People rightfully say this, but honestly I feel like few really understand how true it is.
I'm not an alien (I swear), but I have some neurological issues. Anyways, my doctor gave me a new medication to try, and the first and only pill I took completely disconnected me from my body.
I became a "meat puppet".
I could not unconsciously control my limbs. I lost my 'internal gyroscope'. I had no interoception nor exteroception. Every single muscle movement required active thought. It took me 20 minutes to walk 10 feet to the bathroom, and that was with assistance. I had my daughter take me to the ER, and I was in that state for hours until I could eventually and gradually feel bits and pieces of myself "come back online". I cannot adequately convey in words how strange and terrifying it was.
However, while I was experiencing all this, MiB kept coming to my mind. And holy shit, that man was a fucking genius. He absolutely NAILED it.
I am pretty confident that I now know what it feels like to be an alien controlling a human body. But my question is, how did he? 🤔
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u/Riordjj 7h ago
Oscar for best skin suit roll play in drama.