un: Owen

[sicklysweet]

a quick question about some of the equipment, after a rather intense encounter with a mr. punisher at the party

what, exactly, is yaoi? the fact i had a hardcore encounter where i'm not even sure what happened to me leaves me wondering if i should be concerned.

[This might not be the first time this question appears on the forums - as it's quickly deleted for being posted in the wrong topic, and then reposted to a different topic... and then deleted again.

And reposted, again, out of no small measure of spite for the head admin.]

Comments

[tablescraps]

Hmmm...

I feel the somatic sensation of noxious stimulus, which is the perception of pain (nociception). Prior to the perception of pain, or sometimes simultaneous with the perception of pain, a person will experience a reflexive withdrawal from the physical source of the stimulus (nociceptive flexion reflex). Failing that, the brain will signal an electrical suggestion, or impulse, to remove the body from the physical source of the stimulus (generalized withdrawal response).

I experience nociception correctly, so I understand I am in pain and to what extent that I am. I will also notice if the pain increases in severity at the juncture of its increase. However, I fail to experience a nociceptive flexion reflex or generalized withdrawal response. When the body is not removed from the physical stimulus of pain, the input becomes continuous; and then, mundane. There is a synaptic understanding that the stimulus is occurring (perception) but tolerance begins to build, in the same way selective auditory attention functions: the noise level of a room may at first be perceptible when entering, but becomes easy to ignore after a few moments.

Perception is then dampened after the first few moments of perception, and ultimately disappears from my consciousness. However, it is not only pain that I experience this with, but most stimuli.

In line with this process, the potential capacity for digital stimuli to be more perceptible to the brain than real stimuli is interesting to me. Though, it doesn't really matter to me either way, if it fails to impress itself upon my perception more than real-world stimulus can.

( He didn't need to type all that to just say "If I put my hand on a hot stove I won't feel the need take it off," but he did so, )

[dissimulative]

i understood only half of the things you said
but i think i get the gist of it
i
think
????
i wonder if it might work better online bc it forces your brainwaves or something?

[tablescraps]

( :thinking: )

That seems a reasonable presumption. It might be better to be aggressive about experiencing as many sensations as I can, here.

( He was pretty indifferent to all this before, but he feels much more motivated right now. He does take recuperation seriously enough. )

[dissimulative]

yeah!!
that sounds good!
go and feel a bunch online while you can!

[ He will regret this later. ]

[tablescraps]

All right. I'll report back to you.

( Look forward to the DM, Oria. )