u/Parking-Bet7989

Hi all,

First time poster and "Epistenaut" here!

I am interested in understanding the conscious experience and conciousness as a topic.

In particular I wish to explore how and why consciousness and identity varies in the waking state to other "altered states". We know who we are in relation to what we class as waking life, but this changes in conditions such as psychosis, drug use and dreaming. Why do we have this feature when conscious and lack it innsay dreaming?

The same brain, same simulation in effect (e.g. if you take the position of Integrated Information Theory), but we are completely immersed in the narrative on the other conditions/situations.

Why in a dream (apart from lucid ones) do we accept the narratives and situations as a given and perform the role, in some pretty absurd scenarios, as if it was a normal experience (e.g. dreamng we are a werewolf)? The dream is possibly the other end of the spectrum from waking reality, with psychotic states and drug use falling in-between, where "we" are altered, but still have an understanding of who we are.

Is there something about "moving" between the spectrum from the subconscious to full consciousness in a dream, that somehow switches off our narrative of who we are, potentially to purge unnecessary information, or resolve, for a lack of better word, "issues"? Where and why does this slip in "lucidity" happen in psychosis and drug use. For example, in the latter two scenarios there is a partial awareness of who we are?

I welcome your thoughts and signposts to further reading/resources.

Thanks in advance.

Hi all!

I see many articles discussing test cyp for TRT. They all seem to suggest subcutaneous (subq) injections. But, none of them give any meaningful descriptions on how much (mg/ml) per shot and frequency. I do have experinece of glutes, quads and shoulders as sites (rotation) when I used to bodybuild.

Is test cyp the only option for subq or can I use boldenone, deca, test enanthanate and so on? What gauge needle is recommended- e.g. Will the oil flow easily through an insulin needle? If not what would you recommend?

Is it also true that subq lowers the rate of aromatisation? This is a bug problem for me!

Finally, is the subq only in the belly region or can I use other sites for this option?

As you can see, I am clueless with the TRT protocol and I greatly appreciate your advice.

Many thanks

I have debated a LOT of Reform supporters and what baffles me is how they want Reform, a party made up of Ex Tories who are responsible for the mess we are in, a party with ZERO work experience, to take power and enrich themselves and their Billionaire buddies.

Reform supporters also want Starmer to pay for Mandelson's mess with Epstein, and Starmer is not even associated directly, or named in the Epstein files. But, they want Farage, a man mentioned in the Epstein files and directly linked to the "PDF" to become next PM. Sounds like it is double standards and counterintuitive.

For example, Starmer, ever since he inherited the mess from the Tories has:

Doubled free childcare hours, lowered the age of entitlement, removed the 2 child cap, have pledged £38 billion to improve schools over 5 years (something the Tories cut to less than a quarter of that even after the concrete scandal), providing free school meals to an extra 500,000+, and free breakfast clubs to primary school children estimated to reach another 500,000+ kids, so far overseen a 10% increase in numbers taking postgraduate teaching courses especially those with severe shortages (30-40% increases), pledged to hire an additional 6500 teachers, limiting school uniforms to cut costs, a range of child social care reforms, 725 million for apprenticeships to increase fully funded places by 50,000, reducing red tape for companies running apprenticeships, targeted more at youth (16-21), 350,000 training or workplace spots for young NEETs including business grants etc...

These achievements are meaningful and important. Show me what Reform have done for us? They might as well just vote Tory, at least they have a track record of failure to rely on.