Time stopping

derpif · 09-25-2009, 09:54 AM

Hi,
I wonder if our deception of time is created by the speed of thought.

A few years back I was in a terrible car accident. I don`t want to go into details here. What happened in essence was that my life flashed in front of my eyes in a fraction of a second. This short moment felt like an eternity.

I experienced a similar phenomenon when I experimented with a particular mind altering substance. During the experience I got under the impression that I would never reach baseline again and panicked. I was cought in a thought loop for the next hours only able to think 'what happens to me,what happens to me,what happens to me ...'. I started to watch the clock and the seconds went by so unbelievably slow. It was pure horror. The experience lasted for 12 hours but felt like 12 days.

I believe our brain is capable of working at much greater speeds in moment of great stress and that this creates the experience of time slowing down.

So if we could create this effect artifically would we be able to move faster?

Any thoughts?

09-25-2009, 09:54 AM	#1
derpif Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Göttingen/Germany Posts: 39	Time stopping Hi, I wonder if our deception of time is created by the speed of thought. A few years back I was in a terrible car accident. I don`t want to go into details here. What happened in essence was that my life flashed in front of my eyes in a fraction of a second. This short moment felt like an eternity. I experienced a similar phenomenon when I experimented with a particular mind altering substance. During the experience I got under the impression that I would never reach baseline again and panicked. I was cought in a thought loop for the next hours only able to think 'what happens to me,what happens to me,what happens to me ...'. I started to watch the clock and the seconds went by so unbelievably slow. It was pure horror. The experience lasted for 12 hours but felt like 12 days. I believe our brain is capable of working at much greater speeds in moment of great stress and that this creates the experience of time slowing down. So if we could create this effect artifically would we be able to move faster? Any thoughts?