u/Simple_1029

There's a trope called "body swapping," and I've always wondered if one of them has a disorder that affects their brain function (such as schizophrenia), would it also be able to "swap bodies"?

There are 2+ possibilities:

1. No, they wouldn't be able to, as it's a physical aspect of the brain, and only the consciousnesses would be swapped. In this scenario, the person with the disorder would experience life without hallucinations and paranoia, while the person without the disorder would experience hallucinations.

2. Yes, they would be able to, as all the characteristics of the brain would transfer to the other body. Then they'll just switch bodies, and that's it.

3)other possibilities? Mb yall have some suggestions

Also, will the personality change?

Brain features also affect this, and if an aggressive person and a chill person swap bodies, will the chill person gradually feel more aggression, and will the aggressive one be more calm about things that used to annoy them? Like will the temperaments get exchanged too or is temperament also just a part of ones body?

I guess its more of a "is consciousnesses just a part of the brain or is this something more soul-like?"

Or im just overthinking this very overused "filler episode" trope that is supposed to be nothing more than a "fun adventure!!"

Long story!! Recap at the end!!

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1st year in high school, i had new classmates and there was a girl i knew but never really talked to before, but we became friends!(Lets call her Alexa) She revealed to me that she is bi and has a crush on my best friend and i was like "omg tell me more!" Cuz i like all this romance drama lol

We talked more and more! It was so cool she was so nice and funny! She would always stare at me and i would stare back with wide eyes and she would laugh and Ugh everything was so perfect!

Then we had a school trip and it was a 3 hour bus drive to our destination, and we sat together. We talked and talked, everything was pretty normal. Then Alexa suggested we play a "QnA" game (idk how to call it)

I would ask something like "ur fav color? Would u choose X or Y?" Kind of questions, but she would ask something along the lines "have u ever liked someone?"

I told her im aro but she continued asking uncomfortable questions! And then Alexa asked "would u kiss me?" OMG GUYS I GOT SO FUCKIN EMBARRASSED I FELT MY CHEEKS GETTING RED and i panicked so much! And i blurted "WELL IF I HAD TO IG?? LIKE A DARE OR SUM IDK???" oh god i could just say "no" but i dont even know why i said that! Then i said "sorry but i don't want to play anymore..." With a hat covering my whole face...

After that everything changed...

She had a best friend(Jane) who was weirdly sexual?? She would always joke about sex and stuff and touch ppl, but after this bus incident for some reason SHE BECAME EVEN MORE TOUCHY TOWARDS ME?? They together would touch me so fuckin frequently i would get hella overwhelmed, but one day Jane squeezed my butt and i SCREAMED AT HER TO STOP FUCKIN TOUCHING ME!!!!! After that she stopped THANKS GOD but i felt so violated cuz b4 screaming at her i told her multiple times to stop!

Alexa would stare at me like b4, but now i would get hella anxious about it and try to ignore it! Everyday became a nightmare!!

Remember my answer to her "would u kiss me" question? Well they decided to use it!

Our whole class would always play cards, and the loser would have to fulfill someone's wish. Very fun game i love it!

We were playing and Alexa and Jane joined. I didn't want her crush on me to take fun away from me, so i stayed... Guess who lost?? And then jane(as a winner) told me "i wish u kiss Alexa!" INFRONT OF EVERY1... And every1 were like "well u lost so u have to fulfill her wish!!!". I was cornered and kinda had no other option but to kiss Alexa☠️☠️ THANKS GOD Jane didnt specify where exactly i had to kiss alexa so i kissed her on her cheek and RAN AWAY TO THE BATHROOM!!! I blamed myself for this and ughhh it was humiliating, especially going back to class...

So i HAD TO MAKE A PLAN!! I decided to AT EVERY POSSIBLE MOMENT TO TELL ALEXA THAT I WAS AROMANTIC LMAOOO she would tell me about her character crush and i would say "omg so cute I WISH I UNDERSTOOD ROMANCE BUT YK.. IM AROMANTIC" or she would talk about her past crushes and i said "JEEZ LOVE REALLY IS MESSY, GOOD THAT I NEVER EXPERIENCED IT CUZ IM AROMANTIC!" etc omfg i really didnt know what to dooooo!!!

