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Have you ever thought

"I'm this person, I'm trapped inside this body?"

What causes that feeling

>> No.9370725

Homosexuality

>> No.9370747

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNKOUhx-7qk

>> No.9370842

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization

>> No.9371596

>>9370688
Yep, and I've always had this thought cross my mind every once in a while ever since I was a kid, and I never thought anyone else would be able to relate or understand. Then I realized that with the sheer amount of people on the planet, someone else was bound to have shared the idea.

I've never thought of it as being trapped in my body, though, but rather just purely curious about it as to the "why" and "how" and finding it weird that, "hey, I am me in my body. Why is that so, why is it that I'm experiencing life through THIS body and seeing it through THIS set of eyes? How do other people live and fundamentally experience life?"

Another curiosity I've more recently had is wondering why our consciousness and thoughts are stored purely in our heads. As in, I don't "feel" my consciousness in, say, my foot, and I can't transfer my consciousness to someone else no matter how hard I try.

>> No.9371657

>>9370688
bad metaphysics

>> No.9371660
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>>9370688
Me. I do.

>> No.9371733

>>9370688
>What causes that feeling
it's caused by the fact that you are this person and you are trapped inside this body.
this is your life, these are your days.

>> No.9371740

>>9371733
also, I had rather harsh depersonalization attacks as a child, but now I'm unable to trigger them. probably got too used to this body. it's a case of live in it, die with it, I guess.

>> No.9371742

>>9371596
Most of your senses are on your head so it's a natural point of reference

>> No.9371757 [DELETED] 

What blows my mind is that everyone only gets to experience life once from their limited perspective.

The irony of this is that if you are born in a privileged position you can't even truly appreciate what you have.

We will never experience how life will be in 1000 years. But for the people born then it will be mundane.

>> No.9371765

Hinduism and Buddhism see that as the beginning of a realization that your body is an illusion.
L. Ron Hubbard sees that as the realization that you are a spiritual being using a body to participate in the physical universe, rather than being the body itself.
It's kind of an alarming thought at first, but it can be productive in the long run.

>> No.9371775

>>9371660
tfw I can surge and I have depersonalisation.

>> No.9371923

I hate this feeling

We're all trapped in these biological coffins and we can't escape.

>> No.9371937

>>9371596
Literally everyone has thought of this at some point you retard

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>>9370688
Dysphoria provoking you to cut yourself out of the evolutionary chain. If you don't become comfortable with yourself nature will find a way to erase you.

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>>9370688
Similarly, there have been times when I've looked at my feet and thought "man I really miss when these were an extra set of hands".

>> No.9372225

But why does mine have to be so fucking fat?

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>>9372053
Thats some top psuedoscience imageposting.

>> No.9372243

>>9372240
Seems legit to me.

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>>9370688
Hey vsauce, michael here.

Have you ever... thought wow if only my penis was bigger...

>> No.9372281

>>9372240
>>9372053
>>9372243
Explain it

>> No.9372309

>>9372225
because you're a lazy piece of shit
put down the hamburgers and diet coke

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>>9372248
Not me my penis is this big

>> No.9372406

>>9372281
It's all in the image dude what else is there to explain?

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>>9371775
>tfw I can surge and I am a de-personal-lazer.

>> No.9373008

>>9370688
kind of yeah
it's tied into how equality operates IMHO; the idea that the person you are isn't your name or the place and time you were born or your background or even your body, it's something underneath, it's why labels are kind of bullshit
before you dogpile on me, labels are still very useful, I just think people should be able to pick and choose their labels as much as is practical