I've been thinking about the benefits I've gotten since starting the EE program in summer 2009. The benefits I saw very quickly when I started, as I've mentioned before and many others have experienced, include relaxed alertness, better concentration and focus, less obsessive behavior and thoughts, and seeming to have much more time/getting a lot more done in less time.
Now this last benefit, the getting more done in less time, has got me thinking for a while. I just came up with a hypothesis of what could explain it. The fact that there was a drastic reduction in obsessive thoughts and behaviors seems to be the clue. I think when there's much more obsessive-compulsive type activity in your life, you waste a great deal of time and energy doing things than you would if those obsessive-compulsive aspects went away or were greatly reduced.
Now, I was not diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder or anything like that. It wasn't even on a high enough level to annoy other people, but still below clinical diagnosis level. It only annoyed me when I realized I was doing these things, but most often I didn't realize these were time wasting, useless activities (and thoughts) as I was doing them. But I'm figuring no matter how severe the obsessive-compulsive traits are in people, there should still be an improvement. And I know that the dietary changes can be a contributing factor due to brain chemical imbalances being fixed and works synergistically with the EE program, but I didn't make all the dietary changes right away when I started regular EE practice in summer of 2009. So it suggests that the EE even without the synergistic benefits of the diet must have these benefits by itself, because I noticed it right away before all the dietary changes were made.
I'll post this on the EE site forum as well.
Now this last benefit, the getting more done in less time, has got me thinking for a while. I just came up with a hypothesis of what could explain it. The fact that there was a drastic reduction in obsessive thoughts and behaviors seems to be the clue. I think when there's much more obsessive-compulsive type activity in your life, you waste a great deal of time and energy doing things than you would if those obsessive-compulsive aspects went away or were greatly reduced.
Now, I was not diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder or anything like that. It wasn't even on a high enough level to annoy other people, but still below clinical diagnosis level. It only annoyed me when I realized I was doing these things, but most often I didn't realize these were time wasting, useless activities (and thoughts) as I was doing them. But I'm figuring no matter how severe the obsessive-compulsive traits are in people, there should still be an improvement. And I know that the dietary changes can be a contributing factor due to brain chemical imbalances being fixed and works synergistically with the EE program, but I didn't make all the dietary changes right away when I started regular EE practice in summer of 2009. So it suggests that the EE even without the synergistic benefits of the diet must have these benefits by itself, because I noticed it right away before all the dietary changes were made.
I'll post this on the EE site forum as well.