Re:My out-of-body experience in a sensory deprivation tank
by pc86 on Thursday January 20, 2022 @08:38AM
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You can feel the water but only if you're moving or the temperature isn't controlled well enough between the air and water and you can feel the border.
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Re:My out-of-body experience in a sensory deprivation tank
by tazjin on Thursday January 20, 2022 @08:41AM
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This is what I mean by different people having different sensitivity. I fully believe that this is true for you and many others, but it's not true for me.
Re:My out-of-body experience in a sensory deprivation tank
by chucksta on Thursday January 20, 2022 @12:18PM
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So you believe you have more acute sense of temperature and pressure? There is an element of meditation involved
Re:My out-of-body experience in a sensory deprivation tank
by tazjin on Thursday January 20, 2022 @12:55PM
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I can definitely notice the water, yes. Even regardless of temperature and pressure, there is no way to make absolutely no movements (unless you're dead, and even then ...) which means the water will be in motion, which is very obviously noticeable on body hair.
> There is an element of meditation involved
Sure, but this is a different statement - it's more like saying "yes, the sensation is noticeable, but the point is to learn to ignore it" which is different from "there is no sensation".
Re:My out-of-body experience in a sensory deprivation tank
by chucksta on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:18PM
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My point is everyone notices that to some degree, unless they're dead like you pointed out. Having an expectation on absolute 0 sensation is unrealistic. The purpose of a deprivation tank in this scenario is to reduce/deny as much sensory input as possible, leaving just mental stimulation, aka mediation.