cohosters, do you have any memorable sensations that make you feel like you've just woken up from a dream when you experience them? or something that makes you feel alive and reminds you that you have a physical form? something like:
- opening the front door and getting hit with a wall of cold air
- turning the shower on and getting blasted with hot air
- opening the oven and getting a rush of hot air in the face
- grabbing something and not feeling the texture you expected
- hearing someone yell very loudly and being reminded that there are sounds outside of your own head
one of mine below, cw for injury and blood
i had one a few of months ago where i stepped on a nail and it went through my shoe and into my foot, and i felt like i had woken up from a dream. i didn't feel it at first, in fact i only noticed it because it was driven through a board and the board was now also stuck to my shoe. something about the dull, throbbing pain and having to deal with squeezing pooling blood out of it was a reminder that yes, everything i am experiencing is real. i am awake, i'm breathing, and it kind of sucks right now, but that's alright.
