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Challenge entry

This one’s been really difficult for me. :face_with_spiral_eyes: While I have an interest in all of these senses, I haven’t actively engaged with any. It’s a bit like asking someone what it’s like to see and hear things, isn’t it? :thinking: We’re all probably so used to them by now, that we don’t even gauge them.

Anyway, I very much like @georgia’s write up of 23 Senses, Not 5. :smile: That’s where my interest started to grow greater in the first place. It’s like she opened up this whole new world of possibility that was inclusive of everyone. And when I saw that, I decided I did want to embrace it, because I saw I could do so alongside everyone else. :black_heart: I mean, I don’t have a problem with being different – I tend to be the weirdo in a group, anyway. But even more wonderful than that is being able to share gifts with others. :star_struck: :sparkles:

I wanted to do something more in-depth and fun, but I haven’t had the time this past week. So, I will use her format to ramble a bit and then call it a day. :slightly_smiling_face: I’m mentally crashing right now, so please excuse any incoherence. :bowing_woman: Anyway, let the stream of consciousness begin…

  1. Touch. Touch is at the core of my mindfulness activities. It keeps me centred and grounded. I prefer my mechanical keyboard over touchscreens, physical books over digital, etc. I’m also sensitive to vibrations, so when a car drives down the road or the wind changes direction, it drags my attention away.
  2. Taste. I’ve become a pretty good kitchen witch and cook, but I don’t taste my food while cooking like I should, because…
  3. Smell. My sense of smell covers that for me. It’s pretty sensitive, so many scents overwhelm me and I prefer lowkey earthy tones. for example, I love stick incense, but I have to burn it a good distance away.
  4. Sight. I spy with my little eye, something beginning with…
  5. Hearing. I can be good at picking out certain sounds. I’m not sure what it’s based on. I used to be able to pick up my partner driving our old car when they were blocks away, in heavy traffic. But that might be related to a different sense.
  6. Space. I have good spatial awareness in general, so I can gauge distances and sizes pretty well. I’m also good at navigating without seeing or knowing, whether that’s making my way around a room, or knowing which way to turn to get somewhere. My friends are constantly perplexed by how quickly I can point in the right direction and not be able to explain why I know it’s the right direction. I can be impatient, so waiting while they verify me is sometimes a bit tedious.
  7. Time. I’m pretty good at telling the time of day without looking at a clock. I can also feel the seasons change. The air becomes different, especially during the periods in between.
  8. Voyeurism. (Sorry, I named this myself.) But yeah, I’ve always been able to tell if someone’s looking and it used to make me feel very awkward going outside. I would be walking normally and then suddenly, it would feel as though I suddenly forgot how to walk. I’m much more secure these days, so it doesn’t cripple me so, but I can still tell.
  9. Heat/cold. The examples mentioned picking up on moods, but for me, rather than heat/cold, it’s like a sense of gravity. When someone is angry, the gravity gets heavy around them and they are shrouded in darkness. Not quite the same, but a similar spectrum.
  10. Danger. I think my sense of danger needs a lot of healing still.
  11. Rightness/wrongness. See Claircognizance.
  12. Future. I see these images in dreams that I end up seeing in real life months later. When they’re mundane scenarios, I usually see them 1 for 1 in the future. For example, I recently lived out a dream I had about working on a website – I didn’t design it, but the one from the dream looked the exact same as what I’m working on now. Anyway, on the other hand, when the dreams are dramatic, it’s usually the symbolism or imagery that comes true. For example, (TW dream violence) when I dreamt that my great grandfather was shot in the neck, the way he fell down was the same way he fell down not much later when he had a heart attack.)
  13. Spirits. This isn’t constantly on for me, but I have sensed them at times. I think I was a bit blocked because I intentionally tried to block this when I was a little kid. I didn’t want to see them so I would chant to myself that I couldn’t see them. I talked a bit about some spirit stuff here, What has haunted me this whole time? and @georgia helped me with the shadow here, How to Deal - Shadow Figure.
  14. Personality. I often know who’s going to call right before they do. Not sure if it’s related, but I can also tell my partner where each cat is without checking. For example, ā€œShe’s on the sofa in the hangout room.ā€ I pick up on personalities well and quickly, which has saved my butt on a few occasions. But life experiences messing with my sense of normal have let some terrible ones fly under the radar, too.
  15. Soul. My soul is tired. And I’ve faced death numerous times in this life. I will have to return to this topic another time. It requires more soul searching (excuse the pun) than I have the energy for right now.
  16. Clairvoyance. This probably ties into many other things I’m talking about here.
  17. Clairaudience. I’ve heard things, from music to voices to random other sounds. But I haven’t done anything with them.
  18. Clairsentience. I feel like this encompasses a lot of other things here, so I’ll leave it.
  19. Clairgustance.
  20. Clairalience. I assume this one is tied to olfactory hallucinations? I haven’t been able to draw much of a useful connection between smells and outcomes, so it’s just another thing that happens.
  21. Claircognizance. Probably one of the things I rely on the most. I have a tendency to know, and when I don’t follow this knowing, I tend to miss out. Sometimes, it’s on something big. But then again, I’m not losing sleep over these missed opportunities. So my knowing is saying there’s something more on the horizon. Or I’ve just learnt to go with the flow really well. Whatever it is, I rely on knowing a lot in my life.
  22. Empathy. A tiring but incredibly useful tool for socialising. I asked for advice regarding it here, Questions for Empaths
  23. Energy. I’m very sensitive to storms coming, the changing of the seasons, and so on. When the air pressure drops quickly, I get a migraine. Like right now. It increased up until 9am and has been diving since. Thanks, air.

Looks like I have a lot I would like to work on! I mean this in a good way, because that means there’s yet more to explore. More discovery to be had. More skills to train. :star_struck: :sparkles:

In terms of other things not explicitly mentioned…

I rely on my intuition a lot. It’s implied in the above, but I just wanted to use the word itself. :smile:

Also, I didn’t realise until someone mentioned it, that I must be pretty good with visualisation. When I thought about some of my habits, it did make sense. Sometimes, I will play a movie, show, or song in my head, without actually listening to or watching it. :movie_camera: More often, I will play out my own stories in a similarly mental visual fashion. And sometimes, I will just wander the world instead. :earth_asia:

Lastly, I’ve been enjoying divination via tarot cards. :flower_playing_cards: I’m not sure what sense that uses – it’s probably many – but I find that there’s something really enjoyable about shuffling and pulling cards based on how they feel, and to tap into all the symbolism and imagery. I’m thinking of finally getting or making a second deck, too! :grin:

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rambling. :bowing_woman: I need to go lay down and recover. :black_heart:

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