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Preverbal data collection

a nervous system WITH STORIES!

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Jim Dalling
May 28, 2021
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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…

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