11-30-2016, 07:35 PM
Currently breathing to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBWdET5LSnU
Day 0
I figured I'd start the journal the day before the potential release.
This also gives me a chance to fill in some of the blanks between my last night of 2.5 and where I am now.
It's been about 9 days, going on 10, since I last used 2.5. The first few days off of 2.5 I didn't sleep, at all. At 3AM my brain would be buzzing at hyper speeds, probably still processing all of the information that I had consumed during my run.
This lack of sleep ultimately resulted in me being worn down, and by last Friday I was down for the count with a full blown cold. During that time I had an interesting experience with regards to being drowned in memories from when I was a kid. It all just bubbled up to the surface, every f*cked up thing that ever happened to me.
It was kind of amazing. I was actually impressed with how much shit I kept buried inside me all these years.
That feeling went all the way until this morning. This morning I woke up and I felt like something was done, finished. Something processed.
That leads me to where I am right now. So, with this next release of DMSI I decided to set some rules for myself on how I use it and what I'm hoping to get out of it.
First rule, despite what the optimum loops are, I need to rate limit myself on how much I listen to DMSI. This stuffs been ripping through my skull at a mile a minute, so I'm going to slow down and try to keep it two loops, around 2 hours and 20 minutes a session.
I may do two loops in the morning and two at night, I may not. But nothing more than two loops at a session. I need to give myself time to process the information.
The second rule I'm setting for myself is after I've completed 14 days straight, I'm switching to a 5 to 2 ratio, 5 days on DMSI, 2 days off. Between these two rules, I may be able to get the most out of the program, or at least run the program and still be able to function without wipeout.
I'm going to trade off between the healing and non-healing versions of the program. I've been wanting a version I can switch between for some time, and I couldn't do that with the 2.x series.
At best I will heal some old wounds, and at worst, it'll keep it interesting for me at least.
Aside from that, I'm going to let DMSI do its thing and I'm just going to go with the flow. I'm not going to fight against the program or actively look for results. If I'm that focused on an outcome, I'll probably end up resisting the program without realizing that I am resisting it.
I will say, I'm glad I had these last few days off from the program. This is the longest I have been off of a sub since I started 2.3 back in August. Giving myself this time off helped me get some perspective on myself.
Let's see how things roll for me into the New Year...
Day 0
I figured I'd start the journal the day before the potential release.
This also gives me a chance to fill in some of the blanks between my last night of 2.5 and where I am now.
It's been about 9 days, going on 10, since I last used 2.5. The first few days off of 2.5 I didn't sleep, at all. At 3AM my brain would be buzzing at hyper speeds, probably still processing all of the information that I had consumed during my run.
This lack of sleep ultimately resulted in me being worn down, and by last Friday I was down for the count with a full blown cold. During that time I had an interesting experience with regards to being drowned in memories from when I was a kid. It all just bubbled up to the surface, every f*cked up thing that ever happened to me.
It was kind of amazing. I was actually impressed with how much shit I kept buried inside me all these years.
That feeling went all the way until this morning. This morning I woke up and I felt like something was done, finished. Something processed.
That leads me to where I am right now. So, with this next release of DMSI I decided to set some rules for myself on how I use it and what I'm hoping to get out of it.
First rule, despite what the optimum loops are, I need to rate limit myself on how much I listen to DMSI. This stuffs been ripping through my skull at a mile a minute, so I'm going to slow down and try to keep it two loops, around 2 hours and 20 minutes a session.
I may do two loops in the morning and two at night, I may not. But nothing more than two loops at a session. I need to give myself time to process the information.
The second rule I'm setting for myself is after I've completed 14 days straight, I'm switching to a 5 to 2 ratio, 5 days on DMSI, 2 days off. Between these two rules, I may be able to get the most out of the program, or at least run the program and still be able to function without wipeout.
I'm going to trade off between the healing and non-healing versions of the program. I've been wanting a version I can switch between for some time, and I couldn't do that with the 2.x series.
At best I will heal some old wounds, and at worst, it'll keep it interesting for me at least.
Aside from that, I'm going to let DMSI do its thing and I'm just going to go with the flow. I'm not going to fight against the program or actively look for results. If I'm that focused on an outcome, I'll probably end up resisting the program without realizing that I am resisting it.
I will say, I'm glad I had these last few days off from the program. This is the longest I have been off of a sub since I started 2.3 back in August. Giving myself this time off helped me get some perspective on myself.
Let's see how things roll for me into the New Year...