How do you develop the mental ability to block out sound from your consciousness? And no, I need to be able to do this without physically blocking my ears with earplugs or headphones.I used to be able to do this as a little kid for a few seconds, but now that I'm an adult, I can't do that anymore. I've tried for years but failed.
>>34535371You can't. Use earplugs, or headphones with ANC, or play white or pink noise to drown out external sounds.
>>34535648How come I always hear of people describing themselves being so focused or doing something intense and they describe it like time was slowing down and they couldn't hear stuff around them except the thing they were thinking about in their head?How come when I'm asleep or half a sleep, I don't hear anything that's happening around me until I fully wake up?Come on man this shit is possible.
>>34535729>How come I always hear of people describing themselves being so focused or doing something intense and they describe it like time was slowing down and they couldn't hear stuff around them except the thing they were thinking about in their head?You don't "always" hear about it. You occasionally hear about it. It requires a type of neurodivergent brain that you don't have. >How come when I'm asleep or half a sleep, I don't hear anything that's happening around me until I fully wake up?Erm, because you're asleep. Obviously falling asleep will make you less aware of external sounds, but you don't block them out entirely: a loud sound will wake you up. But, you know, if you want to deal with noise by falling asleep, go for it.
>>34535371Certain music blocks out everything, it has to be loud and droning like black metal or shoegaze
>>34535766>but you don't block them out entirely: a loud sound will wake you upYes, that's what I'm talking about. Obviously you can't sever the connection from your brain from your ears. But the mind has the ability to IGNORE the physical stimuli. And that's what I'm trying to tap into. >You don't "always" hear about it. You occasionally hear about it. It requires a type of neurodivergent brain that you don't have.I've heard of yogis or monks who spent years meditating and training their minds to the point where they could do extraordinary things like slow down time in their minds and think fast and block out sound from their consciousness as they reach a trance like state... I want that. So many practical productive things I could do with mental powers like that.
>>34536831Like one time I remember I was in an accident and had lacerated my finger. I didn't fucking feel anything until I looked at my hand and realized it was bleeding.
>>34536831If you want that then you gotta work for it buckaroo. It ain't come easy
>>34536899I'll work my ass off, bitch. Believe dat. I'm Britney.
>>34535371What you say is odd, but I believe it possible. However it's not all psychic like you think.When you fall asleep something alike happens. Your eardrum tenses so sound muffle and you can focus on sleeping. If you're half asleep and waking, you can listen your bedroom's fan go from sea breeze to thunderstorm to rain to fan. When you have hypnagogic sleep paralysis, you could listen booming thunderclap in your ears and shout without hearing, that's your eardrums having spasms.Try gulping saliva to get your eustachians to open and close, maybe you will feel your eardrums and find a way to tense them consciously.
>>34536943omg I used to have dreams when I would become conscious in my sleep but I couldn't move my body. I was so fucking terrified, I would panic and do my best to move in a violent way until I woke up. That shit was fucking terrifying man.
>>34535371I used to be able to block out ANYTHING to read as a kid. Improve your focus on the thing you want to be focusing on. Focusing on the noise and how to ignore it is the opposite of helpful.
>>34536987>I used to be able to block out ANYTHING to read as a kid.Used to? As in not anymore? What happened?
>>34537043>What happened?I honestly don't know. Combination of depression and smartphone use degraded my focus? Can't do shit now.
>>34537054Such is life
