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Yeah the "meat suit" comment makes me think some kind of dysmorphia or something , that's friggin weird man. Our meat suits are how we experience the universe and they profoundly impact our state of mind and being. To deny it demonstrates a very odd disconnect from reality.
I think the OP was being dramatic for emphasis with the "meat suit" comment. That said, I'm guessing that you're younger than me or have few health complaints. Not casting shade, but it's not exactly uncommon for people as they age to start feeling a mind-body disconnect. For example, my mind says, "I can redo my own roof!!!" and my knees say, "hahahaha foolish hu-mon," (they're Ferengi knees) "we will randomly dislocate your kneecaps the moment you get up there and you fall to your death." I'm not saying I think I have a "meat suit" every day, but there are definitely stretches of weeks when my body is having a spell that I definitely feel that way.