Altered States of Consciousness Can Distort Time, And Nobody Knows Why

Altered States of Consciousness Can Distort Time, And Nobody Knows Why

We all know that time seems to pass at different speeds in different situations.

Time Expansion Experiences (TEEs) can occur in an accident or emergency situation: in those moments, time seems to expand or slow down in many orders of magnitude. An increasing body of research concludes that about 85% of people have had at least one such experience in their lives. These are altered states of consciousness, in which the seconds can spread in minutes at subjective level.

Altered States of Consciousness Can Distort Time, And Nobody Knows Why : ScienceAlert – Monkey Viral

We all know that time seems to pass at different speeds in different situations. For example, time appears to go slowly when we travel to unfamiliar places. A week in a foreign country seems much longer than a week at home. Time also seems to pass slowly when we are bored, or in pain. It […]