Whimsical Shifting Methods
These are methods that I personally made!! If they resemble methods that already exist it is purely coincidental. I've also talked about these on reddit as well.
Disclaimer! Don't try the first one if you are prone to fainting or get vertigo.
For this method you'll need:
A safe open area to spin around in with a bed or chair nearby. A pair of headphones (optional).
Begin by spinning around in place. Basically twirling yourself in a circle like we used to as kids. You can spin for up to a minute or as long as it takes for you to get dizzy. Either close your eyes or leave them open and watch the world blur into one around you.
I usually listen to some floaty music just for added whimsy.
Once you feel dizzy enough, sit or lay down and close your eyes, you can also keep them open if you want to see your reality morph around you.
Don't try to shift by affirming or visualising. Suggest to yourself that your DR is spinning around you. It is spinning into form. Think of where you're sitting/laying in your DR and since you're disoriented it would be easier to do so.
Open your eyes once it feels right and you're there.
Why this works: You are disoriented and your brain is preoccupied with steadying itself so it kind of shocks your brain into shifting instantly. Doubts don't have time to form either because your brain is all confused, it thinks "oh... is that where we are?" And your awareness recalibrates to be in your DR. By the time you feel "normal" you're already in your DR.
If you kept your eyes open you could also just shift whilst spinning. Focus on reality blurring around you and suggest to yourself that it is blurring into your DR.
This method came to me in a dream.
For this method you'll need:
Any consumable food or drink that you can eat with your eyes closed. Think chips, a cup of coffee, maybe cereal. It helps if its something you eat in your DR but its not required.
Start eating your food in a place you won't be disturbed. Maybe sipping tea by a windowsill or eating chips on your bed.
Close your eyes and begin to focus on the feeling of eating/drinking. The crunch in your mouth or the warmth of the beverage soothing your throat. Savour it and hone in on it. This acts as an anchor.
Suggest to yourself that you are eating this food in your DR. Feel the room around you as if it were a room in your DR. No need to visualise or put in effort, just accept this thought.
Immerse yourself in this idea. Think about what you'll do after you finish eating/drinking. Any appointments you have in your DR, any chores you need to do. Tell yourself you'll do them after you finish this, right now you want some peace of mind (like how you would in this reality). Relate this food or drink to someone/something in your DR. "___ would love this flavour." Or "___ would scold me for eating this." Or even "I should make some of this for ___." Just really immerse yourself in enjoying this food/drink.
You could either shift while eating or after. If you open your eyes to your CR then tell yourself that you had been in your DR just now when you were eating/drinking, you just didn't open your eyes to see it.
Why this works: Your brain feels safe while eating. Even if you feel anxious while shifting, your brain doesn't really notice you are, because its preoccupied. Also the sensory experience of eating and drinking acts as an anchor. You're focusing on this one thing and shifting is happening in the background so you don't micromanage and sabotage yourself out of fear or doubt. In that moment, your main focus is to savour the food; you just happen to be in your DR while doing it.
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