Astronauts returning from long missions report a “jet lag of the self”: “a sense of watching their own lives from a half-step outside the frame”.
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I've experienced something similar a couple of times, but on a much more fleeting way.
The first time was after being isolated in a hotel over a long Thanksgiving weekend in college. We were in a drug test. Even though we participants talked to each other from our doorways, it was still isolating. For a day or so afterwards, I felt like I was looking at everything from a different lens.
The other time was after seeing the movie Carnival of Souls for the first time. The power of seeing a film in a dark theater . . . .
Like I said, on a different scale and without the physiological causes. I'm glad they're acknowledging the phenomenon. I can imagine it would really mess up kids.
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