It is a much-lamented fact that time seems to move faster as we age. However, what accounts for this phenomenon? In today's episode, I discuss my pet theory on the subject, namely: the perception of the rate of time is inversely correlated with the expenditure of cognitive resources. This means that time seems to move slower when we engage in bottom-up processing, and faster when we engage in top-down processing. Of course, the "movement" of time is an illusion, but that's the subject of another video... Social Media Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090053889622 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/orion-taraban-070b45168/ Instagram: instagram.com/psyc.hacks Twitter: twitter.com/oriontaraban Website: oriontarabanpsyd.com Thinking of going to grad school? Check out STELLAR, my top-rated GRE self-study program based on the world's only empirically-validated test prep system. Use the code "PSYCH" for 10% off all membership plans: stellargre.com. GRE Bites: www.youtube.com/@grebites4993 Become a Psychonaut and join PsycHack's member community: kzread.info/dron/SduXBjCHkLoo_y9ss2xzXw.htmljoin Book a paid consultation: oriontarabanpsyd.com/consultations Sponsor an episode: oriontarabanpsyd.com/sponsor-an-episode Sound mixing/editing by @valntinomusic. Presented by Orion Taraban, Psy.D. PsycHacks provides viewers with a brief, thought-provoking video several days a week on a variety of psychological topics, inspired by his clinical practice. The intention is for the core idea contained within each video to inspire viewers to see something about themselves or their world in a slightly different light. The ultimate mission of the channel is to reduce the amount of unnecessary suffering in the world. #time #psychology #perception

@evenesteven8917

Жыл бұрын

Time is a measure of movement, hence of becoming. Why is there becoming? Because every potential being is entirely relative to a being in act which it is attracted to, and that it is through becoming that being in potency meets being in act. Therefore, not only being in potency is not being, rather a modality of being, the most tenuous at that, it is not anymore becoming. However, it is through becoming that being in potency attains its end by joining being in act. It follows that being in act is anterior to being in potency from the point of view of perfection, which is the inverse of the (genetic) viewpoint of becoming, where being in potency precedes being in act. I thus conclude that being is anterior to becoming, and that becoming only exists through being, which manifests itself through the present moment, since only the present moment exists, for neither the past nor the future exist. The present moment is the victory of Act over Potency, thus of Being over Becoming... an ephemeral victory at that.

@Spaceytig3r

Жыл бұрын

you are the best psychologist I have every seen, all your contents are so original and interesting

@pezeron24

Жыл бұрын

How come people who had a near-death experience often claim that "life flashed in front of their eyes", which seems to suggest a time acceleration, not a slowing of time, as you experienced?

This is an important video for me because as a 50+ years old I feel time is slipping away too fast.

Do less, do it more dangerously. Got it! Apart from jokes, I think Orion is right again.

This is why I love riding my motorcycle. It forces you to be hyper aware. You are completely in the moment while simultaneously feeling free. That's why they call it wind therapy lol.

So lack of curiosity and lack of goals = going through the motion

"Business will make life pass you by." I need to hear that.

We need a book recommendations video Orion

When I started to focus on discovering new forms of novelty, I found that my perception of time slowed down. Every year became distinctly different and now instead of 3 years feeling like it's not that long ago. 3 years feels like it was ages ago.

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

Ultimately, everything is new.

Some years ago I lived in the Philippines for six months... Well, I'm still talking about it almost every day. The experience was so alien and it forced so much to go outside my zone of comfort, that those months are remembered as if it was another entire life. I guess that's why everyone seems obsessed with traveling, but doing it as a tourist for some weeks pales in comparison to the expat experience, really. I hope to repeat it if I manage to build up my finances.

This applies not only to time but also to space. Distances seem to decrease the more often we cross them. The first time you go from A to B, it takes a certain amount of time. This time gets shorter the second time, and ever shorter.

