: why is it that sometimes when we wake up it feels like only a few minutes passed but then you check the time and it’s been HOURS, why does it feel like you closed your eyes momentarily?
In: Biology
I’ve always wondered if, since our perception of time is lost when we sleep, everyone is perceiving different moment in time from a relative point-of-view.
To better explain my idea, say Person 1 goes to sleep at 10 pm and sleeps for 9 hours and wakes up at 7 am. To Person 1, although he slept 9 hours, it only felt like ~15 minutes because of the concept brought up by OP. Person 2, on the other hand, did not go to sleep. This means that, after Person 2 consciously experiences 15 minutes going by, it is 10:15 pm, while Person 1 *feels* like he has also perceived 15 minutes pass, but it is 7am.
Could this mean that everyone’s consciousnesses are *out of sync* with each other based on relative perception of time passing? Anyone else ever thought about this? Makes me think that “the present” isn’t a definitive thing that exists.
People have probably written extensively on this topic and I have no idea, it’s just a thought I’ve had for awhile. Probably came to me in the shower or something.
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