In the era of mindfulness and being present I’d like to thank daydreaming and absent minded moments. Without them I wouldn’t be writing right now and I would have missed a few funny moments.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m aware of the benefits of being conscious but sometimes -sorry mindful coaches- detaching from of our body, mind and soul is also therapeutic.
A few years ago I had a migraine episode so strong that made me think I was departing this life. I was heading home after work and all of a sudden I couldn’t see properly (I had what they call ‘tunnel vision’) and I was feeling as if my brain was flooding with blood. Terribly scary.
I’m pretty sure that if I had been fully present at that moment, aware of my body and my mind, I would have had a huge panic attack.
So, in some sort of survival instinct, instead of being mindful, I flew away with my mind to recreate a safe space- far from that particular here and now.
And I recalled a hilarious day (note my sarcasm) at the hairdresser where I also thought I was going to die because I ate a few bitter almonds and Google told me that these were poisonous and they could cause serious side effects- being death one of them.
But this day I didn’t pass away either because my phone beeped to remind me that I had a dentist appointment at 4pm, what an inconvenience.
So it wasn’t the perfect time to expire and I wrote a story instead.
I escaped, once again, from the here and now. Because in that particular moment I couldn’t be present. I was very busy trying to cope with my imminent death while discussing the hair colour with my hairdresser.
Too much on my plate.