Interesting perspective. It contradicts my theory that the realization that the end of our ultimate resource, time, brings more awareness to its passage. Much like a roll of toilet paper, at the start the passing sheets seem to fly by nearly without notice. Only near the end do we notice how little is left and how valuable it is.

You just explained why when I was in a place learning a new culture and a new language everything cognitively was much different. I caught so many details of everything i was going through.

I loved this episode. You reminded me of a book I read ten years ago, there was advice on how to test your memory. It sounded like this: When you ride the bus, wait until the doors open, everyone gets out, and when they start to close, put your head in them so that the door will get stuck and you can look out. You will be surprised how much you will remember from that ride. Time will slow down because it is an unusual experience and you will remember the faces of surprised people who will look at you on the street while the bus is driving. You will also remember many things and events that you saw while driving, which a person would not notice at all during normal driving. What color was which house, what was displayed in the shops where. Who was wearing what on the street...

I also find we pay more attention when we are on vacation somewhere new. We absorb new sounds, smells, and different cultures help with the bottom-up processing

So the longer we live the less novel the world becomes and thus the less "new" there is to experience? Time perception = perception of newness? It's a pretty good theory! I always thought of it this way: When we become 1 year old, each month is 1/12 of our entire life. When we are 99 years old, each month is 1/1888 of our life. Therefore, time becomes less meaningful, even by purely numerical measures and thus each passing minute becomes less and less significant to the psyche.

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

That's the worst theory of time there is.

Agree! If I'm running late for something, the more I rush and stress, the quicker time goes. The more I relax and stop rushing, the slower time goes, and lo and behold, I get there on time!

Makes me realize why kids usually want to be 'older', and conversely more wise folks ;) want to be younger. I guess Carpe Diem is of essence no matter how far along we are on the age spectrum. Your mention of mindfulness makes me want to hear more on that topic if at all possible. Of course, I have heard the term used a lot, but could use a practical application of it to life. Thank you for the video, Dr.O! Glad you made it out of the River, too 🙏.

@SmileyEmoji42

Жыл бұрын

But if we were to go back in time to our youth but with our adult knowledge we would find it incredibly boring because we've already done that stuff

@Heallove24

Жыл бұрын

@@SmileyEmoji42 I suppose but I would be better prepared to deal with some negative encounters that I had in my youth. In other words, I feel much wiser now.

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

I never wanted to be older.

A long time ago I was driving on a highway where it had recently rained and it was super busy, the cars were jammed in like sardines, zipping along at high speeds. I was in the leftmost lane, with a cement divider separating us from the traffic coming the other direction. As we came upon a curve in the road, my car hydroplaned. Surely it couldn't have been more than a few seconds at most, but boy oh boy did it feel like forever. All the information I had ever heard about how to position your tires, I had all the time in the world to think about and prepare my tires for the resumption of traction. Obviously I survived, but despite the heavy traffic and divider, I came out of it completely unscathed. I had my tires positioned correctly and was ready for the jerk that was coming and executed the recovery perfectly. And then worked my way over to the far right lane and drove extra slow and white-knuckled the rest of the way :-P

At last a video that doesn't bang on about relationships!! Hallelujah!

@KD400_

Жыл бұрын

What's wrong with that.

@Shifft-This

Жыл бұрын

Since how we interact with people around us is such a large part of experiencing life, it isn't surprising that a Psychologist would focus on relationships and interactions with other people. Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Most of that study is how the mind and behavior changes in relation to other people.

@KD400_

Жыл бұрын

@@Shifft-This they r just bored of the videos lol. But truth can be boring

Interesting and insightful video. I agree with most of it, but I think the near death experiences constitute a more unique instance. The "super slow" time perception is probably largely due to huge dumps of dopamine and epinephrine secretion ... to "deal with" an emergency situation. It "feels like" (Bro Science) a situation in which there is no free lunch, and you have to "pay the piper" later for the short-term superpower. I have been in such situations (numerous times) and felt like garbage / adrenergic / hypoglycemic / fatigue after the fact. I suspect these situations might actually be life-shortening if you experience them too frequently. While we might endeavour to be more mindful and "in the moment" so that we can enjoy life and smell the roses ... I'm not sure I'd recommend willfully engaging in super stressful scenarios (which probably go beyond the "responsible injection of danger" you mention). Just a thought.

