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Introduction

About two weeks ago I made a thread called "You Need Mental Stimulation to be an Alpha". The thread was very well received and I even got Reddit Gold, (thank you anonymous person!). The TRDL: of that thread is that men need mental stimulation to escape blue pilled brainwashing from the Hollywood media, and we discussed the mantra that it’s okay to be nerdy. Just like you lift weights at the gym to improve your body, you must also do mentally challenging tasks to improve your mind. *Yes you still have to lift weights! * This is the second part of this Mental Stimulation series and has practical things you can do to challenge your mind. I will try to keep this post brief and with minimal techno-bubble. I highly recommend you read this on the toilet or somewhere you won't be distracted. Seriously, read this on the toilet.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking". General George S. Patton

Mental Stimulation?

Mental Stimulation is the combination of six abilities that challenge a part of your mind. It doesn't necessarily mean to only be "book smart" or to acquire general knowledge from reading things. You can acquire mental stimulation from doing anything that challenges your mind and uses significant mental energy. I'm extroverted so I see approaching women as a fun social activity, but for some introverted men talking to hot women can give them significant mental stimulation. For others shooting guns, street racing, or collecting colorful rocks can be mentally stimulating. It's alright if it does! I have the personal belief that Mental Stimulation is a requirement if you were born male, and I argue that its part of being Alpha.

  • First. Yes, you need to lift weights.
  • Yes, you need to have style and fashion.
  • Yes, you need game to approach women.
  • Yes, you need to be financially independent.
  • Yes, you need mental stimulation.

In the Ancient Era the most gifted hunters and soldiers were exposed to high levels of mental stimulation. They practiced mental simulation by tracking footprints, identifying plants to make medicine, and practicing daily by doing sword fighting or shooting arrows. They had to be mentally alert at all times and be prepared to take advantage of opportunities like spotting a rabbit from afar. Most men of that time gathered mental stimulation by telling stories or trying to flirt with the women. Fathers with skill were making ceramic pots for hours or building wooden tables and teaching their sons on their craft. Doing hobbies that required mental stimulation was seen as a rite of passage whether it was making swords or learning the tricks the merchants used to sell chickens.

In our Modern Era you may think its common sense to be mentally stimulated. The truth is most boys and men are not mentally stimulated enough. Their source of mental stimulation tends to the only school or to solve how to deal with women. When most boys graduate from high school they have a "brain drain" and gradually become less mentally stimulated as the years go by. After high school, for boys most mental energy is wasted on what to text back to a girl or posting on social media. The problem is that human males were designed to be mentally stimulated and most fulfill that need with shooter video games like Fortnite or Call of Duty. They spend almost all of their mental energy and cognitive skills on video games that provide temporary rewards and no real-world achievements. Most men have no or very little hobbies at all besides drinking a hanging out. I believe that is really sad.

Many people here at The Red Pill grew up without a father, or have access to a father figure that thought them things. Most fathers don't teach their sons anything, not even basic home repair skills. The kid doesn't know what to do to be mentally stimulated except for playing video games or texting girls. He has been conditioned by the public school system to see learning and studying as lame and boring. It doesn't help that feminism and the Hollywood hive mind encourage the propaganda that anything "nerdy" is seen as uncool. There are actually people out there that brag about being dumb or getting a C+ in class. I am not saying that you have to do nerdy things, all I am saying is that you do a hobby or two that is mentally stimulating. I provide a list of 25+ hobbies later in this post as well as resources.

My goal is to not make you a nerd or tell you to read quantum mechanics books. You have the right to choose your type of mental stimulation. The only thing I'm saying is that if your hobbies are just, “hanging out, partying watching TV, listening to music, and going on Tinder", then you're not getting sufficient mental stimulation. People tend to do things that give them the least resistance. The truth is that you need mental stimulation to grow as a person, and many mentally hobbies are attractive to women!

Women are tired of dumbasses and boring men, especially the ones that only know how to "Netflix and chill". Imagine being the guy that looks like a Greek god AND knows how to have a conversation, does digital art, yoga, and even reads books. You may be able to plate many women with your body BUT you will get them to stick around because you're "an interesting guy". Many women operate from plausible deniability and many will tell their friends how cool you are because you do digital art. They will hamster that they really like you because of your digital art hobby rather than admit they love getting fucked hard by you. Mental stimulation will help you get laid, and if the hobby is a bit "nerdy" you can transfer those earned cognitive skills to another hobby.

