#perception distortion

[in-sightjournal]

Ask A Genius 1064: Seeing God, or the Sky Parting Trip and the Janitor

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are your thoughts on religious experiences? Have you had any? Rick Rosner: Yes, but I haven’t believed in them for long. Jacobsen: Was it drug-induced or naturally induced or what? Rosner: I thought that maybe my train of logic could point in the direction of some truth, to some form of divinity or God, or being able to do things in the world beyond what you are…

[spartanmemesmedical]

Deciphering Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS): Exploring Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Preventive Strategies

Introduction: In the realm of neurological disorders, there exists a phenomenon that seems plucked from the pages of a surreal tale: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS). This enigmatic condition, also known as Todd’s Syndrome, plunges individuals into a world where reality twists and bends, leaving them grappling with distorted perceptions of body image, size, time, and space. In this blog,…

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

He was just being a silly little guy!

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[kandigored]

the mirror pool

so ive been thinking about this au ive wanted to make inspired by the incredible pogd au by @beluvbug for a while !!

this is a very self indulgent au based on pinkie dealing with the conflict of wanting to be taken seriously while also playing themselves down constantly as a way to please others, especially when it come to their identity as nonbinary and their disabilities

i was going to make the first post about this au a little comic but ironically the disabilities have made that a bit hard and i wanted to post something for it

[theauthorpaula]

(via From Chapter Thirty-Four - Distorted Perceptions (WIP))

[lightyaoigami]

WHEN WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP ACTING LIKE 30 IS GERIATRIC. BE SO FUCKING FR RIGHT NOW!

[mari-lair]

wip of an abandoned wonderland comic

[floydleart]

Hitting my brain with a hammer

[r3dlif3]

Obito's 'after life' just being a hallucination formed in his mind, created so he can finally have peace in the hellscape he's been trapped in for the past 15 years is bittersweet yet fitting. In the series it's confirmed that no shinobi gets an angelic, utopian life after death, it's a grey area that is nothing but darkness. Neither good nor bad it lies in between because of a shinobi's ever-present moral and internal conflicts about their being. So, why would obito of all people get a good one? it's because he doesn't. He killed thousands, participated in his clan massacre, and planned on putting the world into an infinite dreamscape land; even if his ideals were in good faith and an analysis on the shinobi system.

It's his mind trying to achieve some sort of finality before he dies as. Rin leads him to his death like the guardian angel Obito thinks she is during his last scene. She's leading him to a no mans land and he can't escape it so the last thing he can do is relish this last few moments and believe it's tranquility.

[satanasvincit]

Osaj - Moon

[commsroom]

the opening of into the depths - the thought experiment about the swamp - sticks in my head, because, well. because it's interesting why it's stuck in hera's head.

narratively, of course, it serves two purposes: 1) to frame and present a question about what happened to lovelace, and 2) to connect what is currently happening to lovelace to what hera experiences when she reboots. (which: combined with the ways lovelace is also paralleled to eris, one of an infinite potential iterations of herself, serving a similar purpose for the dear listeners that eris does for goddard - there is even a perspective from which you could argue lovelace is herself "an AI" that i think presents some interesting questions. regardless, the struggle lovelace and hera share in having their humanity recognized is deeply significant to me.)

in-universe, though: why was that thought experiment put in hera's head, for her to think about while she reboots? well. lovelace's s4 arc centers on a certain type of self doubt: she fears a loss of self, of personal identity and continuity of experience, and she fears it's already happened. if hera thinks about this thought experiment as she reboots - does she fear the same? does part of her always worry that the version of her that comes back online is not the same as before? i think that's the purpose.

part of it may be general cruelty, in the same way pryce threatens to give her "a new recurring nightmare" as punishment, but making hera doubt her continuity of experience feels like a very intentional aspect of how she's been dehumanized - it encourages her not to think of herself as a full person, and casts doubt on her future. consider ep 52, where hera hasn't done a full reset of her personality program in months, and is notably hesitant to. or ep 48, where she initially votes against leaving (which is emotionally complicated for multiple reasons, but that's a whole other topic.) it's not the only factor, but i believe hera has lovelace's identity crisis in mind, and i think that casts a certain light on these interactions.

most importantly: these things are not true. she's being emotionally manipulated. obviously. but the fear, i think, is very real, especially in the context of trauma. lovelace's death and resurrection as a clone of herself, from a more metaphorical standpoint, is a strong emotional representation of having been changed, on some unseen but fundamental level, by trauma. lovelace fears that she can't go home because she's already died, and whoever she is now is just something else trying really hard to be isabel lovelace. hera has a hard time imagining a life on earth because she's never really had one, but i think part of her also fears she can't go back because of how it might change her - it's not that she prefers things the way they are, but she fears she'd lose something fundamental and be a different person if her circumstances changed. both of them returning home, and having futures in spite of that fear, means something to me.

[armoryamor]

divine tech isn’t real and it’s dangerous to imply it is. tech is flawed just like it’s creators, but with an extra layer of complexity. complexity doesn’t equal divinity: please educate yourself on technological functions and demystify tech in your mind because that shit is distasteful and inappropriate

[theauthorpaula]

Distorted Perceptions

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[obeetlebeetle]

ok. the horror of knowing that everyone's reality is representational, that they have created a version of your world that doesnt necessarily exist in any true way. but the way it exists for them impacts their reactions beliefs behaviors towards you etc. and you know for a fact that you have your own Noise, you are creating reality as you see it all the time, and that can impact you as well-- even harms you just as other men harm you.

[barklikeagod]

yeah i'm calling bullshit on this one

[licensed2faint]

what type would you be as a pokemon?

Hmm... that's a tough one!

I've trained a lot of types over the years, and I've found a bit of affinity in each of them.

But I think, temperament-wise, probably Dragon/Dark or Dragon/Ice.

I definitely make the attempt to be friendly, but I'm actually rather aloof by nature. I've also been described as 'unflappable' but when put under extreme duress, I fly off the handle in spectacular fashion.

That said, I'd like to think I'm intelligent, and there is absolutely no doubt that I have the curiosity and self-assuredness of dragon types.

Maybe that's a bit egotistical of me to say...

either way, thank you for the ask!