Yes, I feel like time moves quickly, especially when I'm busy. Thanks for sharing!

I would only add, that the more new experiences you have in your life, the longer it seems to be. Last few years of mariage seemed to me that time flew by at lightspeed. Now, divorced, doing lots of new things, meeting lots of new people, going places...time just slowed x4 for me 😁😁💐

This phenomenon is pretty clear in tabletop roleplaying games. Some people "play" them as a conversation or a board game, constantly asking questions out of character, rolling dice for everything, etc., and to them, it will always feel like a few hours, that's it. But if you stay in character, describe your actions, and deal with the outcome of those actions, it will literally feels as if you have embarked on an amazing journey for several days, when in fact, only 2 hours have passed.

Havent been able to go in a couple years because I'm broke, but skydiving makes you feel this. I was doing "accelerated freefall" training or AFF. The 2 minutes of freefall feels like 10 minutes, and the 5 minutes of piloting your canopy feels like 20. Its a blast. This is also good motivation to get some cold approach in.

Good video. I think it's simply because the more you live, the less stuff you find new, so most or your time is spent on things you already know. To kids, every day is like being in Disneyland because even mundane things are spectacular and new. To make better use of time, do as many new things as possible and time will feel that it passes slower because lots of new memories will be generated.

@eladbari

Жыл бұрын

Spot on..we grow old and get apathetic towards our surroundings, so we take things for granted, so there are no new highlights in our lives.

I love how the vast majority of your videos causes so many reflections for me. Thank you for your work doc. You change lives for the better 🎉

Can confirm. Time slows down when I keep my brain healthy and it functions at higher speeds. Having a greater depth of thought and more thoughts per second really makes it feel slower. As a result, 5 years feels like a lifetime to me but only yesterday to my parents who are much more "routine oriented" and aren't constantly thinking about the stuff I think about that eats up a lot of cognition.

Sounds like a good hypothesis. Adults are far busier and more distracted by other chores and responsibilities. We are trying to assess situations as efficiently as possible.

As a Yoga instructor this rings true. Staying in long holds, or 10 min of meditation can seem much longer. I also feel like having novel experiences can make it seem like you've had way more time than you actually did.

This feels so much more plausible than the relative-to-proportion-of-life-lived explanation that we always hear

And def! Mindfulness and novelty is the key to slowing the time down! Thank you for the video, it really is a synchronized answer to my thoughts this week…. It’s June already after all 😮

Loved the articulation Doc. Fewer breaths and fewer heartbeats = longer , healthy and fulfilling life.

@radoslavtoth391

Жыл бұрын

can you please explain to me, why is longer, healthy and fulfilling life? I dont get it correctly. Thank you :)

Time slows down when I travel

if your in flow state of flowing in pleasure , like when enjoying making progress, you dont pay attention to how much time is passing, so you may not notice time passing by as much. "time flies when your having fun" . memoriable experince has you enjoying it even after it happened

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

Hah, you sound so idiotic to me, I might even respond to you. 😹

I just look at it in term of percentages. When you are five years old, one year is 20% of your life. When you are fifty years old, ten years is 20% of your life. So, I think it works like this: when you are five, one year feels like what a decade feels like when you are 50.

@rumpunch4603

6 ай бұрын

I’ve looked at it this way myself for quite some time.