Mental Stimulation Abilities

Mental stimulation is made up of six cognitive abilities that when practiced help strengthen the connections between brain cells. One cognitive ability is not more important than other and you should try to stimulate all of them.

Ability Metaphor Definition
Mental Energy Mana (Video Games) to give your mind a good work out by stimulating it with mentally challenging tasks. In RPG video games, mana is used up by wizards and mages when they do spells. The more mana they have the more spells they can cast. The more mental energy you acquire, the more mentally challenging tasks you can do.
Crystallized Intelligence Books in a Library the ability to use skills, knowledge, and experience. It does not equate to memory, but it does rely on accessing information from long-term memory. A metaphor for crystallizing intelligence is having books in your internal library. The more crystallized intelligence you have, the more books you have if your library.
Cognitive Ability Horsepower (Cars) Term referring to an individual’s ability to process thoughts. It is defined as "the ability of an individual to perform the various mental activities most closely associated with learning and problem-solving. Cognitive ability is like measuring the "horsepower" in cars. The higher your cognitive ability the faster and more efficient you brain engine can learn.
Focus Magnifying Glass The ability to totally put your mind to the task you want to accomplish. If you hold a magnifying glass over a pile of dry leaves on the hottest day of the year with the sun shining overhead, nothing will happen… as long as you keep moving the magnifying glass. But as soon as you hold the magnifying glass still and focus the rays of the sun on just one leaf, the whole pile of leaves will erupt into flames.
Improvisation Rain Creating or performing something spontaneously or making something from whatever is available. A metaphor is like sudden rain when it has been sunny all day. Similar to a brainstorm.
Psychomotor Music Learning is demonstrated by physical skills such as movement, coordination, manipulation, dexterity, grace, strength, speed—actions which demonstrate the fine motor skills, such as the use of precision instruments or tools. Just like when you listen to a song over and over again and can predict the next beat or lyric, having high psychomotor intelligence means you can predict physical tasks faster.
Diffused Mode Flashlight This involves visualizing your brain as a flashlight. Diffused mode of thinking could be thought of as a setting on the flashlight designed to cast a broad light not very strongly, while focused mode would cast a very strong light in a smaller area.

Mental Stimulation Hobbies

You don't have to just do nerdy things to be mentally stimulated. Mental stimulation comes in many forms and some can even be done in the middle of the wilderness among trees. Mental stimulation is made up of six abilities and certain hobbies strength certain mental stimulation abilities. Remember playing Pokemon and training certain Pokémon to have high speed or defense? Well, mental stimulation is the same thing. You, as a human male was designed to be mentally stimulated. Currently Hollywood and Feminism have encouraged males to not do mentally stimulating activities by labeling them as "nerds" or "geeks". The reality is that there are many hobbies you can do that are both mentally stimulating and socially acceptable.

 

A general guide is to have one hobby of the following categories:

  1. Physical hobby; weightlifting, yoga, dancing, hiking etc..
  2. Technical hobby; programming, shooting guns, math, writing, chess..
  3. Creative hobby; digital art, painting, cooking, music making, etc...

 

