Hungarian.

Thanks for this, I didn’t realise it was a book - although it sounds familiar now you write of it.

Discombobulated · Oct 25, 2024 at 07:32 AM

I think I felt flow on my run this morning, for a long time running felt too hard to get flow, but I’ve had a break and also dropped my pace and it felt better. Dark morning running weirdly seems to help me focus, not sure why.

Discombobulated · Oct 25, 2024 at 07:33 AM

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Drawing. Not necessarily something complex just doodling is fine. Coloring. Reading if a book is good. House work like cleaning. Some crafts like diamond art or other tedious crafts.

Yeah cleaning can be good, although I have to have the energy otherwise it’s just a slog.

WastingAsparagus · Oct 26, 2024 at 01:52 AM

Yeah I have also heard of the "Flow state" as described by the author referred to in this thread.

It seems to me as he is talking about actitivies one might get lost in.

I don't really know if I have any such activities.

Except maybe writing?

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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,962 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.9k hugs given	Oct 17, 2024 at 04:06 PM #3 Sewing, esp hand-sewing. Like hemming a pair of trousers.
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FloatThruThis Magnate Member Since Dec 2021 Location: USA Posts: 2,006 2 2,176 hugs given	Oct 18, 2024 at 08:56 AM #6 Great question! For me right now, it is knitting. I can knit all day long and the day zips by.
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Tart Cherry Jam Magnate Member Since Mar 2021 Location: California Posts: 2,825 (SuperPoster!) 3 1,265 hugs given	Oct 24, 2024 at 12:32 PM #9 I listened to Flow on audible. I believe thr author was Hungarian. __________________ Bipolar I w/psychotic features Last inpatient stay in 2018 Geodon 40 mg Seroquel 75 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg+Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects) Long term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued: - hypothyroidism - obesity BMI ~ 38
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divine1966 Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Dec 2014 Location: US Posts: 22,894 (SuperPoster!) 9 1,295 hugs given	Oct 25, 2024 at 06:04 AM #11 Drawing. Not necessarily something complex just doodling is fine. Coloring. Reading if a book is good. House work like cleaning. Some crafts like diamond art or other tedious crafts.
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Discombobulated Elder Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 5,239 (SuperPoster!) 5 12.5k hugs given	Oct 25, 2024 at 07:32 AM #13 I think I felt flow on my run this morning, for a long time running felt too hard to get flow, but I’ve had a break and also dropped my pace and it felt better. Dark morning running weirdly seems to help me focus, not sure why.
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WastingAsparagus Student of Life Member Since Mar 2014 Location: South America Posts: 4,711 10 2,917 hugs given	Oct 26, 2024 at 01:52 AM #15 Yeah I have also heard of the "Flow state" as described by the author referred to in this thread. It seems to me as he is talking about actitivies one might get lost in. I don't really know if I have any such activities. Except maybe writing? __________________ "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!”
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