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[Garryydde]

>you will never deliver tofu every morning in a Panda Trueno and WRX.

Why live?

[Bison]

The skits?

Ok, I'm done here.

I can't be fucked typing out the full thing in an argument I don't care for. 

[Degenerate Rakia Time]

>you will never deliver tofu every morning

Why live?
 

what is it with you always trying to get interesting threads closed?

[Sigma Tauri]

Natural however, is easy to gauge, normal though, we don't know normal. Until we see everything we can see, normal is subjective, natural however, is objective.

 

People don't see things that aren't there.

[Garryydde]

what is it with you always trying to get interesting threads closed?

This threaded is headed down a dark path, the quicker it dies the better. Besides, any opportunity to post eurobeat is one I'll take.

[Degenerate Rakia Time]

This threaded is headed down a dark path, the quicker it dies the better. Besides, any opportunity to post eurobeat is one I'll take.

while i agree on eurobeat theres nothing wrong with letting the kids argue

[Bison]

People don't see things that aren't there.

Oh no doubt. 

[Bison]

while i agree on eurobeat theres nothing wrong with letting the kids argue

Well if we're being honest here, this thread was gone, too touchy a subject, as we've seen.

[Morty Smith]

People don't see things that aren't there.

 

Why do you hate Infrared-kun and Ultraviolet-chan?

[Sigma Tauri]

Oh no doubt. 

 

Then, you don't doubt that what your cousin is experiencing isn't normal. If your cousin is seeing figures of people, I'm sure it concerns your family. In the context of his experiences, is his thinking organized? Does he play with other children? How is he like compared with other children? Does he stay in one spot all day all by himself? If he's exhibiting abnormal behavior, that necessitates a visit from a psychiatrist at least to be evaluated. Schizophrenia is a very disabling disease. People can become homeless or disabled all their life.

 

EDIT: The whole thing could also be nothing. My cousin claimed to see dead family relatives when she was 5. But, they were isolated experiences.

Modifié par Sigma Tauri, 31 mars 2015 - 12:22 .

[Bison]

Then, you don't doubt that what your cousin is experiencing isn't normal. If your cousin is seeing figures of people, I'm sure it concerns your family. In the context of his experiences, is his thinking organized? Does he play with other children? How is he like compared with other children? Does he stay in one spot all day all by himself? If he's exhibiting abnormal behavior, that necessitates a visit from a psychiatrist at least to be evaluated. Schizophrenia is a very disabling disease. People can become homeless or disabled all their life.

Oh fuuck no, that's not normal, we have a big family, and he's the only one.

 

He's got plenty of friends and he's hyperactive as fuuck. 

 

And he's 11, the most organised thinking he's doing is what video game he wants to play today. 

[Sigma Tauri]

Oh fuuck no, that's not normal, we have a big family, and he's the only one.

 

He's got plenty of friends and he's hyperactive as fuuck. 

 

And he's 11, the most organised thinking he's doing is what video game he wants to play today. 

 

LMAO, not really what I meant by organized thinking. But, he seems like a normal kid. If those perceptions persist and they get worse, he needs to see a professional.

[Bison]

LMAO, not really what I meant by organized thinking. But, he seems like a normal kid. If those perceptions persist and they get worse, he needs to see a professional.

I think he'll be fine, they aren't common anymore. It's just unsettling, when he wakes me up at 3am to tell me someone is about to stroke my forehead.

[Degenerate Rakia Time]

I think he'll be fine, they aren't common anymore. It's just unsettling, when he wakes me up at 3am to tell me someone is about to stroke my forehead.

and this is why i keep a gun on the night stand

[Sigma Tauri]

and this is why i keep a gun on the night stand

 

To stroke people's foreheads?

[Degenerate Rakia Time]

To stroke people's foreheads?

no, in case someone wakes me up

[Bison]

no, in case someone wakes me up

So you can stroke their forehead?

[Fast Jimmy]

Rationally no, but when I'm half asleep and paralyzed in bed my monkey brain knows the fear again.

This is actually a very explainable phenomenon. It has happened to me a few times and was known in the 1800's as "the devil sitting on your chest."

What happens is that when we sleep, our brain releases chemicals that paralyze us. This is assumed to prevent us from getting up and walking around or acting out the actions in our dreams, which would make us more vulnerable.

However, at times prior to sleep, these chemicals can be released that paralyze the body, but before we've actually fallen asleep. While wide awake, we are unable to move or even so much as make a noise, feeling helpless in our own bodies. There is a genetic component, as well as evidence that stress, lack of sleep and other factors play a part as well.


So there you go - no demons or spirits taking control, just good old fashioned brain chemistry gone awry.

To the original question, I feel like the power of the brain to make things real is one of humanity's greatest strengths, but it all too often manifests itself through fear or paranoia.

[heretica]

Yeah, it's known as "sleep paralysis". I've suffered a couple of times now and it's one of the worst feelings ever. Plus since your brain is playing tricks on you and you are "waking up" you tend to see weird stuff like shadows or feel things.

 

To answer the question: I don't know. I feel things sometimes when I'm home alone, like a sudden change in air pressure, a presence etc. I like to think it's just my brain playing tricks on me due to stress/lack of sleep and nothing "paranormal". 

[Fast Jimmy]

People don't see things that aren't there.

What? That's not true. People see things that aren't there all the time.

[Degenerate Rakia Time]

What? That's not true. People see things that aren't there all the time.

hallucinations dont count, since they arent "normal"

[Bison]

So that's what it was, sleep paralysis, I woke up one morning and couldn't move, it was terrifying, didn't take long before I could move though, and the fear passed, still though, terrifying.

 

EDIT: Is it normal to have it after you wake? 

[Sigma Tauri]

hallucinations dont count, since they arent "normal"

 

What? That's not true. People see things that aren't there all the time.

 

Damn, Dermain's going to attack me. I was talking about delusions, not hallucinations.

[Degenerate Rakia Time]

usually if i wake up and cant move its because my wife forgot to untie me