Mental Hobbies Main Category Main Mental Stimulation Abilities Challenged
Reading / Writing Technical Crystallized Intelligence, Focus
Digital Art / Tattooing Creative Improvisation, Diffused Mode, Psychomotor
Puzzles Technical Diffused Mode, Cognitive Ability
Strategy Video Games Technical Mental Energy, Cognitive Ability
Improv Comedy Creative Improvisation, Cognitive Ability
Mathematics Technical Cognitive Ability, Crystallized Intelligence, Diffused Mode, Mental Energy
Meditation Creative Focus, Diffused Mode
Racing Cars Technical Psychomotor, Cognitive Ability
Programming Technical Cognitive Ability, Crystallized Intelligence
Shooting Practice / Archery Technical Psychomotor, Diffused Mode, Focus
Painting Creative Mental Energy, Improvisation, Focus
Outdoor Hunting Physical Psychomotor, Diffused Mode
Chess Technical Diffused Mode, Cognitive Ability
Darts Physical Psychomotor, Focus, Mental Energy
Martial Arts Physical Psychomotor, Focus, Mental Energy
Pool / Billiards Technical Cognitive Ability, Psychomotor
Approaching Hot Women Creative Improvisation, Mental Energy
Cooking and Grilling Creative Crystallized Intelligence, Psychomotor
Rocketry Technical Crystallized Intelligence, Diffused Mode
Powerlifting Physical Psychomotor, Focus, Mental Energy
Investing Technical Improvisation, Crystallized Intelligence, Cognitive Ability
Yoga Physical Psychomotor, Focus, Mental Energy
Classic Car Restoration / Auto Repair Technical Psychomotor, Focus, Diffused Mode
Magic / Illusion Creative Diffused Mode, Improvisation
Wilderness Hiking Physical Diffused Mode, Improvisation, Psychomotor
Electronic Models Technical Cognitive Ability, Crystallized Intelligence, Improvisation
Photography Creative Improvisation, Focus
Home Repair Technical Improvisation, Crystallized Intelligence
Dancing Physical Improvisation, Diffused Mode, Psychomotor
Music Making Creative Improvisation, Focus, Cognitive Ability
Fantasy Sports Technical Crystallized Intelligence, Diffused Mode
Rock and Mineral Collecting Physical Diffused Mode, Crystallized Intelligence
Psychedelic Drugs Creative Diffused Mode, Improvisation, Mental Energy
Fashion Design Creative Improvisation, Diffused Mode
Woodworking/ Metalworking Technical Focus, Improvisation, Psychomotor
Gardening Physical Focus, Mental Energy
Mountaineering Physical Diffused Mode, Psychomotor
Adventure Races Physical Mental Energy, Improvisation

For most guys, the most popular combination of hobbies is Lifting Weights (Physical), Auto Repair (Technical), and Photography (Creative). It's understandable that not all hobbies are appealing to women or are even socially acceptable to brag about. If you feel social shame about playing chess then keep it a secret. If you have no hobbies besides lifting weights go explore a hobby that interests you. As long as you have some sort of mental stimulation besides video games/social media then you are on the right path. You just need one or two hobbies to put you a step above the majority of men who just watch sports, drink, and hang out all the time.

Why Should I be Mentally Stimulated?

A. Our brains need to be mentally stimulated to keep it healthy. Just like a car needs to be driven every once in a while to prevent engine issues, your brain needs to have good workout so that the connections between brain cells stay strong and healthy. It may be second nature to you to go to the gym and lift to get muscles. Your brain needs to be mentally stimulated to create more connection between brain cells. The stronger the connection the faster the traffic between brain cells.

 

B. Mental stimulation keeps you happy and with a sense of fulfillment. When you focus on a mentally stimulating task you enter a trance where you don't give a fuck about silly problems because you are really into that task. Over time you develop a stronger Frame and silly issues stop bothering you as much. Mental stimulation helps strength your "emotional armor" aka frame because you train your mind to strengthen the connections you acquire with mentally challenging tasks while downgrading the connections that come from the amygdala (the fear and emotional center of the brain). This means when Sally is yelling at you the "emotional armor" prevents you from seeing her yelling as a fight or flight event. You remain calm instead of reacting emotionally.

 

C. A mentally stimulated person has an advantage in warfare because they have increased Peripheral vision awareness. Feedback Peripheral vision is to look side to side when you look at something. Our caveman ancestors were constantly mentally stimulated because they had to be aware of their surroundings at all times to prevent being killed by other tribes. They also had to have the extreme focus to be able to follow footprints across miles, and improvise how to survive in hostile environments. Higher mental stimulation increases your Peripheral vision awareness. This allows you to react faster when a dumbass is trying to punch you at a bar. Higher Peripheral vision awareness allows you to decipher body language faster and analyze a room faster to look for IOIs.

 

D. All animals require mental stimulation naturally, especially human males. The reason is human males evolve to be hunters and "designed or evolved" to kill things to eat meat. Dogs, cats, and birds need to be mentally stimulated or else they have behavior problems like irritability, boredom, and mood swings. The current American education system tends to diagnose boys with ADHD a lot because classrooms don't offer enough mental stimulation, specifically psychomotor and improvisation.

