Interoception is the sense that perceives internal body signals, acting as a moment-to-moment map of our physical state, encompassing feelings like hunger, thirst, heart rate, breath, temperature, and the need to use the toilet, which are crucial for recognizing emotions (like anxiety or anger) and maintaining overall well-being and self-regulation. It’s sometimes called our “eighth sense” and helps us connect our physical sensations to our feelings, influencing behaviour and mental health.
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
Psychological “flow states” are much easier to enter and sustain when the underlying organismic flow is relatively harmonious and supported.
