Could You Stare At A Wall For An Hour? | Dr. K Healthy Gamer

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[Kr]

I get so lost in my head on a regular basis two minutes in I wouldn’t even see the wall anymore.

[lilchew]

Goggins has been staring for two weeks straight

[sherlock]

As soon as I heard “stare at a wall for an hour”, I got scared and maybe that proves I need to do it.😅

[mynameissolongbecauseilike]

Taking inspiration from this video I did this last night and hell I must be bored the whole time because it felt less boring than when I'm always on social media. My mind started sorting out problems that I've been grappling with, I felt all of my intrusive thoughts exfoliate and a lot of discomfort for this period of time but after more wall staring they vanished and I felt a sense of deep peace. Very interesting.

[estefaniasl]

After I listened to him, I tried a few weeks ago and I recommend this. You are going to be able to really listen to you. I stopped believing in my excuses, because I saw my own lies to not doing what I should.

[samrichardson]

Staring at a wall was how we got punished in elementary school detention

[ProfessorCloudsArt]

Ive done this practice multiple times this month and I LOVE IT. Its really difficult to get myself to do it sometimes, like right now. I have so many emotions/thoughts I recognize Im ignoring/suppressing which makes it harder to start. But its so so worth it, every time. It feels like the dopamine rush from eating junk food, but it lasts longer, and isnt bad for me. It feels amazing, I have such profound thinking and self discovery. Did I already say I love it? God bless all of Dr. K's teachings and care for us

[dcarts]

Yes!!! This is why I love church on Sunday. Since I have no self control I get 2-3 hours of no screen time (unless I’m using the phone in place of my physical scriptures that given Sunday). 😊

[rilwanj]

I lived in Nigeria when I was 8 for a year in 1999. There were 1-5 hour long time spans the electricity was off. I learned to sit in the dark (home alone) the whole time, imagining tv shows, other fun activities and talking to my inner self. You can’t imagine how terrifying that is (it’s like sensory deprivation torture, plus there were sound lizards scurrying around outside), i made an alter ego, where I was a more terrifying entity than anything that scared me.

So, I’m well trained to do without technology, though I’m a software developer.

[leila]

Thank you for sharing! A lot of the time we are doing things to escape our own mind. Meditation gives me power to control the mind rather than escape 👏

[Anne_Onymous]

As someone that can barely stand watching a YouTube video on normal speed, I can definitely relate to the boredom intolerance thing 😂

[USAFWolf]

Learning to be bored is a skill that so few people nurture now. It is such a good skill to have.

[goldenhospitality]

My head is super chatty. Boredom is rarely an issue. Many thoughts are about self reflection but lots are also just random analytical or philosophical stuff about things that arent really relevant to my everyday life and that i will forgot about 15 mins later. I enjoy watching my breath, cooking or gaming cause it makes my mind go quiet for once

[xxChacaronXX]

This is Kingpins tactic in Dare Devil 😂

[brendenpischke]

I did double that. It was for a remembrance day ceremony. I was in air cadets and got to be one of the cadets holding a flag. Not only did I hold that flag for two hours, I made it my mission to be a statue and stare at one spot until it was all over and time to move.

It absolutely was "complete torture with no benefit" and I don't know why I did it.

[jongreen]

The Kingpin was taught this as a punishment by his father in the Daredevil TV show

[asavel]

Well I do that daily, to gather thoughts, to work better on my project, the worst part is that its not boring for me.

[Behindthecatchlights]

Chris, longtime listener/subscriber/fan here. Love your content and thought provoking questions and topics. But why do you never link to the studies, polls, and surveys that you talk about on Instagram and in your 3MM newsletters? Cheers!

[DoubleOhSilver]

I use to do this a lot as a kid. It's actually pretty nice, you naturally feel motivated to do things after a while. I don't do it as often now because of the infinite distractions, but when I do, I feel good.

[kevinpeach]

Combine this with the do nothing technique by Shinzen Young.