Phenomenally true! You have used your time wisely to be able to come up with these concepts and then explain them psychologically according to our human condition. Any true seeker cannot even debate this. Well done. I salute you❤

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

It's called truth seeker/conspiracy theorist, not true seeker. + He's wrong, it's just that busy people who do repetitive tasks on autopilot have less time because they daydream and focus entirely on thinking while completing tasks, and because those thoughts are easily forgotten, you can't remember much from this time, so it's better to only think about important things. If time acceleration were a psychological thing, we could slow down time a thousand times. Time is higher than your brain, so it's not just psychological, you can increase time absorption, but that's the limit. Time is speeding up and that is not a psychological illusion, it is time that is faster, that can hardly be denied so far. The Bible tells you exactly why time sped up in verse Matthew 24:22 King James Version "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.".

Thank you sir for your great content 🔥🙏

Just a thought, but it seems to me that the kind of boredom in marriage (that leads to divorce) that many women blame on their husbands may be attributed to this phenomenon (top down processing/ fast, routine life). Also, a solution to this boredom (and subsequent divorce) may be your video on how to make friends. Possible having new experiences with your spouse (even doing a course that leads to a qualification) would trigger bottom up processing. This would lead to a slower, more meaningful life that we feel more present in. Once again, I’m just thinking out loud here.

The superpower of slowing down time

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

Talk about it then. This video was not giving you superpowers.

It’s important to keep things in prospective: Psalms 103:15-22 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

Very interesting topic Dr. Taraban! I guess when we are kids the perception of time moving slow is probably because we have not adopted at a young age doing so much daily compared to when we get older where we want to do so many things at once. In todays world not only are we not present we are in the alternative universe of social media. Thank you for all the great content you make Sir!

You know in buddhism mindfulness was a important concept. I think the buddha was onto something when he suggested to be mindful. Mindfulness does help to be more aware of not only your surroundings but also your actions.

Oh right yeah you hear about a lot of this stuff in Zen. Kinda neat that we have a form of time control at our disposal, even if it’s largely just fast forward/slow down.

Wow. Just wow. I was just recently wondering why that is and BAM! here's an answer. Thank you

I see what you talk about here in our politics. Democracy is supposed to be a bottom up process but because people usually don't care except for at elections we get near tyrannical to down government. It boggles the mind and sickens the soul

This literally was on my mind this week!! Thank you! I really wanted to get an answer on how to slow down!

@KD400_

Жыл бұрын

R u from dagestan or Chechnya. I'm just asking because of ur name

@Bookooky

Жыл бұрын

Live in the moment. Fill your life with experiences, rather than consumption. So art, creating, conversing, venturing outside, etc.

@Bookooky

Жыл бұрын

"Mindfulness" is what it is called in psychology (I'm studying postgrad)

Wow, this video deserves to blow up! What great advice.

Huge Gems here Dr Orion. Thank you. It sounds weird but reading has kinda helped slow time and be mindful. First year or reading it was 3 books. Second year it was 6. Third year it was 10. Guess what year “dragged” on the most? Yup. Year 3 reading 10 books felt the longest. I think it goes back to what you said about mindfulness and busyness

I always thought of it like a snowball. As you roll down the hill of life, you are a snowball of time; as a child, your snowball was very small, and therefore, any additions to your snowball would seem substantial because there's just not much substance to the snowball to begin with. When you're in your 70s (or any much older age), the snowball is so huge from all the time it's amassed that another day or week added to the time snowball is practically imperceptible. It's the same scenario if time were money; someone with only $500 to their name would consider $100 a substantial amount, whereas a billionaire wouldn't even consider $100 a dent. It's about percentage ratios, and the more you have of something (e.g. time), the less perceptible further additions to it will seem.

This was a good one. Thanks for this.

Fantastic observation Doctor. This also explains why you get so engrossed in things. The automatic processes take over, and you enter The Flow State

But how do you explain the fact that dreams often seem to take hours and days, even though when we wake, we realize we’ve only been asleep a few short minutes, maybe just nodded off? My theory is that it’s a question of metabolism. The faster the metabolism the slower times seems to pass. Animals with faster heartbeats generally seem to perceive time slower, and they live shorter lives. Try catching a housefly in your hand.

