Ive lost all sense of time existing

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13 Jan 2016, 1:58 pm

Like as if my sense of time existing has gone. Like all moments are the same point in time. That time really is an illusion.
I feel like this on odd occasions and wonder why. Apparently there is nothing physically wrong with my brain and i dont have any mental illness. Does anyone else get this? Is it an aspie thing? I dont do drugs either but what people talk of ego loss seems close-ish to what im feeling. I do get time back and im normal again but its a little unnerving... I tried going for a walk to the shop and chores but not changing anything.

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13 Jan 2016, 2:11 pm

Starfoxx wrote:

Well Einstein did say time was an illusion. I have a pretty hard time wrapping my head around what that actually means so it's hard for me to imagine exactly how you're feeling. It's very interesting though.

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13 Jan 2016, 2:42 pm

Have you ever seen "Groundhog Day?"

If I were in your situation, I'd just look at a calendar--or even my computer screen.

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13 Jan 2016, 2:44 pm

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Like as if my sense of time existing has gone. Like all moments are the same point in time. That time really is an illusion.
I feel like this on odd occasions and wonder why. Apparently there is nothing physically wrong with my brain and i don't have any mental illness. Does anyone else get this? Is it an Aspie thing? I don't do drugs either but what people talk of ego loss seems close-ish to what I'm feeling. I do get time back and I'm normal again but its a little unnerving... I tried going for a walk to the shop and chores but not changing anything.

Yes, it's an Autism thing, and quite a lot of us experience some form of time distortion, the sensation can range anywhere from pleasantly euphoric, strangely bewildering, and horrifically unsettling. You and I both experience relatively tame versions of it, but for others it can be quite horrific...

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13 Jan 2016, 2:53 pm

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Starfoxx wrote:

Like as if my sense of time existing has gone. Like all moments are the same point in time. That time really is an illusion.
I feel like this on odd occasions and wonder why. Apparently there is nothing physically wrong with my brain and i don't have any mental illness. Does anyone else get this? Is it an Aspie thing? I don't do drugs either but what people talk of ego loss seems close-ish to what I'm feeling. I do get time back and I'm normal again but its a little unnerving... I tried going for a walk to the shop and chores but not changing anything.

Gosh that sucks. If other ppl feel like this worse perhaps thats one reason why some with severe autism hurt themselves or stim a lot.

I think maybe its because today i learnt some new information that conflicted with what i knew before. Almost everytime ive felt like this its because of something strange happening even if its not always bad. :S since i was a kid i had episodes like this but im not afraid now because i know i go back to normal.

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13 Jan 2016, 2:56 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

Have you ever seen "Groundhog Day?"

If I were in your situation, I'd just look at a calendar--or even my computer screen.

I Havent seen that movie. It doesnt change by looking at a calendar or anything, i think i must just wait, but thankfully im starting to feel normal again now.

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13 Jan 2016, 3:00 pm

Ah, I found it...

viewtopic.php?t=302120

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13 Jan 2016, 3:11 pm

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Ah, I found it...

viewtopic.php?t=302120

Woah thats a whole lot more strange. I dont think i could deal with that.

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13 Jan 2016, 3:26 pm

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Whoa that's a whole lot more strange. I don't think i could deal with that.

Yes, well, I did say that ours was a "relatively tame" version of it, Judas' version is about middle of the road, it's also uniquely altered by the kind of Autism he has.

People with Autism can experience a sensation that feels like time itself has actually stopped, but of course time doesn't really stop, it's just perceived as such. So when someone with Autism feels that time as stopped, and that they're able to fully interact with frozen people/objects as though they were frozen in time, well then they've entered the world of the Little Dreamer, my world; Sadly not all sunshine and rainbows, though you to eat as much as you like without ever gaining any weight.

Thankfully, I've never experienced a time freeze.

Going by what you said to Wolfie, I'm guess that this isn't chronic for you, and was in fact a singular experience?

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13 Jan 2016, 3:37 pm

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Starfoxx wrote:

Whoa that's a whole lot more strange. I don't think i could deal with that.

Your right for me its not a chronic thing, on and off throughout my life.

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13 Jan 2016, 6:01 pm

Sounds kinda cool if it happened at brief intervals, and if you could snap back to normal (which thankfully you do do).

I'm imagining you going into a meditative state, and then this things happens to you that you're suddenly standing "outside of time", or time becomes like space ( a landscape that you can check out by turning your head rather than having to live in linearally one moment at a time).

But what would really be interesting would be if you could then see all moments in this landscape- and it would include moments the future. So when you snap back to normal you will have some glimpses of the future. And you could then bet on powerball!

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13 Jan 2016, 7:12 pm

This only happens to me when I'm either half-asleep or dreaming.

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13 Jan 2016, 8:08 pm

Happens to me sometimes. And it seems random, meaning I don't know why, or how. Sometimes, I don't know when. But never as severe. As a child, I asked what such things are about, but no ones able to answer it.

It's really interesting. I kinda seek to control mine.

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14 Jan 2016, 6:24 am

I have heard that difficulty in keeping track of things like time and location is common in autism (at least in more pronounced/severe autism like mine) and is one of the things that causes stimming. I personally have extensive difficulty in those areas.

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14 Jan 2016, 7:31 am

I don't mind it when this happens to me, but it never lasts long. I suppose if it lasted a long time, I might be unnerved. I always feel deeply connected, spiritually and philosophically, when it happens.

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14 Jan 2016, 5:19 pm

Starfoxx wrote:

I also feel that time doesn't exist.
I feel better when i have to go to work or have appointments. It gives time some kind of social reality.
When i don't "have to" stick to a schedule, i plan my activities, i make a programme for myself, even if i find it difficult.

I think that "change" is also indeed something difficult to make for Aspies, but it is possible.
Just write it in your daily programme. If you make one tiny change every day, you will be proud to see how much you have evolved in time.

After all, if a change can make you feel happier, it definitely cannot wait! :wink:

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