Time is going slow for me. There was a time when it just went by really fast. But I think that's because it was the summer and time in the summer always goes fast.

Time is going slower for me. What is affecting so many people's perception for them to believe time is going really fast?

well I just had 2 weeks of holiday and have to start again today.

those 2 weeks went fast, and this whole year seems to be going fast for me.

Days and months don't really matter to me anymore, only the clock time.
Sometimes when I take ibuprofen, reality feels duller, slower, yet time goes faster than normal. Understand?

I think that humans have became slaves to the clock. We have all began to ignore our biological clock in exchange for a more social form of time. We should boycott the clock!

No but really, I agree with you. There is just not enough time anymore..

I remember when I was a child my parents would say "Time flies when you get older". As a child time goes by very slowly as you get older it slips away unbelievably fast. It is hard to remember how slow time used to be, I have 3 young children and I have to remind myself all the time how slow it seems to them but to me they were babies yesterday.
So imo it's an age thing but I don't know why.

I personally lean toward the "singularity" theory. Seems to be the most reasonable explanation. I would say that it just has to do with getting older, but when even the children around me are saying things are going by too fast, I take note. It isn't just time, but technology is speeding up which is why I lean toward that theory.

It is a matter of responsibility and being more busy. In todays age most people hardly stop for a minute. Especially if you have kids.

My guess is that the Op needs to find something worthwhile to do with their time and then time will satrt moving faster.

Originally posted by Frankidealist35
Time is going slow for me. There was a time when it just went by really fast. But I think that's because it was the summer and time in the summer always goes fast.

Time is going slower for me. What is affecting so many people's perception for them to believe time is going really fast?

About a year ago, everyone was commenting about time seeming to run really fast. Here in the last month or so, it has felt like time has slowed to a crawl. Like something is on hold.

It's almost like the calm before the storm.

This question has always sort of been in the back of my mind, but i think it has to do with a number of things.

MOstly just that when you're younger, you havent experienced as many seconds, or minutes, or days, so each one seems longer, because perception is usually relativistic, and as you experience more hours, days, weeks, years, etc... they each take up a lower percentage of that which you've experienced, so they "seem" shorter, thus time appears to move more quickly.

Another theory is that our perception of time is directly affeced by our cognitive activity. ie: if you're just sitting around staring at a wall time will seem to move ridiculously slowly, becaue you dwell on the time, rather than your mind being occupied with thoughts pertaining to your activity, whreas if you're reading or watching a movie, etc. your mind has more to think about and thus doens't dwell on the amount of time that is passing.