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When you need to be in deep thought, what physical position do you usually assume; resting your chin in your hand; scratching your head..?

Lying on your back staring up at the ceiling or the sky.....?

Posted - September 27, 2020

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  • 1500
    I've found that I turn my head towards a window, without really looking out it. Used to be to the left; now, in a new home, to the right.
      September 27, 2020 1:44 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Yes. 

      ~

      September 27, 2020 1:45 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    That don't really seem like a very deep thought reply.
      September 27, 2020 1:49 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      That’s probably just a matter of perception. The response itself is the final product of thought-process that created it, but that doesn’t automatically mean lack of depth. I very well could have considered it quite extensively and then merely printed a one-word answer.  

    ~

      September 27, 2020 2:27 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Yes.
      September 27, 2020 6:08 PM MDT
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  • 53509
      September 27, 2020 7:10 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    :)
    :)
      September 27, 2020 8:10 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      (That don‘t doesn’t)

      September 27, 2020 8:23 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    What makes you think I am capable of deep thought? You flatter me! No, seriously, I think I just sit and sigh, scratch my head and hope for inspiration.. 
      September 27, 2020 3:04 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Yeah.. sometimes an inspirational thought can 'pop up' unexpectedly.
      September 27, 2020 3:22 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    I just stare off into space, whatever I'm looking at the time. I just sort of freeze on the spot.  My cat does not understand and comes up to me and meows.  

    This post was edited by Art Lover at September 28, 2020 12:48 PM MDT
      September 27, 2020 3:47 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    I get it, yes.
      September 27, 2020 6:10 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    Thank You, that makes me happy.
      September 28, 2020 4:55 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    You're welcome. :)
    Sometimes those deep-thoughts moments happen on the spot for me, too.
      September 28, 2020 6:42 AM MDT
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  • 8214
    I'd get more thinking done if this cat wasn't so sensitive.  He looks after the other cats and me. Just yesterday I was leaning my elbow on the table with my hand on my forehead, looking down at the table in deep thought about my daughter, should I call her or not.  The cat jumped in the chair next to me and stuck his face under mine and began meowing. I guess he thought something was wrong, I must have been putting out those concerned vibes. My attention was drawn to him and I never decided whether to call or write...or not do either. 
    I may be going on wishful thinking and can't sort out the truth from fiction.  :  (
    This post was edited by Art Lover at September 30, 2020 8:47 AM MDT
      September 29, 2020 2:26 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Hang in there. It will work out.  :)



    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at September 30, 2020 8:47 AM MDT
      September 29, 2020 6:52 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    If I'm purposely "going for" a mindfulness moment, or trying to relax/tone down anxiety, two yoga poses do well for me.

    Happy Baby pose

    Relaxation pose

    Both are incredibly centering for me.

    man doing yoga





    8 Yoga Poses to Help You Manage Stress This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at September 29, 2020 10:10 AM MDT
      September 27, 2020 6:13 PM MDT
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  • 44617
    If I tried that top pose, my wife would have to call 911.
      September 28, 2020 12:49 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    :)
    Ha!

    By all means, then don't be a Happy Baby!  :)

    The best part for me in that Happy Baby pose is how it makes my back, especially lower back, feel. A gentle soothing, simple gravity-type of quiet pressure on my back.
    And breathing in this position is very relaxing for me. 
    And maybe I don't do it completely correctly, but sometimes I like to have my legs and arms out a bit "wider" than what this picture's angle seems to show. But maybe I am doing it the right way, like this guy is doing -- it's just that at this image's angle, he looks more "narrow" somehow.


      September 28, 2020 6:26 PM MDT
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  • 11109
    I usally look straight ahead and stroke my chin hair with my thumb and pointer finger. Today I heard on the news about the mercury being pored down the public toilets at Stanley Park thought it was horrible. Cheers!
      September 27, 2020 6:18 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Man that's bad!
      September 27, 2020 7:00 PM MDT
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  • 16781
    Hunched forward argumentatively, in case Majikthise and Vroomfondel come in. Deep Thought itself is annoying, taking seven and a half million years just to come up with the answer "42".
      September 27, 2020 8:37 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    Usually the fetal position.
      September 27, 2020 8:58 PM MDT
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  • 44617
      September 28, 2020 12:51 PM MDT
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