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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Getting high reveals how arbitrary the connection is between how you feel and how well things are going. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Zeth0s@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It refers to the fact that feelings are not a reflection of the outside reality, but a reflection of one's perception of it. According to OP, this is proven by how feelings completely change by simply changing the way the brain perceives reality, via a psycotropic compound, while actual reality remains unchanged.

This is a well known scientific and philosophical fact, that OP has only come to know recently thanks to personal experience with psycotropic drugs

Such epiphany resulted in the shower thought we are commenting.

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