 

E. You are more competitive and dangerous the more mentally stimulated you are. In our modern era, the most mentally stimulated people like doctors and CEOs tend to make them more money. Having higher mental stimulation allows you to "think on your feet" a lot faster because your brain can process information about the environment faster. If you can lift weights and become mentally stimulated then you have a huge advantage over the general population.

 

F. Mental Stimulation allows you to have more profound conversations and it’s easier to think about what you have to say. You brain can improvise faster and you have more "horsepower" to tell stories that are more emotionally charged and full of details. It also improves your "trash talking" skills because your brain can think about telling the dude "You look like something I killed in Skyrim" a lot faster. If you like to approach women you should notice that you can talk to them more easily.

 

G. Mental stimulation allows you to be in the moment for longer. Some people call this "Flow" or being in a meditative state. The reason this happens is that the connections in your brain are stronger and can augment themselves with new connections faster. Being in a Flow state allows you to accomplish tasks easier because you don't get as easily distracted. The connections in your brain are stronger and they filter out unnecessary information easily. The dog barking doesn't bother you as much because you are really focused on your task.

 

H. It may be that the more you use your brain, the higher chances of success, achievement, and progress. Mental stimulation is partly behind the progress of the human race. The reason is that higher mental stimulation leads to higher problem solving and troubleshooting ability. Without mental stimulation, we will still be stuck in the Stone Age playing with fire.

 

I. Flirting becomes easier because you can just let go and worry about to think, you just improvise what to say. Charisma is just learning how to improvise with words to make people feel happy. You can control your emotional responses a lot easier. Having interesting hobbies is very attractive to women.

 

J. It becomes harder to be brainwashed by advertisements or the Media. Propaganda like feminism and blue pill thinking is harder to absorb because mental stimulation makes it easier to "think outside the box" and individually. It becomes harder to be part of the herd mentality because you discover that most people are barely mentally stimulated at all.

Mental Stimulation Achievements

When you do mental stimulation for a few months you gradually unlock several perks on an unconscious level. I know what you’re thinking. This nerd on The Red Pill said that you can unlock achievements by doing mentally challenging things? Think about the following. If you can unlock achievements by going to the gym for months like a better physique or more female attention don't you think it’s possible to unlock mental achievements? YES! For those that don't play video games achievements are digital trophies you earn by doing great things in the game.

Achievement Benefit
Capacity Overload More mental stimulation means that your brain can store more mental energy. This allows you to use more mental energy in bursts, and you can even overload your mental energy over 100% for a short time. This is like having the effects of an energy drink or preworkout mentally without consuming them. For me, it becomes activated after I do digital art in Photoshop.
Memory Bank The more mentally stimulated you are the more general information you can store in your brain. The reason is that the more connections exist in your mind the stronger your long-term memory is.
Cognitive Multithreading Usually mastered by procrastinators, Cognitive Turbo is the ability to learn something extremely fast in a short amount of time. Think of it as using your brain using multiple computer CPU cores to multiply the processing of information. The more mental stimulation you have the more often and longer you can process information. A cognitive multithread is usually "fueled" by listening to instrumental music while doing a mental task.
Hyper Focus The experience of deep and intense concentration on one task that completely absorbs you. Usually, the only people that have this ability have ADHD. ADHD is not necessarily a deficit of attention, but rather a problem with regulating one's attention span to desired tasks. So, while mundane tasks may be difficult to focus on, others may be completely absorbing. With strong mental stimulation, you have the ability to turn "on and off" Hyper Focus.
Silver Tongue Silver tongue is an expression used to describe a person who has a clever way with words. It becomes easier to think about what to say because the left and right hemispheres of the brain have stronger "highways" between each other.
Physical Trance Mental stimulation enhances the connection between the mind and the body which allows the "mind-body connection" to be amplified. Usually, dancers or athletes tend to possess this ability, but it can be earned if you challenge your mind and body with frequency.
Diffused Efficiency You can change from diffused mode "big picture" to focused mode a lot easier. This allows you to learn things more efficiently. It’s like looking at a picture of the car and noticing the whole car vs looking for specific details like the threads in the tires.
Emotional Armor You react less to emotional impulses or "mental malware". TheRedPill calls it having Frame.

