Hey Shannon (damn, we're really blowing up your journal today 
), I've been reading about Roy's own experiences with ASC, and it seems he hasn't experienced as many "negative" side effects as Blueness and I have. He's gone through ASC for about 34 days, 5 less than me. I'm thinking that the differering of effects may have to do with the following:
1.) Previous confidence level. Before my confidence was probably at around 6.5. Now it's on 10.5 but at it's peak it was probably 12. When a person experiences such a jump in confidence, it might produce the Lottery Ticket effect (going from poor to rich in no time flat) where the person gets all this confidence and just UNLEASHES themselves on the world.
2.) Personality. This one is pretty straightforward, but I'll use my money analogy again. If you give 20 million dollars to 10 different people (randomly) they'll probably spend there money a little differently. Same with confidence. Different people will manifest themselves as confident in different ways. Some become fun loving playboys, others become arrogant a-holes (although I recognize ASC tries to prevent the latter).
3.) Environment. I think this is the big one. I'm not sure how Roy or Bluness' environment but I know recently I've felt slightly unappreciated or felt a lack of attention from my fellow friends and club members. Because of that, I've begun to see them as being not worth my time, and have grown cold towards them and developed a "I don't give f@ck" attitude. Almost to the point, where I feel like I've been "villified" yet, I'm actually amused by it rather than sad or angry. Like I said before, Stage 2, Alpha Set, only...different.
At the same time though...I can't say I hate the effects because their pretty blissful.
PS: And I agree with what JAYCEE said.
), I've been reading about Roy's own experiences with ASC, and it seems he hasn't experienced as many "negative" side effects as Blueness and I have. He's gone through ASC for about 34 days, 5 less than me. I'm thinking that the differering of effects may have to do with the following:1.) Previous confidence level. Before my confidence was probably at around 6.5. Now it's on 10.5 but at it's peak it was probably 12. When a person experiences such a jump in confidence, it might produce the Lottery Ticket effect (going from poor to rich in no time flat) where the person gets all this confidence and just UNLEASHES themselves on the world.
2.) Personality. This one is pretty straightforward, but I'll use my money analogy again. If you give 20 million dollars to 10 different people (randomly) they'll probably spend there money a little differently. Same with confidence. Different people will manifest themselves as confident in different ways. Some become fun loving playboys, others become arrogant a-holes (although I recognize ASC tries to prevent the latter).
3.) Environment. I think this is the big one. I'm not sure how Roy or Bluness' environment but I know recently I've felt slightly unappreciated or felt a lack of attention from my fellow friends and club members. Because of that, I've begun to see them as being not worth my time, and have grown cold towards them and developed a "I don't give f@ck" attitude. Almost to the point, where I feel like I've been "villified" yet, I'm actually amused by it rather than sad or angry. Like I said before, Stage 2, Alpha Set, only...different.
At the same time though...I can't say I hate the effects because their pretty blissful.
PS: And I agree with what JAYCEE said.
