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A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time

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Re: A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time

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Post by lsaferite »

Doxin wrote: post #87
elcritch wrote: post #86

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That sounds very familiar. As someone with ADHD when I get hyperfocused I can completely loose track of time. It’s a large part of why many ADHDers struggle with being on time to things. However it can be great for getting into the flow programming.

> It’s a large part of why many ADHDers struggle with being on time to things. The group of ADHDers that can be on time on the other hand will often accomplish this by spending the time up to an appointment doing nothing but worrying about being on time.

I frequently join a meeting 30m+ in advance just so I won't invariable be late when I get hyper-focused on something.

Re: A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time

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Post by lsaferite »

coldtea wrote: post #132
egeozcan wrote: post #101

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> With ADHD this is pretty much a thing. If you also get the “funzies” where you sometimes “relieve” a moment in a way that is so real that you end up speaking out loud in response to the relived memory, you should probably consider getting it looked into. Is this really a sign of ADHD? I always thought I was just a bit out there. Honestly, I'd be relieved to attribute it to something relatively common like ADHD rath…

Rehearsing and replaying conversations is common with ADHD, as is the "relieving a moment in a way that is so real that you end up speaking out loud in response to the relived memory" part.

Do internal dialog loops count in that category?

Re: A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time

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Post by Name_Chawps »

menacingly wrote: post #103

Brain issues are always so fascinating. The subjective experience is to diagnose a faulty sensor using the sensor. The brain that both I and the author agree seems to be acting up also wrote this article. Did it mess with your ability to perceive time, or alter your recollection of how you once perceived time, or alter your ability to assess your perception of time, or activate a hidden "too aware of second-order tim…

It seems like the altered time perception caused behaviors in the moment like interrupting others that can be verified by others, so probably this is not an issue with recall/ability to assess perception of time.

Re: A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

js2 wrote: post #156
mewpmewp2 wrote: post #104

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Flow happens to at least a lot of runners to be fair though. At certain distance when I'm running, it becomes very pleasurable, like you are above everything.

I've run over two dozen marathons, twice run 100 miles, and also run timed races of 24 hours and 12 hours (multiple times). I'm a decent runner, having run the Boston Marathon 5 times. I've never really experienced anything like what they're describing with Diane Van Deren. I'm not sure I've ever really experienced what folks refer to as the runner's high either. At best, I can say that there are times that my runnin…

It usually happens to me at around 8km. I get inspiring thoughts, feel like I can achieve anything and at this point I would definitely not want to stop running. Maybe it could be similar to ADHD medicine then.

You have ran some very impressive distances though.

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Post by causi »

coldtea wrote: post #129
causi wrote: post #125

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One of the more terrifying books ever written, if nothing else for the fact it opens one to the possibility we may all have such disorders on a species-wide level. What if there are things none of us allow ourselves to perceive?

How would that be terrifying? After learning it, it would still be the same exact world as was before we learned about it.

You don't find the idea the world might work in ways we specifically will never, can never, comprehend doesn't frighten you at all? The fact it isn't strictly impossible there could be something right in front of your face and you would never know it?

Re: A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time

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Post by precompute »

vctrnk wrote: post #159
HenrikB wrote: post #108

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That type of synesthesia is referred to as Number Forms ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_form ). I read a long time ago that it's quite common, like 1 in 7 people got it. Some people don't even know they have it. I always had it as far as I can recall, but it wasn't until my mid 20s, when I stumbled upon a picture, that I reflected on it and the fact that not everyone sees number forms.

Oh wow. Count me in on the I didn't know I had that! camp. When younger I struggled horribly with ALL things math, and to this day still do. OTOH I've always had a knack for DIY involving measurements: lenghts, rythms, quantities, sizes, you name it. I just invoke my own "dynamic mind ruler" for the task at hand and usually get it right 1st try. Cooking something new? I intuitively know the proper amount of ingredien…

Are you left-handed?

Re: A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time

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Post by jaakl »

I remember serious time slowdown - eg distortion of sound pitch, just like with slowed down grammaphone with overuse of cannabis back in the university times. It was interesting, but not pleasant. But I guess thats quite common thing for many drugs. Later on I have thought-trained myself to think of time of something arbitrary - I can more-less think of future and past to anytime I wish to. So distant pleasant memories are just as 5 min ago, and something unpleasant is consciously very far in past. It is like being able to time-travel, and it can be quite inspiring and revealing thing. Can be confusing also, I can see and feel myself as 25 years younger (as 20yr old) anytime, but the others probably dont.

Re: A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time

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Post by fallingfrog »

The last paragraph where she describes her life six years later is pretty much exactly what adhd is like.

“I use to-do lists to keep myself on track. I triple-check the rehearsal dates on emails I send my students to make sure I haven’t listed the wrong day or month, although sometimes mistakes still slip through. I also sometimes struggle to remember how far back events in my past happened. I’ll catch myself wondering if I had the oil in my car changed three months ago or a year ago.”

I’ve always regarded the ability to remember when the last oil change or when you registered your car was to be some kind of exotic magic trick that everyone but me can do, like I’m living in a world full of savants with abilities I’ll never have.

My biggest problem on the job is that I don’t really have any sense of how things take; I work on something for as long as it stays interesting or until it’s done. My project time estimates are hilariously bad. I have no idea how long it took me to do something after the fact, until I get congratulated or reprimanded by my boss.

For me, it’s kind of like being colorblind and being told I’m stupid my whole life because I can’t separate the red m&ms from the brown ones.

They’re all brown to me!

Re: A brain injury removed my ability to perceive time

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Post by fragmede »

LoganDark wrote: post #49
throwaway47bs6 wrote: post #46

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Ahem. That's what yours is. Mine is straight-up time defiance. I stopped caring about clocks and deadlines. You speak for yourself: attentional difference is a cluster, not a fixed set of symptoms and behaviours. Another example, I'm not short of motivation. It's just there are so many interesting things to work on.

> That's what yours is. No, it's not just what mine is. It agrees with the clinical definition of ADHD, with the experiences of all who I have spoken to about it, including many friends, with multiple[0] articles[1] describing[2] the disorder[3], and so on. Your time defiance is a symptom of a deeper problem. While I can't guarantee it's the exact same problem that I have, your disorder is certainly not just "time de…

time blindness is a real problem! it's not all of the problem, but it's a problem.
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