That’s awesome, thanks. Emotions unfettered have been on my radar since day 1 on SC. I should have trusted by instinct and ran with it.
Hey, I appreciate the recommendations!
Yes, I had that condition as well and I managed to fix it a few years ago through Image Streaming. I read in some book that alexithymia is a “lack of spontaneous imagining in the brain in response to stimuli” (something like that). Image Streaming is exactly the practice of that, and it worked wonderfully and permanently for alexithymia. And it did it quickly, in just a few months of consistent practice. I recommend it, just be aware that it can be an intense practice. Also, I haven’t seen any other alexithymic try image streaming so I can’t promise that it will work
The difference between alexithymia and my recent state is that in the former case I didn’t really feel anything because it’s emotional ‘blindness’ (emotions occur but I don’t recognize them and think that I’m just feeling well, regardless of what is going on it my life) while the latter case is that I didn’t feel anything because I was so overstimulated by constant stress that emotions literally didn’t occur (and the thing is that because emotions didn’t occur, I didn’t perceive my life as stressful)
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Interesting ideas 
January 23 2026
00:30 - Dragon Reborn: Regeneration
00:30 - Godlike Masculinity
00:30 - Love Bomb
Kept it 30 sec, to be on the safe side. 
I’m not concerned with rushing, so I will stay at 30 sec if I’m not ready and I have to minimise intense disruption. I need to quantify the recon, to compare. Anyone got a good system?
Fear and worries about negative feedback. Then I got great feedback, and I shed a tear. Perhaps I’m starting to believe positive feedback more and the imposter syndrome is losing its grip. Wow… thank you!
I’ve definitely started to notice and acknowledge the emotions and different states I experience in a day. Which is probably how the profound (to me) realisation I had that I experience both good and bad in a day. Usually I get hung up on the groggy mornings and consider not only the day but me as a failure as well.
Performance reviews coming soon, we’ll see how that goes. Feedback so far has been great.
I almost ran IG again because of the anxiety around performance review season. But, I believe the work I did running it for 11 months felt enough for now.
Overall feel more love and peace, I feel it growing each day too.
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I recently came to conclusion that I can’t recognize strong recon in time so I just decided to increase exposure once every 60 days. This way I should build up to full loops in a year. Not sure how it will work, but in theory should be good lol
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Tried this for a week or so, then my ADHD brain switched it’s Hyperfokus object and I stopped practicing.
Did you try a title like Regeneration?
At first, I couldn’t believe that this is even possible, thinking you just fell back into alexithymia to keep you safe.
But Gemini proved me wrong.
Same thing for me. I mostly notice recon when it’s to late. This time, recon hit after two or three loops of 5 minutes. That was the point when I reduced time to 3 minutes.
Interestingly, two titles I was able to use fully without recon before. But I guess, with the work and I’ve done in the meantime, they can dig deeper than before.
And I don’t think that QL1 gives heavy emotional recon, exactly like the one I got from the custom I started again.
So my “System” is to reduce time once I notice recon and then slowly build up again.
And I should mention, that I’m using only old titles without antirecon. But I’ll probably upgrade my custom once Genesis: Ascension drops.
Do you have ADHD? One of my core issues is Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria. Meaning I’m always on the lookout for signals that could mean trouble and assume the worst.
Emotional nightmare since I started Emotions Unfettered.
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I know the feeling. The longest I was consistent is 6 months but I burnt out. I don’t know of any other thing that is harder for me to be consistent at than image streaming and I have absolutely no explanation for that lol
I’m using it right now but I solved my problem before it.
My overstimulation problem is classical GABA-deficiency symptom. Even when I reduced stimulation, my state didn’t improve much just because my system didn’t have enough GABA to get into recovery mode
I talked about it here: Subliminals Season 5 - #20 by anon15812918
(this test is just a questionnaire so there’s no guarantee that it accurately measures deficits or anything, but it does give a rough idea and from what I’ve observed on myself and others, it’s quite accurate)
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Thanks for sharing guys. I was thinking a system for quantifying recon. I should have been more clear.
Probably, but I got through university and have had a job as a software engineer for 7+ years, so any investigation I’d have to pay for it myself because it’s viewed as not a life limiting issue for me. What if I pay 3000$ just to find out I don’t have it? LOL that would destroy me. 
A therapist once told me I have signs of it (it’s a spectrum), that could also be connected to trauma and other things according her. So perhaps I don’t have it.
Did you investigate?
That could be because of childhood trauma as well. People who grow in tough environments or with parents who are moody, reactive or physically/mentally abusive tend to have this. They always try to read every subtle shift because in childhood it could protect them. But not every person is unstable, and that habit works overtime. At the same time these kind of people seem very good at reading other people and subtle social cues, because they are hyper observant. My thoughts on it from my own experience.
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I hear ya. These damn brain chemicals lol
I remember I got recommended books to eat right to fix most of the issues with brain chemistry being wonky. Sometimes of course they are too wonky. But I’m hopeful that most things can be maintained or reversed with the right input over time. Is it worth it though? Just give me the drugs doc!
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I’m honestly not sure if just healthy eating, exercise and good sleep can solve all problems unless you live in a village, been doing TRE for years, buteyko breathing, eat very high quality food, aren’t stressed, etc. lol
(there’s a ton of other factors too)
I would like to prefer minimal supplementation and just relying on healthy lifestyle as well, but I see it this way: supplements are a compensation of bad living conditions, and if I’m living in bad conditions and have no energy and enthusiasm to improve it, supplements are a must for me
Sure once I improve my environment, I’ll stop the supplements, but I’m convinced that taking them makes me healthier than not taking them in my current environment
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For future reference in case I decide to run Paragon and work on this:
The UltraMind Solution
I don’t remember the second book. It had tests in it and you could see which two were weakest for you. I think I got dopamine (duh) and acetylcholine. And I calculated if I ate like 4 eggs and wheatgerm for breakfast I would get what I need in those I think lol or perhaps it turned out to be unbearable.
