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The article doesn't explicitly say it, but "the zone" certainly sounds a lot like flow state[0]. Like when you're really engrossed in a task it certainly is pl
by JusticeJuice 4y ago
The article doesn't explicitly say it, but "the zone" certainly sounds a lot like flow state[0].
Like when you're really engrossed in a task it certainly is pleasurable, and it like really does make you forget about all the other worries and problems and anxieties of the rest of your life.
This framing does match my own personal experience with video games, I could waste hours grinding queues - it's like just putting everything else on pause.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
- mistrial9 4y agoI believe that the human mind is a symphony of signals, and a cacophony of contradicting forces at work. Flow-state is a broad description of "active and steady" but that could describe lots of very different things.. the torpid insensate cocoon of the opiate user, to the comfortable zen of a regular meditator; an accountant doing their third week Wednesday "rollups", an aerobics instructor doing a regular routine with thirty students at a gym; the captain of a small sail boat going down a regular route.. many more. These mental states are quite different, yet could be described as "flow"
- boilerupnc 4y agoAnd mine as well ... but in art. I would lose track of hours during a pencil sketching session. It was partially meditative, partially distraction and partially hyper-focus, but 100% relaxing and enjoyable.