Drained

[leethal]

I was trying to make a psiwheel move, and i think it nudged a bit.. but my eyes are not the same anymore...

Anyway that's not the point here. I tried it 3 times. All of them stressful as i saw i achieved nothing. I cannot feel outer psi. I can only feel the psi in my body when i command it or when i gather it from somewhere.

Still, since i was using my own psi for the psiwheel, I was wondering how much psi does one have, and does it ever run out, and if so, what happens then?

Newbie? why yes

[structure]

Well, one must ask where psi comes from.

Energy cannot simply be created. There is a finite amount.
To generate energy, organisms consume matter, which is broken down and converted into a usable form. I do not buy the idea of drawing energy from an alternate source, such as the earth or moon. However, it may be possible to recieve and "channel" energy from an ambient location. However, this would have to involve some sort of energy that has not been observed (and therefore it is difficult to determine whether this idea is plausible).

Instead, if psi is real, it seems much more likely to be a product of one's body, and therefore is limited by your own energy. Keep in mind that the body processes energy and produces electricity, so the ability to manifest it is theoretically possible (though thorough experimentation would go a long way towards proving this).

Anyway, if the above is true, it is probably possible to refine your ability to use your body's energy for psionic activity. Like an athlete, training will build your stamina, allowing you to use energy more efficiently. Also, get a good night's rest and eat healthily.

[leethal]

thanks. So i can't use the energy from around me without some advanced technique?
Yesterday i got nauseous after attempting the psiwheel...
I still am a bit... Did i overdo it?
How do i increase the amount of psi my body can contain?

[stolide]

It is very easy to take energy from other sources, it is the one of the first things I teach newbies. The only way to increase the amount of psi your body has, and the amount you can easily manipulate is through practice.

[JediKaren]

yes. Give yourself two days of rest.

[Amodia]

I've hear a theory that Psi is a surplus of energy that is created when the signals from the brain goes through the nerve system (the signals that makes us able to move). I think I've read it at Psipog, but I'm not 100% sure.

[leethal]

By trying it multiple times in a row, does it slim the chances of doing it each time i repeat it or does psi not "run out"?

Simply put, does my ability to do a skill diminish for each time i try to do it? Does my energy manipulation start to fail?

And is my body psi all that increases? So i can manipulate all the psi around me like mad, but i can't use much psi from my body? or is my ability to manipulate outer psi influenced by my practice?

[jeremy]

Well, I work a bit differently in this regard from others so I'll have to answer this from what other people have told me. If you're experiencing nausea it means you've practiced enough and you should just rest for a while.

[leethal]

But is there any decrease in your abilities as you practice them on and on? like, is it harder the second time you try to move the psi-wheel (without any rest of any kind)?

[legatosama312]

well technically it should be harder seeing as how your using less and less energy for the same goal.

[leethal]

Ha.. today i finally got it to do half a turn!
At least i think it was me. I used aluminum foil cause it's lighter, but it is also more propense to interference... But i'm pretty much psyched about this. Thanks for all your support.

And in reply, why should my energy diminish, if i get it from my enviroment and not from myself?

[Mr.Experiment]

It really depends on the person, and where they get there energy and how efficiantly they use it.

~Jano

[jeremy]

When you're first starting out, you actually use one type of energy to get another type from the environment without converting very much of it back into the type you use for gathering - and so you get drained. Well that's my theory.
I'm not entirely certain that energy can't be created - there's a lot of evidence to suggest that either it can or that somewhere there's an infinite reserve on some other plane that people can draw from. There's also the fact that if I program constructs in a certain way they increase their energy over time without seeming to require an external source.

[leethal]

Some say the enviroment provides al the energy we need... maybe the constructs are getting it from the air around them or something. I believe energy is limited, but when we use it, we "recycle" it into another thing. Like a giant energy eco-system

[Brilenus]

leethal said:

Some say the enviroment provides al the energy we need... maybe the constructs are getting it from the air around them or something. I believe energy is limited, but when we use it, we "recycle" it into another thing. Like a giant energy eco-system

Indeed, at least for me. As I use energy, I add one step afterward - as the thing I used it for fades away/happens, the energy flows back to where I took it from. I also add some of my own energy back to make up for any harm I may do to the planet.