Wait found a test similar to this and it’s by Eric Bravermanand looking at his books one of them is the one. Maybe the edge.
Hate him or love him, but my favourite coach is Owen cook and he always speaks about being introvert and slightly autistic, had suicidal thoughts and he believed he improved any issues with that with diet and massive action. He recommended those books
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his test is the one I recommended
I had highest deficit in GABA and lowest deficit in serotonin. Dopamine and Acetylcholine is somewhere in the middle.
I’ve been implementing stuff (supplements, diet correction, breathing exercises, sleep improvement, etc.) to improve deficits for over a month already and will be re-taking the test at Feb 1st.
Will check him out, thanks!
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Watched tons of videos, read a few books including audiobooks. And the signs are all over the place. My appointment is this summer. I’ll pay only around 800€. But I’m quite sure that I have it and that it’s my most limiting factor.
Not only at university, where I didn’t finish one term paper in 7 years…
Also when I applied for a job and got declined a week later, RSD sent shockwaves through my System and I needed weeks to recover.
For me, atm, RSD is my strongest opponent, besides Executive Dysfunction. But RSD alone cost me more than my customs last year.
Yes it’s a spectrum. My mom has traits of it, my father even more. According to science, it’s hereditary. But I also now other theories which claim it’s trauma based as well.
I feel similarly. I want the drugs a specialist can prescribe me. When I’m functional again, I can finally work constantly on the issue, hoping that I can drop medication later on.
And thanks for the book recommendation @Risky
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Wow, sorry missed that. Yeah you talked about the same guy! We’re twins. I’m going to check his books again after this cycle. I know also bad sleep messed with everything. Therapist says it can give ADHD tendencies and if you have ADHD it will worsen it. So I know that’s my biggest Achilles heel. Paragon sleep should be good and a good foundation.
Screw status and being alpha with ascension as foundation. First step is sleep like a baby. Step one, be baby, sleep like baby. Step 2. Go Alpha.
Lol
At some point we just perhaps should accept ourselves fully and love ourselves fully, and get on with it. No one is perfect.
I’m similar
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Just a disclaimer, owen is big on spirituality, I think that’s a huge force in his life as well.
Sorry about that, I don’t judge anyone. We all have to do what we can, we can’t not do our best. The drugs work, taken with professional medical diagnosis, I believe. Good luck with that and hope it works out.
Yeah I think my father and brother has it. But I know my father were just as traumatised, just going by how trauma also tends to go in generations if you know what I’m saying. It shall stop with me though.
Disclaimer: I’m not saying adhd only comes from trauma. I’m saying I believe certain adhd tendencies can come from trauma and I might be adhd or just have trauma giving similar challenges.
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Or you start with Ascension to get the self respect you need to treasure your well-being high enough to go to bed early. That was my approach with the LB Ascension Custom.
Same.
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True. I ran emperor for 11 months, then khan for 150 days, and now I’m in love bomb and wrote today in my notebook the words ”love yourself, respect yourself”. So you’re right. No doubt in my mind the self- respect from the alpha subs lead me to love bomb funny enough and the sleep thing stemming from lack of self- respect, and also self-love.
Keep it up champ!
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January 24 2026
Chill Saturday, emotions bubbling up and I’m just embracing them. Noticed I’m a better listener than I like to remember. Occasionally I lose my shit. A volatile day.
Weird day, definitely sticking to 30 second. Lol
A big complex solution is on me at work, pressure. But I’m keeping it level headed. It rises, then I reign it in. It’s still stressful, but it could have been worse. Negative emotions are not bad. The problem happens when they go out control or you suppress/resist them. It’s natural.
I worked on my day off. That’s called compensating for anxiety or imposter syndrome. It might also be called lack of self- respect to rest.
I think 30 sec is fine for now. Feeling the stack out. I don’t want disruptive recon. I’m so in love with recon, you might think I’m a masochist, but I don’t want that. I see the value, but it’s not worth the disruption. It’s gotta be balanced. Integration and quality over quantity. That’s how I’ve started to view personal development.
”Neurotic holding patterns are automatic, habitual behaviors or mental loops driven by anxiety, designed to provide a false sense of security while actually causing stagnation. Examples include chronic overthinking, perfectionism, self-doubt, and emotional instability. These patterns prevent growth, often stemming from deep-seated fears.”
Be a baller. Do baller things. Why? Not for other people or bullshit or to get something arbitrary. I’m done, I want to live my life and enjoy it. I do what I want.
Speaking of @Parsifal. I manifested your comment of the connection between self-respect and self-care (sleep). And also this line from a book I got:
”That’s the thing about loving yourself, you start to tolerate less what doesn’t serve you—especially from yourself. This alone changes your life.”
If I loved and respected myself, if I simped for myself, what would I do?
I think these are two diametral approaches.
Let’s say you feel bad, perhaps some major sadness creeping up.
If you simped for yourself, you’d get yourself some ice cream perhaps some potatoe chips and a few episodes of your favorite tv show.
You’d do everything for yourself to not feel the pain, to feel good.
If you love and respect yourself, you take your emotions serious. So you give yourself some quiet time to feel sad. You might think about these emotions, journal about them. But you will not let them clog your system.
You’re right, it’s good to be extra clear. The ice cream etc to me is coping. Simping is not the ideal word.