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I’ve had a gun at me point blank and my time perception changed completely. I could slowly take my time to figure out the best strategy and it helped me to esca
by aoner 8y ago
I’ve had a gun at me point blank and my time perception changed completely. I could slowly take my time to figure out the best strategy and it helped me to escape. I think 3 seconds of time felt around 20 seconds. The experience is called tachypshycia and I think some people doing lsd also experience something similar ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachypsychia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachypsychia ).
It happens during our fight or flight response probably due to a combination of high levels of dopamine and norepinephrin.
- locusm 8y agoIn 1988 I had a Spanish Military police team wake me up (in a camper van) and point their automatic rifles at us. I know exactly what you mean.
- jessaustin 8y agoI experienced this the first time I shot a deer with a bow. I swear the arrow took 5 seconds to get there.
- ganeshkrishnan 8y agoWhy would you shoot animals with an arrow? Sounds unnecessarily cruel to me
- sawjet 8y agoIt's possible he lives somewhere where firearms are heavily restricted. Or for noise reasons (close to a city/hearing preservation)
- jessaustin 8y agoIt would be crueler to butcher or consume them without killing them first? I'm not sure what you're looking for, here. We were talking about tachypsychia.