| Title: | Psychic Phenomena |
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| Moderator: | JARETH::PAINTER |
| Created: | Wed Jan 22 1986 |
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When in Africa a few years ago, my family and I, knowing we were there
only for a limited time, made every effort to travel as much as
possible and see as much as we could.
When we returned home I kept getting vivid flashbacks. A whole scene
would arise before me in amazing detail and beauty and, if I could, I
would just stop what I was doing and try and place the time and the
location. After a bit I usually could and that would remind me of the
whole context of that scene.
After a year or so this phenonemon began to fade and I was left with
the normal memories of happy experiences.
It was as if I'd taken in so many impressions that I hadn't had time to
digest them and my inner state had somehow to draw them back to my
attention so that I could digest them properly and assimilate them into
me.
Anyone have similar experiences?
Anyone have any explanations?
Dave
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| 1429.1 | Modus Operandi = information overload | DWOVAX::STARK | solv� et coagula | Fri Feb 22 1991 16:18 | 14 |
Dave,
It was interesting reading that, I have a similar experience
frequently, with images and flashbacks from things I've been
studying.
I've always thought it was because I'm always
scrambling to learn as much as I can or more, seemingly faster than
I can assimilate the new information. I almost always have four
or five books open around me, whatever I'm doing. For me, though,
the images are usually uncomfortable. I need to clear my mind to keep
from feeling overwhelmed by them, since they can be more
compelling at times than what is going on around me.
toddy
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| 1429.2 | DSSDEV::GRIFFIN | Throw the gnome at it | Mon Feb 25 1991 16:06 | 9 | |
I don't experience it as vividly, however, I understand the experience.
People don't always comprehend what they read or see or hear or
experience the first time around. Understanding may occur at any time,
awake or asleep. Hence people who have dreams with the solution to a
problem. Others experience a seeming flash of intuition. It's not all
that uncommon.
Beth
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| 1429.3 | Experiencing experiences - a time-released process? | CARTUN::BERGGREN | Partaker of Wonder | Mon Feb 25 1991 16:56 | 19 |
Dave,
I've come across some research recently by a psychiatrist, Ivor Browne,
at the University College, Dublin regarding the process of how
information moves through the central nervous system when an event is
being experienced.
Although he has been focusing much energy in the area of traumatic
experiences, I find a striking similarity between what you shared and
what he reports in his research. My sense is that this may be because
you were confronted with a large amount of data during your trip, all
new data I imagine, and it may have taken time to fully integrate your
experience with various aspects of yourself and your long-term memory.
This is a bit sketchy because I'm not that familiar with the research,
but I have the article handy if you'd like to contact me off-line for
further information.
Karen
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