tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post3594319124399527062..comments2023-05-08T04:26:41.949-04:00Comments on My Little Po-Mo: The Mortification of the FleshFroborrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-67796144754211637772014-12-25T01:23:57.604-05:002014-12-25T01:23:57.604-05:00Have you attempted to try lucid dreaming? Giving m...Have you attempted to try lucid dreaming? Giving myself a goal, a task to do while sleeping helps me a lot with insomnia problems; I often don't succeed at dreaming lucidly, but turning it into a game to see how much I can learn about myself in that altered state of consciousness makes it far more appealing to be asleep.<br /><br />If you do try, the first time I managed I did so after waking up and going back to sleep when I was in one of those 'mind repeats the same sort of dreams/thoughts if you go back to sleep quickly enough' states while repeating to myself that I was only dreaming. I did some fun stuff, like attempting mathematics or opening books to see if I could read them, crawl on walls like spiderman, walk through walls, teleport, turn yourself into different shapes, fly... flying was a favorite. When you lucid dream, you are, for a moment, truly free of the 'meatbag body', just a brain. It really helps to be well rested, because if your mind is muddled and barely conscious in all your dreams you won't be able to think lucidly. It also helps, even if you didn't succeed, to spend time remembering your dreams and going over them when you first wake up, to build mental connections between your conscious and unconscious self and to get that thought of 'I am or might be sleeping' in your head.Stardusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132286380127316140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-55362049716746851372014-12-19T12:22:05.173-05:002014-12-19T12:22:05.173-05:00You know, disrespecting my choices and judgmentall...You know, disrespecting my choices and judgmentally lecturing me isn't actually made better by tacking "but I should respect your choices" on the end. <br /><br />I'm well aware I won't be shedding the meat suit. As I said, I expect it to be far too difficult to pull off in my lifetime, and I would be quite surprised if our civilization made it to the next century, so I honestly don't expect it to ever happen at all. Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-60050900086765064182014-12-19T11:33:40.024-05:002014-12-19T11:33:40.024-05:00Sadly, you're stuck in your meatsuit for the f...Sadly, you're stuck in your meatsuit for the foreseeable future. I can certainly understand why you're so frustrated with it, and I admire your dedication not to give in to its demands, but you're all but literally cutting off your nose to spite your face. It seems like it'd be a lot less hassle to make a few concessions in exchange for experiencing less pain and exhaustion. (Boy, put that way, it sounds like a form of extortion.)<br /><br />Of course, I'm not you. I'm not the one experiencing the pain, I don't know what kind of return you get for those concessions, and I have no right or authority to tell you how to behave. The closest I can come to understanding is my own reflux, which is far less severe than yours.<br /><br />In the end, you're the only one who can make these calls. I just don't like hearing that people I respect aren't feeling their best, especially when they choose to. Still, I should respect that choice. Best of luck with the skinbag.Fan of Most Everythinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07038781301926851645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-8357886501784806632014-12-18T17:36:02.793-05:002014-12-18T17:36:02.793-05:00Ligotti is very high on my list of people I need t...Ligotti is very high on my list of people I need to get around to reading. I finally managed to get to Tamora Pierce this year, so maybe I'll get to him next year!<br /><br />I look forward to seeing your story and finding out how it's connected to this.Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-77023481718179800512014-12-18T17:34:07.166-05:002014-12-18T17:34:07.166-05:00Whereas to me, and of course I'm saying this a...Whereas to me, and of course I'm saying this as someone who cannot and will not ever be pregnant, pregnancy is viscerally horrifying, the ultimate betrayal by your own body, as it transforms and distorts itself for the benefit of an invader, up to and including hormonal changes designed to program you into caring for the parasite.<br /><br />(Just to be clear, I am very much not saying how you or anyone else should respond to pregnancy, this is just my kneejerk, probably pathological instinctive response to the idea of becoming pregnant.)Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-23030464527039716052014-12-18T14:04:54.426-05:002014-12-18T14:04:54.426-05:00This seems like a strange place for a fiction reco...This seems like a strange place for a fiction recommendation, but something tells me you'd really like Thomas Ligotti if you haven't read him already - I'm thinking of his <i>Teatro Grottesco</i> collection here, and specifically its concluding story "The Shadow, The Darkness".<br />This also ties in nicely with a story I'm working on at the moment (though not the one I brought up a few Fiction Fridays back), in fact to such an extent that I'm amazed this was posted today and will definitely be keeping it in mind as I write.Champinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08929355387925460784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-19037190038024490362014-12-18T12:50:23.752-05:002014-12-18T12:50:23.752-05:00That's such a different experience from mine. ...That's such a different experience from mine. While I usually think of my body as something I have to force to do things out of sheer will, it's usually things like "ride a bike 500 miles," not the other way around. (Although I'm definitely a member of the "choose not to sleep" club, unfortunately.) The thing that really changed that attitude for me was actually giving birth. While there's certain things you can do as a pregnant woman to minimize problems, there's absolutely nothing you can do to truly prevent them. No amount of will can guarantee you'll give birth to a healthy baby. It was really the first time that I felt like my body just did something amazing and positive on its own and I was really proud of it. storitellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671426804806159312noreply@blogger.com