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I thought that was the explanation. Your brain has a normal data per unit time ratio, and in these stressful situation it ends up recording much more than norm
by Splines 16y ago
I thought that was the explanation. Your brain has a normal data per unit time ratio, and in these stressful situation it ends up recording much more than normal. Since you're used to a certain data/time ratio, it feels like everything happened in slow-motion.
- raquo 16y agoIt also works on a larger time scale. When I was working 9-to-6, weeks passed like days. Now that I'm on my own, time passes much slower because there's so much different stuff you have to do and learn every day.
- jacquesm 16y agoSitting in a dentists chair makes minutes seem like hours, sitting on a couch chatting with an attractive member of the opposite sex makes hours seem like minutes. Mortgages make months shorter and years longer. Time is pretty weird, our perception of it changes all the time depending on the circumstances, it shouldn't be a surprise that extreme circumstances change our perception of time in an extreme way.