Our brain and over-stimulation
If our job if physical, our brain will direct its focus towards feeding our muscles to allow them to carry out our work with the least of effort.
If our work is intellectual, our brain is going to neglect our body and privilege our intellect by directing most of its attention to the development of our neurons.
When we overstimulate our brain watching fast action movies or playing saturated video games, that feature garish colors and dashing characters that evolve in racy environments, we raise our threshold level for what looks and feels normal.
Our baseline in no more the quiet stories that take place in the country side or the simple games that feature a simplistic design and primitive sounds, these things don't entertain us anymore.
In certain countries where spicy food is a daily sustenance, a simple dish with basic condiments is flat and tasteless.
In order to rebalance our senses and our bodies, a slow decrease in the intensity of the stimuli over a period of time is key.
A car that is driven to its full potential over a long period of time will break down due to overuse. The same goes for our brain and senses. An overstimulated brain gets fatigued rapidly.
Going back to our baseline, we will start to enjoy plain food, still picture and long gathering with friends in the absence of any devices, be it phones overloaded with applications, or music or TVs.
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