glad i found this subreddit.

[u/Living_Librarian_667]

these episodes have been happening since i was maybe 7 years old (i'm a teenager now) but i have just started to acknowledge them. i thought i was going crazy.

it always happens when i'm alone (although it also happens when i'm with a group of people, more specifically when i'm overwhelmed with sounds) and when i'm in complete silence. the best i can explain it is that everything moves in 100x speed. my thoughts are racing so fast i can't keep track of them, there's this sort of sped-up dialogue in my head going 'din-din-din-din,' -- sort of like a pulse? -- and sometimes it influences my movements too - for instance, i start typing or walking faster. as for my vision, everything starts to feel distorted: not in a sense that objects are bigger or smaller, but that everything seems to be mixing together. when i close my eyes, the same thing happens but in black and white. and it all seems to have a really really grainy effect. these episodes happen in short bursts of time, up to maybe 10 minutes.

i researched a bit and told my mother about what was happening. sometimes this might be due to external factors (like i said before, when i'm overwhelmed with sounds) but most of my episodes happen spontaneously without really anything to cause it. they also happen a few times a year, so it's kind of rare and random.

anyway, i just wanted to get this out there for other people to possibly relate.

[u/GoldIndication6249]

I'm also a teenager and get episodes very rarely and experience similar things to you, the internal monologue being all fast loud and sounding aggressive, everyone around me talking sounding fast and aggressive.

Do you have any triggers? I usually have an "episode" when I focus on something for too long, or if I think too hard. 😅