And one day i made a story in ig that basically said "aromantic pride!" And she answered "omg we get it" .... I got so mad tbh, but i tried to stay as civil as possible so i texted her "and nobody asked for ur opinion, i can post whatever i want!"

Her: "ohh sorry i didnt want it to come out as rude, its just a joke"

And i had an idea...

Me: "its okay, ig its also on me cuz i would always tell u about me being aro lol! Yk its actually has a very funny reasoning behind it, remember the bus ride? Lmaoo i overthinked it and thought that u have a crush on me😂😂😂😂 oh silly me, how could i have possibly thought about it right? cuz we are FRIENDS and u have a crush on my bff lol!!! So funny!!!"

Her (after a while): "oh haha! Well that explains everything! Dont be scared, i dont have a crush on you lol!!!"

And suddenly i felt freedom and control...such a great feeling i recommend!! After that she stopped being clingy, and i stopped being hella anxious about it. We actually still follow each other on social media and even talk occasionally.

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Recap: my classmate had a crush on me and tried to give me signals, but i always used the aromantic card. After a while i confronted her and she acted like nothing happened, we are still friends.

Im aromantic and im sure about it, but asexuality is a bit more complicated for me

I find people attractive (or i think i do??), i like nsfw stuff and masturbating

But i DONT WANT TO HAVE SEX! EVER! I see an attractive person but i dont want to see their genitals or touch them or them touching me nonono i find it to be disgusting and very unhygienic! I dont want other ppl to see me naked or sum not bc im insecure i just find it to be so very weird! And i dont want people to act sexually towards me like noo get away from me!

i think i feel attraction, but i never understood when ppl use "hot" as a term to describe a person, my friends say "omg they are so hot!" And im like "ooo yes definitely" but im thinking like tf u mean hot???

I think "damn!" Only when someone is halfnaked or has very revealing clothes, but i think thats the case for most people

It has always confused me, like... Am i aroace or not? Or am i an aromantic bisexual who doesn't want sex and finds it disgusting? Is it normal to find sex to be disgusting??

Med student 1st year

1st semester was hard but somehow i passed it, but the 2nd semester... DEPRESSION and ANXIETY decided to destroy my education!

Its so very hard for me to study, i cant really do much, i cant concentrate at all, i cant stop DOOMSCROLLING, and my memory is ass! I need to lock in i know i need to lock in but idk i think i got used to feeling anxious so much that it turned into a background noise instead of an alarm, and depression is also making everything seem pointless even if i know that ITS NOT POINTLESS!! I beg myself to do atleast something but i still cant!

So please help me! I need tips and tricks!!

Since i was little i always wished to become a doctor, IT WAS MY DREAM!!! I DID MY EXAMS, GOT SCHOLARSHIP IN NOT THE BEST YET NOT A BAD UNI and u know what happened?... I dropped out. i couldn't handle being so far away from my home, turns out u had hell of an anxiety (GAD), i couldn't make friends and it was way too expensive to be so far away...

Well new year new me right? Got into another uni yay! And it was literally paid by a hospital in my hometown, so everything's great, right? My family is close, my friends are here, i got treated for my anxiety and it was much better than before..... Ohhhh godddd everything was supposed to be great AMAZING BEAUTIFUL RIGHT??????

Who knew that DEPRESSION will decide to ruin my life!!!!! IT CAME IT SAW IT CONQUERED MY MEMORY, MY CONCENTRATION, MY WISH TO STAY ALIVE, MY SOCIAL LIFE omfg i was absent for WEEKS cuz i would wake up so fuckinh early and...just lie there... Not eating nor drinking any liquids not even goin to the toilet, i would lie like this for 12+hours, then get up to buy a single packet of ramen, drink a few cups of water, and go to the toilet... Then i got back to bed to just continue hating myself...

