This is the closest explanation I've come to.
I'm 57 and used to experience the same as everybody here as a kid and teen.
It began spacing more and more in my teens and was finally (!) gone on my 20's.
There was also a nightmare, with a railway, which made things get faster and faster as a train coming.
The same "trainlike" sensation happened during the day, awake.
I'm glad I found so many other people talking about it anyway...
has anyone sought any medical advice ?
Try googling it.
Good luck!
I do too.its called Alice in Wonderland syndrome.google it.hope this helps
I've Also Experienced what I used to call weird spells. I'm 53 yrs old now but remember as a little kid I would wake up and everything "sound and movement" was extremly amplified. I can remember thinking it was normal and everyone had the same feeling (fast days) as I got older I realized these were not the norm and became very scary for me. Even the sound of water dripping sounded violent. These spells would last 5 to 15 minutes and could tell when they were coming on and subsiding. As I grew older they became less frequent but more intense and scary. I would need to stay very quiet and tell everyone around me to do the same. These spells often came on whole I was laying in bed getting ready to sleep but not always. I haven't had a spell in probably more than 10 years and don't miss them at all. It sounds like others have had very similar experiences and I was never diagnosed. I can also remember a strange feeling of my hands against the pillow or sheets before these weird spells would start. These things scared the c**p out of me! Thanks for sharing
I wonder if it has a name... I used to panic but now I just get up and do some thing, actually I was experiencing it just a minute ago (that's why I decided to look it up on line) but typing this has totally taken it away. I have had a lazy day today so it might be pent up energy or maybe even frustration.
Everything you have said is exactly how I feel when I'm trying to sleep sometimes.
I once woke up to this whole feeling and I freaked out with a strange motivation in my head to kill myself. I knew it was nonsense and it was my brain doing its weird thing again. I felt so trapped and clostaphpboic. I had absolutely no other thought in my head other than to kill myself but I was asking why! Luckily I didn't go along with it!
But I get all the sudden speediness as trying to sleep quite often and it's utterly bizarre!
What is crazy is everyone seems to have very similar feelings, and remember having them all the time when they were kids, but not as much now that they are older. Same for me, I always enjoyed the feeling even though it was quite strange. Just an increase in speed and a sort of harmony of everything.
I don't recall the last time I felt it but it was probably 10 years ago or so (31 now)
:) it's a form of epilepsy
it's a basic form of a seizure localized in temporal lobe.
We suspect hipocampus is also have something to do with it.
It's a bit hard to detect it with EEG. But we recommend it.
I used to have this feeling when i was 16-17. It was a bit often, like once a month. I haven't experienced it for nearly five years.
Don't worry about it.
This thing usually vanishes when you age.
Mine was related to heat convulsions when I was a baby.
I also had a viral-menengitis when I was 10.
I'm a med student and just finished my neurology rotation.
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