05-02-2018, 02:05 PM
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Mental Time travel
I don't know if any of you experience this feeling as I sometimes do?Sometimes as I am just about to fall asleep, I can transport my thoughts back to a previous moment in my life (normally when I was a child). It's not just thinking about it, it's as though I am actually there, with sights, smell, sound and the feeling of comfort. It's very vivid but only lasts a few seconds. Then I'm back to reality.
There is a science regarding this called Chronesthesia although it includes transporting to the future which I don't believe is possible.
So, does anyone else experience this and what is it? A form of time travel or just our brain doing what it does best?
05-02-2018, 02:13 PM
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Re: Mental Time travel
Originally Posted by Mups
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That's interesting dongle.Can you do this at will, or does it happen involuntary?
It used to just happen but I have learned to control it. For instance, I can think back to a time at Christmas with Christmas trees and twinkly lights and if I am relaxed enough I can go back and feel as though I am actually there. As I say, it only lasts a few seconds.
05-02-2018, 03:35 PM
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Re: Mental Time travel
Yes it happens to me a lot . Only this week I woke in the early hours and was the little girl of 8 who was left in hospital in Aden 3000 miles from UK . My parents were forced to leave me there and came home to England they were in the RAF . The night before they left dad came to say goodbye , I was traumatised I could not speak or look at him and had turned my back as I lay in the hospital bed . When I woke the other night I was that little girl again and sobbing with grief . It soon passed . I think we are still these children who have never dealt with trauma , or with such incredible senses of experiences passed .My poor parents being forced to travel home without me , how traumatic for them . It was never talked about as I grew up and never mentioned when I was an adult . Obviously its left its mark on me somewhere deep inside
05-02-2018, 04:51 PM
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Re: Mental Time travel
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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I can do that too, Dongles, I love it ! Often make notes about it afterward.
Originally Posted by susan m
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Yes it happens to me a lot . Only this week I woke in the early hours and was the little girl of 8 who was left in hospital in Aden 3000 miles from UK . My parents were forced to leave me there and came home to England they were in the RAF . The night before they left dad came to say goodbye , I was traumatised I could not speak or look at him and had turned my back as I lay in the hospital bed . When I woke the other night I was that little girl again and sobbing with grief . It soon passed . I think we are still these children who have never dealt with trauma , or with such incredible senses of experiences passed . My poor parents being forced to travel home without me , how traumatic for them . It was never talked about as I grew up and never mentioned when I was an adult . Obviously its left its mark on me somewhere deep inside
It's always interesting to hear that others do in fact, share the same experiences and I find it is always difficult to explain things that happen within our own minds. Strangely, I don't experience any bad feelings, only good ones.
05-02-2018, 11:27 PM
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Re: Mental Time travel
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Thanks for the replies.It's always interesting to hear that others do in fact, share the same experiences and I find it is always difficult to explain things that happen within our own minds. Strangely, I don't experience any bad feelings, only good ones.
You sound as if it is more than simply remembering, it sounds quite a bit deeper than that.
It is interesting others are saying the same too.
I must ponder on this dongle. I am wondering if it is what they call 'Astral travel.'
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