Stuck In Slow Motion, While The Rest Of The World Is On High Speed?

[Fadeaway]

I am not sure what this is exactly, so I was wondering if anyone has ever experienced this.

It has only happened to me once recently, but there was a time it was frequent. I would feel like I was stuck on slow motion, my body felt like lead, while everyone around me seemed to be moving at high speed. Like on fast forward on VHS where you can still see it. Sounds were louder and more intense, colors more vibrant, lights brighter. It was too overwhelming and I couldn't handle the intensity of everything. I would say that in the last 10 years the frequency has lessened significantly, but I was always curious about it.

 

[Ryn]

I think I have experienced what you are talking about, but hard to be sure as it is so difficult to describe. I sometimes feel like in a crowded or stimulating or unfamiliar place, there is too much information to process and I shut down and feel like I can't comprehend anything, even as it's whirling around me - too fast, too bright, and too much information. I am also often delayed in my responding to other people or certain situations, although of course my instinctive reflexes are far too quick. In particular I have noticed that with my hearing, sounds often become too loud and overwhelming and I can feel my sense of hearing sort of "close off". A professor can be lecturing in a perfectly normal volume and tone of voice and it sounds to me like it is grating into my skull, and I feel myself sort of mentally retreat or shrink back from the sound.