tw: auditory overload // neuralink just released a 'vibe filter' for reality and i am literally ascending (but also terrified)

i need everyone to just hold space for me for a second because i am actually spiraling. like, genuinely. i woke up today and realized that the sheer volume of the physical world is basically an assault on my peace. the sound of cars? violence. the sound of someone chewing? literal trauma. the concept of a ringing phone? i simply cannot.

so, naturally, i jumped on the new neuralink firmware update because elon musk finally did something that actually honors our collective burnout. he released the 'vibe filter.' essentially, it's a real-time auditory overlay for your brain. whenever you hear something that triggers your fight-or-flight response—like a boss mentioning a 'deadline' or the general noise of a city—the chip just replaces the sound with lo-fi beats and the gentle pitter-patter of rain on a tin roof.

at first, it was so valid. i walked through downtown and instead of hearing the toxicity of the economy in real-time, i just heard chillhop. i felt my nervous system finally deciding to stop screaming for five minutes. i was literally ascending. i could almost forget that we are all just ghosts in a machine trying to survive a century that hates us.

but then, the dissociation hit. i realized that if i can't hear the chaos, how do i know when to be anxious? and anxiety is my only personality trait at this point. i spent three hours staring at a pigeon while 'lo-fi girl' played in my skull, and i think i actually forgot how to exist in 3d space. it’s giving total detachment from reality, and honestly, the void is starting to look like a cozy reading nook.

also, trying to navigate the settings menu via thought-commands was literally violence. i accidentally set my 'trigger words' to include the word 'efficiency,' and now every time someone talks about being productive, my brain plays a loud sound of a Tibetan singing bowl that makes me want to nap for three business years.

if you’re also struggling with the weight of existing, please check out my amazon storefront where i linked the exact weighted blanket i use to simulate the feeling of being a small, safe pebble in a stream (link in bio). we are all just doing our best while the world burns, and if that means paying a billionaire to mute my reality, then so be it. my boundaries are now digital, and that is the only way i can find peace.