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Posted by sienna on November 12, 2003, at 18:30:29
So im testing some stuff out. i think sometimes when we are complacent or happy or content for a while and things get a certain sameness to them. Lack of contrast or something. same thign with depression, and things feeling "grey". Is it grey because we are depressed or becaues it is the "same" all the time. bored boring greyness no change no excitement?
I had been feeling really well for a long time and then this relationship thing really got me upset. Along with the upset came the feeling that i had just tuned into thousands more colors than ever before. Like the world had turned from 32 bit to 256 or something.
All of a sudden i could see depth in everything. I could hear layers in sound. Light variation in everything. Basically i just felt like i was getting far more sensory information. Is it because of being on "alert" for danger? Why is it, or is it at all? Am I simply insane, or is there something to this?
Have any of you experienced something similar??
Sienna
Posted by Dinah on November 12, 2003, at 19:50:55
In reply to Sensory awareness and personal distress or upset, posted by sienna on November 12, 2003, at 18:30:29
Well, I tend to be that way all the time. But it does get worse some times than others. I know it gets worse when I'm in migraine mode. I think it also gets worse when I'm upset. I just get overall overaroused. Maybe it does have some sort of evolutionary advantage to it.
My therapist says the me's of the tribe were probably very useful at detecting danger, tho less useful in dealing with it. :))
Posted by Destroyo on November 12, 2003, at 20:43:31
In reply to Re: Sensory awareness and personal distress or upset » sienna, posted by Dinah on November 12, 2003, at 19:50:55
I know what you mean, Dinah. Hardly an original observation, but a lot of the problems that many of us humanoids face are the result of the basic fact that the evoloution of we tool using apes was not driven by the desire to be happy; it was driven by the need to survive. In modern times, there's often a conflict between these two goals. I guess great, great times a thousand grandpa didn't get eaten by a saber tooth tiger because, constantly on the verge of wakefulness, and frequently crossing over that barrier, he escaped the stalking tiger. Hence, insomnia.
Posted by octopusprime on November 13, 2003, at 1:01:33
In reply to Sensory awareness and personal distress or upset, posted by sienna on November 12, 2003, at 18:30:29
> All of a sudden i could see depth in everything. I could hear layers in sound. Light variation in everything. Basically i just felt like i was getting far more sensory information. Is it because of being on "alert" for danger? Why is it, or is it at all? Am I simply insane, or is there something to this?
here's a shot in the dark
when someone you love is being mysterious, you look for clues
(if i recall correctly you were having communication problems with your partner? did you sort that out?)maybe you are tweaked to everything in your environment as a method of finding out what went wrong.
but you're getting a poor signal to noise ratio. but colours and layered sounds are fun. hmmm. maybe you are also alert because of impending change? the inputs are tweaking your own desires and kindling new beginnings?
i certainly hope there aren't any tigers hiding in those corners!
Posted by sienna on November 13, 2003, at 10:16:20
In reply to Sensory awareness and personal distress or upset, posted by sienna on November 12, 2003, at 18:30:29
i have to run righ tnow or no coffee for sienna, but i will come back later and respond to these posts. Thanks so much for offering your insite.
Sienna
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