Hello there good reader.
You are a preverbal visceral system of arousal!
Ummm? What?
You are currently experiencing a constant bombardment of sensory data. This data is reaching you through your senses, your viscera.
When I use the term ‘senses’ I’m talking about much more than you sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch. You exist with a sense of balance, a sense of depth, a sense of motion and a sense of stillness. Wikipedia has a huge list of your senses including:
Balance and acceleration
Temperature
Proprioception – aka the space around you
Pain
Sexual stimulation
Next we have other internal senses including:
Hunger
Pulmonary stretch which controls your respiration rate
Peripheral chemoreceptors that monitor carbon dioxide levels
Stimulation receptors in the esophagus control vomiting and swallowing
Cardioception refers to the perception of the activity of the heart
We don’t consider these things consciously. At the same time, our language captures clearly how we experience them.
How often hav…
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