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Can anyone else do this?Basically I've noticed I can shift my visual perception and look at something 'from the opposite direction'. It's kinda hard to explain, but when you do it, it really makes your head go funny and makes you jump. For example, if I focus on a motorway on a car journey, I can alter my perception of it where I can view it as though I'm going the OPPOSITE way (even though the car is travelling the same way).
Can anyone else do this? I've asked people and they said they can't do it. For me it's quite effortless. I can even do it with my own house so it becomes odd-looking/looks completely different, like it's in an entirely different location. It's pretty cool
(but you can't maintain it for very long).
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Re: Can anyone else do this?[IMG]http://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i48/5/3/24/frabz-DA***-1c9fc3.jpg[/IMG](Original post by BusyBee91)
Basically I've noticed I can shift my visual perception and look at something 'from the opposite direction'. It's kinda hard to explain, but when you do it, it really makes your head go funny and makes you jump. For example, if I focus on a motorway on a car journey, I can alter my perception of it where I can view it as though I'm going the OPPOSITE way (even though the car is travelling the same way).
Can anyone else do this? I've asked people and they said they can't do it. For me it's quite effortless. I can even do it with my own house so it becomes odd-looking/looks completely different, like it's in an entirely different location. It's pretty cool (but you can't maintain it for very long).
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Re: Can anyone else do this?(Original post by Junaid96)
[IMG]http://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i48/5/3/24/frabz-DA***-1c9fc3.jpg[/IMG]
Does that mean you can or can't?
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Re: Can anyone else do this?yes, I know what you mean. I used to do it all the time when I was younger... before I found the internet...
It works in my bathroom really well for some reason, it makes the whole house seem like a different place.
for anyone who doesn't get it: it's like when you hang upside-down and look at your surroundings from there. Everything is the same, but it looks completely different and your brain can't flip it. I can't really explain it... a better way of thinking of it is when you first visit a new place and you don't know where anything is in relation to other rooms/buildings, you only have one view of it. After you get to know the place you see it from different angles, and realise that your first perception of it was different. Or when you dream that you are in your house, but it feels different, like it's been rotated or is facing another direction. It's that kind of feeling. -
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Re: Can anyone else do this?It's so weird... I've got to the stage now where it's actually frightening me because I keep doing it all the time now, and it's making me anxious :/(Original post by Lumos)
yes, I know what you mean. I used to do it all the time when I was younger... before I found the internet...
It works in my bathroom really well for some reason, it makes the whole house seem like a different place.
for anyone who doesn't get it: it's like when you hang upside-down and look at your surroundings from there. Everything is the same, but it looks completely different and your brain can't flip it. I can't really explain it... a better way of thinking of it is when you first visit a new place and you don't know where anything is in relation to other rooms/buildings, you only have one view of it. After you get to know the place you see it from different angles, and realise that your first perception of it was different. Or when you dream that you are in your house, but it feels different, like it's been rotated or is facing another direction. It's that kind of feeling.
But yeah it's exactly as you've described. It's because your brain is basically imagining a reversed viewpoint but you can't maintain it for long (particularly in very familiar places) because your brain is so used to the original perspective. It's very strange though.
I think everyone can do it, it's just some people can't be bothered to force their brain to do silly things I need to get a life...
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Re: Can anyone else do this?Yeah i think i know what youre saying,
like i get this especially after being away for a long time.
like once after a holiday we came home through the garage and it just felt different, like a different angle idk really.
i dont get it often now, but i think it happens as you re-recognise a place through after seeing it in a new viewpoint -
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Re: Can anyone else do this?Basically, look down a street, and try and imagine it in an OPPOSITE way to how you're currently picturing it. It's very easy to do, and nothing to do with 'turning your head around'. It's basically your brain visualising it in 'the other direction' or how you picture 'the other direction'.
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Re: Can anyone else do this?I can do it OP(Original post by BusyBee91)
Basically I've noticed I can shift my visual perception and look at something 'from the opposite direction'. It's kinda hard to explain, but when you do it, it really makes your head go funny and makes you jump. For example, if I focus on a motorway on a car journey, I can alter my perception of it where I can view it as though I'm going the OPPOSITE way (even though the car is travelling the same way).
Can anyone else do this? I've asked people and they said they can't do it. For me it's quite effortless. I can even do it with my own house so it becomes odd-looking/looks completely different, like it's in an entirely different location. It's pretty cool (but you can't maintain it for very long).
To everyone who doesn't understand: look down a road that's very familiar with you, and try and imagine it in the OPPOSITE way. It still looks the same, but it's like the ground beneath you has shifted to north, or east, or whatever, basically a different direction. It's a bit of a head****, but it can make places/rooms etc look completely different. It's difficult to maintain for too long though. -
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Re: Can anyone else do this?Is it just using your imagination like anyone would or is it something more?(Original post by Jabberwox)
I can do it OP
To everyone who doesn't understand: look down a road that's very familiar with you, and try and imagine it in the OPPOSITE way. It still looks the same, but it's like the ground beneath you has shifted to north, or east, or whatever, basically a different direction. It's a bit of a head****, but it can make places/rooms etc look completely different. It's difficult to maintain for too long though. -
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Re: Can anyone else do this?Bit of both I think(Original post by nohomo)
Is it just using your imagination like anyone would or is it something more? I think people with really overactive imaginations can do it a lot easier. Also people who have nothing better to do
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Re: Can anyone else do this?I find it really easy to do. Maybe I'm just strange.(Original post by KingMessi)
No. And I'm confused.
(but you can't maintain it for very long).
