Just wondering about this.

I have a friend who sometimes just specifically craves a certain dish from a certain food chain. (Like wicked wings from KFC or something)

Or they suddenly feel like watching a specific show (Like Boston Legal)

How does that work?
I never seem to experience something similar to that.
Is it common to feel like that?

  • 474D@lemmy.world
    21·
    23 hours ago

    … it sounds like the concept of remembering something? And that you liked that thing, and it’s entirely possible to just do it again? Pretty normal stuff

    • AloneDownUnder@quokk.auOPEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I suppose it’s normal for most people. Somehow it’s difficult for me to remember what I like? Is that strange?

      One example is that I don’t like pants with sideways pockets, I prefer them to be straight. I can remember this now, but when I actually go out and buy pants (which might be in a year or so) I will likely not remember at that time and buy the ones I don’t like again.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      3·
      21 hours ago

      Pretty normal stuff

      For humans it is normal. The “simple” function as you call it, is actually the foundation for consciousness.

      • AloneDownUnder@quokk.auOPEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        For me it’s not simple though. Does that make me non-human? I’m really surprised this is considered a basic thing.

      • BladeFederation@piefed.socialEnglish
        5·
        14 hours ago

        Not saying this is OP specifically or anything, but I have long suspected that some fellow humans just aren’t as…conscious/sapient as the rest of us. Like literal NPCs. It would explain a lot. No I’m not talking about anything race or eugenics related, not going there at ALL. Just sometimes I’ve met people and wondered “…did we grow up on the same planet?”

        • AloneDownUnder@quokk.auOPEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          It’s strange. I’ve been in a state of shutdown and disconnect for most of my life. Only recently with lot’s of meditation, I’ve reached a point where I (sometimes) am aware of my own needs and emotions.

          When I look at other people I’m amazed by the capacities they have.

          • They can think about their needs and desire while having a conversation
          • When sitting still and not doing anything, they automatically start thinking about a bunch of things they still want to do or things that happened in the past
          • They can hold their preferences in their head in any circumstance
          • At any given time they have an idea of their priorities or needs.
          • They feel it automatically when they have a certain need, like water, food, connection, etc…

          I suppose this is normal for most people? But for me it has been only a very recent experience, and most of the time I still can’t

          An example of this is meditation. When I sit down to meditate and focus on my breathing, and do this for 1-2 hours, I don’t experience any thoughts about future plans or things that happened before.

          However, with consistency, this seems to be happening occasionally for me now from time to time.

          A few years ago just talking was already pretty hard for me. Nowadays I manage, but it’s mostly talking in a way that I’ve learned from patterns in how other people talk, and i’m not necessarily able to communicate my own state of mind to other people that easily.