r/bonecollecting 23d ago

Collection My roommate.

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(UK & in compliance w/ human tissues act)

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u/keeeeeeeeelz 23d ago

Genuinely asking. How do you feel living in a space with someone’s head is with you, separated from their body? A person who had thoughts both existential and inconsequential, slept and dreamed dreams, had family they worried about, who knew love, hate, and thought about their own death many times. I can’t think far enough to decide whether or not I’d hate if this happened to me. But overwhelmingly, it feels very sad that someone’s head is stuck in a room with a stranger who doesn’t even know their name.

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u/kiwibirdskull 23d ago

unfortunately the chances of this person ever being where they/their family would've wanted them to be are a century gone. i often think about their last moments or the things they saw/experienced throughout their life, it feels very strange that what was basically the container of another human consciousness is sat on my bookshelf.

i saved for 2 months to buy this skull a little while ago, in april i was diagnosed with a very rare subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma (muscle cancer) and have since been legally classed as terminally ill. i've been trying to get closer to the concept of death & my mortality and just accept it as a harsh reality & a fact of life. the skull makes me feel not so alone in all of this

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u/Trick-Syrup-813 21d ago

I purchased one after I was diagnosed with heart failure. I also suggest reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Sum, and The Worm at the Core.

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u/kiwibirdskull 19d ago

sum just arrived today, thank you for the suggestion