I think this is why an infinite being experiences every moment instantaneously or exists only in the now. Because as age approaches infinity, the time slices approach 0.

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

What if eternity is an instant

Excellent episode! Well done, thank you!

Time is a perception of the mind.

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

Half-lie

Great video, it changed my perspective a lot of how time works in my mind, keep it up.

YES! but more in detail: thinking _top down_ means moving around "large chunks" of very complex information. Now, this process is more complicated than, say, establish some rather simple working memories ("the apple is red", "it smells like apple", "it is round-ish"... ) If we assume that each one of these "accomplishments" were counted as a "subjective unit of time passed" then you would have MANY more "ticks" (not the animal, the "tick-tock" of a clock) per minute when thinking in small bits ("apple is sweet", etc...) than, say, analyzing a spectroscopy image during a research project. Suddenly, it's lunch time, or 9 PM and you didn't realize: you _lost the sense of time_ ) The apparent contradiction with resting time, or sleep, or coma (no particularly heavy "moving around large chunks of conceptual ... networks..." ) resolves at once, by taking into account the factor: consciousness. Evidently, time passes only for conscious beings, so it does not count any "ticks" when you aren't ...

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

Time exceeds your mind. Whether you think about 500 apples at the level of one apple and then multiplied by 500, or you think about those 500 apples at the atomic level, time does not change its speed.

Thank you doc, never really thought about it this way. You’re quite the brilliant man.

In addition busyness is the enemy of all kinds of relationship.

I always thought it was a simple explanation... Every additional year is a smaller percentage of your life as time goes on Therefore, the 80th year was 1/80th of your life vs 1/8th at 8 years old.

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

You are gullible to believe this shit.

You are right on the mark with this hypothesis I think

I believe the reason is that our reflexes slow down as time goes by. This is also the reason when an emergency comes up time seems to slow down.

Glad the algos dumped you into my feed as I explore this crazy thing called reality through your vids!

Perfect upload! These topics which touch other aspects of life are pretty good. Our sense of time is related to our perception of reality. Once dessicated from real life or focus is shifted to subconscious level, time will have no impact which in reality means it will pass so fast that we would lose track of it. One of the most frequently given advice to those who suffer from loses or have been into severe distress is to keep themselves busy either with work or by performing the hobby they like. On the other hand, as humans, we get bored if we aren't busy doing something. It seems like most people survive this life through passing "by" time and not by passing through it.

Beautifully spoken, Dr. 😉👍♥️

I was involved in a shooting as a police officer and time slowed to a crawl during the incident.

There is a scene in an old movie called "CashBack" where the main character who is an artist is able to slow down time to see the beauty in every moment. This is while he is working as a clerk at a super market checking people out. Others are trying to numb away their shift while he is diving into every single moment.

@SmileyEmoji42

Жыл бұрын

It might be interesting now and again but mostly it would be incredibly boring - People mostly want time to goi faster in such situations, not slower.

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

Not every moment is "byuteefull".

Everything changes except time. In fact time is the modem in which all things come into focus. We understand so little of the full picture of life as where limited by our own experience. Time however always knows and always has its way.

@gerhardvanderpoll7378

Жыл бұрын

Naaah.....Ever heard of the Special Theory of Relativity.???......which determines that time does not always pass at the same rate for all observers,but it is subject to how they move...ask uncle Einstein.....he will explain the relativity of simultaneity to you,as well as the Lorenz Transformation by means of which you can determine the degree of time dilation,depending on how fast you are moving, relative to the speed of light...

@solomnpennix9277

Жыл бұрын

@@gerhardvanderpoll7378 does time change, or do we have different perspectives of time? I’m not making the point that the rate of time isn’t subjective- rather it’s properties are constant. Unchanging. We are who changes reference, not time.

