And I mean in like, The 2011 Japan earthquake where our days literally got faster, COVID because … Y’know. COVID. Etc.

What’s a time in your life you experienced something like that, when was it and what ended up happening to you?

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      In the USA the news story the next day was something like, “Most common search query in the UK: ‘What is the European Union?’”

      Honestly I’m still surprised the UK didn’t undo it and rejoin. But the world is a crazy place all over.

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      2016 - woke up and swore at the TV twice that year.

      Once for brexit, and again for the US elections.

      Never have I had so little faith in humanity.

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        oh my God it’s been almost 10 years hasn’t it? It feels like it was maybe 3 or 4 to me.

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    I had a crippling migraine. I thought I was going to die. I crawled to the bathroom and ran the tub, tears streaming down my face. I felt so weak, every movement made my head feel like it was going to explode.

    I got my partner to grab me some water and Advil as I lay in the bath. I stayed there all night: head pounding, wishing I was dead, dreaming of drilling a hole in my skull with a power drill just to relieve the pressure behind my eyes.

    Eventually, it passed, but it lingered for the rest of the week, consistent, though much less intense.

    The following day, I got a call from my mother. She was worried about me. It turns out she’d had a dream that I had died in a bathtub, and she wanted to check in.

    Later that day, I saw an article on quantum immortality, and remembered a part from the game Alan Wake, where a TV segment you can come across discusses the theory.

    Essentially, at certain moments there is a quantum break, which creates alternate realities, where you, or you conciousness shifts to a universe where you are still alive, but also creating alternate versions where you die.

    so basically,you never experience your own death

    Sometimes I wonder if I did die in that bathtub. The world I woke up in only seems to be getting stranger and stranger each day.

    Or perhaps not. Who knows? There are many mysteries in life. And to many, that’s what gives it meaning.

    Who am I to question the incredible strangeness of existence? And who would I be if I pretended to know its secrets? …Evidently, nobody of consequence.

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      Horrible and weird experience aside, to anyone else reading this: That could have been a brain bleed or aneurism. Not that I’m a doc, but if you ever have pain that severe immediately go to a hospital.

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        you’re not wrong, in my case i just suffer from chronic migraines, have my whole life. MRI didnt pick up anything unusual, all general tests came back negative, by all defintions i have a “healthy” brain. i live in canada, and the former conservative government cut a lot from healthcare in our province just before covid, so now it takes forever to see a doctor or a specialist. im still getting more tests done, itll just take a while since im in no “immediate” danger, lol.

        NDP are trying to re open some hospitals that were closed and build new ones now that they are in power. so hopefully it goes back to like it was before the cons, or maybe better. either way is fine with me, lol.

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      I remember explaining having the same phenomenon of a feeling that that was what happens to peoples conscience, everyone has their own dedicated server for their own life to continue, essentially.

      I love hearing other people’s brains sharing the same concept as me, wild when a planet of 7+ billion can do that.

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    When Russia invaded Ukraine… It may sound like the first thing that came to my mind but for a few days I thought Russia would attack my country as well. Before, I was feeling very safe in my country.

    Of course that’s only the direct impact on me personally. Let’s not forget how Ukrainians feel

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    Back when I was living in Germany in 2020, I took a walk around the small city my family used to live. Everything was fine and normal.

    But when I walked back home, everything changed for the worst.

    Why? Because it was day Covid was declared a pandemic.

    I still think about the walk that changed everything!

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    I was MASSIVELY hung over on 911 and had my cbc radio on as I exited my room. I thought it was a radio drama. It made everything go sideways and thought the world was ending for a bit.