[crawfordcomeaux]

I didn't truly love what I was doing until I found a personal purpose for life that ties together all aspects of my life so far. Essentially, I had to reflect enough on what I've gone through to see what paths I'm on and where I want to go.

I seek to help all beings collaboratively learn how to better program their bodies and meet all needs while denying none, through science, art, and love.

Since then, I've rebuilt my identity a few times over. I've also helped conceive and am nurturing a new person. Helping them explore the world everyday is so exciting and challenges the status quo of parenting in the area we live so hard, some people literally get angry watching us, will take clandestine photos, and call the police.

I've also come to enjoy the process of exploring and healing from traumas I've experienced.

There's a finite list of human needs for surviving and thriving. Learning about those gave me something to reflect on and pinpoint needs I wanted to focus on helping others meet.

Also, finding ways to integrate what I've learned from different fields into what I'm doing may have helped me keep from feeling boxed in.

[lostlogin]

> people literally get angry watching us, will take clandestine photos, and call the police.

What is it you are doing?

[crawfordcomeaux]

So far, it's when they're outside naked or in a diaper in the cold or if we're playing near an intersection.

[redisman]

Why are they out in the cold without clothes? Seems fairly reasonable to worry about

[crawfordcomeaux]

Human beings learn to regulate their body temperature by being exposed to it. They're out in the cold without clothes because that's their choice. When their body is past its ability to stay warm, they'll ask for clothes. We check in with them and have warm clothes available for them when this is going on. We also have learned from other cultures that live in much colder climates to watch for the second shiver. The thinking is that the first one is the body relaxing into the cold as it warms up and the second one is the body shivering to create more warmth than it can from simply relaxed breathing. This tracks with my experiences in the cold.

Cold exposure is necessary for thriving. In the US, there's a culture of fear of cold exposure. It helps build up immunity and simply the basic operation of self-regulation.

Years of depending on clothes and machines to regulate our body temperatures seems to be leading to less resilience, not more.

[lostlogin]

Could the calls to police be due to concern rather than anger?

[crawfordcomeaux]

Oh totally! This is something I need to remind myself of:

People get angry because they care. I can find gratitude for that in the face of their anger.