• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    My guess?

    Lit room: lots of things scattered around, colors, visual noise, over stimulating

    Dark room: dark, not very visible, less/no noise, not (necessarily as) overstimulating

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    The most relaxed I have ever been was in the middle of a huge snowstorm the wind died down and the flakes were huge, I couldn’t hear anything, it was after sunset so once the flashlight was off it was pitch black, and with my coveralls, hoodie, thick coat, gloves and scarf I was warm and couldn’t really feel much of the outside. I just laid down for about 40ish minutes, occasionally seeing the dim spot of headlights from a passing car. Similar concept, dark and quiet, muted external stimuli.