haihaihai
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- Jan 9, 2026
- 22
i guess, not that young. i must've been like thirteen when shifting became kinda trendy. not to brag, but i was following that since before it got trendy, but anyway! i got fully sucked into this idea. for those who don't know, shifting is the notion that, considering there are thousands of universes where you are experiencing vastly different worlds and situations. harry potter was popular, but so were universes where you're famous, where you grew up with different parents, where you lived in a different part of the world, so on and so forth. there were even like rituals to consciously shift to this alternate universe, i remember one being that you'd lay in a starfish position, force yourself into sleepiness, all the while repeating to yourself affirmations that you were shifting.
i know it's crazy, but I was so obsessed with shifting. i hated myself, my life (although it wasn't nearly as bad then), and became almost envious of these versions of myself id create living these perfect lives. it was obviously just a form of escapism, but i thought i could do it. i dreamt i was in these universes every night, and i woke up thinking i had shifted successfully. i wanted a boyfriend, i wanted to be pretty and famous, and so i felt more connected to those fake personas than myself. i remember stumbling across a youtube video that would help you subliminally "perma-shift", which is essentially shifting completely and permanently to another reality. i tried so hard to do this, but what would you know, it never worked.
until now, i've completely forgotten about this part of my past. has anyone else gone through this? does anyone believe that once they die, they'll reincarnate, similarly to how permashifting works? i say i don't believe in that whole thing anymore, but part of me wishes it was real. it would be nice, for sure.
i know it's crazy, but I was so obsessed with shifting. i hated myself, my life (although it wasn't nearly as bad then), and became almost envious of these versions of myself id create living these perfect lives. it was obviously just a form of escapism, but i thought i could do it. i dreamt i was in these universes every night, and i woke up thinking i had shifted successfully. i wanted a boyfriend, i wanted to be pretty and famous, and so i felt more connected to those fake personas than myself. i remember stumbling across a youtube video that would help you subliminally "perma-shift", which is essentially shifting completely and permanently to another reality. i tried so hard to do this, but what would you know, it never worked.
until now, i've completely forgotten about this part of my past. has anyone else gone through this? does anyone believe that once they die, they'll reincarnate, similarly to how permashifting works? i say i don't believe in that whole thing anymore, but part of me wishes it was real. it would be nice, for sure.
