Guys, I've been dwelling on this for a while and I'm feeling very philosophical so I must voice text into my Tumblr app...I think that Chuck McGill could have been really good disability representation. And obviously I haven't finished the show yet—but also I really feel like they're not going to do this right. By the way, I am okay with spoilers so anybody who wants to tell me if they ever actually do his character any justice—that would be hella appreciated<3
Maybe my woke ass is reading way too much into this. But sometimes I really relate to his character as a person with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Like people are always telling him it's in his head. And even his symptoms kind of mimic ME— like he has photophobia and phonophobia. The muscle pains and aches are similar to fibromyalgia and obviously these aren't like exact diagnoses for this man. I just really feel like this could have been a great metaphor that I'm feeling has probably sorely missed it's mark. (Btw I watched an entire season of better call Saul last night while I write my The Pitt fanfic so I feel like I can justify this too if people try and dispute it. (I am only on S3 E9 but I was on S2E8 literally yesterday afternoon so gimme a break🧍(also this is my first watch because I just finished my first watch of breaking bad and the El Camino movies)))
The Sun is Spitting Fireballs... Is it Affecting You?
Some definitions to get us started.
Corona- the sun’s atmosphere
Solar Flare– bursts of electromagnetic radiation that travel at the speed of light, reaching Earth in just over 8 minutes.
Coronal Mass Ejection– are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun’s atmosphere
a result of the twisting and realignment of the sun’s magnetic field, known as magnetic reconnection,…
What Actually Is Déjà Vu? 5 Times Science Explained The Spookiest Sensations
Somewhere, in the UK, lives a 28-year-old man with a rather peculiar affliction.
As a result of his chronic anxiety, he suffers through near constant déjà vu. The French phrase means ‘already seen’, and refers to that oh-so-common feeling where you’re convinced that you’ve lived the current moment before.
You’ve been here and you’ve done that already.
He’s reportedly made so uncomfortable by supposedly repeating the same things day-after-day that he avoids reading the newspaper and watching the TV. He describes it as living in a constant time loop.
It sounds like a horror film. And that’s not far off how most people feel when they experience déjà vu.
Of course, for them, it’s like they’ve predicted the future or seen this all before in a mystical dream. But sometimes our spookiest feelings have the simplest explanations.
So, in honour of it being Halloween, let’s decode some of the strangest sensations believed to be induced by the supernatural and see what’s really causing them.
What actually is déjà vu?
It’s an uncanny feeling, when you’re walking down a new street only to realise it doesn’t feel so new. Maybe the houses look familiar. Maybe you’ve heard the conversation of the couple passing you already.
Déjà vu is pretty unnerving, and always makes me think I’ve seen this moment in a dream. And if I am having a precognition, there must be a reason why! Is some tragic event about to happen in front of me? Is this a pre-destined moment that changes my fate?
Probably not.
There’s a few scientific explanations for this feeling.
There’s split perception, where you see the same sorta thing two different times. The first time you might see it out of the corner of your eye or be distracted when you're experiencing it. But your brain will take in more than you think and create a complete memory without you realising. The second time you experience a similar event, you’re not so distracted and your brain links it back to that memory.
Then there’s memory-based explanations. This is when our recognition memory is triggered by certain situations - even if they’ve never actually happened.
There’s also a dream-based explanation: you’ve probably experienced something like this in a dream, stowed it away as a memory and are reliving something just like it.
It’s difficult to research déjà vu as its occurrence is spontaneous. That being said, it has been associated with mental disorders, neurological problems and different medications.
Whilst we all experience it, it’s actually more common amongst sufferers of temporal lobe epilepsy and migraines with auras. Apparently, during seizures, it’s common to experience déjà vu or its sibling vibe, jamais vu.
Yes, you can also experience jamais vu (when something feels unfamiliar but is very familiar), déjà entendu (when you’re pretty sure you’ve heard something before) and déjà rêvé (when you think you’ve already dreamed of something that’s happening).
The Fear Frequency
This one’s pretty cool.
Sometime in the 1980s, some engineer called Vic Tandy was working in a lab designing medical equipment. But soon the studious work environment shifted to one of fear and anxiety: lab technicians began to report that it was haunted.
Tandy didn’t think much of it. As a scientist, he was used to brushing off such claims. But then, working late one night, he began to experience something he thought was paranormal activity. His hair stood on end. He began to sweat. He felt as if he was being watched and grew more and more uncomfortable.
And then, out of the shadows, it appeared.
A grey shape shifted into his line of sight before vanishing into thin air.
