Why thinking hard makes us feel tired

Re:Why thinking hard makes us feel tired by djbusby on Thursday November 16, 2023 @05:57PM (#38296846)

Tapping or that thing where you keep the ball of the foot on the floor and then shake the leg like trying to double-bass hit a-la John Bonham? That's the one I do. Annoys the heck out of everyone around cause it shakes things. So they say Stop! Then get frustrated with my too-loud typing or humming or... whatever, gotta let that excess energy out somehow.

Interrupting my focus state with "why are you doing that?" - doing what?

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Re:Why thinking hard makes us feel tired by tambourine_man on Thursday November 16, 2023 @06:10PM (#38296981)

That's the perfect description :) And yes, it does annoy everyone. I had a stranger ask me to stop in a movie theater once, the seats were connected and it would shake the whole line. My wife just lays her hand on my leg and not a word needs to be sponken.

As I'm getting older, the tip of the foot can start to get a little numb if I'm too excited.

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Re:Why thinking hard makes us feel tired by JohnFen on Thursday November 16, 2023 @06:25PM (#38297110)

This was me! Complete with annoyning everybody and my wife putting her hand on my leg to make me notice I'm doing it.

I did eventually "break the habit"[1] by paying undue attention to my leg for years and intentionally stopping when it started. What I don't know is if it would have gone away on its own, or if my effort fixed things.

[1] It comes back when I'm unusually tired or stressed, though.

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