I recently listened to a Huberman podcast on ADHD and what was most interesting to me was a digression he made on our vision and how we look at things.
Turns out, we can have a tunnel vision, where we are focusing on a specific area of what we see, and a wider vision, where we let all the information our eyes see from the outside.
What’s even more interesting is that those have different effects on how you feel, and to me, those effects are extremely evident.
I realized, for example, that while driving, I always use tunnel vision, focusing only on the street. The same goes for many other parts of my life.
Well, what happens if I try to use the wider vision?
I tried it, trying to have me eyes get all the view that unfolded before them, all the details and so on. This didn’t require any complicated work, it was just trying to “see” everything in front of me, without worrying about the details, instead of focusing on a specific narrow point.
Everything is more… relaxed? It feels like I’m more connected to the world and more alive. I’m less distractable, and I’m more present in the moment.
Which, to me, is extremely surprising.
If you’ve never tried, please do.
Come on, give me the chills 