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Weird brain shenanigans
August 29, 2015 at 6:25 pm
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After I turned my bed around 180°, and thus went from sleeping with my head pointing East to West some 8-9 months ago, my brain has been occasionally tricking me into thinking the change had never happened. In the beginning it would happen nearly every night but with time the occurrences became rarer. I would basically lie awake with the unshakable impression that I'm positioned exactly opposite to how I had actually been lying down. Nothing, save for turning the light on and seeing the room would make me feel normal again.
What is this wizardry? ._.
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RE: Weird brain shenanigans
August 29, 2015 at 6:33 pm
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I know the feeling. I have it sometimes with different locations, too (being convinced to be in one place while still half asleep while I'm actually in a different state or country). It's sometimes partocularly weird when I interpret noises I hear (in bed with eyes still closed) in a different context or assume that they come from somewhere different than they actually do.
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RE: Weird brain shenanigans
August 29, 2015 at 6:39 pm
After much research, I've come to the conclusion that there are several likely explanations:
A) It's aliens.
B) It's god.
C) It's a trap.
D) It's hammer time.
E) We're teleporting.
F) Fuck it.
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RE: Weird brain shenanigans
August 29, 2015 at 6:39 pm
Happens a lot to me too, especially when I come back home from campus or when I go back to campus after the holidays. Weird as fuck, innit?
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RE: Weird brain shenanigans
August 29, 2015 at 7:10 pm
Among other stores, there are Menards and Costcos that are mirror image floor plans of others in the chains.
I REALLY hate that.
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RE: Weird brain shenanigans
August 29, 2015 at 7:15 pm
G) We're not in Kansas any more
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RE: Weird brain shenanigans
August 29, 2015 at 7:34 pm
When she was at uni, my wife moved her bed to the opposite wall. The very first night, she thought she was rolling towards the wall, rolled off the bed and broke her left arm. For me, it's never been quite so extreme, but shortly after furniture is moved, I may get up to go to the jacks in the night and walk straight into a wall.
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RE: Weird brain shenanigans
August 29, 2015 at 7:52 pm
(August 29, 2015 at 7:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: When she was at uni, my wife moved her bed to the opposite wall. The very first night, she thought she was rolling towards the wall, rolled off the bed and broke her left arm. For me, it's never been quite so extreme, but shortly after furniture is moved, I may get up to go to the jacks in the night and walk straight into a wall.
Boru Does she sleep in the top bunk?
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RE: Weird brain shenanigans
August 30, 2015 at 12:06 am
(August 29, 2015 at 6:25 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: After I turned my bed around 180°, and thus went from sleeping with my head pointing East to West some 8-9 months ago, my brain has been occasionally tricking me into thinking the change had never happened. In the beginning it would happen nearly every night but with time the occurrences became rarer. I would basically lie awake with the unshakable impression that I'm positioned exactly opposite to how I had actually been lying down. Nothing, save for turning the light on and seeing the room would make me feel normal again.
What is this wizardry? ._.
So to me, the bold seems to be the part that begs for an answer. I've had the kind of feelings you're talking about, maybe not exactly, but similar enough that I think I get it. Is seems like the anxiety of not being certain of your position is troubling you - it seems to me that you could try to adopt a (for lack of a better word) "zen" attitude towards your position. You might find it less troubling if you can.
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RE: Weird brain shenanigans
August 30, 2015 at 12:15 am
Why not turn the bed back around the way it way before. 
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