>>16407473Here's my story of transformation...
>be me>19 yo just starting college>kissless beta fuck since before I could remember>made fun of in high school for being anti-social beta fag>spread throughout the school because was very small school>first few weeks of college go by>everyone in dorm hooking up>notme.jpg>decide that if I don't change now, I never willNo more green text. Fight me.
After a week of trying to figure out the best course of action, it hit me. I was playing Oblivion and began playing on auto-pilot (you know how you're still managing to play the game efficiently, but completely thinking about something else?). I realized how different I am in video games compared to real life, especially in regards to social risks. I originally attributed it to simply knowing that the game isn't real, but then think that perhaps it's because I'm so aware of my character being separate from me.
This is when it hit me. What if I changed my perspective to be separate from my body. It's hard to explain but, in simple terms, what would it be like to always be aware that perhaps my body is just a vessel that my mind controls and that the two aren't necessarily a single unit.
I started to see myself as a character to control. I was mindful of every action I took. My posture improved, I was less clumsy, my anxiety decreased. Basically, my overall life improved. It started to become second nature to see life through this perspective. I had no fear in talking to people after awhile. I was a better listener and speaker as a result of the mindfulness.
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