@NealBurkard-ut1oo

Жыл бұрын

​@solomnpennix9277 it changes. Gravity and speed can adjust it. Someone moving really fast for 5 hours will only age 5 hours, however once back to normal on earth, everyone will have aged 6 months (ex). Even our satellites experience time differently than on earth's surface, so they had to build in programs that adjust for the rate of time.

I really think it has to do with responsibilities as we get older. When we are young,we play, study throughout the day, attend school,college with our friends. As we age we get more and more responsibilities that take up our time and more importantly our thoughts. None of us know how much time we have, but interestingly, we do actually have a lot of control over how we experience that time. Thanks !

Brilliant!

that explain the NPC's perfectly, in the grocery i mean and in life when u look at people they seem elsewhere

I got a different version for this theory. The phrase "Time flies when you're having fun" - is the biggest lie ever. Did you ever take a 3 day vacation and felt like you actually spent 2-3 weeks abroad? Every day is full of new experiencences, sights, sounds, smells. Now, compare that to your every day as you get older. Every day looks the same, a week passes by and it feels like 2 days. Meaning, time actually flies when you're not having fun. When you're doing the same shit every day. And that's mostly happening in the work week of an adult. It's not about being busy, but working for someone at an office, doing whatever you need to bring home the money. As the awe from life evaporates and everyday looks the same so you can't differentiate between the days - time passes by fast...

Dr. OT dropping another banger

Amazing information. Thank you!! ❤

I'm really happy I found your channel ❤

@JohnDoe-bt9qp

4 ай бұрын

It's just a 432K subscriber normie channel.

Sad, but true. 😅 Sad sad sad. I think I would like to top up. 🎉 Just to see what happens.

I'm sure I didn't coin this phrase, but still...when the subject of " time" comes up in conversations I often say " I was 25 yesterday". Though not ACTUALLY true, it's hard to convince myself otherwise as I ponder my 50's.

I like going hiking alone on trails I don't know where I cannot expect people. Something inside takes over, and it is all my senses exit my body to give me feedback. I see things as they "speak" to me, I am aware of everything around in an alert yet relaxing way, as if a path was made for me and my non-mind was following it. Time loses meaning, as does anything else but the treasures I am shown. I have a super fast sharp mind, but some of my best inspiration has come during those times. I feel so alive, when, in "regular" life, I feel most alive when I let my mind run free.

Great mindfulness it is 😁👌

Another way is just do what you want. Time flies when you’re having fun, but only in that time doesn’t then drag. Time flying is not the problem.

This video gave me a new optical tool to see the practice of mindfulness. Thank you. You are much needed in this world. O that amazing point you have made: the enemy of mindfulness is business, and not laziness.

Excellent information. Thanks.

Almost dying is awesome isn't it? At least when you get out without any injuries. I got hit by a car while riding my bicycle. The car was going about fifty mph and my elbow and the satchel hanging on my hip took the hit. The metal water bottles inside were crumpled. The skin on my elbow ripped open where you could see bone. The small patch of tough skin on my elbow was the only injury from this, and I remember as I felt the thud of the truck I thought, "well, this is happening, I better relax and let go because there's nothing I can do about it. Its going to be okay even if I die." I had fully enough time to reckon with the situation and process it emotionally. I flew off my bike onto the grass on the side of the highway and rolled several times. I sat up, wiggling my fingers and toes and laughed and shouted with joy. I was alive and not paralyzed. The girl that hit me ran towards me and all I could think is how cute she was. I started flirting with her and I just remember her blue eyes and how shook up she was, much moreso than myself. I travel as an occupation and sell art to make a living, and am rarely in a place for more than four days. I think I take in reality alot closer to the way children do , as everything is infact new to me and there is an element of danger in showing up to a city that I've never been to before and having to decide based on instinct where I'm going to hang my hammock. And when I'm doing sales Im meeting new people all day long. Some days I'll have a short conversation with maybe a hundred people, maybe more. I have to pay close attention, too, or I won't know when to apply pressure or to ease off, to assess if someone is apprehensive because of money concerns or if it's the product. These days are long. I remember before I struck out into the world I worked two jobs and sometimes would be up at six and In bed by 10 or 11 without much break time or free time, and time went by way faster than a four hour block of cold sales, and three or four days in the same city feels like I've already moved there.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, its less 'shen.' Children have more shen. If you are living an unholy life basically, time goes faster.

