Hello, for my entire life I have used my right brain quite dominantly and I now hope this isnt permanent. I notice that, from my performance at school, playing games, and the activities that I favor, I am almost completely right brain dominant and am desperate to change that.
Just to clarify the thinking my brain favors, I am stimulated by things that are visual. For instance, I am exceptionally well at recognizing actors' faces. Its almost scary actually, I can think of so many moments where my family and I sit down to watch a film and I recognize an extra or minor supporting roll from a movie or show we've seen years ago. I dont even need to have seen him/her in more than 1 production to have his/her face hard-pressed into the back of my mind (yes, I do realize that it may be my ability to recall visuals that is superior rather than my ability to remember them). There are, of course, other things that I am most interested in such as passing time at school drawing rather than say, talking or doing homework.
I hate being this way; I hate being scatter-minded during tests or math. I hate problem solving by imagining the steps in my head rather than just thinking of them in a straightforward and linear manner. I hate having to visualize what the teacher is talking about to just get an understanding of what they are talking about. And most of all, I hate being terrible at remembering raw facts and information and only getting by remembering everything in a disorganized state of relativity (ex. knowing specific answers that can reveal further answers by comparison and complex, painstaking problem solving... Hard to explain). Why cant I just simply remember stuff and look at the bare bones of things?
Now, the things I have tried in the past 5 days, or so, include, intentionally looking out of my right eye, using the right side of my face more with facial expressions, sleeping on my left side (allows better blood flow to my left hemisphere and more natural right eye use) and, least of all, breathing out of my right nostril. I know, pretty ridiculous, however I am desperate to do what is necessary.
Please guys, help me develop a way to slowly (just because I know it wont happen in a week) shift my hemisphere dominance.
Also, I hate reading books but I love stories. Understand where I'm coming from here?
Edited by sparkk51, 11 September 2011 - 04:21 AM.