As for why to that: without going into great detail, I feel a level of detachment to my body that I think most people don't have, and I feel like it would be a much better experience for me as a consciousness to be removed from my uncooperative body.

Basically, I feel like basic signals from my body (hunger, fatigue, pain, etc.) Are not well received by my brain. Many times it feels like a totally unlabeled signal from a body part, and I need to actively troubleshoot what the feeling is and why.

As an example, I'll get a feeling in my abdomen, but I won't know if it correlates to pain, hunger, thirst, sitting still, being sore, or any number of other things.

The abdomen sends a messenger up to the guy in charge at the brain, and the interaction goes something like this:

Brain: what is it, messenger?
Messenger: I come with important news from the stomach!
B: Great, let's hear it.
M: oh, dang, I think I dropped the message on the way here. It was definitely important though. Anyway, bye!

[–] euphoric_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

I feel like we all get that in some way. I might get a food signal, but I try to eat something and its actually a fuck you signal because I won't be able to eat, for one example

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If everyone had this subjective reality we would not have survived as a species. I have similar experience with having to manually intervene in signal processing.

I'm sure "the average person" occasionally misreads a signal but it is not the same thing.

[–] fishbone@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

If everyone had this subjective reality we would not have survived as a species.

This is actually a very nice thing to hear from someone, thanks for that.

The gravity of it is difficult to really explain to others, because it's a weird concept, and an explanation usually only covers one aspect, but the reality is that the example that I gave is a truly constant occurrence and means I end up using most of my energy in a given day just troubleshooting what my own body is trying to tell me. I also think a big difference is for many others, misread signals will sort themselves out by becoming clear without much active intervention before it's an issue, and that rarely happens in my experience.