He scuttled home in terror. The next day, he returned with trepidation. But he soon discovered something else odd: a fail blade in a vice was vibrating. What was making it vibrate?
It was a sound wave coming from an extractor fan. It was pitched at 19hz which is just below the human range of hearing. So we can’t hear it, but our bodies still vibrate without us knowing.
Our vision blurs. We get dizzy. We hyperventilate and experience serious discomfort. The infrasound, as it’s also known, generates just enough confusion to cause a haunting.
Electromagnetic Fields And Hypersensitivity
Electromagnetic fields are fields created by electric charges. Fluctuations within the field can cause strange smells or the feeling of being dizzy - things associated with haunted locations.
Scientists have attempted to prove haunted locations are actually just the result of EMFs, but it has so far created mixed results.
That being said, some people believe firmly that EMFs cause strange and sickening problems for humans. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is the alleged sensitivity to electromagnetic fields. It results in a range of symptoms like headaches, fatigue, burning sensations and other health problems. It is reportedly brought on by close contact to electric fields and magnetic fields, like WiFi and mobile phones.
Okay, fine. This isn’t scientifically proven as a real illness. There’s no way to diagnose it and certainly no basis in science. On notable occasion, some residents in South African claimed they had EHS symptoms as a result of a cell tower near their homes. It was then revealed that the tower had been switched off six weeks prior to the claims.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
This one’s important. If you think you’re experiencing paranormal activity, make sure you have a working carbon monoxide detector on hand. If you don’t think you’re experiencing paranormal activity but you don’t have a detector, get one. Most investigators will make this a priority, as poisoning can be lethal and explain a lot of alleged hauntings.
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous, tasteless and odourless gas. When you breathe it in, it can make you feel unwell. If you breathe in too much, you’ll die. Every year, there’s approx. 60 deaths in the UK due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
When you inhale it, it attaches itself to the hemoglobin in your cells. That’s what oxygen normally uses to get around the body. So, when it’s replaced with CO, you get less oxygen around the body. And eventually, your cells and tissues will die.
The symptoms of poisoning include dizziness, confusion, tiredness and difficulty breathing. This often translates to the feeling of pressure on the chest. Team that up with memory-loss, and you’ve got the perfect setup for an alleged haunting.
Maybe you’ll forget where you put something and be convinced *something* moved it? Perhaps you’ll feel an oppressive presence trying to strangle you?
In one famous Reddit post, a user expressed his concerns after he found post-it notes with an unknown person’s writing across his apartment. He was convinced someone was breaking in and didn’t know what to do.
It was when one user responded to the post and asked if he had a CO detector that the narrative changed. He had been writing himself post-its - and had just forgotten about them.
Sleep Paralysis
In most haunted house films - after the first hints of a poltergeist emerge - a character will wake up in the middle of the night with a start. Maybe they’ll hear a weird noise. Maybe they’ll feel the duvet pulled off the bed.
And then, they’ll see something emerge from the darkness. They’ll try to move. They’ll try to scream. But alas, they are pinned down by the beast!
Unfortunately, sleep paralysis is a common experience that conjures up a horror film scene. We think that a lot of the ghosts reportedly seen when someone is in bed are down to sleep paralysis as the hallucinations are very realistic.
Sleep paralysis occurs when the body alternates between REM (rapid eye movement) and NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep. During the former stage, our muscles basically switch off. But when we wake up before the cycle is complete, we are paralysed.
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If what Hunter has is similar to what I have (electromagnetic hypersensitivity), there are faraday hats, bandanas and beanies you can get. Maybe if its the same thing, maybe his bandana is similar to a faraday bandana?
I'm not exactly sure if its the same thing or not, he probably doesn't have migraines and extreme anxiety around tons of electronics but if it is, I headcanon his bandana is a faraday bandana! It's like a faraday cage but its material. You can get clothes and stuff like that too. So... His armor may be the same way.
Faraday clothing blocks out electromagnetic waves and radiation so it doesn't get to your body. Some people just have hats to keep their head straight. I'm getting a beanie soon. I hate being poor or I would have gotten one way before now. 💙
Capacity of electromagnetic fields to affect biological functions confirmed by WHO International EMF Project report
Capacity of electromagnetic fields to affect biological functions confirmed by WHO International EMF Project report
The World Health Organization (WHO) commenced the International EMF Project in 1996 to investigate health and environmental effects of electromagnetic fields between 0 and 300 GHz. Australia is one of the participants in the Project and contributes financially to it.
Rather than exposing the truth about non-ionising radiation, the Project stands accused of being an industry pawn. This makes…
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