LORAINEJD

✨️ Fact of the Day (File 007) : Your Brain Can Sense Someone Staring at You — Even Without Seeing Them
          	
          	Have you ever felt someone watching you, and then when you turned, you'll find out you were right? That eerie sensation isn't just in your head.
          	
          	Psychologists believe this may come from our hyper-attuned threat detection system. It is a subconscious survival mechanism developed through evolution. The brain is wired to pick up on subtle environmental cues, like shifts in gaze or micro-movements, even from the edge of your peripheral vision.
          	
          	They say it's called the “gaze detection system”, and it’s why sometimes, you just know you’re being watched.

AprilJester

@LORAINEJD -- Nice. Super senses!
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LORAINEJD

✨️ Fact of the Day (File 007) : Your Brain Can Sense Someone Staring at You — Even Without Seeing Them
          
          Have you ever felt someone watching you, and then when you turned, you'll find out you were right? That eerie sensation isn't just in your head.
          
          Psychologists believe this may come from our hyper-attuned threat detection system. It is a subconscious survival mechanism developed through evolution. The brain is wired to pick up on subtle environmental cues, like shifts in gaze or micro-movements, even from the edge of your peripheral vision.
          
          They say it's called the “gaze detection system”, and it’s why sometimes, you just know you’re being watched.

AprilJester

@LORAINEJD -- Nice. Super senses!
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LORAINEJD

✨️ Fact of the Day (File 006): Your Brain Can Create False Memories That Feel 100% Real
          
          Research shows that the human brain is shockingly easy to trick—even into believing events happened that never actually occurred. In experiments, people confidently “remembered” entire fake experiences, like getting lost in a mall as a child or seeing a person who wasn’t there.
          
          These false memories feel just as vivid and emotional as real ones because they’re constructed using the same brain mechanisms—especially if influenced by suggestion, emotion, or repetition.
          
          In short: your brain is a brilliant storyteller… but not always a reliable historian.

AprilJester

@LORAINEJD -- While I did know this Fact of the Day, that last line had me laughing out loud. That's hilarious.
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katiegoesmew

@LORAINEJD I do this a lot, or I did when I was a kid. I'll be talking to my parents about a solid memory of something that happened to me, or a story they told me, and they're just like, "That didn't happen." Usually, it's two or three stories that merged somehow in my brain to make one.
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marendipity

Where would you recommend they start

LORAINEJD

@marendipity And... I don't know if my works are even good haha...
            
            I guess Hymn for the Shattered Kingdom or The Missing Link :3
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LORAINEJD

@marendipity Oh, no, I just saw your message ToT
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LORAINEJD

✨️ Fact of the Day (File 005): Losing a Close Friend Activates the Same Brain Pathways as Physical Pain
          
          Studies using brain scans have shown that emotional pain—like the loss of a best friend or being rejected by someone you care deeply about—activates the same brain regions as physical pain, particularly the anterior cingulate cortex.
          
          Your brain literally processes heartbreak as if you’ve been physically hurt. That’s why letting go of someone who doesn’t value you isn’t “just emotional”—it’s neurologically real.
          
          But here's the hopeful part: just like physical wounds, emotional ones can and do heal, especially when you surround yourself with people who truly see your worth.♥️

LORAINEJD

✨️ Fact of the Day (File 004): You Can Be Allergic to Cold
          
          COLD URTICARIA is a rare condition where exposure to cold temperatures triggers an allergic reaction. Symptoms can range from itchy hives and swelling to, in severe cases, full-body reactions like fainting or even anaphylaxis after cold water immersion.
          
          The body mistakenly sees the cold as a THREAT—as if it's a virus or toxin—and floods the system with HISTAMINES. Some people can’t even hold an ice cube without reacting.
          
          Imagine being allergic... to WINTER.

LORAINEJD

@katiegoesmew Oh dear. It must be tough for him...
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katiegoesmew

@LORAINEJD I actually had a coworker who had this condition. He bundles up year-round.
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