Preverbal data collection

a nervous system WITH STORIES!

Hello there good reader

First of all?

I’m not quite sure where this piece goes in terms of the book.

I need to flush out ideas of ‘given circumstances’, ‘character’, ‘mask’, ‘role’, and ‘game’ first.

I also need to use less punctuation.

Second?

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 vo…