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      Random Tripping Experiences

      I'm sure I've posted this once/twice but I never got any good feedback, so I posting again. Basically this thing happened to me approximately 5 times over the course of a month (around 1.5 years ago).

      I was doing something mentally challenging (programming or taking a test for example) and then within about 20 seconds the world around me sped up. Everything was loud and I was extremely alert. In some cases, my thoughts would echo in my head with the voice of demons (low, loud). For example, when I was taking the test, it was really quiet in the room, yet I could easily hear every tap of a pencil and rustle of paper. The algebra in my head was screamed at me in a scary voice. After a few minutes it would go away.

      I still haven't figured out what happened during these random experiences. Please help!

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      No no no no no.

      Please...no.


      This is something phychological, not paranormal.

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      Could be that you experienced non-ordinary reality or and altered induced state for a short time.

      It happens, just random so move on. If happens often you may want to consider a medical opinion.

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      Yea, but 5 times in a month. After that it never happened again.

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      Were you sleep deprived at the time? Stressing a LOT about the test or activity?
      If you were sleep deprived, it was likely a hallucination. If it was stress alone, it could have been a form of anxiety attack or disassociation.
      When I disassociate the world around me takes on a very "unreal" quality. I'll have the sensation of constant "premonitions" and I'll temporarily confuse things I've dreampt about to real events. For me disassociation is often combined with sleep deprivation and I'll hallucinate to a very minor extent as well (mostly visual, but sometimes auditory too) My brain has a harder time connecting the realities of the bigger picture, typical "eyes playing tricks on" me sort of things. One day I was driving to the Arby's drive-through and I PERFECTLY saw a man in his truck with a beautiful polmeranian (sp) dog on his lap. I wanted a second look and found it wasn't a dog at all but the wrapper from his sandwhich which was somewhat folded and had sunlight glinting off of it.
      Another time, years ago, I heard, felt and saw the roof of a Church I was in fall down on top of everyone when no such thing had happened.

      The mind can play serious tricks on our senses if we're overly tired or stressed about something and such episodes (for me anyhow) usually do come in waves. I can be perfectly fine for months or years on end, then have a month where my reality is questionable.
      If it happens again to where it disrupts your life, you should see a doctor. But it is likely nothing serious.

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      Random tripping sucks, seriously what was Sakurai thinking?

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      You tend to notice many, many details of your environment all at once, and hear inner voices. Hm. I have an idea.

      Does this hinder your performance, at all?
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      Demons playing tricks on your mind.

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      Someone may wanna move this to Sleep and Health

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      Quote Originally Posted by Shift View Post
      Someone may wanna move this to Sleep and Health
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      I know what you mean Zhaylin, but no, there was no stress or sleep deprivation. I was actually kind of laughing, because I was perfectly normal right before it happened.

      And Abra, it slightly hindered my performance because I was so surprised at what was going on. The only trouble I had was getting up to turn in my math test because I felt like I was making a lot of noise and moving really fast when I wasn't.

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      Another simple explanation for the out of time and speeding feelings could be vertigo. If you rose or sat or quickly switched from one position to another. I've never had any auditory annoyances with vertigo though. But if both your blood sugar and your blood pressure were out of whack, it could have contributed.

      It still sounds a LOT like a panic attack to me though. On closer introspection I found that sounds ARE magnified when I'm having one. The thing that truly sucks the most about my attacks is that they can come on with very ferrocious (sp!!) intensity, very quickly, and for NO APPARENT REASON. I can be thoroughly enjoying myself and still trigger an attack.

      Do you (or were you then) experiencing performance anxiety? Do crowds make you uncomfortable?
      I was researching something a while back and I'll be darned if I can't remember the specifics, but it was regarding sensitivity to sound and perceived chaos.
      My husband is literally a brilliant man but he cannot tolerate certain frequencies of sound. Restaurants where many people are talking at once and the accustics aren't properly muted will cause him to actually leave.... But that doesn't really fit with a one time event as in your case.

      Was anything else going on in your life? Were you fighting a sickness or infection, for instance?

