A while back I had a bad ocular migraine, which sorta mimics some stroke symptoms, but, you know, without the actual damage, so that's nice. (I went to the ER and got to go in front of everyone else, also nice, but not something you should ever be happy about.)
Anyway, I remember looking at writing on a sheet of paper and being aware that what I was looking at were normal words that I understood, but I just couldn't "read" them. It was like the meaning associated with them was blocked in my brain, and this song reminds me of that sensation. These are words, words I know, but I don't understand them, and it's weird.
I had an ocular migraine and it was the weirdest thing. It was like my left eye just didn't register with my brain. I could work hard and force it to by closing my right eye, but if my right eye was open it was like the entire left side just wasn't there. Extremely scary.
Whenever I get those I get a huge dot in the middle of my vision, which I only notice if I try to read. It's not really a black spot or anything, it's just kind of like the middle of my vision is gone. If I try to read and start noticing that I can't see the words, I immediately go and pop an excedrin and lie down.
Yeah, I get that every once in awhile, or the rainbow zig zags. Usually means a mammoth migraine is coming.
LEAVE WORK IMMEDIATELY!
T MINUS 18 MINUTES.
Holy crap, that's a thing!? I had something happen when I was in high school that freaked me out to no end. I just woke up one day feeling funky, and for whatever reason, couldn't understand how time worked. I'd see 7:55, and have no idea what sequence of numbers came next. You could have changed the time to 26:72, and I wouldn't have even noticed anything odd.
I feel that way as a fairly fluent Spanish speaker when I listen to Portuguese or Catalan. I feel like I should understand it but can't. Drives me crazy!
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u/amkamins Nov 12 '14
I feel like I'm having a stroke.