Mental Malware

Your mind is like a computer. The book Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltrz pioneered the concept of the Self Image, which is the perception one has of their own abilities, appearance, and personality. People with low self-image tend to have low self-esteem and low self-confidence. The mind is like an operating system of a computer and mental stimulation is like running a program. The mind follows an "if this, then that" type of programming. An example is that IF you have happy thoughts, then that causes an increase of confidence. Just like a computer, your mind can be infected by "mental malware”. A mental malware is a mental virus that hijacks your way of thinking for a time. Mental Stimulation helps prevent mental malware from infecting you.

Mental Malware How Mental Stimulation Prevents It
Oneitis Mental stimulation helps keep your mental energy on a challenging task rather than constantly thinking about the girl. Many times oneitis happens because a person is not mentally challenged enough daily and they become addicted to the mental challenge of trying to predict if their oneitis likes them. This mental challenge is addicting because human males were born to seek mental stimulation. Oneitis provides the mental stimulation that they are lacking.
Performance Anxiety Realizing that everyone makes mistakes and that you tried your best prevents perfectionism. You are happy to take risks because you know failure is alright. When you have mental stimulation you indirectly are working on your performance anxiety because the mistakes you make strength the connections in your brain. The "Aha!" moments reward you to keep trying to solve the puzzle.
Weak Frame Mental stimulation increases your emotional armor, which means you don't let others influence or control your emotions. The brain reacts to emotions less easily because the emotions themselves become less stimulating. Emotions is like looking at a picture of women fully clothed that doesn't stimulate you as much as a pornographic video. Emotions don't stimulate as much because you are doing things that stimulate you even more.
People Pleaser People pleasing happens when you are not mentally stimulated enough because your focus is on other people’s needs rather than your own. Mental stimulation helps prevent people pleasing because you become focused and your diffused mode becomes stronger. This means that you focus on the big picture more easily instead of the little details of another person. Most people pleasers become mentally stimulated by helping others because that is usually the only time they can use their cognitive abilities to solve problems. Become mentally stimulated and use your cognitive abilities to solve your problems instead of others.
Social Anxiety Getting rejected by a girl is normal human behavior and it doesn't mean there is nothing wrong with you. Social Anxiety tends to happen because you don't know what to say to the girl. The higher your mental stimulation the more mental energy you will have to do extroverted activities because your mental energy levels are higher.
Stress Rollercoaster Most people get stressed out easily because thy experience a "mental overload" and are not used to being mentally stimulated at a high level. It’s like a guy trying to deadlift 300 lbs. when he can barely lift 145 lbs. Stress is too much mental stimulation, and you can lower your stress levels by increasing your mental stimulation.

What Women Think?

We shouldn't think about how women perceive our hobbies, but those who want LTRs tend to be attracted to men to practice mentally challenging hobbies. The reason is most guys have no hobbies at all and all they do in their free time is watch sports, hang out, and drink alcohol. Mentally stimulating hobbies tend to have the following perceptions:

  1. "OMG he is an interesting guy".
  2. They see the guy as Ambitious. "He might get famous"
  3. "He can teach me that!”
  4. "He can make money doing that!"
  5. "He is someone I can do yoga, dance, and hike with! He doesn't just lift weights!"
  6. "OMG, he can take me to cool places like go shoot guns!"
  7. "He has so much going for him! He is trying to be a DJ/ Artist / Writer"
  8. "He is too busy doing ____ to chase bitches and I love that"
  9. " My girlfriends say he is the only guy that does programming/dancing/photography"
  10. "He is going to make my Instagram look a lot cooler"

Broke?

If you're broke you can still have mentally challenging hobbies.

Hobby place
Reading "Libgen", Google it
Programming freeCodeCamp
Mathematics Khan Academy
Photoshop Phlearn (Youtube)
IT / Computer Repair Cybrary, most courses on Edx are free with no certificate
Chess any mobile Chess app
Yoga 30 Days of Yoga, Adriene
Computer Science Khanacademy, Edx
Approaching Women public places
Meditation Headspace app, Youtube
Investing WeSeed
Fast Typing Typing.com . Get Typing to 80 WPM to get data entry job
Dancing DANCE TUTORIALS LIVE on YouTube

Conclusion

You have read enough. Get a hobby and become mentally stimulated!