Since random access memory [RAM] largely determines how a computer works, an individual's working memory helps him or her achieve everyday goals in private and professional life. Since the part of the brain responsible for working memory also helps to increase the level of attention and attention, good working memory helps to remember everything he or she needs to remember. But when the mind begins to wander, one loses direction and faces the challenge of completing the task.

Scientists at the University of British Columbia [UBC] recently reviewed the results of a wandering study published by Nature Reviews Neuroscience to find a new framework for understanding mental disorders. The study used wandering thinking and the concept of “stream of consciousness” to understand mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD].

The role of free, restricted thoughts in triggering mental illness

Many times, when trying to focus on a specific task, thinking tends to slap and notice other things. It has been observed that people spend most of their time thinking about things that are not related to what they are doing, which makes them feel uncomfortable. The main author of the study, Kalina Christophe, a professor of psychology at UBC, said: "Sometimes the mind will move freely from one idea to another, but at other times it will return to the same idea. Some worries or emotions are attracted to understand what makes freedom of thought and what limits thoughts, because it helps us understand how thoughts move in the minds of people diagnosed with mental illness."

Obviously, the spontaneous movement of thought can be reduced by automatic and deliberate constraints. Both creativity and dreams are spontaneous activities. According to the study, dreams are associated with very low or no intentional constraints and low-to-medium automatic constraints. However, in creative thinking, the thinking process is constantly changing between deliberate and automatic constraints. For example, when writing a story or poem, deliberate constraints ensure that the author adheres to grammar and writing rules.

Mental paralysis may be the cause of unhappiness

One of the co-authors of the study, Zachary Irving, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley, said that the framework of mindfulness may be of great help to psychologists because it helps them gain insight into the nature of psychology. disease. According to the researchers, ADHD, mental disorders such as depression and anxiety are seen as extensions of “normal thinking variation”.

The study also reveals that the mind is a fusion of ADHD minds, enabling people to think creatively, as well as anxious minds, which helps one to focus on things that are important to him or her.

In a study published in the journal Science in 2010, the researchers found that most people spend 46.9% of their time in waking hours thinking about what they are doing, and this wandering is unfortunate. main reason.

Mental disorders are treatable

As more and more people receive mental illness as a disease that requires immediate attention and care, many people are now actively addressing this issue. However, there is still a need to raise awareness of mental disorders and their treatment. People can use time-tested methods such as mindfulness therapy and talk therapy to control his or her wandering mind, which is often the root cause of several mental illnesses.

Understand how the mind causes mental disorders was originally published on Spring