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1) A component of magic spell casting in Dungeons and Dragons (Verbal spoken words, physical component or ingredient, Somatic movement of hands or arms)

2) Etymology having to do with the body, late 18th century: from Greek sōmatikos, from sōma ‘body’

3) In the medical world, Somatic pertains to therapy of the body. Psychosomatic medicine refers to the relationship between the mind and body, Somatics is a field within bodywork and movement studies

4) In cellular biology, the term somatic is derived from the French somatique which comes from Ancient Greek sōmatikós, “bodily.” Often used to refer to the cells of the body, in contrast to the reproductive (germline) cells

5) Somatic theory related to human social behavior - a mechanism by which emotional processes can guide behavior: in particular, decision-making, the attachment theory of John Bowlby, and the self-psychology of Heinz Kohut

6) The somatic nervous system (also known as voluntary nervous system), is a part of the peripheral nervous system that links the brain and spinal cord to skeletal muscles under conscious control, as well as to sensory receptors in the skin

7) Somatic can be a euphemism in place of 'body' / 'movement'
1) You have a diamond and you have the incantation written in that book, but your hands are bound, so your somatic component is thwarted, druid.

2) It is crucial to ask about somatic symptoms in the diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental health conditions; common examples including pain, weakness, numbness, dizziness, and fatigue.
Somatic by pushka.com October 29, 2024

somatic massage 

A "new age" form of massage in which women can fool themselves into thinking touching other men's Penises is not cheating when it fact it clearly is. If you are getting paid for this it becomes a euphemism for prostitution.
"Hey! My wife is taking classes in Somatic Massage and thinks it's not cheating even though she jerked off three dudes"

"Woo-Hoo! I hope she got a $3000 tip for doing that!!!"

Somatic Dissonance

Somatic Dissonance is the internal tension that arises when a person's nervous system, body sensations, and intuitive knowing signal misalignment with external beliefs, relationships, or social systems; it reflects the body detecting distortion or misalignment before teh mind fully understands it.

Some key elements include:

1. Body as early warning system.
2. Conflict between inner knowing and external pressure - obligation to accept authority that doesn't feel safe.
3. Evolutionary transition- can arise during consciousness shifts, feels like a detoxification process whilte moving towards clarity and coherence.
Somatic Dissonance is discombobulating AF! To constantly live in the present moment where teh body's wisdom and signals conflict with the narratives, structures or expectations of the surroudning systems feels like a perpetual assault to the soma, bodymind and nervous system. Having some language and understanding of the experience is grouding while humanity navigates conscious evolution in real time.

Somatic Fission-Inspiring Melody

A special status effect that the ID "The House of Spiders: The Ring Nursefather Hong Lu" inflicts onto himself and other Ring IDs once he has used his skill 3-2.

Somatic Fission-Inspiring Melody is often times used in the Project Moon community as an joke because it's similar to the "💀🙏" emojis.
"Using Somatic Fission-Inspiring Melody status effect in the Ring team is detrimental in some boss fights."

Somatic Fission-Inspiring Melody

A special status effect that the ID "The House of Spiders: The Ring Nursefather Hong Lu" inflicts onto himself and other Ring IDs once he has used his skill 3-2.

Somatic Fission-Inspiring Melody is often times used in the Project Moon community as an joke because it's similar to the "💀🙏" emojis.
"Using Somatic Fission-Inspiring Melody status effect in the Ring team is detrimental in some boss fights."

Sensory-Somatic Colonization

Sensory-Somatic Colonization is the conditioning of human bodies and nervous systems to disconnect from natural sensory intelligence, embodied awareness, adn relational perception.

It is a form of colozination not of land - but of perception and bodily autonomy.

Where traditional conlization occupies land, sensory colonization occupies the body's sensing system.

How it Happens.
1. Sensory Hierarchies: Certain senses are privileged while others are suppresed.
2. Nervous System Conditioning: Chronic Stress environments reduce sensory awareness.
3. Institutional Body Control: Institutions teach people to override their bodies.
4. Disconnection from Ecological Sensing: Humans evolved to perceive environmental cues.
Sensory-Somatic Colonization asks for rewilding of the nervous system and spirit through joy, rest and play! To address, challenge and detach from the conditions and context of the bodymind being an energetic space to be owned and controlled by capitalistic structures or conventional relationship designs as informed by heterosexual monogomy.
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
Girlfriend: What are you going to do for the next week while I'm on holiday?

Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
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