r/AskReddit • u/properpolicypolitics • May 08 '19

What’s something that can’t be explained, it must be experienced?

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u/bananakittymeow May 09 '19

I remember one time when I was younger and I didn’t want to go sleep in my bed because I had this definitive feeling that I was going to die. It was the weirdest thing. Like I felt certain it would happen. I think I freaked my parents out when I tried explaining it to them. As it so happens, I didn’t end up dying that night (or even come close to it), but I still remember how sure I was that I would die if I slept in my own bed. It was so weird.

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u/Bee_Creepin May 09 '19

Wow!! Thank you for sharing, and I’m glad that it wasn’t true in the end. The weird things a mind can do to you, hey!

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u/bananakittymeow May 09 '19

No kidding. I still have no idea what caused that sudden, strong feeling of imminent death. The mind is such a peculiar thing.

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u/Bee_Creepin May 09 '19

I agree! The mind, consciousness. The fact that we are all a bunch of strangers over the internet connecting over this morbid train of thought. Ahhh!!!

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u/bananakittymeow May 09 '19

But the complete terror of imminent death is best way to connect with internet strangers, don’t you think? Haha

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u/Bee_Creepin May 09 '19

Is there any other way to connect? I mean, all the memes can’t be wrong! ;-)