Seeing In Slow Motion?

[*GrumpButt*]

Ok I know everyone has had this happen at least once!

You drop something or see something, and it goes realllllllly slowly.

Ok now how does this happen?
Why does it happen?

The thing that bothers me is:

You know that that jug of milk you just dropped is really falling fast. But you see it fall slow.
And it takes forever to hit that floor.
But you KNOW that in real time it should have hit the floor already, but there it is, falling ever so slowly...
I don't understand why it takes so long to hit the floor whgen you KNOW that it should have hit already...?
Does anyone know what I am trying to say?

That and the way it speeds up after lol.

[Old Witch]

I've only had it happen once also. I was driving a mini-bus for my job and a car on the wrong side of the road came at me head on........time slowed down.....thoughts were crystal clear and it seemed I stared that driver in the face forever........

BTW, the driver swerved at the last second and he managed to miss me by inches.........

[*GrumpButt*]

Yeah that is what happens to me, but it is everytime i drop something lol.
Or something major like what you said lol.

[Klucky]

That's happened to me three times. Once, it was when I was in the fourth grade. I had been running around the playground, and at one point I leaped into the air. Suddenly, I was there for what seemed forever. (Matrix! Whooo!)

The other time, it was last year. It's a long story, but some girl got really PO'd at me (I had been mistakened for someone else) and she decided to pick a fight with me. Now, I'm not a fighter, and my reaction time really sucks, so I didn't want anything to do with it. Nonetheless, she decided to throw a punch at me. Suddenly, her fist stopped right in front of me long enough for me to get out of the way. Her fist ended up in the brick behind me. I heard she had to get stiches or something. The people who witnessed it said it was unbelievable.

The last time was this year. I had been at a drive-in theatre, and it was still light out, so kids were running around, waiting for the movie to start. I had been walking to the snack bar, and I didn't see two kids throw a frisbee right at my head. Time slowed, and it missed me by only millimeters.

Bottom line: I think the Gods are protecting their favourites. :lol:

-Klucky

[Flaire-FireStar]

I get that if I stop taking my meds for a few days. :bigredblu

[SnowStar]

I've had that happen, but from my perspective it seems more like I see it happen just a fraction of a second before it does, giving me just enough extra time to catch whatever is falling, or get out of the way. I then wind up for a very short moment seeing two images of the same event superimposed, one having progressed a little further than the other...it's kind of hard to explain.

I always chocked it up to the fact that I'm a klutz and needed some mechanism to counteract my clumbsiness.

[Galaxia]

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[Xander67]

I get that if I stop taking my meds for a few days. :bigredblu


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[wandering_monk]

It's something that I have had happen to me all my life from time to time. From what I have learned about it and what I can infer it's bascially a calming of the mind to a point where just about anything is possible. Sort of like Zen, when a master steps into the "near perfect state of mind". If you watch American sports you will often hear players speak about being in the zone, this is something akin to it I think.

I recall watching an interview where Michael Jordan talked about how the game seemed to slow down, but he was still moving at full speed, basically what you are saying. Also they he talk about being in the "zone" and the basketball hoop being the size of a hula-hoop to his eyes. He knew, he felt it through his body, that he could not miss.

For the eastern martial arts, at least the spiritual aspect, that moment has been described as when the mind, body, and spirit all become one to function in perfect unison. Its an incrediable feeling to touch upon that even if it is only for a moment or two. ~grins~ Heck, its something some people strive to be able to do at will, I only know of one person who could come close to bringing it about and he was a sweet little old man from Japan whose family had been passing down instructions in martial arts for such a length of time that it is amazing.

My personal goal is to be able to seize the power of that moment whenever it occurs next, but I have brushed upon touching it before it is was something I am not sure if I can describe. ~thinks about it~ I think you have inspired me, I think I will ponder that slowing moment and the feelings contained there in that moment. When I can put things into words I will post them at the site in case anyone is interested.

Thanks again White Dragon! :fpoke: you from afar!

[Xentor]

I think the slowing down is a brain function that kicks in the moment something profound happens. Like when getting hit by a car, or dropping a vase. If that is the case, it should also be possible to train it and bring it about at will.

Question is, does the slowing down mean that you have more time to react, or do you other actions appear slowed down as well?

Some brain scientist may be able to provide a solution.

[DarkSidhe]

Einstien proved that time is relative. String Theory seeks to prove that Space is relative as well. It goes along with the whole "time flies when you're having fun" and seems to drag on and on when you are bored. According to Relativity, Time slows down as you approach the Speed of Light. My theory is that when certain acts occur, your brain, through increased influx of Adrenaline and other such hormones, speeds up, and the simple act of an increased speed in brain activity between synapses actually warp time around you, at the same time, the increased neuro-speed makes everything else 'seem' slower. I think there are points where time doesn't need to matter, and therefore it doesn't matter. Optionally, I could just be full of it, and really tired.