To wonder what it’s like to have a quiet mind?

[GrumpyWombat]

I’ve been referred for an ADHD assessment and I think I’ve only just realised that not everyone has a mishmash of constant thoughts/dialogue going on in their brain… I’m becoming quite overwhelmed when it comes to tasks at work and at home and it’s playing on my mind a lot. I do thinks like Google answers to questions I’m thinking about a lot, I have to play a game while I’m watching TV and still find my mind wandering. Getting to sleep if I’m not absolutely shattered is hard work. I’ve been on anxiety meds on and off for 16 years…

Your gran sounds ace! There was a woman waiting for the internet to be invented so she could have all the world’s knowledge at her fingertips! It’s wonderful for curiosity. I know the internet has been terrible for many things but like all tools it’s how you use it and I do often marvel at how educational it is.

I meditate every day and it doesn’t necessarily help to empty my mind the rest of the time, it still toddles off on all its little winding byways, but I do find that for the time I’m doing it (only 3 or 4 minutes) it’s a place to put my mind down, iyswim.
I use a free app called The Breathing App and it has a long note on a cello to time the breath. The sound is very helpful to guide the mind, it’s beautiful. I also go outside with it when I can and let myself absorb all the sounds around me, particularly birdsong. It helps me feel one with everything. While I’m doing that my mind is still chattering away but I keep trying to pull it back to the breath. Gradually I get a sense of serenity. Or some days I’m just thinking about breakfast.
I listen to podcasts a lot and as it happens there were three last week that all mentioned meditating (Rich Roll, Davina and Rangan Chattergee) and all the guests they interviewed said you don’t have to empty your mind, that’s the point, your mind will always chatter, the point is to keep pulling it back. That’s the practice. They described it like physically training a muscle over time. My muscle is still quite weak but I enjoy doing it!

Mine is not quiet. Dh however, can hold one thought in his head at a time. He has an internal monologue, but I think it's quite linear and focused. He can be quite slow to think though, which drives me mad. When he drives, he thinks about driving.

I tend to be:
Going to do x yz when I get to work.....ooh, names in songs,nah that's shit.... how cold is it? Must get the engine looked at...... wonder when that shop's going to open again....ah, poor little kid having to walk to the bus in the dark. He must live down one the side streets. Not sure I'd like that, although it would be convenient.... radio 4 for a bit.... need to start looking at mortgage rates again.... right, when I get to work, first thing I'm going to do is.....

And that's before I've done a mile down the road. Sometimes I can control it, but other times I need to go for a run or something physical to calm it down. It's like my thoughts are all working at once, but on different levels. I'm typing this, but also thinking about adhd and under that is the thought that I need to get ready for the gym in a minute and how nice the garden looks.

Hated silence until I had kids. Iwas a tv and music whilst doing school work kind of kid.Had to mediate in work once and it made me really angry. Since having kids, I have no trouble sleeping, but if I wake up and thr thoughts start, I need to put them back in their box.

Here's a strange one i do...does anyone else do this...when im going through something, i inadvertently play a song in my mind with words relating to the event...i dont mean a song ive heard during the event, i just mean a random song with the same words playing over and over which relates to what im going through...

Its weird

Are you being serious? I have a long list of symptoms and struggles. I’d love to not have them.