I think it's pure exposure to novelty. It doesn't have to be difficult or dangerous - just novel. Your child hyper aware brain is activated during this time. I would say pursue novelty if you want to perceive time as longer. Punctuate your life with novelty and doing different things and that will help a lot.

When I give up time wasters like scrolling through social media, TV, and video games -- I feel like I regained a lot of time in my life. Hobbies and any other work don't go as fast as when I'm using screen time.

Once you are honest about how much time you waste, you can do anything.

I believe there is another aspect to the perception of time, that you havent included in this video. How much of your life do you actually remember? - because that amount of time remembered determines to a high degree how fast time seems to have disappeared. The experience of time going quickly is always directed at the past, and what you remember is typically events or moments that stick out somehow - not typical moments. So the less repetition your days/weeks/years consist of, the longer your life seems to have been looking back at it. This explains why the speed of time increases as we age, namely because the amount of repetition in our daily routines does. It logically becomes increasingly harder to do something that we havent already done many times before, and therefore it does not stick to the memory as it did when we were young - so we dont remember it and we feel like we lost that time somehow.

Basically we enter Flashtime in near death experiences and the world stops whizzing by.

This one was really good

This is blowing my mind. This is probably the best explanation I've gotten yet. Even if this isn't the reason, it sounds really familiar to entering FLOW state. I wonder if there is a connection there? 🤔 Much thanks Dr., Another excellent topic to think about.🍻 Cheers.

Fascinating.

Always a good video

Truly remarkable

Thank you for this video... mindfulness and doing less. Busyness is the enemy of living a full life.

Though it's not typically a near death experience, traveling/exploring can also stimulate the novelty and bottom-up processing that you are explaining. We have to assess the inherit risk involved with traveling and exploring a new environment.

@eladbari

Жыл бұрын

Elaborate about assessing risks while traveling. You mean that the survival instinct we have encourages bottom up experiences?

@hohboy

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know if I’d use the word encourage per se, maybe elicit? Basically just the rational fear of the unknown, not being in a place you’re familiar with, so you have to figure it out from the bottom up

Your comment about the grocery store and one's mind being elsewhere. I find it very hard to be totally engaged with the products in a grocery store. It is very boring and thinking about something else is more exciting and interesting than looking and contemplating a packet of broccoli.

That makes a lot of sense, I've been self-employed pretty much since my mid-twenties and I've definitely had long periods of my life where I've been a lot busier than others but in general I have a lot more time than my peers to do a lot more of what I want even though I don't make as much income as they do but some of them say sometimes that they're jealous any good kind of way that I get to have so much time and do things that I want. It's a different kind of wealth I suppose, I like the way you stated all this in the video, because that also explains why I love and enjoy so much picking things up a new hobbies up to tinker with an explorer and understand deeply. It's been good👍 That's basically the one part of my life that I'm looking to improve on, being more mindful and also learning how to multiply myself by delegating and hiring people, it's been a big fear of mine because of the liability but it'll be so worth it if it goes well. I'll be able to multiply my time without having to multiply my time myself👍. Other than those two areas and some of the activities that will allow me to do by making more money and having more time, that's pretty much it for me my life is simple 😎🤟🍻

I have also found that extreme emotional trauma can alter your perception of time. What happened years ago seems like yesterday and you are at a loss as to where that time has gone.

Wisdom.