Zero7a1 said:

You are not a word in a dictionary, you are not characters on a screen, you are not a summation of corresponding number sequences. You just are.

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That is so true...I think I try to compare myself too much to what is "normal..." 

Then I feel abnormal.  But you had a wonderful response.  "You just are."  Thank you

EllemyshShade said:

I'm a person, but...am I really?  I don't know?

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I don't know. There's a lot of this going around lately. People are changing. I've noticed it. I mean... They're the same, but they're different somehow. It's like they're being replaced with exact duplicates of themselves, but something is missing...

Have you checked under the bed for iPods?

EllemyshShade said:

That's really interesting Pap, can you explain further?

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Hmm... Can I explain further...

Well, that whole little rap I just did was a parody of a classic '50s science-fiction/horror film called, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," which was also remade in the late '70s.

The plot of the film basically involves people who feel that the people around them are being replaced with duplicates who really aren't those people. What is initially made to look like simple paranoia, turns out to be a horrible reality, when we discover that an alien race is colonizing earth, and using "pods" to replace people with exact duplicates.

Hence the popular expression, "did you check under the bed for pods," when someone is not quite acting like themselves.

Lately, I have been humorously attempting to substitute "iPods" for "pods" in that reference, as the recent buzz about the iPod has some similarity, as do most cultural-memes, to some of the social statements in the film(s) regarding behavior on an individual-level vs. broader social-scale.

Perhaps, the reason that the post/joke went over like a "lead zepplin," is because I'm kind of a sponge for this kind of cultural minutiae, and my own personal time-line is a little longer that the average Shroomerite, so I'm liable to go babbling on about all kinds of things where people don't catch the reference. My only hope, is that there is enough accreted "stuff" in the aggregate matter that constitutes my posts, that somebody will usually find something of interest in them...

PS: On a serious note, I don't know if I'd sweat this one. I've gone through periods like that, and I've always come back just fine. Sometimes, I think worrying about such things can make them worse. Everybody's different, but my way of dealing with such "shifts" in awareness are to realize they're occurring, and then try to enjoy them while they last.

If you've been pursing a lifestyle of massive drug intake lately, and feel that this may be a contributing factor, then you might want to back off a little, but other than that, I wouldn't worry about it. However, that's just me. I'm not a doctor. I just play one on TV!

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EllemyshShade said:
Maybe it's hormones. 

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It could be. That estrogen is funny stuff...

It's probably ok. It's probably not even drug related -- if you're not over-doing them. Sometimes, we just go through these little perceptual shifts; brought about by various factors: age, environmental stressors, diet, etc.

Like I said, I'd just go with it, and see where it takes you.

On a lighter note: Did you know, that if you google, "son of a mill-worker," that you'll get 5,960 web-pages? I wish I could harness that kind of "buzz!" He's gonna be bigger than the iPod!

I can't wait to babelfish the phrase, "son of a mill worker!"

Edit: Okay, I just did. Here's the result: "Son of worker of plant."

Papaver said:

EllemyshShade said:

Maybe it's hormones. 

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It could be. That estrogen is funny stuff...

It's probably ok. It's probably not even drug related -- if you're not over-doing them. Sometimes, we just go through these little perceptual shifts; brought about by various factors: age, environmental stressors, diet, etc.

Like I said, I'd just go with it, and see where it takes you.

On a lighter note: Did you know, that if you google, "son of a mill-worker," that you'll get 5,960 web-pages? I wish I could harness that kind of "buzz!" He's gonna be bigger than the iPod!

I can't wait to babelfish the phrase, "son of a mill worker!"

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haha, Jon Stewart on the Daily Show was making a big deal out of that today...about Democrats using humble beginnings to gain support with voters.   

I think I'm going to be okay...I never use mushrooms more then once a month and whenever I feel like a break I take it.  I never push myself too much with these powerful substances...

I just occasionally have periods of unreality where I *wonder* if everything is alright with me.  But...estrogen is indeed a funny thing.