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[Kriminal99]

I've experienced extreme versions of this before.

Sugar reaction speeds time for me
Often when I eat small particle carbohydrates and some kinds of sugar (anything with high glycemic index it seems) I get lethargic. I lose motivation to do much of anything, can't/don't really concentrate on anything really well, and time seems to go by really fast. I often lay down somewhere and pass out and druel alot.

Sugar Coma
One time I ate an entire bag of particuarly bad candy when I was younger, and afterwards ended up on my bed looking at the ceiling. I did not close my eyes but rather stared at the ceiling for what seemed like a few minutes. When I got up with a large amount of druel on me that apparently I did not even realize i had gotten on me, I checked the clock and to my surprise it was 5 HOURS later.

Memory effects how you percieve time

It is my belief that what had happened is that I experienced the time normally. However A) Even had I been in a normal state all I did was stare at the unchanging ceiling and no other stimuli were experienced, and B) I was in a state that I already know inhibits my storing of memories.

Because of these two things I think after the fact it seems that time went by quickly because there is a gap in my memory. When looking back I see myself getting up, and I remember what happened before I laid down and conclude that the former happened immediately after the latter.

I think its the same thing when we normally percieve differences in how quickly time goes by. When events are more emotionally signifigant to you, I think you are more likely to store them as memories. The more memories you store from a period of time, the longer and more robust that time period seems to you.