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Do you feel the need to be busy?
Yes, all (or nearly all) of the time. 76%  76%  [ 22 ]
No, not so much. 24%  24%  [ 7 ]
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15 Feb 2011, 8:05 am

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I CANNOT sit still and do nothing or think of nothing, ever. It feels like my mind is racing at the speed of light most of the time and just won't stop. It's almost painful.
:lol: Yeah. The less I'm doing, the more I start thinking and the more I start thinking with nowhere for it to go, the darker and more critical the thinking becomes.
Getting to sleep is usually pretty difficult because things just won't slow down, unless the thinking has been 'dissipated' into some sort of activity first.
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In fact, my therapist told me I must practice 'doing nothing' as an exercise. :lol:
Hah. I do the 'do nothing' thing only when I'm zoned out, and since that happens most when I'm around other people it's probably not such a good idea. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go. :roll:


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15 Feb 2011, 8:14 am

I need to keep busy, but not in the sense that you probably mean... I can stay in my room feeling "busy", for example, because I'll be actively doing something.

I have trouble relaxing and just doing nothing... by that I mean, TV and movies. I have trouble sitting down and just watching stuff passively.

Learning to truly relax is on my list of things to do. Maybe if I relaxed more I wouldn't feel so tired all the time.


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15 Feb 2011, 9:06 am

I'm happier when I'm busy. Sitting around gives me too much time to think and dwell on things. I also find I feel depressed easier. I often do more than one thing at a time too, now I am posting here and also sewing a toy, I just switch between the two. I have trouble just sitting and watching tv for example and long movies are the worst, even if I enjoy the story I get figetty and my mind starts wandering



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15 Feb 2011, 10:31 am

I wish i were that kind of person....I'm constantly thinking about what i should be doing and can't seem to get the mental strenght to just do it. No, i'm not a busy person, but if i had to design a perfect persona for myself, i would choose the housewife always on top of everything, a pile of laundry on one shoulder and a child in each hand....


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15 Feb 2011, 2:14 pm

I generally need to be busy at work (or if I'm around others), because I genuinely don't know what to do with myself or where to put myself otherwise. I also feel guilty for not doing anything even if I've been on the go up until the moment when there's nothing else to do; I'm being paid after all! It's probably one of the reasons I'm so knackered after work!
On the other hand when I'm own my own, I'm quite happy not being busy, even though I'm always doing something or thinking of something