perception of time

[JimProdz]

Does anyone have any examples from the internet of people who, for example, "perceive" themselves as spending "more than one year" staying at the same age?

I'm interested because I believe similar phenomena exist.

[Bubble Wrap]

Originally Posted by JimProdz

Does anyone have any examples from the internet of people who, for example, "perceive" themselves as spending "more than one year" staying at the same age?

I'm interested because I believe similar phenomena exist.

theirs plenty of examples. When I was studying schizophrenia in my psychology class. They'll think they've had the disorder for three years when they've actually had it for 20

[JimProdz]

There could be a couple of explanations there BubbleWrap: either they don't believe in their diagnosis for their first 17 years of it... or perhaps something went wrong with the memory.

But what you said seems to display an example of perceiving yourself to have had less time than you've actually had...I was looking for examples of people who think, for example, "the period 2006 to 2007 keeps repeating on me!" or something like that. But thanks anyway for the insight.

[Dustwave]

Interesting i read this now as i just watched The Butterfly Effect (again).

[DJ_Serg]

there is a phenomenon where a person just doesn't age. The scary part of it is that at some point in time they will age abruptly. It usually happens within a day if not 6-8 hours. This also leaves them with a crap load of health problems because while they are amazed that they're so hyper and active, they're essentially overworking their body and developing heart problems and etc etc etc.

[JimProdz]

This timeline suggests the theory of a loop. This is clearly the main loop but in turn gives rise to the idea of this loop possibly occurring on a smaller scale... loops within the main loop in other words. Dr Who meets reality in the minds of some, it appears.

[Onitam]

when did time begin ?

[fugue]

Originally Posted by Onitam

when did time begin ?

That's a nonsensical question because time didn't exist prior to time beginning. So you can't answer with something like "just after God decided to prevent everything from happening at once" because obviously there was no time for God to make such a decision.

[Dustwave]

Originally Posted by fugue

That's a nonsensical question because time didn't exist prior to time beginning. So you can't answer with something like "just after God decided to prevent everything from happening at once" because obviously there was no time for God to make such a decision.

So then, what caused time to "begin". There has to be something, even if it can't be explained rationally.

[fugue]

Originally Posted by Dustwave

So then, what caused time to "begin". There has to be something, even if it can't be explained rationally.

You can't answer that question either because causation is directly linked to the concept of time. If I told you what caused time to begin, then you could ask me what it was that caused the thing which caused time to begin, thus implying that time somehow existed prior to time beginning.

One day when I become a light beam and manage to escape this ridiculous realm of time, and when human language has invented the words to describe things more clearly, I will get back to you with a better explanation

[Onitam]

what is time ?

[fugue]

Originally Posted by Onitam

what is time ?

Time is the measure of change

[JimProdz]

Originally Posted by Onitam

when did time begin ?

Presumably it began at 0 since I can't imagine "minus" time. How could there be a year -2000 or such like?

[shahsxfx]

Wait what!?
I don't really understand your question here mate!
Are you talking about a physics issue or a psych issue.
If it's psych your looking for, then the issue would have to do with memory and some sort of memory problem where by people are unable to dissern recent memories from old memories.

[Deimya]

It is not yet clear how psychological time is related to physical, or physics time. While sometime we would (or feel) like to be able to distinguish between both, no such distinction is being done while using the physical "time" concept; it is a parameter, or better yet, a coordinate used along with spatial ones to give an invariant (read : extremely convenient) distance between "events" (with special thanks to Einstein and Poincaré).

Talking of perceiving time, or time perception, necessitate the introduction of a perceiving process, or human in this case. How this process is linked to physical time is a completely open question. Indeed, while hormonal and chemical clocks do exist in living creatures, their relation to the conscious experience of (the illusion of ?) time is also unclear (read : completely unknown).

All we have is a subjective experience which, we remember, changes. It gives one the feeling of "ongoing-ness".

edit : going back the topic, I have no idea what one year feels like for you or anybody else, so it would be hard to tell. Worse yet, I would have absolutely no way of sharing with you my impression of time.

[DJ-JIGGA_JAY]

Originally Posted by shahsxfx

Wait what!?
I don't really understand your question here mate!
Are you talking about a physics issue or a psych issue.
If it's psych your looking for, then the issue would have to do with memory and some sort of memory problem where by people are unable to dissern recent memories from old memories.

I experience this often. I am 22 and when asked how old I am will often begin to say 18. Then I remember how old I am and correct myself. I almost feel shocked at how old I am each time it happens .

So in answer to your question. Yes there is an example of that phenomenon on the internet...this post

[JimProdz]

http://realityshifters.com/pages/art...eshifting.html

This really sheds light on how time is not perceived to be as straightforward as you might think, by some people.
Presumably time shifts are revealed to the wise and restrained?

[its-exit]

I had the craziest dream the other night about time.

I kept waking up and realizing i was having this bad dream. I'd go back to sleep and wake up again. Go back to sleep up and wake up again..... each time I'd wake up I'd sit up perfectly straight....and go back to bed... over and over

It was like being stuck in a bad time loop.

When i finally woke up for real in the morning.... an idea came to me as if to free me from the time loop.

The reason we experience time is to know that we exist. Without being able to experience time in a linear way we would not know we exist.

Otherwise we'd be in a state of eternal never changing oneness.....this is why our human mind percieves "time".

Take a second to really understand that.

Can you even imagine experiencing eternalness without time?

[PhineasFreak]

judging by how long this day at work is stretching out perception of time is greatly affected by when you have lunch...

[JimProdz]

Originally Posted by PhineasFreak

judging by how long this day at work is stretching out perception of time is greatly affected by when you have lunch...

Oh so tru, Phineas, just like: time passing slower when you're waiting for a bus than when you're playing your favourite sport or something. I know what goes quicker when I'm waiting for an hour or playing tennis for an hour, it's definitely the tennis.

For real time-warping tales perhaps ask mystics, shamen etc.