Quote Originally Posted by mrdevious
I'm not really expecting anybody to be able to answer this, because it's just downright odd. I've studied psychology (moderately) and know plenty, and I've never heard anything about this. BUT, on the odd chance somebody does know what I'm talking about, or maybe experienced it themselves, I'd love to hear about it.


So I'm currently 22, and this thing came about when I was 13. The first time happened when I got a fever, and has happened every time I got a fever since. It also happens if I'm sleeping or trying to sleep and get too hot, and occasionally it can happen just out of the blue. It finally subsided to the point where I could easily repress it when I started smoking weed at 19, and it rarely showed up. Now that I've massively cut back though, I notice it's coming back.

So what am I talking about? Well, it's an odd thing to explain. I get these "episodes" where I feel like my consciousness going into infinity. I literally feel my conscious self expanding to infinite dimensions, exponentially speeding up to infinite speeds, processing a million times more information than I would be normally capable of; infinite information really. It's incredibly overwhelming, and when I couldn't control it as well for the first few years, it was the closest thing to hell I've ever experienced. It's having your ego smashed into bits.

I remember when I was 14 and had one come on me at 3:00am. I started taking in every dimension of the room, started seeing it and everything in it as every possible shape, form, and size. My brain was trying to count how many atoms where in everything, how many nerves were in my body, and I could see them all clearly and focus on them all at once. Most of these trips are like that, but I always fight as hard as possible to supress them and not let them fully get away like it did that night, when I was so overwhelmed I had to run outside into the open air.

I've tried going with it a few times, but every time it was WAY too much information to handle and I couldn't take more than a few seconds of it. Does anybody know what I'm talking about? Any speculations?
Damn that's pretty fascinating... I honestly don't think I've ever heard of anything like it.. closest thing I've read would be hallucinogenic trip reports from erowid.

There's one other thing. It should be ruled out by the fact you said you are of sound mind, but... your experiences sound somehow characteristic of someone within the autistic spectrum...

Though I don't necessarily agree with using a Tom Cruise film to top up your knowledge of psychology, the quickest way to touch on the symptoms concerned would be to watch the film 'Rain Man', if you haven't already seen it - Rain Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here's a quote from the film summary:

With the shortcomings, though, are certain gifts. Raymond can memorize everything he reads. He can perform fast calculations in his head.
Maybe worth looking into.. try wiki aswell

Peace and good luck, keep us updated :thumbsup: