Have you even been so engaged with a video game that it felt like you play for only 30 minutes, then you look at the clock?

4 hours went by

chances are you were in flow with the video game for that long

dissociation is what thats called

you dissociated

all humans need to do that and can do it

its necessary in order to maintain equilibrium, peace of mind, sanity, focus, and coherence

how would you explain what flow state is? is dissociation different than flow?

what is flow state

maybe I picked a bad example, but athletes call the flow state being in the Zone

peak performance

thats dissociation

reading a book (or watching tv) and your surroundings disappear so you can only literally see the words on the page or the tv screen

if we as humans couldnt dissociate we wouldnt survive past babyhood as we

i've g2g to bed guys, thanks for the convo :p

that third eye shit was scary af but interesting lol

have a good night, awesome convo

would take on all info at once and our brains would overload causing cardiac arrest or worse

lol

night JDB

i gtg too

peace out

night nate

gonna glance at the anime girls and then gander some porn before bed

@Sigma wouldnt flow state or the Zone just be another way of describing Theta Brain waves?

theta?

Yeah, human brains have three patterns of brain waves; alpha, beta and theta.

Normal everyday brain activity is mostly associated with alpha and beta waves

Theta waves are often associated with a feeling of acute clarity and awareness - being in the Zone as it were

actually there are several others such as delta and then others that you don't hear about

like omicron

oh snap

I must be a Theta then 😏

Theta waves and other dont occur naturally

anyway theta is when you are meditating, contemplating, or in deep thought, or trancing (in a drowsy state)

They occur as a side effect of external stimuli

not too sure

funny thing is alpha and beta waves are backwards to what we call alpha and beta

They are

alpha brain waves are when you are relaxed and reflecting (which we would call beta) and beta brainwaves are when you are alert and working (which we would call alpha)

That's true