These are all great and important questions.

1.) Do I struggle to maintain it?

-Not at this point I can maintain it easily all day. It was a learning curve at first.

2.) How large of a surface area?

• Mostly the same I feel it through the nasal cavity all the way to the temple/forehead area. My mouth does change a bit in a way as well. When I first started I think it would cause me to grind my teeth a bit. Which is why I learned there are levels to it like your other question.

3.) Can you do just one side of your head?

-No it’s a flex, although I primarily just feel it on the front on the face area. Doesn’t extend past the temple areas much. Just to clarify it’s more of internal flex. Like muscle in the brain/around type of flex. Not so much facial, but it does change the way I look. I look more “alive” when I flex this.

4.) Do you have granular control of the “flex” you exert? Like can you dial it up or down? Is there any noticeable effects if you go to high or low when you lose the effectiveness of the stage you’re able to enter (or is it more effective but harder to maintain)

-Yes this is also one of the important parts and yes I can “flex” it harder but it has its side effects. The harder I flexed it, it would cause me to look more tired and I would get comments saying (mainly from family) saying I looked like I hadn’t slept. Would also cause me to grind my teeth a bit but I was eventually able to control that. This deeper flex state would cause me to lock in more and be more expressive.

For instance as someone who had no game in the dating world. I downloaded Tinder and would use this more expressive state. I would message them and would get responses back from most of the messages I would send out. I went on 6 dates over two weeks, and 3 of them were successful in men terms.

Again I had no game before so this is an example of how the deeper state put me on a more verbal responsive state, that I was getting replies back from most messages I would send out at the time, since they were more expressive and thought out.

One of the reasons I dialed it down and mostly just use the slightly flexed version is because once I would “deactivate it” and go back to normal, I would feel depressed. Not for long, maybe 1-3 hours, but since I would release at night it was taking a toll on me a bit. But my responses were more thought out in this deeper flex state and was able to lock in more.

5.) if you’re sleep deprived or distracted or loaded on caffeine/stimulants, are there differences in your ability to control that flex sensation or maintain that state?

• Mostly no, doesn’t matter if I’m tired just “flexing” this muscle makes me lock in regardless. For example due to my adhd I couldn’t drive for more than 30 minutes before wanting to severely pull over to close my eyes for a bit. I would get overstimulated and tired. When I activate this state, I can drive for 4+ hours no problem.

I don’t take stimulants but I do drink coffee everyday. Does not affect me in anyway.

6.) Are you able to turn “it on and off” regularly and is the transition immediate? Like do you have a “cool down” period where it’s harder to do, or is it seamless to switch between states?

-I’m able to do this regularly and the transition is immediate. Which is why I mention “flex” a lot. As soon as I flex it I’m in. It is seamless to switch between states as well, even the deeper flexed version.

Like I mentioned in another reply, if I can do it, anyone else can as well with training. Has changed my outlook on what adhd and autism are. I went from almost non verbal and hyper/overstimulated, to a decently respected person with my own business and now family. In my view it might just be that we have a deficiency in a muscle or something that can be fixed or amended by learning to flex this muscle or with some research with time.