talking with someone who has a brain injury is very difficult! everything they're saying makes perfect sense to them and they can't figure out why everyone is pretending not to understand them
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Replying to @browserdotsys
I had an experience kind of like that after a period of school-driven extended sleep deprivation where I was told to get dressed and I couldn’t figure out what that entailed but I felt like I should pretend to
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Replying to @cuniiform @browserdotsys
it kind of feels like the call to the part of your brain that’s supposed to tell you what to do timed out but because it didn’t actually come back with “I don’t know” there’s no backup procedure
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right, my overall impression of the brain is that it has ~0 capacity for telling when things aren't working right, and almost limitless ability to fabricate things so that everything seems "normal"
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Replying to @browserdotsys @cuniiform
I wonder if it is possible to train for emergencies (stroke, injury, mania, dementia) while we are still functional
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I'm guessing that the answer to that is NO.
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Not obvious. I have learned lucid dreaming by frequently alerting myself to the possibility that I might be dreaming, even if nothing indicates that I do, until I reflexively began to consider that in dreams as well
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But you are not manic or demented or brain injured then. You are only asleep.
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dream states entail all sorts of impairment and dissociation
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Have you taken difficult doses of hallucinogens?
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I have heard of some evidence that 600ug can destroy all baselines and nuke the self concept, but entrained memes, behaviors and policies are still accessible, and experience acquired from reflecting on that state allows preparation for the next one
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Experience in the state is helpful. But while tripping you won't be able to remember exactly why it is happening.
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There is some indication that with repeated experience and reflection, it is often possible to access an understanding of what is happening, in addition to whatever else is going on
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