Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!swatsun!annie From: annie@cs.swarthmore.edu (Annie Fetter) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: 3-D perceptual abilities Message-ID: <2493@masada.cs.swarthmore.edu> Date: 28 Feb 89 19:08:38 GMT Reply-To: annie@masada.UUCP (Annie Fetter) Organization: Visual Geometry Project, Swarthmore College, PA Lines: 29 In article <479@dcdwest.UUCP> steve@dcdwest.UUCP (Steve Meloche) writes: > In article , po0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Andrew Olbrich) writes: > > up extremely late when it happens. Usually I get the sensation that I'm > > atop a very tall building looking down at everything. It's very odd to > > look down at your own body and still feel that way. ... > ... > That is a pretty good description of what I remember happening to me a long > time ago (elementary school age). As in the previous article, it only happened > at night, when I was laying in bed looking at the far wall of my room. Every- Gosh, now that I've read a few posting about this, I realize that this happens to me a lot too, at nite, in bed, feeling extremely tired but not being able to fall asleep. I feel like I'm watching a movie of the world around me, and I'm not at all part of it, just an observer. The first time I remember this happening to me was in junior high when I was home sick with the measles, and not a very happy little kid, as you can imagine.But I know that it has happened many times since. Hmmm.. And I thought I was the only one... -annie -- Annie Fetter | annie@cs.swarthmore.edu | VGP-Department of Mathematics | fetter@swarthmr.bitnet | For Office Swarthmore College | ...!rutgers!bpa!swatsun!annie | Use Only Swarthmore, PA 19081 | (215) 328-8225 |