Fucking horrible oh how i hate myself im so stupid WHY DID I DO THAT WHYYY???? NOW I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO ITS CRAZY I FUCKING HATE IT yet here i am not being able to concentrate on my work and deciding to procrastinate everything even tho i know that I MIGHT GET DROPPED OUT!!!!

I'm failing my family and myself, i wish someone could come and just help me... Please??? PRETTY PLEASE??? But i know that NOONE will help me, all i have is myself, yet how can i help myself at all? Im the same person who tried to harm me, im the same person who hates me, how can i help someone whom I despise?

Sometimes it feels like i was not made for this world, i think about "oh maybe i should have chosen an arts major it could have been better!" But i know that the problem is not education, its me! IAM the problem of this education equation! I really dont want my disorders to pick my path, i dont want my whole life to be revolving around my mental problems, but they affect EVERYTHING! Every single second of my life is affected by depression, anxiety and maybe something else too...

I look at my fellow students and they are talking and helping eachother, while im all alone...again... Why do i have the "outcast" curse since elementary school????? This shit is driving me crazy i think noone will be surprised when i end up in mental asylum all in cuffs and die alone and miserable! Sometimes i feel how my brain is declining me and i dont know what to do really...

Took antidepressants for a year and now looking back i realized HOW BAD MY ANXIETY REALLY WAS, i always thought it was normal to have a panic attack when having to read smth outloud in class, thinking about every possible catastrophe before bed, jeez even having a knife in my pocket "just incase someone attacks me"

I stopped taking meds in autumn, i still feel anxious, but its so much better than before its crazy!

Sadly i got rid of generalized anxiety and in exchange got depression, but less anxiety is so good!

I was praising antidepressants so much i felt like a druggie but IT LITERALLY CHANGED MY LIFE SO MUCH like NO WAY I WAS HAVING AN ANXIETY ATTACK OVER GOING TO THE STORE BACK THEN!!! now im fine with asking the cashier about pricing and stuff!!!

I suspected for years, but i thought that im just socially awkward thats all.

Ill just list most stuff that concerns me in a somewhat chronological order:

-baby me almost never cried, didnt like to be held, in kindergarten didnt like to kissed by teachers etc

- did everything my own way. Examples: dad came early to pick me up from kindergarten, and while everyone were learning i was in the back playing in a doll house all alone/ dance trainings in kindergarten, didn't practice yet observed from distance, my mom said that "u danced ur heart out on the dance floor!"

- strong sense of justice? When parents would get mad i was the only one among my siblings to fight back and hold my ground

- hard time communicating with others, had no friends in the 1-5 grade, so i tried to "replicate others", but i thought everyone just pushed eachother so i randomly pushed my classmate and everyone got mad at me lol

-my classmates used to call me names and i would chase them, i thought it was fun, but only now I realize that i was kinda bullied

-i always tried to follow the rules, i believed the "u should be urself!" And other fairytale teachings so much i always followed them till i was 15? Like i literally learned to LIE when i was 15 or sum cuz i always followed the "be honest" rule, infact i started lying about everything to just check how far can i go lmao

- had to learn to socialize manually when i was 15, watched vids, read stuff etc, followed all these rules for a month and got hella tired, so NEVER AGAIN!

- i liked to watch the same stuff over and over again, cartoons, yt vids etc

- stimming, i remember how i would always walk circles and circles around my mom while waiting for a bus, always played with my hands

- very forgetful since i was little

- i was a very self conscious kid

- not so long ago i realized that i analyze every move and every word when someones talking to me, heck i even analyze how ppl around me communicate with each other, and thats why u dont like collab streams and such

- and i still have a hard time communicating with others! (20yo)

-etc since this text got too big

Is this normal behavior? Am i imagining stuff and just need to lock in and learn to be like others?/gen

I need good options for +-500 dollars, my sisters bday is soon and she really needs an upgrade, her phone is like 5yrs old or sum

Something with a good camera and good performance (Russia)