      This is most curious

      A lot of times, throughout my life, people have accused me of being a hypercondriact (sp!) because I ask a lot of questions. If I have a headache, for example, I'm not satisfied with: "Here, take a tylenol and it will go away." I want to know what caused it to begin with and why because I'm fascinated with the way our body and mind works

      I hope you find a satisfying answer for your mystery.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Zhaylin View Post
      Another simple explanation for the out of time and speeding feelings could be vertigo. If you rose or sat or quickly switched from one position to another. I've never had any auditory annoyances with vertigo though. But if both your blood sugar and your blood pressure were out of whack, it could have contributed.

      Nope, most of the time I was sitting and it happened before I stood up. My blood sugar/pressure is fine.

      It still sounds a LOT like a panic attack to me though. On closer introspection I found that sounds ARE magnified when I'm having one. The thing that truly sucks the most about my attacks is that they can come on with very ferrocious (sp!!) intensity, very quickly, and for NO APPARENT REASON. I can be thoroughly enjoying myself and still trigger an attack.

      I've never had a "panic attack", so I wouldn't know. I wasn't panicking though.

      Do you (or were you then) experiencing performance anxiety? Do crowds make you uncomfortable?
      I was researching something a while back and I'll be darned if I can't remember the specifics, but it was regarding sensitivity to sound and perceived chaos.
      My husband is literally a brilliant man but he cannot tolerate certain frequencies of sound. Restaurants where many people are talking at once and the accustics aren't properly muted will cause him to actually leave.... But that doesn't really fit with a one time event as in your case.

      Most of the time when it happened was when I was in a fairly quiet situation (doing some coding on my computer all alone) or moderately quiet (taking a test).

      Was anything else going on in your life? Were you fighting a sickness or infection, for instance?

      Nope. Remember it happened several times over a month. No sickness, as far as I remember, nothing was stressful in my life at the time.

      This is most curious

      A lot of times, throughout my life, people have accused me of being a hypercondriact (sp!) because I ask a lot of questions. If I have a headache, for example, I'm not satisfied with: "Here, take a tylenol and it will go away." I want to know what caused it to begin with and why because I'm fascinated with the way our body and mind works

      I hope you find a satisfying answer for your mystery.
      I bolded my answers ^ .

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      Come to think of it, I've tried something like this, like suddenly everything is a lot louder. It goes away after maybe 20 seconds, and I don't have any of mind stuff with thoughts getting at me.

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      ME ME ME! Happens during SAT's. It's seriously amazing
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      schizophrenia maybe with the hearing voices?

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      previously posted a very insightful but completly pointless reply

      i retract

      Last edited by dreamingofdreaming; 03-14-2009 at 03:39 AM.

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      I don't think LD'ing is involved with it for me. I've never had a lucid dream.

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      I've had this same feeling throughout my life, but mostly when I'm using the restroom (#2) . Anyway, it feels like everything around me speeds up for a brief amount of time and sound morphs in a weird way. What you described seems to match it pretty well. It's almost the kind of feeling when I enter sleep paralysis. I'll also rarely get it at other times, but it doesn't seem to have to do with anything mentally challenging like you mention.

      I've always thought of it as my brain slowing down briefly for one reason or another. I came to this conclusion because it seemed to me that if my brain slowed down, then everything around me would appear to speed up. No clue what it is though or why it happens.

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      Quote Originally Posted by John11 View Post
      I've had this same feeling throughout my life, but mostly when I'm using the restroom (#2) . Anyway, it feels like everything around me speeds up for a brief amount of time and sound morphs in a weird way. What you described seems to match it pretty well. It's almost the kind of feeling when I enter sleep paralysis. I'll also rarely get it at other times, but it doesn't seem to have to do with anything mentally challenging like you mention.

      I've always thought of it as my brain slowing down briefly for one reason or another. I came to this conclusion because it seemed to me that if my brain slowed down, then everything around me would appear to speed up. No clue what it is though or why it happens.
      That makes sense, I still have no clue why it would happen.

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      If you don't believe in anything paranormal, then you have two choices:
      1) Ignore it
      2) Seek professional help

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