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tetsuo
May 12, 2001

I am a shaman, magician
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnT5JkGydVY

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tetsuo
May 12, 2001

I am a shaman, magician

hemophilia posted:

i turn 26 in a couple of weeks and the last 6 years seriously feel like a blur. It's been mostly miserable and I'd do a lot of nasty things to get a shot at being 18 again with my current mind just because that life was slower and a hell of a lot easier
if it's any comfort, somewhere around 33 you begin asking yourself "where did all the time go? jesus loving christ where did it go" basically all the time. Each time with a little more anxiety and fear of mortality. I assume this continues up until the point you die. older or dead goons confirm/deny.

tetsuo
May 12, 2001

I am a shaman, magician
You can build your own little death simulator at home:

1. Put a pillow and maybe some blankets or towels on the bathroom floor to cushion your fall later.

2. Draw a very hot bath.

3. Relax and soak for a very long time. 20 minutes minimum. Raise the 'ol body temperature.

4. Hop out quickly and remain standing. With any luck the prolonged heat will have caused a vagal episode and the change in body position will cause orthostatic hypotension. This should be enough to trigger fainting.

5. As your vision starts to grey, crumple to the floor, and try and aim for the pillow in step 1.

6. Lose consciousness/ Black out

7. Wake up naked after your body 'resets' with that weird buzzing/ringing in your ears and feeling of nausea.

Congrats! That's what dying is like except leave out part 7. Didn't feel like anything did it? Didn't hurt or anything. Nothing to be afraid of. What you can't experience can't hurt you.

I do this quite often; i imagine the circulatory and/or cns damage at this point has taken a decade or two off the old lifespan.

Falling asleep is similar but without the mortal panic and terror of steps 4 and 5. The first few times it was absolutely terrifying.

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