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It gives you advantages like attraction and attention. Also,, feeling unique stimulates dopamine release in the brain.

I had one mindblowing experience (Not sure what it was, but it might be relevant to this topic). Back then, I was meditating a lot every day. Meditated always with my eyes open, back straight, staring at a wall. I began to notice some strange physical sensations developing over time. First I started experiencing a spinning sensation during meditation, like I was physically spinning at slow and high speeds. sometimes I felt heaviness in my hands. It was as if each hand weighed 5 kilos. I’d sometimes feel that my hands were crossed in opposite directions. One day, I decided to switch things up and meditate with my eyes closed. About 20 minutes into the first session, while sitting on a chair, I started to feel like I was rising into the air, slowly and steadily. I was fully awake and aware, not sleepy and sitting with back perfectly straight. I kept rising, higher and higher, until I reached the ceiling. I’m not talking about "imagining" this, it felt physical, I could only feel the body that was in the air, didn’t feel myself sitting. I reached the ceiling, and saw myself sitting there in the chair, meditating. My room was fully visible, saw everything clearly and exactly as it was in reality. I remember thinking, "Stay calm. Keep going. See where this leads." Instead of stopping the meditation, I let myself continue to rise. I passed through the roof of the building and shot upwards into open space. The speed picked up faster and faster. It felt like I was flying straight into the infinity, then I quickly opened my eyes and was like wtf was that. I don’t know what that was, but it was a very cool experience.

Day 11 Perfect streak: 10 days For 10 days, I have successfully abstained from all addictions and completed all my daily habits. Last week has been hard, but I pushed through: - Tired - Bored - Anhedonia - Writing is going well. My routine is to write in a Drive doc until the word count reaches at least 200 words; sometimes, I go longer. - Reading 10 pages every day is going well. I’m currently reading Strategies of Psychotherapy by Jay Halen. - My only criteria for success in SDS meditation is to sit still for +20 minutes. It hasn't been easy every day, but I have and I will complete 20 minutes every day no matter what. - This is not my first rodeo quitting any of these bad habits and addictions, but quitting all of them at once is a different beast. - I have quit all these addictions several times. For some of them, I only abstained for weeks or months, while for others, I stayed clean for up to a year. - I think I’ve pushed through the hardest part of withdrawals. Now I have the rest of my life to go. - Battling with addictions can be addictive. - Battling with addictions has become the comfort zone. It’s time to fix this rookie-level problem of addictions and go do more exciting missions in this game of life. People unconsciously hold on to the struggle with addictions as part of their self-image, making it harder to quit addictions.

100% commitment for the rest of my life: Completely abstain from: - Alcohol - Nicotine - Caffeine - Any drugs - Video games - YouTube - Junk food (when alone) - Social media scrolling - Porn - Streaming services (when alone) - Online music (when alone) Daily habits: - 20 pushups, abs, and squats - SDS meditation (+20 minutes) - Writing 200 words - Reading 10 pages I have been working on these things for 10 years. Alcohol and nicotine have been the hardest addictions, but I have already overcome them. My next big challenges are quitting gaming, junk food, and social media content, mainly YouTube. These addictions and habits represent the minimum standard I will maintain for the rest of my life. They will give me access to the personal power to do anything I want in life. From now on, I will be posting my streak of success in maintaining these good habits and abstaining from bad habits and addictions on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

Day 4 Perfect streak: 3 days Yesterday I successfully abstained from all addictions and completed all my daily habits. - Urges, cravings for video games and content - I had a dream about playing video games, and someone had sent food to my home. There was ice cream, and I threw it in the trash. - SDS meditation is going great. The challenge for me is consistency. I am an experienced meditator; my longest SDS sits have been 4 hours straight, completely still, staring at a dot on a wall while doing mindfulness exercises and self-inquiry at the same time (those 4-hour sits were 8 years ago). - My muscles are actually sore from doing 20 pushups, abs, and squats because I haven't trained in so long.

Day 3 Perfect streak: 2 days Yesterday I successfully abstained from all addictions and completed all my daily habits. Slept +12 hours. Crazy dreams. I’ve been thinking and journaling a lot about my life’s purpose. With nothing to distract me, I feel a strong desire to do something meaningful in life rather than just consuming. I’m feeling urges for junk food, YouTube, and video games. I’ve been free from alcohol, drugs, nicotine, caffeine, and porn for months now, so I don’t experience any urges for those anymore. Streaming services usually become tempting after I’ve quit YouTube, but no urges to watch series or movies have arisen. I quit social media (other than YouTube) a long time ago, so my I don't feel the need for platforms like Instagram anymore.

Day 2 Perfect streak: 1 day Yesterday I successfully abstained from all addictions and completed all my daily habits. First day is usually not that bad when quitting addictions and you are motivated. First challenge is getting through 3-5 days and then 2 weeks. I'm looking forward to pushing through these challenging 2 weeks. - Feeling urges to play video games and watch YouTube. - Irritated. - Less procrastination at work. Weird to go home from work and not escape to YouTube, gaming or any entertainment. Cleaned my home, ate, shower, did journaling, did my habits, and went to sleep while listening to white noise—naturally wanted to do something healthy because no unhealthy escapes were possible.

@Someone here Thank you! Let’s make it happen 😊

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I have it. The sound is an unpleasant, high pitch. The cause is unknown; it has been present for as long as I can remember. I have never experienced silence. I can always hear the sound when I focus on it, unless I'm listening to loud music or white noise. In silence, my attention automatically shifts to it, but noisy environment can make me forget about it. This is because the brain doesn't focus on constant sounds in our environment; and since this sound has been constant for over 20 years, my brain doesn't need to focus on it and focuses on other relevant sounds in the environment. So far, I haven't found anything that alleviates it.